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December 01, 2008 at 02:00 AM
A quick glance at the best year-to date performing ETFs reveals a not so subtle message. Short ETFs rule.
The 38 best-performing ETFs are all short ETFs, followed by a few currency ETFs and bond ETFs (mainly Treasuries).
Furthermore, the past three months have been a traders market. As a matter of fact, the regularity of 3-plus percent swings up or down has created a traders paradise. More than one out of three securities traded on the stock exchanges are ETFs.
ETF providers took a good look at recent market conditions and issued a bundle of new leveraged short and long ETFs. ProShares launched eight new ETFs, with double exposure in both directions, linked to the Dow Jones AIG Commodity Index, Dow Jones AIG Crude Oil Index, the euro and the yen
Direxion, a new comer to the ETF market place opened a new chapter for ETFs and launched a set of eight ETFs with triple leverage. The new Direxion ETFs move either 300 percent in the same or opposite direction of the underlying index. Triple exposure is available linked to U.S. large caps, U.S. small caps, energy and financials.
