Michael Duncan Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08
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To Whom this may concern,
We the People have every right to buy and sell shares.
You cannot take the right away from the American
I am opposed to adoption of Rule #22-08. I am not a big time investor, but I invest consistently and I think wisely using Proshares leveraged ETFs among others. I understand the long term risk of investing in these ETFs and usually do so for the very short term, I believe my participation makes for a more liquid market which I believe is the reason this country operates a capitalistic system, In contrast what the proposed rule does is make markets less liquid and excludes me from potential profit or losses which I see as my [REDACTED] given right to exercise in a free country.
I wish to register my strong opposition to regulations being considered by FINRA that would require me, as an individual investor, to meet certain knowledge, net worth, approval, reading, or cooling off period requirements as a prerequisite to investing in certain investments.
In no way would I recommend anyone to vote to accept government restrictions on my investing. I am not a wealthy person, and I have no specialized or ultra-sophisticated trading systems. But I was able to limit the extent of my draw-downs by using ProShares Inverse funds to limit my down-side risk in both the 2000-2003 AND 2008-2009 market drops.