I have been investing for quite some time and several years ago started looking into leveraged/inverse funds. I feel it is a better way to diversify my portfolio. Putting regulations on investing in them would only hurt people who use them in a way to do just that. I wish I would have learned about them much earlier in my life. I do not feel regulators should limit the right to invest in these types of investments based on demonstrating high net worth. Investments should be available to all and not just the super rich.

I believe public investments tools should be available to all of the public, The fund company follows SEC regulation to offer the prospectus of the fund to investors and investors evaluates own risk tolerance to make decision.

Please do not restrict common investor's ability to invest in leveraged public investments. As individual investors, having access to those leveraged products provides us with a much better environment for risk management and long term investment.

I oppose any restrictions in any manner to my right to invest in any inverse or leveraged fund. It is my responsibility and right to choose the investments that are appropriate for myself and my family.

I have successfully used inverse funds as a hedge in volatile markets. For me, these are one of the valuable investment tools that I use to moderate risk.

Please do not impose any special process or cooling off period as barriers to our right to choose what our investments are and when we want to make them.

I object.

Comments:The wide use of leveraged ETF offer me the complexity of investment features not found anywhere else. i have the broad knowledge and financial understanding of how these investments work and have utilized them for decades to benefit both me and the clients i serve in my investment management practice. I ask that new rules not be implimented, doing so will not dissuade an investor from using these products.

Is this another attempt to reduce or eliminate my freedom to choose the investments I make, right or wrong? I oppose this kind of restriction due to "for my own good"!

To Whom It May Concern: As a small retail investor, it is difficult to gain leverage, let alone with some efficiency. The leveraged funds from ProShares allow retail investors to access their economy of scale. Taking away these investment options from retail investors is simply unnecessary regulatory interference.

I want to make my own investment decisions - I understand investing has risks and that is my decision to make. Please do not regulate my ability to invest in Leveraged and Inverse funds.

It is unacceptable that "regulators" should even have the notion much less consideration of restricting investment products and vehicles that impede the choices and success of everyday investor's financial future and protection against market volatility.
Leveraged and inverse ETF's play a critical role in proper portfolio risk management which serves the individual investor and their financial advisors.