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EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
The NASD invites members to vote on a new Section 46, Article III of the Rules of Fair Practice regarding adoption of a short-sale rule or "bid test
While agree with the spirit of this proposed rule, in that investors who are at risk of being taken advantage of must be protected. I am concerned that the implementation and interpretation of this rule may negatively impact retail investors who are investing for themselves away from retirement accounts. I personally know many individuals who opened a Robinhood account during the pandemic and
To whom it may concern,
Please do not limit my investment options. I understand the risks involved with purchasing a leveraged fund. I understand the goals of such funds are to track the return of some underlying asset at a specific multiple. Furthermore, I understand the depreciation of such funds that occurs during periods of market volatility. I am thankful that these types of funds exist
Social isolation, whether voluntary or involuntary, has long been a leading factor contributing to the financial exploitation of older investors. FINRA, NASAA, the SEC's Office of Investor Education and Advocacy, NFA and the CFTC’s Office of Customer Education and Outreach are continuing to raise awareness of the devastating impact social isolation can have on senior investors and offer tips that can help.
I OPPOSE RESTRICTIONS TO MY RIGHT TO INVEST. I, not regulators, should get to choose the public investments that are right for my investment strategies. Public investments should be available to all, not the select privileged. I oppose requirements of regulator-imposed tests, sharing private financial information, obtaining special permission, and any and all other restrictions on leveraged/
Please do NOT regulate "complex products". I am a junior enlisted soldier whose income is comparable to the average minimum wage worker. I do not have a bachelor's degree let alone the knowledge of a niche finance professional. HOWEVER, it is my responsibility to understand what I am choosing to invest my earnings on. I, and other retail investors understand the risks of investment
Comments: I would like to voice my opinion about leveraged & inverse products. I believe inverse products provide an inexpensive opportunity for individuals and advisors to hedge / short positions. Other options such as Puts are far more complex and expensive. As for leveraged ETF's, my simple thought is there is no need for these products whatsoever, with the key word being need.
The ability to invest or trade using Inverse and Leveraged ETFs is critical to my ability to make gains. Especially when the government has the ability to completely destroy gains in the stock market through the Fed's money printing schemes, we individual investors need some way to go short on the market when it is prudent to do so. Just going to cash won't cut it either, since the
I'm a former registered investment advisor and was on the board of the National Futures Association as a CTA representative on the self regulatory body for the futures industry. I also served as an arbitrator on cases where clients were suing their futures brokers. In my experience over 45 years of trading, investors in the US have been handicapped in providing themselves strategies and
I very much disagree with the idea that an unelected bureaucracy, however laudable its motives might be, should be telling ME what publicly traded investment I can buy, is outrageous, and totalitarian. One can clearly see that ordinary people are often better able to see value than are so-called experts. And if an ordinary person , like me, screws up based on faulty logic, so be it. On the other
