Dear FINRA, LETFs are not "complex" products. They are very simple to use. I can simply buy them to introduce modest amount of leverage to my diversified and safe portfolio. LETFs allow me to easily adjust the risk and reward levels in my portfolio. They are SIMPLE instruments. Simplest form of leverage, and the wildest of them are only 3x leveraged. How dare you take away my freedom
To whom it may concern, I strongly oppose any potential restrictions on my ability to purchase leveraged instruments. This would be another way for the large institutions to use investment vehicles for their advantage at the expense of the smaller investor like me and put us on unequal playing ground. I do not use them as a large part of my portfolio, but use them for hedging or taking advantage
Please dont prohibit leveraged investments from average investor portfolios although limiting the percentage of investments to under 25% could protect uninformed investors from them selves. Late next year these investments should outperform the market and average investors should have access to these great opportunities.
Please do NOT restrict the use of leveraged ETFs in ANY way. Just this proposal is outrageous: You think only rich and privileged people understand risk? How condescending is that? Leveraged ETFs are the only way for middle class investors to have a decent shot of moving out of the middle class as we aim to become financially independent. Almost all retail investors understand the risk and
My name is Brian and I am a retail investor. I do not have a background in finance or economics and I do not have any SEC certifications. I have 3 trading accounts; a joint brokerage, an individual brokerage and an IRA. The combined balance of these accounts is about $300K. I am in my 40s and no longer hold my corporate job. I am self-employed and chose to invest my own retirement and cash/margin
Government should never interfere with the public's rights to invest what ever they want to or how much they can invest. Stay out of our personal rights.
I appose this regulation. Each person should be able to chose what he or she can invest in - not the government.
It is simply un-American and wrong to restrict access to certain investment vehicles simply because FINRA has generalized that the average retail investor is incapable of comprehending the products in which they invest in. From someone who has been studying leveraged funds for years now, please do not do this. One could argue that investing in small biotech stocks or "Bottom Fishing"
Everyone should have the same opportunity to invest and better themselves. It should not be controlled by a few. The market used to closed for a long time to the average investor and when it opened it made things more transparent. I think this is what is happening here. They are trying to close the market to the individual retail investor and make it exclusive again. This might be a result of the
Find something else to screw up. Leave investment regulations as they are.
