Please allow me to make decisions that I need to make to properly allocate my investment portfolio. Risks are clearly outlined in the prospectus, which there is already a requirement to read. This is overreach and I don't appreciate it.

Qualified investors (current status) should be allowed to invest in a variety of products including inverse and leveraged funds -- This is like call or put options--to maximize their opportunity. We should be made aware of the risks (current status), and enjoy the gains or suffer the losses.

You need to end Congressional exemption from insider trader rules before addressing inverse and leveraged products. That is where real abuse takes place.

As a retail investor, I strongly oppose to invest restriction on LEVERAGED AND INVERSE FUNDS. It's essential approach to hedge my position, especially in current market without obvious direction.

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 oppose restrictions to limit my right to invest.

I oppose restrictions being implemented that limit my investment choices. I have used a few of these products safely without the need of regulation. No one should have to go through special processes to invest in these securities.

Inverse funds provide a far safer way to hedge investments to the downside vs. shorting stocks directly. They play an important role in any portfolio.

I write to oppose this proposed regulation. Baring the little guy, the average American, from having the same investment tools as the sophisticated institutional investors only perpetuates keeping the poor poor and the rich rich. It flies in the face of our capitalist system. It does nothing to "protect" investors. As an investor I could legally go to Vegas and lose every penny in a casino overnight, but this regulation would prevent me from investing in an SEC regulated and approved, fairly commonplace investment strategy.

If investments are available on the open market you should be allowed to purchase in your accounts without regulatory interference.

Here in USA we believe in freedom, and that it bears responsibility for your choices, including the potential loss of invested principal. While i'm not really concerned about a knowledge test (which i find tho useless, easy to cheat on and just another taxpayer and investor added cost), brokerage approval or certifying reading the materials, as we do believe education is important before making an investment decision, i do oppose limitations that would make these innovative alternative investments unavailable to the general public, retail investor, including me: 1.