It seems that our government is increasingly inserting itself into the lives of its citizens, insinuating that they are not competent to make their own decisions regarding risk. In my case, leveraged investments allow me to keep a larger percentage of my portfolio in cash (liquid and lower risk). The leveraged investments allow me to participate in the market.

Having access to inverse funds, such as the ones available from ProShares, is extremely important to me as it helps me hedge risk in my equities portfolio.

I do understand that many consumers may not be familiar with the risks so I fully support limitations on levered funds including 2x, 3x, etc. However, access to inverse funds should be kept available.

Thanks for protecting me as a retail investor!

Cheers,

Peter Mudd

I believe people should be able to ivest money as they wish. I do not want to see more restrictions put onto investors. Please do not limit our investing ability.
Thank you.

I am not a big investor, and I believe in free and universal access to the markets. I was fully informed by my broker about the risks involved in leveraged and inverse funds, which are an important security hedge for me should the market crash. I am opposed to SEC Proposed Rule #S7-24-15 and urge you to consider the harmful and unnecessary limitations it would impose on myself and others like me who are not wealthy market players.

great for investors choice.

I oppose restrictions to my right to invest.

I should be able to choose the public investments that are right for me and they should be available to all of the public.

I should have to go through a special process to invest in public securities (leveraged and inverse funds). I am capable of understanding the risks.

Please do not place unfair burdens on investors that are not needed.

The ability to invest in leveraged securities as part of a well balanced portfolio is needed. To restrict this to retail investors is absurd. I should be able to invest in what I want to invest in as a right!

I use leveraged equities to hedge investments for protections. And it has been helpful to offset volatility in the market. I dont have millions to invest but when I look for products that can help my portfolio both short and long term. Leverage equities do just that for me.

This is unamerican

I should be able to invest on an public securities without having to go through any special process. I've invested for the past 40 years and I know the risks involved.
I believe I should be able to make investments I feel fit.

The restrictions on buying leverage ETFs shouldn't be any more stringent than what it takes to purchase a gun in this country. You can't lose any more money in these types of investments than you can with a risky individual stock. And with leveraged ETFs, they at least offer a level of diversification depending on which one you are investing. Leveraged and inverse funds are important to my investment strategies. And we shouldn't have to go through any special processes such as taking a test to utilize them.