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Peter Esquinasi Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

This smells like a rat to me. I have seen leveraged ETFS taken away prior to large moves like the Natural Gas ETF UGAZ and USLV right before silver went up. It seems everyone is fine when a vehicle is a one way street to wall street pockets shorting them but as soon as the regular guy has a chance it is taken away. The risks to these are clearly spelled out and no action is required or warranted. Any limiting of these products will have me writing letters to agencies.

Timothy Moran Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

I (not regulators) know my financial situation, investment time horizon, and how I want to structure my portfolio to meet my financial goals. I should be able to choose investments that are right for me and my family without government interference.

Leveraged funds are an important component of how my portfolio is structured, and I shouldn't have to go through any special process like passing a test before I can invest in public securities like leveraged funds.

Robert Lloyd Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

While the leveraged products are controversial as longer-term investments, they are helpful for short-term hedging and trading. The unlevered inverse investments are extremely useful hedging tools for equity investors and don't have any of the drawbacks found with levered products. Restricting their use would be a disservice to the investing public who use occasionally need these tools.

There is already a mountain of disclosures required for these investments and the internet does a good job of educating the public on the basics.

Yinghua "Winston' Mei Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

As an individual investor, I will OBJECT too much regulatory requirements on investors. It will NOT protect small investors, instead of creates confusion and overhead (which will be added to investors in some way). Most stocks aren't less risky than leveraged and inverse funds are.
Any proposal that testing specialized investment knowledge, demonstrate a high net worth and go though a cooling off period will just sound great, but in real world, it is NOT to do any help to investor..