I think it's extremely important that professional advisors have the ability to work with or against the general market directions from the standpoint of hedging client portfolios, and these funds are the easiest and most efficient ways to implement these hedges. For example if the markets are down 15% this year and a hedge with this type of fund means only -8% loss for clients then they are very critical tool that should not be taken away.

I totally disagree with the proposal to regulate leveraged and inverse ETF's. They should be available to everyone, not just high net worth individuals. I understand the risks and use them strategically as a small fraction of my overall portfolio. I do not need anyone telling me what to do, or having to prove myself capable. I also totally disagree with the current regulations that restrict hiring hedge fund managers to only high net worth individuals. Everyone should be allowed to participate if they can meet the specific funds minimum investment requirements.

It is unacceptable and unfair to remove access to leveraged and inverse ETF's from individual investors. Especially, if high net worth individuals continue to have access to these funds. The rules should be the same for everyone. It is not the job of regulators to "protect" us from ourselves.

Retail investors should have access to inverse ETFs for hedging purposes. For complex products, ETF sponsors/managers should provide easy to understand demos & other materials to retails investors for education purposes. Thank you!

Inverse funds are elemental to may hedging strategies, and to eliminate them would be massively inconvenient for investors worldwide.

I oppose any restrictions on what adults invest or speculate in with their own money.

I am against the proposed legislation, as I am capable of making risk/reward decisions better than government bureaucrats.

As an American citizen I should have the right to invest in any products anyone else can invest in regardless of my financial status and regardless of my educational background. Quit trying to squash the little guy. Stop all these regulations and remove many of the regulations that prevent people from investing the way they want to.

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 shouldn't have to go through any special process, like passing a test before I can invest in public securities, like leveraged and inverse funds. I am capable of understanding leveraged and inverse funds and their risks. I do not need these measures imposed on me! Leveraged and inverse funds are important to my investment strategies. Leverage and inverse funds help me hedge my investments.

This is insane. If I want to take on a large risk profile who are you tell me what to invest and not invest into. This is borderline communism not letting me pick and choose where to place my money in a free and open market