REQUEST FOR COMMENT
Regulation of Compensation, Fees, and Expenses in Public Offerings of Real Estate Investment Trusts; Direct Participation Programs, Including Commodity Pools; and Closed-End Funds
Comment Period Expires March 12, 2004
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I am opposed to new restrictions on who can invest in complex assets such as leveraged or inverse funds, among others. If FINRA is concerned about protecting retail investors, they should just require full and clear disclosure on all financial products and punish anyone who misrepresents them or coerces anyone into using them against their own best interest.
We are all adults here and can make
Limiting investment options, such as leveraged and inverse funds, to those that meet special income or asset tests is clearly discriminatory. These types of restrictions allow for the wealthy to financially gain from certain economic opportunities, while investors who are economically challenged would not be allowed to take advantage. The government would be restricting people who freely desire
FINRA,
I am writing to oppose any implementation by FINRA to restrict or limit my ability to invest in leveraged ETFs, regardless of being used to control risks, diversification, or speculation. It is up to each common or main street investor to have freedom of investment choices and it is not the call of FINRA to make such choices on behalf of any type of investor whatsoever.
Common investors
This is communism. Markets should be free. We have too much government. This is just more intrusion to stop people from investments that can protect them from government overreach. I dont need bureaucrats making financial decisions for me because I know they dont care about my safety contrary to what they say. Its always supposed to be for your safety but it never is. Its all about power money
To whom it may concern; Enough with the threatened imposed regulations and allow for an individual to make their own financial decisions. Public investments should be available to all and NOT a select few by your judgmental criteria basis. I do not need to have any additional regulation measures imposed on actions that I choose to take as an adult and being fully capable of making my own choices
I should be able to choose the public investments that are right for me and my family. Leveraged and inverse funds are in the public domain and should remain there. Any effort to restrict or hinder my access to use these funds would be unfair and viewed by me as an attempt to keep the benefits of these funds to others. I understand the risks of leveraged and inverse funds, as I do the risks of
totally not needed. Public investments are public..Period! If I want to invest, it is My Responsibility to understand what I am doing. I am an active user of leveraged and inverse funds for hedging as well as another form of using risk. I also use currency, fixed income products and options. I have lost money as well as made money using these products. Don't impede my ability to use various
It is unlawful to restrict the general public from investing in leveraged or inverse funds. These funds, like most equities, carry risk of losing all principal and this is something all investors and traders are aware of with a simple acknowledgement on a disclosure. We should not have to demonstrate additional minimum qualifications to invest in these vehicles nor should they be restricted to
Certified Financial Planner and Retirement Income Certified Professional here: These new proposals are another failed attempt to regulate the finance industry. At this point it is almost comical that all of the proposed and enacted regulations are obviously meant to hurt the average Joe, while allowing big players to continue to profit and manipulate the system. I hope at some point in the near
