Should short ETFs really be banned from the market? Jim Cramer has made banning short etfs his personal goal but we argue the lather.

The SKF has been an extremely volatile ETF throughout 2008 and here in early 2009 because of the extreme volatility surrounding the market and more importantly the Financials. So much news is being delivered each day causing investors to bet heavily on the future of the Financials sector.
SKF is the Proshares Ultrashort Financials. More simply [...]

With the Auto manufacturers’ viability plans due tomorrow the news may cause investors to sharply sell the S&P 500 index, effectively setting a bearish tone for the rest of the week.

Investors have been caught blinded by the market this week after seeing critical support levels all but crumble beneath the markets own weight. The last two days of consecutive distribution have resulted in over 10% market wide losses and a two day record loss for the S&P 500.