• The Snark Urge
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      112 hours ago

      I don’t really get what they’re for either, the only hypothesis I’ve heard that makes any sense is that ETF mechanisms have useful loopholes in certain short selling strategies.

      • @JackLSauce@lemmy.world
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        155 minutes ago

        Sure. I can’t come up with anything sensible… Maybe some tax benefit I’m too poor to care or know about?

    • Orbituary
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      16 hours ago

      I came to the comments for that question as well. Defeats the entire purpose of the system. Maybe so someone else can manage their one stock?