I believe I should be able to choose the public investments that are right for me and my family, not FINRA. Public Investments should be available to all of the public, not just the privileged few. I shouldn't have to go through any special process or pass a test before I can invest in leveraged and inverse funds, as I am capable of understanding the risks. These funds are important to my
I've invested for my own account over 50 years, and served as a NASD/FINRA arbitrator over 20 years. I dealt with options, high-yield funds, leveraged ETFs, and many other products. My concerns are disclosures and suitability.
Complex products require complex rules and complex disclosures. Disclosures must have a separate summary of risks in plain language, in addition to the legal
I opposed these restrictions! Everyone one should have the right to choose any public investment they feel is right for them and assume the risk. Limiting the right to invest to only certain groups of people is wrong and creates an unfair advantage! Public investments should be available to ALL of the public, not just the privilege. This is unethical!!
By taking away this right from certain
The right of investors to elect to put their hard earned money into inverse or leveraged ETFs should not be impeded through regulation. The issuers of the ETFs should be required to provide sufficient information to the investor regarding the potential risks of an investment in their ETF; however, the final decision should be up to the individual investor. Cryptocurrencies, lotteries and casino
I not regulators should be able to choose the public investments that are right for ME and MY family.
Public investments should be available to all of the public, not just the privileged. I am educated, and responsible, well aware of risks.
I shouldn't have to go through any special processlike passing a test before I can invest in public securities, like leveraged and inverse funds
Using leveraged funds provides me a great opportunity to improve my performance and hedge my investments against market cycles. Taking away these investments at this time would drastically affect my ability to invest especially doing it when the market is down a large percentage already this year. Anybody who makes investments in these products is already warned with a message/notice about the
Please don't add additional burdens on investors to invest in products like inverse or leveraged funds. I use these in my own investment strategies and are excellent choices. It removes the need for trading on margin which is important for IRAs. These choices should be available for all investors, not just wealthy people or the so called sophisticated investor. Removing these options
Gentlemen, I would like to object to any proposal to restrict trading in certain securities such as leveraged and inverse funds. I am not a high net worth individual, but I have read several books on trading and investing, have taken several courses and belonged to a trading club for a while. So I feel I have a more than adequate understanding of how markets work and the risks involved.
I am against limiting my options to invest in "complex" investments. I do not run an investing business in any capacity. I am an individual investor. These restrictions would be taking an important tool out of my toolbelt. I should be able to make my own choices on what risk I want to take and when. I should not have to go through testing and other restrictions as I am
I have been doing my own investing for over fifty years, and for much of that time was frustrated by the restrictions placed on my retirement savings, especially the inability to buy individual stocks rather than mutual funds. Having finally escaped those regulations after retirement I do not want to be told that I am not sophisticated enough to use mutual funds and etf's if they are '