I am writing to express my objections to the proposed regulations limiting access to leveraged/inverse ETFs/Funds. In particular the need to demonstrate a high net worth in order to purchase these assets is unnecessarily discriminatory and fails to take into account that someone without significant assets may still be able to employ a reasonable, successful and profitable strategy by using these funds.

Me not regulators should be able to choose the public investments that are right for you and your family.

Public investments should be available to all of the public,
not just the privileged.

I have the sophistication to invest in this project and should be allowed to do so.

This is egregious that I should even have to comment on this and a hinderance on free markets and capitalism.

I understand that youd like to restrict my ability to invest in certain investment products, namely leveraged mutual funds. I invest in these risky products only with money that I could afford to lose. I invest more than enough in broadly diversified, low cost index funds to cover a comfortable retirement. The money I use to invest in atypically risky ways is above and beyond what I need to meet my short and long term financial goals.

I dont believe regulators should determine if I as an individual investor should be able to invest in inverse funds.

Hello, and good day to you. This was a very involved read, and thanks to the hands that prepared it. I am a "retail investor", and I would just like to say, don't tell me how to spend my money under the guise of "offering protections to the less wealthy". Any regulations regarding "complex products" should deal solely with the broker of such products. If I've entered into a long strangle or some other options strategy that has zero potential of any payout, then that's my choice, which I am entitled to make, based upon the fact that I work 65+ hard hours a week for my money.

I do not support restrictions on peoples freedom to invest. While perhaps the intentions are good it is a slippery slope to start restricting trading on certain investments, such as leveraged and inverse trading vehicles. While these funds may indeed have higher risk, so do many individual stocks. Not all companies and their corresponding stocks are equal, people make investment choices all the time to invest in companies that provide a higher risk/higher reward scenario.

This will limit the opportunities for everyday workers and individuals and benefit the rich increasing the wealth disparity even further. Please vote down this bill.

Limiting my ability to invest in leveraged instruments would be yet another exercise of a "Nanny State." It would also be a restriction of my Free Speech - just as much as restricting my ability to donate (or not) to your patron's re-election campaigns. Leveraged instruments are the key to my investment strategies and financial future. I use them to hedge my other investments. While they are a limited portion of my overall portfolio, they are critical to my strategies.

I Dont limit investments in leveraged funds

The current policy and way of doing things is fine enough in my opinion, so a change would do little to benefit the current system. There seems to be very few reasons for such a drastic change, and I think it would be in the publics best interest to reject and decline such an advancement.