Jim Cramer has long been calling for a ban of the leveraged short ETFs and in a Reuters article SEC chairwoman Mary Schapiro said she’s concerned with the lack of oversight with leveraged short ETFs saying the funds have been “scrutinized inadequately”.  She said  that staff would be added to deal with the enormous complexity [...]

The inverse ETF has become a popular way to hedge, particularly with the 2x and 3x leveraged inverse ETF’s offered by ProShares and Direxion.  These inverse ETFs offer investors a way to hedge their portfolios by going short without the need for using options or shorting by borrowing shares in a margin account.  Another advantage [...]