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Jimmy Sauz Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

Financial Industry Regulatory Authority (FINRA) is currently considering regulation, which will restrict our rights to buy leveraged and inverse funds and dozens of other popular investments deemed to be complex. I wholeheartedly disapprove this type of regulation, as it could adversely affect market sentiment by only allowing a select few to take advantage of these leveraged and inverse funds.

David Bruss Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

I've traded stocks since 1999, and options since 2005. But I spent about 5 years or so learning about options before trading them in earnest. The problem is that nobody reads the fine print they end up sighing off on anyway. The reason is the Ts&Cs are too long and arduous. And they are too long and difficult to understand on purpose so people will give up and check off the block that says they read it, when they actually did not. The only recommendation that makes any sense to me is requiring a qualification test.

Jonathan Ferry Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

I agree that there need to be guardrails in place to protect inexperienced investors from using leveraged and inverse funds as high risk gambles that could blow up their accounts, but I also think that these types of funds add value to the market as well as liquidity. Therefore, I hope that these funds will not be taken away, but simply changed to require some type of training or confirmation of understanding about how they work before they can be purchased.