The federal gov, from the Federal reserve, Sec, IRS, congress, the White House and finally FINRA talk about protecting the public. We are at the mercy of your actions. Attempting to hedge our losses and find our hedges from the outside looks like complete idiocy. The fed and banks buy each others phony money, causing the markets to go up or down. The gov hands black rock and black stone almost free money to buy up every available house. The bond and gold markets are volatile.

Public investments should be available to the public for investment. Caveat Emptor. Too often "professionals" are able to game the system to their advantage through regulation.

I'm confused about why these funds should be an issue for regulators. They have been just fine for the past several years, and now they become a problem? This issue makes me suspect, and probably correctly so, that there is "money" behind the regulation concerns. Someone is not getting their "fair share" someway or somehow, and therefore we need to limit those who may benefit from the funds. I recommend just leaving things the way they are just as you have for the last years. Let the small investor be able to benefit during the bad times coming at us soon.

It is imperative that the FINRA regulatory body focus its efforts on its broker dealers and more so its financial professionals than products themselves. We the people invest how we wish.

As a free citizen of the fine country, I should be without hinderance in my investment decisions. I do not need these restrictions on my investment decisions, that should not be the role of Government. Complex securities allow me as an educated investor to capitalize on my investment theses. Limiting my access to such securities will result in a loss of profit and an overall delimiting of my potential as an investor. They are fundamental because, Instead of risking 100% of my capital, I can put 50% of my capital into 2x leveraged fund, and keep the other 50% in cash.

I am an informed and educated retail investor and i make investments in leveraged ETFs that are indexed to various sectors to hedge risk. I need this ability and it is my right to invest as i see fit for my success. I believe investments tied to sector indices are no more riskier than individual stocks which i invest in as well.

I- not regulators- 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.
Leveraged and inverse funds are important to my investment strategies. These funds enable me to seek enhanced returns and they are a very limited part of my overall portfolio. I am capable of understanding leveraged and inverse funds and their risks.

I am opposed to this as a business owner

I not regulators should be able to choose the public
investments that are right for you and your family.
Public investments should be available to all of the public,
not just the privileged.

the proposed rules are harmful to individual small investors