The restriction of investment in non-traditional stocks and bonds is a driving force in making the investment playing field unlevel between the regular Americans and HNW individuals/institutions. There is no benefit by limiting the playing field to the average American, and reduces the ability of wealth creation along with hedging abilities that HNW individuals have.

I should be able to choose my public investments that are right for me. I only use a small portion of leveraged funds as a way to balance my larger holdings with less funding by making very simple hedges. These leveraged funds make it far less complicated and less risky than trading in individual options. Please, I don't need more oversight, complications, and regulation when the brokerages already state very clearly my risks prior to utilizing this type of investment tool. Thank you.

It is an investors right to freely access the entirety of the public securities markets without arbitrary restrictions.
FINRAs scheme is misguided because it:
Hurts Investors: It could potentially deny me the freedom to choose investments that could help me achieve long-term financial security.

This is not the first time that regulators have attempted to regulate Leveraged ETFs.

For some reason, we only see these actions at times when the markets have increased volitility. When times are good and the leveraged long ETFs are soaring, there is no scrutiny. Only when the leveraged short ETFs can provide value to investors do we see the risk of regulation or curtailing.

Leveraged ETFs have become a very important part of my portfolio and retirement plan. They provide cheap, accessible leverage for normal investors like me, and without them I would be unable to utilize leverage in my situation. I fully understand the risks and use them as part of a larger, unleveraged, diversified portfolio, and Im sure many others do the same.

I appose the ban, its unfair to ban now after investor like me loosing on those leverage and inverse investment vehicle For a fair play it should not be banned so we can make the money we lost who believe in value and fair play

I am a small, individual investor, an academic by profession. For the past twenty years I have had a portion of my retirement investments (about 10%) in a leveraged fund at Profunds. The market goes up and down, but this investment has been good to me. I strongly oppose restrictions to my right and ability to easily invest in such funds. I not regulators should be able to choose the public investments that are right for me and my family. Public investments should be available to all of the public, not just the privileged.

I do invest in etf leverage and inverse and what to continue using it

It is outrageous that regulators want to treat the average investor like a second class citizen. Why do we need to take tests in order to buy an ETF?? This is America and we should be able to invest as we see fit. We should have the same access to the same products as anyone else.

Why should you need a degree in finance in order to buy an ETF? Similar to owning a gold ETF instead of owning gold bars, the products in question give consumer investors access to crypto without having to own crypto in a wallet.

What are you doing and why. This type of investment should not be only used by traders on wallstreet. All things are learned and anyone can learn how to use different investment strategies. WHY let only bankers steal on the short. This is obvious what you are trying to do. Protect bankers money. Well, you should BE working for us, any time you restrict what regular people can do you are screwing all of US. Yes, WE THE PEOPLE. No to your regulations. Don H