Very wealthy individuals use leverage to increase their wealth..... I feel the same option should be available to the small investor.......... Leveraged funds level the playing field for the intelligent small investor, and they should not be eliminated.

Please do not restrict my rights as an individual to invest in public investments yet allow a privileged class to continue to invest without any restrictions. This is unfair to individual investors. Your assumptions that we are too dumb to understand complex investment strategies is an insult to all American investors. Your regulators are not our parents to make us do special process to invest. This is America where an individual has the right to pursue liberty, happiness and freedom to invest his or her choosing. We do not need any nanny government regulation to hinder our pursuits.

I am against regulators limiting investors from trading leveraged and inverse funds. They provide me a useful way of hedging so I don't have to sell portions of my portfolio that have tax consequences. These funds also provide additional liquidity to markets allowing them to function. These types of funds are easy to understand so the public should not have to be accredited or pass any test to be able to invest in these. I have a Series 65 license and speak with this experience.

I understand the concern over novice investors utilizing securities they no little or nothing about. The same could be said for novice equity investors - do they understand the companies they are buying? I oppose any further regulation on my right to invest in public investments. Leveraged ETFs are an important tool to use in hedging equity portfolios and for those of us managing retirement funds with little ability to hedge or short common stocks, they are a critical tool.

The entire investment universe should be made available to anyone accepting the risk

Please do not stop our freedom to invest. You would NOT LIKE your investments messed with

Hello, Hope you have nice day. I am writing you this time to make my voice be heard, I OPPOSE THE NEW RESTRICTIONS TO MY RIGHT TO INVEST!!!! I believe that I should be able to choose the public investments, that I believe are right for me.Public investments should be available to ALL OF THE public, not just the privileged!! I am very much capable of understanding leveraged and inverse funds and their risks, I do not need these measures imposed on you.

I OPPOSE RESTRICTIONS TO MY RIGHT TO INVEST It is important to note that, 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.

Leveraged and inverse funds are important to your investment strategies. Consider explaining ways you use leverage and inverse funds, including that they help you protect (hedge) your investments or seek enhanced returns, and if you use them as a limited part of your overall portfolio.

Dear Sirs, I have read your proposed regulations related to "complex" investments, and I would like to voice my opinion. I am somewhat surprised that regulators are focused on the investors themselves rather than on the fundamental function of regulating the markets through conditions imposed on funds and traded securities. I would definitely approve and happily participate in any survey your initiate in the pursuit of your regulatory authority for the purpose of assessing investor know-how.