Dear FINRA, I am concerned about the potential changes that could affect my ability to purchase leveraged and inverse funds. I am an ardent supporter of the general public having access to the funds without the need to make these purchases though privileged brokers. I am well aware of the limitations and risk involved with these funds. The process that is being considered to make these purchases available to me are excessive and unreasonable. I currently have these funds as hedges for my portfolio and I consider it a tool for me to continue being fully invested in the market.

I will be 82 in July and have been investing for 58 years. I dont need or want your nanny supervision. I use leveraged ETFs for aggressive speculation and for hedging in my roll over IRA. Is there really a problem here? This looks to me like an effort to expand your government fiefdom by exaggerating the need to rectify an injustice that is either trivial or doesnt exist. With 30 trillion in public debt and untold additional future obligations, working to reduce government expenditures would be a true service to the long term wellbeing of Americans.

Dear regulators. Please keep theseinstruments available . I find them invaluable when used properly

I oppose the restrictions to my right to invest! Im the one but not regulators should be able to choose the public investments that are right for me. Public investments should be available to all of the public, not just the privileged. I know what Im doing and Im the one who takes all the risks. So I dont think I shouldn't have to go through any special process like passing a test before I can invest in public securities, like leveraged and inverse funds. I understand leveraged and inverse funds and their risks. and I do not need these measures imposed on me.

Unless future tradings for retailers and institutions likewise will be banned all together, I dont see why leveraged and inverted ETFs should be shunned for the retailers alone. At least the losses of an ETF is more controllable.

I wish to keep my right to be able to buy leveraged and inverse funds and other popular investments. If it is too complex for me than I can decide on my own. I do not need FINRA or any other government agency to hold my hand. Thank you very much.

As a non-professional retail investor, I strongly oppose the restriction of availability of leveraged and inverse ETFs and other investment vehicles. The risks of trading such securities are already made very clear and are displayed on the order confirmation screen of single buy/sell order, at every major brokerage firm that sells these products. The reach of regulation should end there- with a warning label- just as it does in the tobacco industry.

I do not need anyone to limit my decisions on how, when or why I want to spend my money in any way at all. Life is a Gamble whether I spend my money on Leveraged & Inverse Funds, Casino Gambling, Lottery Tickets, Sports Betting or Speculative Real Estate is my decision. There are No Guarantee's in life. I use these funds as part of my investing strategies. Back Off!

This is a stupid idea. Let people invest how they want.

Regulators should not determine what risks or opportunities that I want to apply to my portfolio construction. Hands off the tools I use to hedge and diversify my portfolio. There is already plenty of literature and information on the risks associated on these investments.