FINRA Requests Comment on Proposed Amendments to Its Gifts, Gratuities and Non-Cash Compensation Rules
Attn. FINRA: I oppose any limitations on my ability to buy these types of Funds as leveraged and inverse funds are important to my investment strategies. I should be able to choose the public investments that I consider to be correct for me and my family. Public investments should be available to all of the public, not just the privileged few. As a seasoned investor I understand the risks!!! I
I have invested in inverse funds and find them to be a useful tool for my investment goals. I should be able to choose investments that I choose and not be 'disqualified' from any investment. For all the investments I make, I am aware of the risks and am able to utilize those different investment options. In particular, I have used inverse funds in the past and have found them to be
You shouldn't have to go through any special process like passing a test before you can invest in public securities, like leveraged and inverse funds. I am capable of understanding leveraged and inverse funds and their risks. Please don't make the investment landscape more difficult by imposing unnecessary restrictions. Inverse funds are one of the few ways to have a strategy that
I 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 rich and privileged. I do not need government regulators telling me what I can invest in. We the public shouldn't have to go through any special process like passing a test before we can invest in public securities, like leveraged
I Oppose restrictions to my right to invest. And I should have the right to invest in leveraged and inverse funds just like the big wall street firms, hedge funds, etc. I am fully capable of understanding the risks and do not need to be tested or have additional barriers placed in front of me to proof to a regulator that I know what is best for my portfolio. This is too much oversight and I don
I don't believe that regulators should prevent the public and individual investors from having access to investment opportunities that are made available only for the privileged or professional. You can never adequately prevent the risks that investment inevitably has connected with it. To attempt to do so only continues a policy of giving some, shall we say 'elite' investors the
Each individual deserves the right to make their own investment choices despite the risks involved. Certain funds or tools shouldnt be only in the hands of those who can control the markets. The investment choices individuals make is a form of freedom of speech and should be treated as such. I understand how leveraged and inverse funds work and I should be able to use them appropriately and in
I am an engineer by training and regularly handle economic calculations and risk assessment for my job as well as my personal activities. I should not be required to take training or pass tests to invest as I do now; much less be forced into cooling off periods related to my investment strategies. To be clear, I am also one of the folks that paid back all my college student loans and am sick and
We Americans not regulators should be able to choose the public investments that are right for us and our family. Public investments should be available to all of the public, not just the privileged. We shouldn't have to go through any special process like passing a test before wevcan invest in public securities, like leveraged and inverse funds. Any average person of average intelligence is
