November 13, 2008

Subject: Re: File No. S7-14-08

Please place me on record as supporting this rule.

With over 40 years of serving the public in the financial services industry, and as a member of the Financial Planning Association, this proposed rule seems to me to offer safeguards from abusive sales tactics and to curb trickery practiced upon elderly investors.

In our practice, in just the last two years, we have seen all too many older clients come to us with actual or offered investments in indexed annuities, products loaded with costs, fees and confusing language and, in my opinion, misleading sales literature. Most of these products pay obscene commissions, which are rarely disclosed openly.

Having read the proposed rule, I find it to be reasonable, fair and balanced; I particularly appreciate that it bolsters state enforcement.

Curt Weil, CFP®, President
Lasecke Weil Wealth Advisory Group, LLC