To Whom It May Concern - I consider the proposed FINRA restrictions to Leveraged and Inverse funds to be yet another example of the Nanny State coming to the rescue of individuals that the government and their agencies feel the need to protect. I for one am more than capable of understanding the risks of these investment vehicles and want NO restrictions on my investment strategy. L&I funds are excellent short term alternatives for volatile markets (such as early 2022) and are especially useful as hedges to the larger percentage of more traditional equity positions.

The proposed limitations on certain purchasers of leveraged and inverse funds appears arbitrarily selected with no rational justification as to how it is meant to protect anyone. It appears the "protection" factor is nothing but a ruse to give an unfair advantage to professional and institutional investors - by given them privileged access to investing options not available to retail or individual investors. Risk is inherent to all investment options.

Why would you allow an ETF to be EXCHANGE TRADED then remove the ability for traders to TRADE THEM ON EXCHANGES?!

Why would you even consider this action. With all of the other investment options on the market Leverage & Inverse funds are the last thing you need to worry about. If you allow options that provide the ability for a person to loss an "unlimited" amount why would you even consider changing Leverages and Inverse funds?

To whom it may concern,

Regarding the disturbing news that you are going to start regulating and possibly preventing me from purchasing some publicly available leveraged ETF's, I wanted to relay my opposition to such a plan. I have several of these holdings in my retirement and taxable accounts and am fully aware of the risks and significant swings along with the market. Have you seen the volitility in TSLA lately??

Please oppose restrictions on my right to invest in public investments. I made a small investment in a leveraged investment in 2008. It has now grown to be significant in size and one of my best overall performing picks. I have been investing in individual securities and options since 1994. Please don't limit my opportunities to establish a diversified portfolio.

I believe investors should be able to choose what investments that they want to invest in. I used these investments as a hedge for my portfolio. I do think that the acknowledgement of risk and investment experience should play a role in whether investors can invest in leveraged products, but the approval process should be similar to the process for getting approval to trade stock options. It shouldn't be more restrictive than that process. An investor should read the prospectus to understand the risk and they should have 2 years of investing experience.

Please do Not limit my right to invest in Leveraged and Inverse ETF Products.

I would like to make investments that are inverse to the market or current position.

It's my decision, nobody else's business.