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Matthew Johnson Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

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.

Wesley Schapper Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

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].

John Bayer Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

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.

Jeremy Kamen Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

It is not right to limit choices of what I can invest in. Just because I am not a "professional" investor does not mean I don't understand risk. This seems like a misguided attempt to protect people from themselves that will actually result in less ability for people who are not billionaires to make money.

I am also skeptical of any tests you might give, many people investing do not speak English as a first language but probably understand the market better than so called professionals.