As a retail investor i’m strongly in favour if these changes to the gathering and publishing of data regarding short positions and the regulation of options based synthetic-share creation. These rules are a strong step forward in protecting the interests of everyday shareholders, those who invest the most, and have the most to lose when abuse, corruption, malfeasance, or negligence are allowed to
I am absolutely opposed. This type of classism will further promote the growing disparity within our nation. It is the antithesis of equality and cements the fast growing perception that America is a land without opportunity. There should not be a list of requirements to complete before having the ability to access investments in private securities.
The course of action proposed is starkly
Aloha. Mahalo for doing the best to your abilities to protect American citizens without infringement on their freedoms and financial success. We are at an inflection point moving from the old financial system into a new financial system. The decisions you and your peers agree upon has potential impact on 100s of millions of lives. Let's make sure your team and the American population is
Comments: As a retail investor that wants to take advantage of leverage without the use of options these instruments work to add exposure for a long or as a hedge on sector/market downturns.
I would say that most retail need to understand how they work in reality (rebalancing every day) and the risks associated during times of high volatility. In that case it's the same issues as having
At 64 years of age, holding 7 professional certifications & having experience in industrial, education, medical, law, & CPA/Financial Planning fields, I feel I am more than qualified to control & invest my retirement funds as I see fit! I DON'T need FIRA to "save" me from myself! The option to invest in PUBLICLY traded funds should
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I strongly appose proposed restrictions on inverse and leveraged Exchange Traded Funds. I have used both of these to very effectively hedge long fixed income and equity positions over short exposure periods. Removing access to these funds will force me into the listed options market to construct similar hedges that more complicated, expensive, entail more basis risk and require more
Please do not do this. You may believe youre helping the average investor but youre in fact harming them. This action would take away yet another investment/trading option available to the commoner. The wealthy have a multitude of investments options available to them that lower networth people simply cannot access. Leveraged funds specifically allow the clean utilization of highly technical
These proposed regulations are outrageous. In a time when markets are posed to melt down, what other hedge does the average investor have but leveraged and inverse funds? These funds are not difficult to understand, certainly no more difficult than the average vastly overvalued equity or byzantine mutual fund.
This seems like a way of preventing normal investors from protecting ourselves in
Imposing laws to prohibit and make it harder for the average person to invest is wrong. Actions like this are the reason many people distrust the government and the top 1% income earners. We should be able to invest our money to build wealth and stability for our families without "tests" and needing "permission" from a broker. Funds help to build out my
I disagree with the proposal to restrict access to leveraged or inverse funds for several reasons:
1. It is not the government's responsibility to tell me what I am capable of investing in. It is my money, my risk.
2. It is my responsibility to determine if an investment is right for me, and to understand benefits and risks.
3. it is not the government's role to assess or
