Money Stuff: The Podcast · Friday, July 17, 2026
South Korean regulators have temporarily halted new listings of single stock leverage ETFs due to extreme volatility and potential risks to the market. In addition to the halt, they are increasing training requirements for investors and adjusting minimum trading lot sizes.
“But the news from this week is that now South Korean regulators are going to temporarily halt new listings of new single stock leverage gtfs.”
“Yeah, they're just eating the South Korean stock market.”
“So in some sense, a leverg GTF is like a better way for a retail investor to get margin debt. But like from a regulator's perspective, it's just much worse because it's just super volatility announcing yeah, and they seem very unhappy about it.”