I have been investing for over 20 years, mainly in common stocks but sometimes in so-called “complex products” like futures, options, leveraged and inverse ETPs, etc. I use them when I believe they are suitable tools for the market situation at that moment. I don’t mean that I always make right investment decisions but, as a retail investor, I find that it is very important for me to have the
Any politicians that go against the average Joe. Will lose votes. We the peopleh ave a right to invest. We the people hire The Government. We can replace you all. If you go hard against Us We will vote you out. Think about it. Informed Voter Sir Mark L Erwin 1st
As a self advised , private investor I should not have any restrictions placed upon what I can choose t invest in for myself and my family. I shouldn't have to go through any special process like passing a test before you can invest in public securities, including cryptocurrency funds such as BITO. I fully understand cryptocurrency funds such as BITO and their risks. These investments
FINRA should stay out of the personal investing decisions
of the public. The leveraged and inverse funds are a great
aid and help in managing a portfolio.They can actually help
you controll your risk and increase your returns. So I say
again keep your NOSE out of the investing publics pockets.
I want to choose my investments and I shouldn't have to qualify by answering questions on a test. You overstep your authority and do not have the right to question my choices. You need to rethink imposing this regulation. I don't need an overseer!
Do NOT limit my ability to invest freely!
Individual Investors should have access to all financial instruments available to institutional investors. The high risk of inverse funds is made clear enough in the research. Individual investors in self-managed accounts would be at an even greater disadvantage without this.
I oppose regulations to my rights to invest. It's my right and you have no right to intrude on them on my rights.
Vix or UVXY or SQQQ is THE BEST WAY TO CONSERVE MY CAPITAL during a down market like the present market. We not regulators should be able to choose the public investments that are right for myself and my family. Public investments should be available to all of the public, not just the privileged.
I have been responsibly using leveraged ETFs as a single-digit percentage of my portfolio for almost three years now, and I personally find the notion that they now could be restricted from individual investors to be utterly outrageous. I am stuck dealing with grossly subpar investments via my pension and Social Security (while I understand the rationale for Social Security writ large), and I