Subject: Investors ability to trade "complex products" - including leveraged and inverse funds (L&I Funds).
Dear Regulators,
I am Kamala Chandrasekaran, 58 years old and I like to voice my opinion regarding your proposal on limiting access to Leveraged and Inverse ETFs (complex products).
Educated Investor: I like to inform you that I am an educated investor in the
Dear Madam, Sir:
I am writing concerning possible restrictions that may be applied to certain securities like leveraged or inverse funds.
I am a private, non-professional investor, but do my homework on stocks. Especially in the last few years, leveraged and inverse ETFs have been an important part of my investment strategy. While they represent a lower percentage of my investment funds, they
The ability for the general public to invest in various types of financial instruments and vehicles should not be restricted, and doing so would be anti-American in spirit. Let us consider and example of why this the case: the internet has helped promote the democratization of information and provided an incredibly valuable resource for individuals to learn, communicate, share ideas, create art,
Dear FINRA,
I strongly object to RN #22-08 for the following reasons:
1) I believe I have the right to be able to choose the public investments that are right for me and my family.
FINRA seeks to render some public investments unavailable to the public, and to grant access only to the privileged. It's not FINRA's place to decide whether I should or shouldn't be granted
I OPPOSE RESTRICTIONS TO MY RIGHT TO INVEST!!!
Individual investors should have access to all public investment vehicles without regulators dictating which are appropriate/inappropriate. Rather, regulations should focus on transparency and full disclosure of the strategies employed by fund managers and most of these regulations already exist. Rather than rely on regulatory intervention,
To whom it may concern, FINRA's current effort to seek restrictions around "Complex Products" appears to fall into the category of "fixing something that isn't broken." This is something the government often appears to excel in and in this instance reads as a rather arbitrary and capricious effort to restrict access to investment choices. As a rule, I vehemently
Gentlemen, I am puzzled! Wall Street already has a clear advantage over the retail investor on multiple fronts including and not limited to, research, software, the speed of execution, inside information and in politics. Let us not forget the Robinhood fiasco the past year which was just one example of how markets are manipulated and front-run against the individual investor. Knowing these facts
Over the years, I have used many of the "complex products" that are the subject of Regulatory Notice 22-08 including leveraged ETPs, inverse ETPs and options. In all cases, I did the appropriate research on these products to understand how they work and the risks associated with using them. These products have been an important part of my investment portfolio to either hedge
Any test of specialized knowledge should be dependent on the specific investments being considered. The degree of investor awareness required to invest in a leveraged S&P 500 2X fund is suitable for many investors who are aware basically of the risks and have been informed of the proportion of net worth they could / should invest.
Brokers should be held legally liable for INITIATING
To whom it may concern I am an American, and as an American tax paying citizen of this great country. I am saddened and also frustrated by the actions of Wall Street hedge funds, market makers, brokers and the FINRAS . People such as yourself that are willing stoop to such low levels in order to line their pockets with wealth while taking away from others. Does the word freedom mean anything to
