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5 Leveraged ETFs For Active Traders

5 Leveraged ETFs For Active Traders

Leveraged ETFs are a risky, but enticing way to make short-term bets on the stock market Few asset classes are as seductive as leveraged exchange-traded funds (ETFs). Other than leveraged ETFs, where else in the fund universe (without using options) can investors make a bet on a simple index, such as the S&P 500 or […]

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Why Leveraged ETFs Are Better Than Futures And Options

Why Leveraged ETFs Are Better Than Futures And Options

Some traders and investors want to use leverage in their portfolio. On the surface, it seems like this is pointless. Leverage magnifies your gains and your losses, so theoretically there should be no difference between you using and not using leverage. But this isn’t entirely true. If you can protect your downside with stop losses and let […]

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Leveraged And Inverse ETFs

| July 12, 2017 | 0 Comments
Leveraged And Inverse ETFs

Leveraged funds may seem like a good idea – if we expect the S&P 500 to be positive, for instance, then getting four times its return seems even better – but long-term investors (and there shouldn’t be any other kind) should be skeptical. The use of exchange-traded funds (ETFs) has exploded recently, to the benefit […]

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