It is our rights to buy or sell all the public traded funds. Every stock or fund traded publicly has its risks and we understand it well. We as small investors shouldn't be discriminated by this restrictions. We need the freedom to decide which stocks or funds we want to buy as they are very important tools to achieve our long-term financial goals.
All investments contain risk. Leveraged index instruments in particular do not carry any higher risks, say, than pre-revenue stocks or stocks that generate negative earnings. Even blue-chip and/or trusted companies can rarely be held forever (e.g. NFLX).
FINRA: either impose these draconian measures on all these investments or leave then all alone.
Dear Regulators:
I use a leveraged ETF on the Dow Jones as a SAFE way to invest and supplement my income in retirement. The moves are relatively small , up or down, and because the market - unlike stocks moves in both directions as opposed to stocks which move in a trend - my losses can be minimized or offset. Please do not take these index funds away.
The stock market is a crap shot. Volatility has increased tremendously since the DOWN TICK RULE TO SHORT was removed. Whether you buy a leveraged/ inverse fund or NETFLIX, AMAZON, or commodities, they all go up and they all go down. THATS THE GAME. Diversity isnt working now either with bonds AND stocks trading lower. Thats the game.
Finra regulations must be updated to be more stringent when it comes to the reporting of short positions. This included positions created synthetically. It would also be important to address the reporting of how the borrowing process occurs and through what entities, to prevent manipulation of stocks via over shorting said stocks.
Comments: FINRA should stop trying to prop up the stock market and keep its nose out of retail trading. They are just trying to prop up what will be a dying stock market to protect all of the institutional investors. I urge them to back off and make no further changes to freedoms in the market. Let the market be open and free with no further interference.
There are many articles on the website, internet, stock magazine to educate the individual investors. It's becoming more popular & investors use these tools to hedge & enhance return. These reverse ETFs are similar to options. The only warning which may be added is to require investor to put in a stop sell order. Ref. Technical Analysis of Stocks & Commodities, Jan
The ability to invest how ppl want to invest it critical. I use inverse or leveraged inverse funds to mitigate my stock exposure during volatile times without having to sell stocks and pay capital gains. Eliminating my ability will cost me money as well as restrict my freedom. I strongly encourage you to scrap these unnecessary plans.
To: FINRA
Re: FINRA Regulatory Notice #22-08
To Whom it May Concern:
I am firmly opposed to any imposed regulations or restrictions of the open market buying and selling of leveraged and inverse investment products.
Investing in inverse products is no different than shorting a stock. Inverse products allow investors to invest in a stock or a segment of the market or a market index that is in
Dark Pools are becoming an overwhelmingly corrupt and manipulative way for large companies to affect market prices, especially of influential stocks. There should at least be some kind of volume threshold; when 70 percent of one stocks volume is going through dark pools, that's a huge problem.
