Every were I look it's INTERNATIONAL,INTERNATIOAL, & INTERNATIONL.  Is it safe "UltraShort FTSE/Xinhua China 25 (AMEX: FXP)... short selling the Chinese Stocks."  There is alot more ETF's for a market in a SOL!

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Here we are, "Black Friday," or just another one of many "black Fridays."

We need to have the regulators take a close look at the inverse ETF's, and what they are doing to the overall market volitility, and the few who are profiting off of these are doing so at the detriment of long term investors and 401k/college savers/and other long term types.

I have a hard time believing the market would be as low as it is, or as volitile as it is, were it not for these levereged investmnets, AND even more highly leveraged options. We have to change the rules to reward long term investors, and get way from day trading short one day, long the next, or even swinging back and forth several times per day using ETF's.. It's highly beneficial to professional investors who can sit in front of the screen all day, but what about the rest of us who don't have that kind of time on our hands, and what about the 90% of Americans who's retiremnt plans don't even offer these intstruments. We all know darn well that Wall Street is using these to short even the greatest companies, as there are often few buyers these days, just holders, while an inverse ETF interst is causing a net down trend even on relativly low volume days: add the panic fear selling that is happening, and it's a recipe for short selling and IETF feeding frezy.

Speaking of volume, have you seen the volume of the IETF's these days? Time to get back to buy and hold investing. The intenet has changed the landscape, and stacked the cards against long term investors. Let's limit day trading ETF"s as we do mutuals, and don't allow such large blocks to be traded on a daily basis. Let's make those who want to sell, sell, and not short sell w/ leverage, which is ruining the very source of most of our retiremnt savings. I worked hard all my life, and have watched my 500k 401k evaporate into 350 since the begging of the commodity correction in May.I am far from alone. It kills me to see so few benefiting off the few who need the money the most.

Also, shut down pre and post market trading, adn shut down floor trading. It isn't fair to small investors, and is entirely outmoded through computer trading. Sorry guys on Wall Street, but go back to your desks, and do some research, and advise you cleints. I thin these fundamnetal changes would assist in bringing back the confidence that the public has lost in the system. My employees are scared to death of the market, and i suspect these measure might level the playing field.