I understand that regulators are interested in restricting my ability to invest in certain investments.

With the plethora of information on the internet and other places, I firmly respect an individual's right and responsibility to invest as one feels appropriate for their needs.

I have, and am using leveraged and inverse funds as a way to hedge against wild market swings - such as we are currently experiencing.

we utilized leveraged and inverse funds for downside protection in the market. For when the market falls you can use inverse products for protection. These products are very important to our clients who want market upside with downside protection.

I should be able to choose the investments that I feel a suitable for me!

America stands for "Freedom." These regulations are unjust to your average blue color worker.
Most of us are full time employee workers don't have access to 401k's or Pensions. Companies these days simply don't offer them like the used to. Instead we get the one and only option of utilizing the IRA for retirement.
WhATs ThE BiG DeAL?
- 401k's have a yearly contribution rate of $20,500.00, plus other added benefits such as employee matching
- IRA's have a yearly contribution rate of only $6,000.00

I understand that regulators are interested in restricting my ability to invest in certain investments.

With the plethora of information on the internet and other places, I firmly respect an individual's right and responsibility to invest as one feels appropriate for their needs.

I have, and am using leveraged and inverse funds as a way to hedge against wild market swings - such as we are currently experiencing.

I believe people should be informed as to what type of risk they are taking but they are responsible for understanding what investment they are making and thus what magnitude of risk they are taking. Please don't restrict my ability to invest or my rights to invest in leveraged or inverse funds.
Thank you.

It is undemocratic and unAmerican to limit investors right to invest in financially sound investments such as leveraged and inverse products. These are necessary to ensure a level playing field for individual investors seeking diverse assets and non-correlated strategies versus the institutional giants that now dominate finance. It is unfair for the government to take away our rights to invest our own money how we want. Is this because the corporate mega brokers and hedge fund managers have paid off you or your election funds? How can you look at yourself in the mirror?

I should be able to choose the public investments that are right for me. Public investments should be available to all of the public, not just the privileged.
Besides, leveraged and inverse funds are important to my investment strategies.
I shouldn't have to go through any special process
like passing a test before you can invest in public securities, like leveraged and inverse funds. I am
capable of understanding leveraged and inverse funds and their risks. I do not need these measures imposed on me.

It is imperatively important that investors can choose the public investments they want to invest in. These investments should be available to all public investors, not just the privileged ones. I am capable of understanding leveraged and inverse funds and their risks and have been investing for many years. I do not need your regulations imposed on me. My trading investment activities are my business and do not need the help of a regulator. This strategy helps me to hedge my investments and gain returns.

The general investor or public should have the ability and complete control of which investments they choice not regulators! No additional tests should be required to invest in leveraged or inverse funds and no additional measures should be imposed on the me for the lack of understanding for the funds by a select few. By this logical all funds would have to be illegal as some in the general public couldn't understand the most basic funds! These funds help to hedge/protect my overall portfolio for market corrections, and these benefits shouldn't be limited to the elite!!