To whom it may concern, Although regulations within a society are important, I disagree with regulators limiting an individual's ability to choose publicly traded investments. Leveraged and inverse funds carry increased risks, but it is an individual's right to invest in them. As an individual, I am perfectly capable of understanding these types of funds, however, if I choose to invest
I know what I am doing in investing. Government has NO BUSINESS budding into my financial affairs under the guise of 'protecting me'. I should not have to go through special process. You are not my Mom or Dad. I am more informed, MBA PhD than most of your regulators. I have invested in leveraged funds successfully for over 30 years. I do not need government (uneducated) to educate me or
Most people get that investing is risky. If they passed high school, they'll have learned about things like the Great Depression where people lost everything on their stock investments. If anything, the burden should be on the organizations doing a fundraise to provide all the information that people need to make smart decisions and establish that they aren't going to pull the
Thank you for allowing us the opportunity to provide feedback regarding potential new security regulations. It is very important to the public that we maintain free and unincumbered securities markets. That means, yes, sometimes we may lose money on investments, but it is critical to protect the rights and abilities of investors' and individuals' to freely choose which
Comments: I find the recent discussions about leveraged funds silly. It's been discussed in detail on various online forums how leveraged funds are good for short term trading, and are also fine for long term investment *provided* the investor is sufficiently informed about the rules. See, for example, the famous "hedgefundie adventure." Yes, there is volatility drag,
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FINRA has adopted changes to its rules to permit, and in some instances require, electronic service and filing of documents in disciplinary and other proceedings and appeals.1 FINRA has also amended its rules to require parties in proceedings before the Office of Hearing Officers (OHO) to file and serve the parties with their current email address and contact information at the
Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the above propose rule. Individuals should be able to choose the investments that are right for them and not be limited by criteria established by regulators. Information is required to be readily available from the financial companies offering the investment that describe the risks associated with each type of investment in the form of a prospectus or
I would be categorized as a "retail" trader. The assumptions being made in this proposal are insulting, it wrongly assumes so called retail traders are uneducated in many of the products named in this proposal. The assumption non-professional traders lack understanding of these products is not what I see on a daily basis. I trade with hundreds of other traders in a Discord chat room and
FINRA regulates a critical part of the securities industry – member brokerage firms doing business in the U.S. In an effort to increase public awareness and understanding about the broad range of FINRA-registered firms and individuals, FINRA shares an annual snapshot of some of the data collected in the course of its work.
I have been managing my own investments, and trading leveraged and inverse funds for many, many years. "I", not regulators, should be allowed to invest in the products of my choice. I worked as a CPA for many, many years and consider myself to be well informed regarding leveraged and inverse funds. I am not trading on margin. I am using my own hard earned money for trading. Regulators
