Limiting access to public investments will limit our ability to navigate complicated financial markets exacerbated by Federal Reserve policy. When all investments are going the same direction for extended periods of time an inverse fund is the safest way to hedge. These tools need to be available to everyone and not just an elite educated class.
I should be able to choose the public
investments that are right for me.
Public investments should be available to all of the public,
not just the privileged.....
You are encroaching on my freedoms again. This #22-08 Rule is not in line with our rights.
Stop trying to hamstring the common investor.
I firmly believe in my right to freely access the entirety of the public securities markets without arbitrary restrictions and oppose any and all limitations on my investments.
Comments: I oppose any further rule-making to limit access to so-called "complex products" (e.g. leveraged / inverse funds or ETFs). There are already plenty of warnings provided regarding the risky nature of these products. At my broker's website, for example, I receive a notification every time I attempt to purchase these products indicating their risky nature and
Crypto was designed to be "For the People" the government needs to stay out of it. Maybe instead of sending all our $ to Ukraine, you spend that $ directly on Americans.
I do not need any governing body deciding for me how to invest. There didn't seem to be any concern over how retail investors spent their money in the stock market until January of 2021. Institutional investors repeatedly creating systemic risk by their gambling with derivatives are an actual imminent threat to our markets. They are the ones who need significantly more regulation and
I am a retail and self-directed investor mainly trading and investing in US listed leverage & inverse ETFs and associated exchange traded options. I am also a finance professional with work experiences in investment advisory on vanilla and structured products, including equities, fixed income, interest rates and currencies, in overseas jurisdictions outside of the US, and hold MBA and CFA