Dear FINRA, It has been brought to my attention by my brokerage firm that your regulatory agency is considering stripping me of my right to invest my money as I see fit. I do not believe you should choose what equities or funds in which I can invest or whether or not I take a long or short position in those equities or funds. Furthermore, do not require me to take some course that you develop to be able to invest in the above mentioned avenues. I am fully capable of educating myself on investments and the inherent risks involved. Please stay out of my way and let me invest as I see fit.

Investors assume the risk of their investments and are responsible for knowing the risks. It is not the duty of government to regulate their investment options

So you won't do your jobs and limit what MMs and hedge funds can do, but you want to regulate what retail investors can and cannot invest in?? The leveraged funds give everyday retail investors a vehicle to make a little bit more than picking individual stocks. For those of us that don't trade options, especially on individual stocks, the leveraged funds are a way to invest in whatever direction we think a sector or market will go. Over the past two years, it has become incredibly apparent that there are already different rules for different classes of investors.

I oppose restrictions on my right to invest. Inverse funds provide a good hedge methodology in times of rising rates and stock pull backs. I do not want to lose this useful tool in managing my accounts.

I am opposed to the implementation of this rule. I am a small scale, non-pro investor and these type of ETFs come in handy when I believe I have determined the direction of a given market. Like ALL investment vehicles, there are risks involved. But to make requirements for participation restrictive to certain accounts is just absurd to me.

Stay away from these products! We dont need government telling us what to do with our money. We tell YOU what to do with our money!

Investors can make their own decisions regarding the products that they buy and sell. Don't you have anything better to do (i.e., cracking down on congress members engaged in insider trading)?

Dont Regulate my right to invest as see fit !!

How is this not extreme overreach? Let me invest my own money however I see fit, the government already takes too much.

I should be able to choose what public investments are right for me and there should not be additional regulations in place. I should be able to research, learn, and make my own decisions concerning my personal funds.