As an investor, it should be my prerogative to choose whatever investments without interference regardless of the consequences. I understand there are risks associated with any type of investment but to burden us with the five proposed requirements for "complex investments" is an overreach. Caveat emptor

This is an unacceptable overreach. The job if the SEC is to make sure investment products are honest, legitimate investment opportunities. It is not the job of the SEC to pick and choose the people who will have access. This is the USA. It's supposed to be synonymous with personal liberty. The whole certified investor system should be trashed. It's elitist is the worst possible way. Let's see...I can't invest in certain securities but I can take my life savings to the casino, horse track, or invest it all in lottery tickets. Laughable!

I oppose restrictions
on your right to invest in public investments.

I oppose restrictions
on your right to invest in public investments.

How about you regulate the hedge funds and insider trading?

How about you regulate the SEC and get them to actually do their jobs?

Nah, you would still rather come after the little guy. Same old same old.

my trading accounts, my choice

Dear Regulators, I do not need your approval for my investments. I do not need your permission to invest. I know more about investing than most of you regulators. I do not need the government in my investments or any of my affairs. I vehemently oppose any government oversight on my investments.

The problem with regulators is that they think most people are stupid and need to be protected from themselves. This is an entirely false premise and people should be free to decide and invest based upon their own needs, requirements and independent research. Investment is an individual decision and should not be subject to governmental oversite or permission. America is still a free country which embraces individual freedom above all else and hopefully will remain that way. Government has no place in deciding what or how an individual can invest his own money.

do NOT enact any new laws that would restrict my rights to purchase leveraged and inverse funds and etfs. that should be an investor right. i am a normal informed investor, and i research my investment decisions carefully before i make any investment decisions. you should NOT be trying to restrict my investor rights.

I do not agree with this because doing this will make a lot of people loose more money by closing their current position or ability to add for new cost averages.

All stocks have risks. This is just a way for you guys to take advantage and bet against these leverage stocks on those dates to make money. If this is done and the stock goes my way after I will sue and so will many others.