This is a very serious restriction on the middle class. I should be able to choose my investments that are right for me and my family not regulators. If this is taken away from us then the rich get richer and they become the privileged class. I have been investing for over 10 years and have done my own due diligence. I shouldn't have to pass a test or explain that I am capable of
It is not the responsibility of FINRA to limit my access to publicly available investment vehicles. The investments under consideration for restriction have clear, concise, and readily-available prospectuses that explain the risks and further restrictions or tests should not be permitted. Financial and securities restrictions should exist to protect investors from illicit or deceptive practices;
This is another rule that is supposed to be good for the retail investor but is awful for the retail investor. Like the $25,000 limit set to day trading, this is just another tactic to keep the average American unable to even get a chance to get out of the day to day drudgery of paycheck to paycheck. We need to pass a test to trade something we've been trading for years? Cryptocurrency funds
I should be able to invest in whatever I want.
I am using leverage funds to hedge my positions. I am using it as part of my diversified portfolio.
I shouldn't have to go through any special process
like passing a test before you can invest in public securities,
like leveraged and inverse funds. I am capable of understanding leveraged and inverse funds
and their risks. I do not
Who decides what is "complex"? Isn't that a subjective process? What if a regulatory regime likes annuities because they take the investment options and risk away from the citizen, and declares every other investment vehicle "complex"? Regulators should regulate the processes under which investments are offered and sold to the public, not the investment options available
I should be able to choose the public investments that are right for you and your family. Public investments should be available to all of the public, not just the privileged. I shouldn't have to go through any special process like passing a test before you can invest in public securities, like leveraged and inverse funds. Explain that I am capable of understanding leveraged and inverse
I should be able to choose my investments.
It is ridculous to only allow these type of investments to certain groups of people. Especially the most wealthy! If you are investing you should be responsible for taking that risk and that is it, not regulated. These are publicly traded securities that I should not be locked out of accessing through a test and should be free and available to the public
I should be able to choose the public investments that are right for you and your family. Public investments should be available to all of the public, not just the privileged. I shouldn't have to go through any special process like passing a test before you can invest in public securities, I like leveraged and inverse funds and I am capable of understanding leveraged and inverse funds and
Investing in Leveraged ETF's allows me the ability to gain more exposure to specialized funds and increase ROI. Since I don't have huge sums of money invested, I can achieve the desired outcome using these funds which offer me more flexibility over using a broker. I don't see any reason for investors to have to take a test since we are investing in Fund Managers to do
I shouldn't have to go through any special process like passing your arbitrary test before I can invest in public securities, like leveraged and inverse funds. I have been investing and trading in the stock market since 1957 and understand leveraged and inverse funds and their risks. I do not want, and do not need to have your unnecessary measures imposed on me or anybody else. Please
