Greetings,
I am a retail investor and have enjoyed (carefully) investing in inverse and leveraged funds.
I understand the concern and desire to protect individuals, but to gatekeep these investments isn't helpful -- it's controlling.
I need approval from my broker to do things like short-sell because I could owe more than I invest, and that makes sense. But inverse and leveraged investments aren't as dangerous as shorting, in fact they're safer alternatives.
If you want to make us check a box and sign an agreement that any adult can review and thus gain access to leveraged and inverse investments, fine. But leave the gatekeeping out of it.
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Glen Jackson Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08
Greetings,
I am a retail investor and have enjoyed (carefully) investing in inverse and leveraged funds.
I understand the concern and desire to protect individuals, but to gatekeep these investments isn't helpful -- it's controlling.
I need approval from my broker to do things like short-sell because I could owe more than I invest, and that makes sense. But inverse and leveraged investments aren't as dangerous as shorting, in fact they're safer alternatives.
If you want to make us check a box and sign an agreement that any adult can review and thus gain access to leveraged and inverse investments, fine. But leave the gatekeeping out of it.