Limiting citizens ability to trade leveraged funds, commodity funds, REITs and various other financial instruments is a direct attack on the citizenry and should be unconditional. This would be a hindrance on financial freedom in what is a world where opportunities and social mobility is increasingly hard to find. As a broker and US citizen, I vehemently oppose such a rule and think those who
Respected gentlemen/ladies, I have few things to say to you about these proposed new regulations: 1. Please let me continue to decide what I do with my money and where I put it. 2. Please let me continue to decide what my portfolio would be composed of and please stay out of my portfolio 3. Please don't tell me that I'm not intelligent enough to invest in public securities like
There is no good reason that investors of any kind should be segregated and barred from any type of public investment vehicles, especially not on account of available funds. This rule banning certain investors from inverse and leveraged investment vehicles would limit individual investment strategies and only benefit large institutions. It is fundamentally unfair and disrespectful to the
It should be a right it invest in whatever product I choose.
I should have the right to be able to choose investments that are right for me and my family - not regulators. Public investments are called PUBLIC for a reason - they should be available to the public not a select privileged group that gets to profit while others miss their chance. I am capable of understanding leveraged funds and their risks and it is my money I am taking the risk with not
we should be able to invest in any product as we wish.
I oppose restrictions to my right to invest. Inverse funds are important to my investment strategy.
I am concerned that broad strokes are being made to decide what is overall the right investments for the American public. More and more investments are being put in the domain of "accredited investors" and it is going to prevent the American people from being successful. People, not regulators, should be able to choose the types of public investments that are right for them and their
I regularly rely on both leveraged and inverse funds as part of my overall investment activities. The elimination of these would hinder my trading. As a retiree, I rely primarily on doing Covered Calls as a source of income. Leveraged and/or Inverse Funds provide me the flexibility to position myself regardless of market conditions. As mentioned above, removal of these would significantly hinder
I used to be in the investment business and earned a Series 7 with a test score of 93. Even without that, as long as an investment is thoroughly explained, the right to purchase it should not be restricted. I've made plenty of investing mistakes, but it's all about freedom; and too many people in positions of authority want to control every aspect of our lives. They and the education
