While I understand the need for, and value of, some regulations to insure that unsophisticated investors do not utilize inverse or leveraged funds to their detriment, I do not believe those regulations should be unduly restrictive. Specifically, I do not support required testing or mandatory cooling off periods. I already accept the requirement for demonstrating appropriate net worth and getting approval from my broker. I believe these precautions are sufficient to protect against unwarranted and inappropriate usage of such funds.

You are limiting investor freedoms, although you may think you have good intentions, and you may be doing this on the eve of a bear market, which we haven't seen since 2008-9.

Who will this benefit? Hedge funds with a lot more political power than individual investors?

Making normal hedging in down markets less accessible to individual investors is not doing us a favor. We are stewards of our own money and have a right to make choices that could lead to losses as well as gains. You are, in effect, limiting our options [pun intended].

This is totally unfair and discriminatory against people with lower net worth and totally favors the well off and rich investment firms. Another far reaching restrictive proposal geared to keep the 1 percent in control of the financial system and its ability to generate wealth.
I am totally against this proposal.

Nothing is wrong with it. If it's wrong, then nothing is right.

Dear Sir or madam,

hello, i invest regularly, daily, and am a private investor, to gain income and retirement income, i do not want limitations put on the system i use currently. i currently use leveraged and inverse systems/funds in my portfolio,, thank you for your consideration.

I have been investing for 65 years and, at age 90, have not run out of funds. Small doses of leveraged and inverse funds help me deal with trends as I see them. I feel much more comfortable using inverse funds than shorting stocks.

I want to still invest in leveraged funds.

To whom it may concern,

I am extremely bothered by this proposal. As I am heavily invested in 401k I would like to be able to accumulate inverse funds in my Roth account to mitigate any risk of a market downturn. It is especially cynical if these inverse funds are available only to hedge funds. Please consider the voices of the retail investors as well.

Thank you very much for your consideration.

It is an investors right to freely access the entirety of the public securities markets without arbitrary restrictions. I do not need a regulator to protect me or my right to choose how I invest my money