Comments:
Dear FINRA, please do not begin gatekeeping access to complex financial instruments based on an assessment or net worth basis. This jeopardizes personal freedom and creates artificial and unnecessary barriers in the market for individual investors to participate. This compromises liquidity, price finding, and is an infringement of liberty.
A focus on risk disclosure and awareness is
Dear FINRA committee,
Please note that it is important to allow individual investors the freedom to choose investment securities including leveraged etfs as it is used to manage returns and risks. Most people who are even aware of such etfs are sophisticated investors like myself who have the investment knowledge and its impact on portfolios. I request if you can please allow the free flow in the
I shouldn't have to go through any special process like passing a test before you can invest in public securities, including cryptocurrency funds. I am capable of understanding cryptocurrency funds and risks. Regulators do not need these measures imposed on nor do we need capital gains tax so high on people who invest in crypto compared to those who invest in stocks
Please do not limit/restrict my and other investors' access to L&I Funds or disqualify us from trading L&I Funds or other "complex products".
I do have a strong understanding of the characteristics and risks of L&I Funds, and that understand that their purpose is
for short-term active trading, and that they should be monitored
I would actually prefer to see increased availability of leveraged and inverse funds. The leverage is comparable to having a margin account while using a cash account. The inverse works the same on shorting without a margin account. The funds hold the margin and manage the margin risks.
My "complication" is futures that move overnight while the funds are unavailable to
To whom it may concern: Sir, I am an investors of leveraged etf and I am comfortable of trading. I know I can loss all my funds doing it. As as investor being not allowed to trade leveraged etf is not fair. People who trades leveraged fund knows the risk of this fund. So please do not let this happen even if I am a small investor, it is my privilege to be part of trading this leverage fund.
I would like the freedom and ability and the chance and opportunity to determine my future. My financial future. My family trees future. I have studied leveraged funds. I understand the risks. The rewards. And the government should not determine what investments the rich can make. And what investments the poor can make. If there is one set of rules for the rich, and another set of rules for the
You 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 you are capable of understanding leveraged and
inverse funds and their risks. Tell regulators you do
not need these measures imposed on you.
Taking this freedom away is wrong, Public
investments should be
I should be able to choose the public
investments that are right for me and my 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.
I am fully capable of understanding leveraged and
Washington, D.C. — The FINRA Investor Education Foundation has awarded a grant of $432,850 to the National Bureau of Economic Research (NBER) to explore whether disclosure policies can be shaped to help individual investors better evaluate investment risks and consider mutual fund fees when making an investment decision. Formerly known as the NASD Investor Education Foundation, the FINRA Investor