Keep investing in the hands of the people. Leveraged funds are nearly all that I use to invest and I have had success with them. Rather than restrict what we have access to, keep the market a free market where we can seek enhanced returns based upon our own decisions on how to invest. ALL investing tools have risk, not just leveraged funds. There is no need to take these tools away from the average brokerage client except that you want to take power away from the people. Reconsider, and stop the power grab.

Leverage investment is a big part of my investing strategy. Why have a networth requirement to qualify on this investment option? It's not riskier than crypto or gambling. We just need a riskier asset to invest our money in. Leave it the way it is; make the expense ratio lower.

I OPPOSE RESTRICTIONS TO MY RIGHT TO INVEST. This is USA and I SHOULD have complete freedom to do anything that does not harm others

I vote against this regulation due to the fact that it is controlling what investors are and are not allowed to put their money into.

It is my opinion that if you wish for investors not to have the ability to buy into these type of investments.

I suggest you take the entire type of investment off the market. Ban it from the entire system completely

This is a vehicle for specialized trading

I should be allowed to pick the investments that are appripriate for my portfolio and not have limitations to the type of investments that are available.

I use inverse funds when the market trend is down to offset losses in other investments and to make money when the market goes down. There is no reason the average person can't understand what I do as it is very simple and straight forward.

Please do not put these additional regulations on me. This would put me at a disadvantage and not allow me to build my portfolio as quickly as I need to retire.

Please do not implement regulations that would prevent us from buying inverse funds entirely or make severely restrict access. We deserve the same access as people working at Wall Street. Thank you

I have every right to choose for myself what to invest in, regulators have NO right to decide for me what is right or what should be available to me. Regulators have no right to make life decisions for anyone but themselves. I am offended by the very idea that regulators would suggest anyone "take a test" to determine their ability to invest in anything, let alone specific commodities. This is discrimination. Regulators are suggesting the general public is too stupid to understand investing so they must do it for us...typical bureaucratic [REDACTED].

I strongly disagree. I do not believe that the government should be telling us how to invest our money. This is no different than having the government create a tax that we would pay and then entrusting legislatures to repay as an annuity. Please tell me how that has worked???
I use both bull and bear leveraged ETF's as a means to control losses (insurance for other investments).
I also implement 2x-3x ETF's as a small (less than 4% of total portfolio) cost-averaging in & out to invest in large market cycles to profit from those large up or down moves.

Dear Sir or Madam, In short, please allow continued use of leveraged products, as available with providers such as Proshares. The risks are adequately addressed in required prospectus and I believe they serve a worthy hedge option to public investors. I support their continued availability. Thank you. Best, James Liggett