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Mark Frederick Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

I use leveraged and inverse funds regularly in my investment strategy. They are an integral part of my portfolio. I am fully capable of understanding all the risks associated with these funds and have knowingly chosen to include them in my portfolio after analyzing those risks. The brokerage firms already require signed documents in order to trade these instruments and they also give warnings before initiating trades.

Anne Gruscinski Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

Dear Friends, I have been investing since I was 17 years old, beginning with US Savings Bonds. With time, various employment, and higher wages, my investment strategies obviously changed from those beginnings. I now have a very diversified portfolio, which includes investments in ProShares. The recent news concerning potential regulatory changes is distressing. I do not agree with potential limitations to my ability to invest as I choose.

Doug Reece Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

I'm troubled to learn that my access to invest in leveraged funds me be significantly hindered, if not outright prohibited. Those who are investing directly in the market can see for themselves how certain assets are performing and can put protections in place to guard against significant losses. It should be up to the the investor, not a bureaucrat what risks he or she wants to take. Please do not impose even more rules. They are not necessary.

Roger Green Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

Please stay out of people's private lives. I've held some of these funds for quite awhile. Have I learned a hard lesson on how these products work?--YES. But I've held in waiting for an eventual bear market that I know someday will come. Now that is almost upon us, you want to change regulations where people like me can't play the game no more? Just as I'm about to get some of my money back, you want to pull the rug out from under me? I don't think so. Leave me and my money alone. I'll take my lumps for MY mistakes, NOT YOURS!