Regulators have no place to seek a product too complex for investors when the regulators have messed everything up. It is our right to use our money how we see fit and it is our risk to take contrary to what you control freaks think.

In my opinion, leveraged and inverse funds are much more straight-forward than options. It's a trading strategy that I feel makes a lot of sense and should remain an option.

All investors understand that these funds are investing in options in the associated index and that there will be decay over time.

Who [REDACTED] is the government when it comes to an individual who wants to spend his or her money. If a person is able to buy stock they should be able to make their own choices and decisions. Where does the government get off making decisions for the people. The government is a big woke joke. They have gotten the taxpayers into more problems then they know how to get out of. The government needs to fold its hand and let people make their own decisions. The governments plan is "plan to fail i.e. fail to plan". RT

This is the most rediculous proposal I've heard in a long time. Inverse funds allows investors to stay in turbulent markets. Does FINRA believe passing a test makes you a better investor? Answer: NO. Without these products, individual investor choices become; exit the market, short stocks/ETFs, or options. If FINRA takes the proposed action, they will make lemmings out of the average investors like me

Regarding your considered regulation, I strongly oppose having index and reverse index ETFs having anything to do with it.

While I see some merit in making sure retail investors fully understand risks before directly trading on margin or shorting a stock, the proposal to restrict index/reverse index ETF investors is completely meritless; theres no specialized knowledge required to let the ETFs manager handle the complexities of tracking markets direction.

Dear FINRA,
Please do not remove my right to purchase leveraged ETFs. The general public should not be required to have special privileges to have access to these financial instruments. Although these are complex trading instruments, they pose no more risk than many other securities that already available to retail investors.

Please do not assume investors need a nanny state to tell them what they can or can't understand or invest in. These additional regulations are unnecessary and onerous.

I strongly oppose any restrictions to my right to invest in any funds that I want to invest in based on my own decisions.

The checks and balances are already in place. The prospectus' already make clear what the risk of leveraged investment or inverse investment tools are. The clearing brokers also ask the right questions before trading in these tools is allowed. The losses suffered by small investors who do not understand the risks they take are a just prize for ignorance. Nothing trains the investor to sharpen their skills like learning from poor and uninformed investment decisions. This ultimately makes the markets stronger and better in the long run.

This is a ridiculous infringement on my right to protect myself and my investments. A well-balanced portfolio often includes hedges. Do you have hedges in your own portfolios? Of course you do. Please do not take away my right to do the same. I am a retiree, a taxpayer and investor, having worked my entire life. 1st the Fed props up the banks keeping interest rates near zero. We seniors got hammered and were forced to invest to protect our wealth. Now you want to eliminate hedges....another ploy to prop up banks and big money. Shame on you. I'm beyond disgusted.