I do not think regulators should play with what we can invest in when they have a record or allowing bitcoin investments and allowing ESOP investments 100% in untraded stock. Clearly, stopping leveraged investments is a play by people who do not want common traders to use them.

With over 40 years trading experience, inclusive of options, I utilize inverse ETFs as a means of insurance against unknown market events; typically limited to less than10% of total assets. These market tools are valid investments and like all tools in all disciples, when used correctly, enable individuals to complete tasks. Education NOT restriction should rule the day. We live in a free market society of willing buyers and willing sellers; we do not need excessive FINRA involvement; EDUCATION is the answer.

I value the freedom to access a broad range of investment products that help build better portfolios I want to maintain my current freedom to invest in public securities of your choosing.

Investing should not be limited to rich people or the inside traders in Congress!!!!

Please dont do it

As a private investor I feel we should be allowed to invest in what ever we want to.

To whom it may Concern,
I received this alarming message about investing in a complex security that if Finra passed, it would limit our ability to buy more shares. It is very unfair if you committed to a position understanding the rules initially and planned out your strategy for the whole year, and in the middle of the battle, the rules change. This is very unfair.

Investors are fully aware that leveraged investments carry greater risk. Brokers remind us of that ad nauseum.
Thanks for your concern, we do not require further help in this area, and would appreciate your staying out of the way.

Personalized financial risk should not regulated or decided by a 3rd party. Individuals should be allowed under a freestanding republic to partake in behavior that is deemed by others as risky if it does not harm nor impose on others freedoms. This is such a case. individuals should be allowed to decide their own personal fate, not be dictated/FORCED by others no matter how well intentioned....even ill-intended...those those may be.

I have been using leveraged and/or inverse ETFs, according to market conditions and my specific investment goals, for more than fifteen years. They are vital to hedging strategies, and they deliver greater performance for fewer invested dollars, making them more efficient in many different circumstances than standard ETFs or direct equity investments. I can make my own decisions, and I don't need anyone protecting me from myself.