Even a triple leveraged ETF short (Direxion 3x Bear MSCI EM, for instance) is doing better than Petrobras.
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The ProShares Ultrashort Euro ( EUO) is a double-short leveraged ETF that tracks the dollar price of the Euro.
Were a leveraged ETF to suffer huge losses, the reputation of the entire industry might be affected, particularly among private investors.
Toss another hunk of red meat to my legions of carnivorous traders in the TBT, the leveraged ETF that profits from falling Treasury bond prices!
The advantage of diversification is still achieved, and a two-to-one leveraged ETF will double the performance of the index while still avoiding the risk in the individual stocks.
This stock tends to trade like a leveraged ETF.
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Those willing to take the extra risk of individual stocks in an effort to beat the performance of the underlying index, might want to consider using a leveraged etf on the index instead.
As the euro has taken it on the chin, investors have flocked to dollars, sending the 30-Year Treasuries higher, and in turn making this leveraged ETF soar about 42% in the last three months.
Typically a leveraged, inverse ETF such as this would be used as a hedge, or for speculation purposes.
Other inverse leveraged options include the ProShares UltraShort Financials ETF (NYSE: SKF), which is leveraged two-to-one, rather than three-to-one like the Direxion fund.
Like the previous ETF, the ProShares Ultra Euro is leveraged, but in the opposite direction, a bet on the Euro going up.
Among domestic equity ETFs (excluding short and leveraged offerings), the Guggenheim Spin-Off ETF ( CSD) , a somewhat obscure fund that specializes in this sort of thing, ranks 34th (out of 300) in terms of one-year price performance.
In any event, there's still plenty of room for confusion about other types of vehicles besides leveraged funds that can be grouped under the very popular ETF banner.
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This ETF, like TMF, has gained from its leveraged exposure to long-term US Treasuries.
Traders and active investors who would rather buy than sell short in order to take advantage of any setback in the Asian stock rally may want to consider a leveraged, inverse alternative: the ProShares UltraShort FTSE China 25 ETF (NYSE: FXP).
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This ETF is up 22.75% over the last three months, riding a leveraged gold wave.
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