Thank you for the opportunity to comment on the Obligations on Complex Products and Options from the perspective of small investors. Such products offered in public securities and exchange traded funds have provided small investors like me and my family members the access to hedging products at reasonable costs. Such products provide us the hedge and protection so that we can invest in a wider
My Dad who was in the Army Air Corp before it was the Air Force in WW2 ,served as selectmen in our Town E.Bridgewater MA, the Treasure of his men's club East Bridgewater Commercial Club and his group of friends that got together and pooled their money to make stock investments once a week would be outraged that this is even being considered since he fought so hard for Freedom 25
I understand that you are considering legislation that will further restrict investors from investing in a broad range of public securities designated as complex products. We already receive prospectuses which spell out risks. What is your reasoning for adding more restrictions? As a small investor I want the right to invest in any publicly traded stock or ETF of my choosing. We do not need more
Dear Regulators: I have been investing for over 50 years. I have traded stocks, bonds, commodities, futures, options, and currencies. I do not want regulations telling me what I can or cannot invest in. I am responsible for my choices and the resulting consequences. I enjoy researching various instruments; especially leveraged and inverse ETFs. I often use these instruments to increase my returns
Sir/Ma'am,
It has come to my attention that restrictions are being considered that would impose restrictions on the types of investors that can invest in leveraged and inverse funds.
I find the fact that this is even being considered to be deeply hypocritical considering the fact that many individual stocks (nevermind cryptocurrency) have similar or even more aggressive risk profiles
Individual investors have been excluded from the advantages of large trading firms and lawmakers. Taking away individual investor RIGHTS to invest in leveraged & Inverse funds is just another ball & chain on individuals in their strides towards financial independence from Government. If an individual had invested in a triple leveraged S&P index fund for the last 10 years,
[REDACTED] Instead of holding naked short sellers accountable, or exposing crime in dark pools, or punishing the racketeering and fraud running rampant on Wall Street, you [REDACTED] who claim to operate as a regulatory agency have conceived a plot [REDACTED] retail traders instead. Because you [REDACTED] think the little people shouldn't be able to invest in stocks that your supposedly
Dear Regulators:
I strongly oppose the proposed regulation that would limit or eliminate access to leveraged and inverse investment instruments.
These tools are a critical piece to actively managing a portfolio, and provide unique alternatives to individual stocks, passive ETF's and mutual funds.
Given the many events in the last several years that have dramatically affected the
I think we, as investors, should be able to choose the public investments. That is the right for myself and my family. Public investments should be made available to all the public, not just the selected classes (people with high net worth etc.). We understand the risks associated with leveraged and inverse funds. They are important to my investment strategies, which took me over 10 years to
To Whom It May Concern:
Over the last couple of years, I have been trying to manage my retirement investments much more actively. It's very important to hedge some of my positions, particularly in the current economic environment. An important part of my strategy is to be able to invest in inverse ETFs, as I am unable to short individual stocks in my retirement accounts. I do not think
