Hello, I wanted to make my voice heard re this issue.

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 privileged.

I shouldn't have to go through any special process like passing a test before I can invest in public securities, like leveraged and inverse funds. I am capable of understanding leveraged and inverse fund and their risks. I do not need these measures imposed on me.

Please stop restricting investors from gaining access to ETFs with complex strategies including leverage and shorting sectors, stocks, commodities, etc. Increasing regulation just empowers the wealthy and financial organizations to be the only ones that can benefit from more diverse financial strategies which are needed especially now. I have built my retirement because of access to a broad range of tools and am teaching my adult children to use them. DO NOT GO BACKWARDS BY ADDING REGULATION AND TREATING CITIZENS AS CHILDREN!!!

Leave American's investments ALONE!!!!!!

As an investor, I have used leveraged investments as part of my strategy for years. I already receive several warnings before trading my leveraged ETFs and I am fully aware of the risks and take full responsibility for the actions I take. Please do not put any further restrictions in place and allow the average investor the opportunity to invest in these types of securities.

Government has no business creating this.

No one has the right to tell me or anyone else we are to dumb to do anything. The only ones that are that dumb are the ones that think the we voting public are dumb.
I oppose all regulations that limit my right to choose!

I strongly oppose this regulation. Everybody should have access to investments not only the wealthy and elite. Being able to do due diligence on research into investments is up to any individual and this undermines our ability to gain investment returns on par with the wealthy, when they have access to so many more investment options. I for one like to invest small percentages of my portfolio into investments that this restriction targets, but even this small percentage has had very nice affects on my overall return.

I have been investing a long time and have bought individual stocks, bonds, ETFs. I have shorted the Market through ETFs. I realize the risks involved. Currently we are in a period where the major market indices are falling. Now is the perfect time to protect part of your portfolio with an ETF that shorts the market. It is like insurance on your home. The goal is to protect your investment. I should not have to pass a test to invest in inverse funds. What we need is better enforcement and/or new rules for naked short selling.

I absolutely disagree with the intentions of FINRA to limit my choice, or any other investors choice which public equities, bonds or funds we can invest in. A free and open market can only exist if it is free and open to all, not a select few. I absolutely want to maintain my freedom to invest in public securities of my choosing. I understand and accept the risks and rewards of this freedom.

AGAIN GOVERNMENT is trying to take from as a L.V.N. Nurse for over 50 YEARS my hard made retirement. As a Vocational Nurse my option to save was late in my life. So mine & my Husbands savings for our Golden Years is sparse. As a Master Plumber that owned his own business that was small in numbers (him & a helper). No retirement savings for him to claim. It is my right my retirement and the Government already taxes us so high on this small earnings. It is almost gone.