I currently use a leveraged inverse fund to protect my portfolio. As it does not pay dividends, I'm not heavily in it, it only serves to protect my capital. While you should protect investors from fraud, this is simply not fraud. I have a right to invest any way I choose! If these types of investments didn't work, the market would take care of them. My portfolio would be much more vulnerable to large market shifts without these funds. I expect to continue to have unrestricted access to invest in these funds.

These proposed regulations are outrageous. In a time when markets are posed to melt down, what other hedge does the average investor have but leveraged and inverse funds? These funds are not difficult to understand, certainly no more difficult than the average vastly overvalued equity or byzantine mutual fund.

This seems like a way of preventing normal investors from protecting ourselves in tumultuous times, not a way of protecting normal investors.

I strongly object to the idea that an investor must go through a special process (like passing a test, special approval, etc.) in order to invest in public traded investments. Leveraged funds are important to my investment strategies. It allows for methods to hedge against losses and take advantage of opportunities created by these types of instruments. Currently there are protocols in place that all investors are constantly being warned by brokers of the inherent risks at all phases of the investment.

Hi,
Leveraged and inverse funds are important to my investment strategies. I use leveraged and inverse funds to protect my portfolio, so I do not want any limitation.
Thank you.

I am perfectly capable of investing in and managing leveraged funds. This is a major market maker manipulation and I STRONGLY object.

Leveraged and inverse ETF products are fantastic tools that enable investors of every size to structure their own investment strategy. I personally use leveraged ETFs to generate market comparable returns while retaining a higher cash position than I would otherwise be able to do. I've also used inverse ETFs to protect my portfolio during falling markets. My young adult children invest in leveraged ETFs in their Roth IRAs to maximize long term investment gains.

I've traded these leveraged funds for the last 4 years, to have these stripped away from the average day trader is a gut punch to the average trader and shows the average American isn't allowed to compete with the hedge funds of America. Your reasoning for stripping this access to average trader is a joke and implies someone else stands to make more money by doing so.

I have been investing in leveraged ETFs for over 13 years, successfully, I might add. I strongly oppose any restrictions on my trading of leveraged ETFs

I should not have to prove my experience or net worth to be able to invest in leveraged or inversed ETF's. Those securities should be available to the public without regulator restrictions.

Dear FINRA,

Leveraged funds are an important part of my personal investment strategy, and as public offerings, should be available to the public without restrictions or requiring special authorizations.

Fund descriptions are made available so that myself and the general public are able to research what we invest in and assess our own individual risks. It is our responsibility to understand these risks and decide our own investment strategies accordingly. Do not restrict the public from the ability to invest in public offerings.