I have used these funds to help increase me reach as a small initial investor. I do not have the capital to reach certain funds so I am to get returns and execute strategies I would rather not be able to complete without the huge amount of capital necessary. Without these funds I could not actively track and invest in theories that are other wise costly and inaccessible to small investors.

I am a 50 year old woman that manages my own investments. I am opposed to the restrictions that could be placed on leveraged/inverse ETF's. They are my investment vehicle of choice. I am well aware of the risks involved, and still choose to buy/sell these ETF's. They have proven to be an excellent tool to hedge my portfolio. The decision to invest in these ETF's should remain with each individual investor, not with a bureaucrat.

Sirs,
I wanted to let you know that I do NOT support the proposed measures on inverse and leveraged ETFs. I work and pay taxes and practice due diligence on my investments.
I do NOT need regulators to tell me how to invest MY money. I pay their salaries with my taxes, and want them to butt out!
To put rules in place to limit my options suggests that we may need less regulators and the (corrupt) politicians that support them.

Investing in leveraged ETFs should available to all investors and traders at all times. Leverage is not the enemy. If it were, very few of us would have mortgages. Right now, people of all levels of investment knowledge have access to trading stock and index options. Many of these people buy calls, most of which expire worthless. There is virtually no barrier to trading stock options that my have zero residual value at expiration. The value of leveraged ETFs don't go to zero, unlike the the worthless calls. Bottom line: We don't need the nanny state to tell us about risk.

I run a systematic investment plan where leveraged ETFs are the key component. These funds are extremely important to my investment plan and have provided me with improved performance over the long term compared to standard market measures. I fully understand the leveraged effect the funds and use it in a responsible manner to my advantage. I do not want or need a third party evaluating my capability of managing these funds, and certainly do not want someone preventing me from buying them just because other people do not understand the risks.

This would be another unnessary block to building wealth.