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Timothy Mitchell Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

Dear FINRA, Thank you in advance for hearing me out. I oppose regulation that would require testing, verification of net worth, broker approvals, paused trading periods, and other burdens that would inhibit my ability to control my investments and financial future. Hedge funds and inverse funds are an important part of my portfolio and allow me to protect my retirement portfolio. Additional requirements would only limit trading and hence potentially the timely purchase and sales of these funds resulting in losses.

Stephen Schuller Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

Any proposal to limit an investors ability to purchase inverse funds would not be well received and obviously ill-timed given market conditions. Every investment contains risk and a regulatory authority should not posses the authority to restrict an investors ability to use products such as these that can actually mitigate risk in one's overall portfolio. If such rules are implemented, where does regulation stop? Will you restrict purchases of stocks with no earnings, junk bond funds, short sales, options?