The stock markets built its foundation on that everyone can participate if they have the funds and will to do so, it is experience that makes the difference for every investors and their decisions. Leveraged and inverse ETFs have an essential role in the stock market and in financial investment strategies that are necessary in order to protect my portfolio or hedge some of my investments. Regulators should not have the decision who in the public can or cannot purchase public securities, that is why they are known as 'public' securities and not 'private' ones.

To whom it may concern,

Good evening,

It has been brought to my attention that there have been discussions of limitations and extreme regulations when investing in leveraged funds.

It is my right to choose what investments I use. After 60 years of investing I find that today's investment tools are very helpful in my decision making. We don't need someone to tell us what to do.

Let us invest in what we want and you invest in what you want.

I regularly use inverse & leveraged funds. I expect this to be my right to do so.

I oppose to restrictions on my right to invest. What is more difficult, having the business acumen to evaluate when to buy or sell individual stocks or the wisdom to know that if the stock market generally goes up over time, that you might make more money in a leveraged index fund like the double Nasdaq or double S&P. Are you going to tell me I can't approve of a complex medical procedure unless I pass a test to understand the full impacts to me as well. No you are not, so don't infringe on equally important decisions that affect my future.

I have been trading for a couple of decades whether it being "Long or Short" leveraged funds. I don't need some regulator to tell me that I'm not sophisticated enough to trade my accounts. I highly oppose these regulations.

I am capable of understanding leveraged funds and their risks. I do not need these measures imposed on me. However, some better disclosure from the providers could be helpful to the public. Disclosures could include:

I am not in favor of any additional regulation. I am an adult and the government is NOT trustworthy, as obvious from the state of affairs of the F.O.M.C. and the Presidents self serving policies that destroy the quality of Patriots and tax paying Americans. I have been trading for nearly 30 years. Stay out of my life.

I am against it.