I am writing today to express my opposition to restricting investors on what I consider is the right to invest in a publicly traded investment instrument. I don't agree that obstacles or a "special process" be put in place to discriminate who can and cannot invest. All public investments should be available to all of the public, and not just wealthy people. Personally, I have been able to increase my net worth and am now closer to retire comfortably thanks to the freedom I currently have to invest in these instruments, which I believe will help me reach a nest egg to live a comfortable retirement. I was not lucky to receive an inheritance and was in some ways unprivileged, but thanks to some of these instruments I have been able to get exposure to higher returns without having to use a much riskier personal loan or margin. Additionally, if access to these instruments is restricted to only a few, this opens the door for those people who have access to exploit the fact that not everyone can invest freely. A free market should be in fact a free market, and not controlled by just a few. Please do not restrict access.
Benjamin B Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08
I am writing today to express my opposition to restricting investors on what I consider is the right to invest in a publicly traded investment instrument. I don't agree that obstacles or a "special process" be put in place to discriminate who can and cannot invest. All public investments should be available to all of the public, and not just wealthy people. Personally, I have been able to increase my net worth and am now closer to retire comfortably thanks to the freedom I currently have to invest in these instruments, which I believe will help me reach a nest egg to live a comfortable retirement. I was not lucky to receive an inheritance and was in some ways unprivileged, but thanks to some of these instruments I have been able to get exposure to higher returns without having to use a much riskier personal loan or margin. Additionally, if access to these instruments is restricted to only a few, this opens the door for those people who have access to exploit the fact that not everyone can invest freely. A free market should be in fact a free market, and not controlled by just a few. Please do not restrict access.