I am an individual investor and object to any restrictions to my ability to trade as I see fit especially limiting or eliminating my ability to trade inverse and leveraged funds. I have been using these judiciously for years in order to protect my investments from significant loses or to improve my gains. Please leave me alone. Thanks for reading this.
I shouldnt have to take a test to use inverse funds, its not right when shorting a stock, using puts and calls are essentially equal in results.
The people should have the freedom to choose their own investments. These are very important to peoples investment strategies because you can put up less capital to receive the same return
Please don't restrict my ability to buy a mutual fund that goes up in value when interest rates go up. That should be my choice, not your to decide. Thanks.RTR
Do not restrict my ability to buy Proshare products.
These products have allowed me to retire earlier than planned because of Proshare product performance.
The ability to trade at anytime combined with single company potential returns without the single company risk are huge investment advantages that cannot be found with any other product.
I want a free and fair market in which I may choose my own risk and investment strategies. You should not be able to tell me what I can and can't invest in.
I don't believe that it should be necessary to have any sort of 'test' or other requirements to invest in leveraged funds. While there are risks, potentially substantial, the bulk of brokers require today that you sign a statement understanding the risks of leveraged investing.
Perhaps the compromise should NOT be to move leveraged investing to non-public forms, but to
Please do not restrict the options I have for investment purposes. I am able to manage the positions and companies provide instructions on how to use the financial tools.
I would like to comment on the rule to limit access for retail investors to "complex" instruments. As an infrequent trader, I understand the risk involved in investing. Those were clearly explained by online brokers I use and reinforced by all the research I've done and many years of trading I have. That said, leveraged and inverse funds are important tools that help hedge risks
