Don't you dare touch my leveraged highly liquid ETF's I use them to hedge my investment not to speculate

There should not be limitations on the type and amount of money the average investor is able to spend. Congressional members and the Executive branch should not be able to invest, trade stocks, etc., during their terms due to their abuse of insider trading.

I oppose this proposition.

I was not ready to post

This form blows.

Still. Stay out of my business you cringe worthy creatures from the deep.

I oppose this proposition.

No one should try to tell me how to handle MY money ... Key word being MY ...

I've invested in closed-end municipal bond and infrastructure mutual funds for 30-years that use a small amount of leverage to enhance performance. They give me much better and more stable returns than any government bond without the individual stock risk of owning only a few individual stocks.

Its my money Ill invest the way I want.

I should be able to choose what items I invest in for both my family's future and me. I transact options daily to protect my investments.
Those investments should be available to me and not just the wealthy or those with special exemptions.
You are thinking of making investing more difficult and dangerous to all of us investors.
If you eliminate the leveraged and inverse funds you will force me to go the futures which I do not want to do.

A level playing field for ALL investors is crucial to enjoy public support, and citizens to think they have adequate opportunity to invest in vehicles they deem appropriate.