To FINRA: I want to continue having the freedom to invest on my own as I have for over the years. I want to maintain my current freedom to invest in public securities of my choosing. As an American citizen, I should be able to choose the public investments that are right for me! I am grateful to have the freedom of access to the exchange traded funds that empower me and my family to pursue our financial objectives. I am an older adult, and it would be so inconvenient and unfair that I would have to go through any special process like passing a test before I can invest in public securities like leveraged and inverse funds. I have done my own free trading and investing since 1985, and I am capable of understanding leveraged and inverse funds, I do not need these measures from FINRA imposed on me. Leveraged and inverse funds are important to my investment strategies. I am happy that I have used leverage and inverse funds for a long time, they help me protect my investments, as I continue to seek more enhanced returns as they are part of my overall portfolio. I am surprised and NOT happy to hear FINRA has such a radical and unprecedented threat by regulators to prevent or restrict investors right to buy the leveraged and inverse funds, like UltraPro and UltraPro Short exchange-traded funds, as well as many other types of popular investments. Please DO NOT limit my ability, or any investors ability, to freely invest on their own! Thank you
Ernest Sousa Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08
To FINRA: I want to continue having the freedom to invest on my own as I have for over the years. I want to maintain my current freedom to invest in public securities of my choosing. As an American citizen, I should be able to choose the public investments that are right for me! I am grateful to have the freedom of access to the exchange traded funds that empower me and my family to pursue our financial objectives. I am an older adult, and it would be so inconvenient and unfair that I would have to go through any special process like passing a test before I can invest in public securities like leveraged and inverse funds. I have done my own free trading and investing since 1985, and I am capable of understanding leveraged and inverse funds, I do not need these measures from FINRA imposed on me. Leveraged and inverse funds are important to my investment strategies. I am happy that I have used leverage and inverse funds for a long time, they help me protect my investments, as I continue to seek more enhanced returns as they are part of my overall portfolio. I am surprised and NOT happy to hear FINRA has such a radical and unprecedented threat by regulators to prevent or restrict investors right to buy the leveraged and inverse funds, like UltraPro and UltraPro Short exchange-traded funds, as well as many other types of popular investments. Please DO NOT limit my ability, or any investors ability, to freely invest on their own! Thank you