I understand that youd like to restrict my ability to invest in certain investment products, namely leveraged mutual funds. I invest in these risky products only with money that I could afford to lose. I invest more than enough in broadly diversified, low cost index funds to cover a comfortable retirement. The money I use to invest in atypically risky ways is above and beyond what I need to meet my short and long term financial goals.

I dont believe regulators should determine if I as an individual investor should be able to invest in inverse funds.

Hello, and good day to you. This was a very involved read, and thanks to the hands that prepared it. I am a "retail investor", and I would just like to say, don't tell me how to spend my money under the guise of "offering protections to the less wealthy". Any regulations regarding "complex products" should deal solely with the broker of such products. If I've entered into a long strangle or some other options strategy that has zero potential of any payout, then that's my choice, which I am entitled to make, based upon the fact that I work 65+ hard hours a week for my money.

I do not support restrictions on peoples freedom to invest. While perhaps the intentions are good it is a slippery slope to start restricting trading on certain investments, such as leveraged and inverse trading vehicles. While these funds may indeed have higher risk, so do many individual stocks. Not all companies and their corresponding stocks are equal, people make investment choices all the time to invest in companies that provide a higher risk/higher reward scenario.

This will limit the opportunities for everyday workers and individuals and benefit the rich increasing the wealth disparity even further. Please vote down this bill.

Limiting my ability to invest in leveraged instruments would be yet another exercise of a "Nanny State." It would also be a restriction of my Free Speech - just as much as restricting my ability to donate (or not) to your patron's re-election campaigns. Leveraged instruments are the key to my investment strategies and financial future. I use them to hedge my other investments. While they are a limited portion of my overall portfolio, they are critical to my strategies.

I Dont limit investments in leveraged funds

The current policy and way of doing things is fine enough in my opinion, so a change would do little to benefit the current system. There seems to be very few reasons for such a drastic change, and I think it would be in the publics best interest to reject and decline such an advancement.

I believe that it is important to be able to exercise my rights in a free society to purchase leveraged funds. I dont have the time nor the inclination to do things like buy on margin or use derivative instruments. I like the freedom to be able to buy leveraged funds so that I can put my own money to work and to willingly risk that it may go down to zero or make me a high return. I dont need the government to act like my nanny and try to take things away from me for my own good. This is a capitalistic and free society and I think it should stay that way.

*I should be able to choose the public investments that are right for me and my family.
*I shouldn't have to go through any special process like passing a test before I invest in leveraged funds.
*I am capable of understanding leveraged funds and their risks. The risks in today's market are higher than in past years; however, I willing to take those risks as the leveraged funds are a limited part of my overall investment strategy, including my 401K.