Comments: Dear Finra ,
I am a 90 year old (young) combat veteran of the Korean War , the stock market wars of the 1960's and '70's' and , for the better part of my working career , NYC taxi-owner driver .
Each situation requires an investment of a sort . My point in this limited space , is , if people don't do "due diligence"
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
Comments: I am an investor, an advisor, a father, a son, husband and business owner. I have used these leveraged products in small amounts and I feel there is a lot of warnings, disclaimers, etc on these already. If anything maybe make the warning bigger or more bold but don't limit the access of these. That would in my mind do the following 1-increase risk because it would limit volume and
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
[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
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,
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
Do not implement this regulation. The federal government never properly evaluates unintended consequences. Stop treating the general population as though they cannot read and understand. Let me invest the way I want to invest. I have been trying to get treasury bonds out of the treasury for eight weeks and cannot even get through on a phone. The federal government is beyond incompetent. What
