Please stay out of people's private lives. I've held some of these funds for quite awhile. Have I learned a hard lesson on how these products work?--YES. But I've held in waiting for an eventual bear market that I know someday will come. Now that is almost upon us, you want to change regulations where people like me can't play the game no more? Just as I'm about to get
There are currently many attractive, high return products in private markets that are not made accessible to public market investors. Further limiting trading of complex securities makes these unfair advantages even greater. I believe it is important to recognize and accept the associated risks, but regulators should not prohibit investment in such securities.
I currently use leveraged
Please do not limit private investors access to 2x leveraged index funds and non-leveraged inverse funds. A leveraged fund based on a broad index (S&P500, Nasdaq, total market, etc) tends to be a less expensive and safer alternative to broker margin. They represent a valuable tool for ordinary investors to access leverage outside of potentially predatory broker margin interest rates
I find it offensive that a regulatory agency wants to curtail the private financial investment choices of adult citizens, under the guise of "protecting" us.
Free markets work best when they are truly FREE. I am perfectly capable of reading the prospectus and understanding the risks of my investment decisions. If a person does not understand those risks, then the prudent move
I am a proven investor and know the risks associated with all my trades/investments. I believe as a private investor I should be able to choose the public investments I deem best for me, not regulators. I shouldn't have to go through any tests or special processes or have access to "x" amount of money to invest the money I have worked for. This proposed regulation
Why would you take more away from hard working individual private investors. This is unacceptable. Why should there be any regulations differences for anyone? You are considering making the market playing field even more uneven than it already is! I strongly object to any proposed changes to investing in any public securities, especially leveraged and inverse funds!! This will greatly affect
Comments: As an active private investor I understand the criticality of having access to inverse and leveraged ETFs. These products enable long term, full cycle investors to take advantage of short-term trends across multiple market segments, providing diversification and risk management of my portfolio. I would hope that FINRA allows for an expansion of these types of investing products in the
Comments: To whom it may concern . My broker keeps me very informed of the risks that ETF holds . Unless you are going to come into the common peoples lives and rule how we manage our private money, whether that is gambling , drinking , excessive buying or saving, then you need to stay out of how I do my own stocks . ETF etc are my right to pick and choose . Not your right to say who or what I
In light of the recent boom in private and boutique investments, I completely understand the benevolent spirit with which FINRA is attempting to protect small investors from themselves. Leveraged and inverse funds pose a risk hardly understood by everyone with a Robinhood or a TD account. However, those of us laypeople who receive investment advising and learn from friends, family, and literature
Non-accredited investors are already discriminated against through exclusion from private equity and initial series of funding for new start-ups. FINRA protection from risk/profit is not helping, it is hurting small investors. Taking away small investorss ability to utilize leveraged or inverse ETFs prevents them from any chance of hedging. It is criminal and discriminatory. I have had enough of
