Current regulations mandate adequate disclosures regarding the nature and risk investment products including leveraged funds. I do not need or want any further government intrusion into my business. Desist from your meddling and focus on violations of existing regulation. I do not need or want further infringement on my investment choices.
Comments:Please do not limit access to leveraged and inverse ETFs. These are great investment products which complement the portfolio. I think all that is necessary is a n advisory notice before trade execution for investors who lack in-depth understanding of the risks associated with seeking leveraged investment results, and who plan to actively monitor and manage their positions.
I understand the reasoning for this regulations but feel they are much too strict and will penalize investors who understand the additional risks and leveraged funds perfectly but don't have high net worth. I think it's pretty clear that high net worth certainly doesn't make you a responsible investor and the opposite is just as true if not moreso.
I not regulators should be able to choose the public investments that are right for me and my family.
Public investments should be available to all of the public, not just the privileged.
I am capable of understanding leveraged and inverse funds and their risks. Regulators you do not need impose measures like passing a test to invest in these products imposed on me
I strongly object to regulations restricting my ability to invest in leveraged and inverse funds without jumping through hoops. My investment risks are my own to take. Unless the government or its agency would like to guarantee me a fixed return on my investments that is acceptable to me, it is wrong to constrain my options.
I believe that regulating my right to invest in what might be of benefit one day to myself and my family, is tantamount to disallowing me to better myself, or even prosper. If I feel I am ready and willing to absorb the risk of losing money to take a chance on possibly making money...then I should at least be allowed to do so!
I oppose these proposed regulations because I already have full access to information about the risks of inverse and leveraged funds and further federal gatekeeping is not needed or welcome. Especially in markets that reflect the heavy hand of the Federal Reserve investors ought not be barred from protecting their own financial interests with a full range of investment tools.
Leveraged index funds are similar to buying individual stock in terms of risk. If leveraged index funds are taken away, then investing in individual stocks should be as well. Members of the public do not have to go through any special procedures to buy publicly traded stock, nor should they have to for leveraged index funds.
Time and again you try to pass regulations while pretending to be doing it to protect our investments. We do our own research before investing. There are enough disclosures about the risk we are taking. Instead of focusing on regulating valid investments you should focus on naked short sellers that are destroying our wealth.
I am an investor in the market and have no understanding where FINRA receives its right to tell me where or how I should invest my money or how much risk I should take with my money. It is my money and if I want to waist every penny of it you have no say in it. Please remove this irrational and unfair regulation.
