Leave our access to the option market alone. Risk management is best handle when the risks are sometimes learned through trial and error. The best investors do not start off perfectly. Most become good to great in options as investor risk mangers when the heat is on and risk aversion is realized through that seat of the pants experience. This experience can only come to those that get back up
I oppose rule #S7-24-15 as it should be up to the public, not regulators to decide what investments suit them and their risk tolerance. We are capable of understanding leveraged funds and their risks, and regulators do not need to impose processes that treat us as though we are incapable. I use leveraged funds as a small percentage of my portfolio to introduce additional limited risk that has the
Leveraged funds are critical to my investment strategies. Yes, I have lost money at times, but I understand the risks. A risk I can't plan for is regulation taking away my ability to make the right choice for me and my investment goals and risk appetite.
I think every investor should be allowed to invest in the securities they wish to -- regardless of their net worth.
As a responsible
To whom it may concern:
As both a financial advisor and individual investor, I am concerned that rules proposed by FINRA will limit my access to financial tools that are important to my portfolio and investing strategies. This includes leveraged and inverse funds that I use to increase my exposure and potential for gains without risking additional capital. These products are important tools that
Summary
Recently, FINRA took enforcement action against several firms for failing to establish or maintain a reasonably designed supervisory system for recommendations of alternative mutual funds, also sometimes referred to as “alt funds” or “liquid alts” (“Alt Funds”). FINRA is continuing to note such deficiencies in its examinations and communications reviews of such products.
This Notice
FINRA Board, This is a major regulatory overreach. I would hope that this rule regarding individual investors' access to "complex" investments was proposed with the best of intentions - to protect investors from tking on unnecessary risk. But it is not up to you to determine the level of risk that an individual investor is willing to take on - it is up to the investor, and the
The tools of an investor to offset risk through the use of some of the inverse or short funds could substantially impact their ability to mitigate losses. Investors need to understand the risks involved in EVERY product, including publicly traded stocks. ALL investments carry risk, every single one. The Boards ability to define who is knowledgeable or not is overstepping their scope of regulation
Comments: FREEDOM TO CHOOSE should be the norm. in the market any and all financial products have risk embedded. the ONLY way a trader can make use of those products in a limited risk situation is by having correct and updated information that is really understandable to most, specially pointing extreme risk situations and by educating himself on how to handle risk with those products. so, my
I am fully capable of choosing the investments appropriate for my situation. I should have the right to invest and take risk in anything legal investment that I see fit. It is my risk, no FINRA or anyone else's risk. Anyone investing knows they are taking the risk to lose some or all of their capital. We do not need special processes or tests to take. I already signed documents with my
The Audit & Risk Committee (Committee) is a standing committee of the FINRA Board of Governors (Board). This Charter and the FINRA Governance Guidelines govern the operations of this Committee.
