Greetings, In general, less regulation is the best practice. Restricting our investment options is not what want or need. For decades, investors have been able to make intelligent decisions on their own regarding these investment vehicles. The key is understanding the risk associated with every investment. Consequently, the heavy hand of government is not required or needed. Thanks for allowing
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Dear decision makers, I would very much like to retain my ability to invest in funds with complex structures including those with leveraged and inverse models, such as LABU and LABD. These funds are important to my investment strategy and their manner of working is not as complicated as to put anyone at risk. Their mechanics are easy to understand and to explain to anyone. Kindly make it easy and
To Whom It May Concern: Once again it seems we are dealing with needless government overreach. Leveraged trading vehicles for experienced investors provide valuable tools in balancing portfolios, reaching portfolio design goals, and protecting against risk. My families financial future should not rely on yet another bureaucrat making decisions for me or my family.
I, not regulators, should be free to determine what public investment are suitable for myself and my family.
I'm fully capable of understanding the risks inherent in leveraged and inverse public securities products without passing a test from regulators.
Products such as these are quite useful for me to partially hedge and enhance my investment returns and should be available to
I an very opposed to any regulatory limits on my current abilities to participate in complex ETFs and investments.
I have been involved with these investments for many years and am familiar with their risks and do not need any extra regulations to guide me. Placing these limits will significantly impact my retirement planning and financial future.
Please desist from imposing them.
Just regulation should protect those who cannot protect themselves from bad economics actors. This regulation proposes to protect people from themselves, which does not sound like a free country to me. The risks and rewards of leveraged and inverse funds are clear and obvious with some simple math. One does not need to be sophisticated. Leave the people alone.
To Whom it May Concern,
Do not remove or hamper my ability to utilize any means of investing that I deem to be to my best interest. Regulating individuals simply strengthens large investors at the expense of small investors. Leveraged funds can be used to hedge in times of financial uncertainty. There are already adequate disclaimers about the risks involved with leveraged funds available.
Dear Big Government,
It is not your place to tell me how or where I should invest MY hard earned money. I do not need to take a "test" in order to invest MY money where I see fit.
Like other funds, the prospectus of leveraged and inverse funds fully disclose risks they pose. These funds are important to my overall investment strategy.
All investing options should be open to people willing to take the risk. It is amazing the overreach that our government would like to put on it's citizens. But if you are connected or in political power, you can amass a tremendous fortune off of the knowledge and inside information. Do something constructive, put us back on the gold standard and enact term limits on politicians.