Dear Sir or Madam,
I am writing to express my fear and displeasure in relation to the regulations being considered by FINRA that would prevent investors like myself from accessing products like leveraged ETFs.
I have worked for a decade in the financial industry designing systematic financial products and am a CFA charterholder.
I, like many others, have held positions in leveraged investments
I urge you NOT to restrict ordinary investors from trading leveraged and inverse ETFs for the following reasons:
1. Inverse and inverse leveraged ETFs are often the only vehicles available to ordinary investors to hedge their cash and retirement accounts in a down market, or even to profit from down markets. Wealthy investors have many means to do this. Taking these products away from ordinary
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Under the regulations being considered by the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA),
you may not be able to buy leveraged and inverse funds and dozens of other popular
investments deemed to be complex unless you:
Pass a regulator-imposed test of your specialized investment knowledge
Demonstrate a high net worth
Get special approval from your broker
Attest to reading certain
Financial Industry Regulatory Authority, Inc. (“FINRA”) is filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) a proposed rule change to: (1) amend the FINRA Rule 9200 Series (Disciplinary Proceedings) and the 9300 Series (Review of Disciplinary Proceeding by National Adjudicatory Council and FINRA Board; Application for SEC Review) to allow a Hearing Officer to impose
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