There is no viable reason to restrict access to inverse or leveraged funds from the public. Having been investing my own retirement funds for 20 years I well understand the risks involved. They are an appropriate part of a well balanced portfolio. Hedging and being able to take some advantage of downtrends must not be restricted to professionals and the super wealthy. Anyone with the willingness to understand markets should be able to participate it any investment they wish. Free markets. That is the goal, no?

please do not restrict my choices

To Whom It May Concern: I am a self-directed individual investor writing to urge you in the strongest possible terms to avoid creating any new regulatory barriers to investing in leveraged or inverse funds. Your role in upholding basic investor protections is vital to the integrity of the market. While institutional investors can access a variety of financial instruments to take advantage of market volatility, individual investors have relatively few options other than inverse (or leveraged) exchange traded funds (ETFs). For example, some leveraged/inverse US Treasury ETFs (ex.

Please do not put any limitations and or limit and one's ability to buy/sell shares. Put yourself as the person who's not wealthy and or rich. Would you want someone to restrict your financial abillity to progress? If the answer is "no" than do the same thing and stop with what you're trying to do. Kind regards

I understand the risks of leveraged investment instruments. Requiring high net worth or other regulations would not safeguard investors, but discriminate against them.

Kindly give us the freedom to make our own investment choices

This would stop the normal American from being able to do investments.

I don't want my rights taken away, to invest in products that I feel may give me the ability to hedge positions. I don't need the extra oversight. I understand the risks and can manage my own decisions. Please do not take my ability to make decisions on my own away from me.

Myself and my partner should be able to choose the public investments that are right for ourselves and our family. Public investments should be available to all of the public, not just the privileged. We both enjoy the complexities of the stock market and the option to invest in what we see fit. Please do not limit those of us who have fought for this country (I am a Veteran) and too often do I see the rich elite getting treated with favoritism while the rest of us have to scrape by. There is no reason for anything to change right now and I hope you hear all of our voices and concerns.

I should be able to choose my investment