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Pamela Faggart Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

Dear FINRA,

I oppose restrictions on my rights to invest in public investments. As an investor I should have variety in choices of investments and not be limited by regulators or have to pass a test to be able to invest in a security. I understand leveraged and inverse funds and have been trading them since last year. Again, the leveraged and inverse funds help diversify my portfolio. Please consider freedom of choice. This is what makes America great!

Anonymous Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

Dear Regulators, Thank you for the opportunity to comment on this proposed regulation. We didn’t choose unprecedented debt or rising inflation. It’s a matter of human rights to allow individuals to choose their positions in the market with intelligence, education, and any capital that could offset the problems that have been created for us. We are trading with depreciating dollars that have already been taxed. Creating regulations in line with a “my dollar, my choice” philosophy feels fair and ethical under the circumstances.

Linda Evans Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

I have a reasonable networth and enough understanding of markets to know that occasionally someone may want to hedge their portforlios or part of it due to the volatility we see often in this world. By restricting the use of inverse funds and ETF's, you might actually cause many investors to lose more money because their ability to have alternative investments are not available. I do believe FINRA wants to help protect investors but in fact may be doing quite the opposite. I am strongly opposed to your making it more difficult to use these investments.

William Choquette Comment On Regulatory Notice 22-08

There are so many things wrong with this proposal:
-it discriminates against people based on income
-it's elitist
-it incorrectly assumes more financial education leads to better outcomes. Which is why the vast majority of investment firms under perform the market.
-unless this is announced to happen years ahead of time, it will cause people in these funds to be blind sided by the government.
-You already have to get permissions and sign off on the warning in large firms like fidelity.
-people can move into even more dangerous options.