Leveraged ETFs crackdown? According to the Wall Street Journal, the Securities and Exchange Commission is pushing ahead with a rule proposed last year that will limit the access of so-called leveraged exchange-traded funds to ordinary investors.

Leveraged ETFs – issues
Under the rule put forward by the SEC late last year leveraged ETF’s could lose the advantages that stem from being regulated like mutual funds, including access to a broader group of investors. Leveraged ETF’s were made available to the wider public a decade ago, during what the Journal calls a “deregulatory heyday.”

