Promise of Profits, No matter how stock markets fare
Promise of profits, no matter how stock markets fare gail bebee Special to Globe and Mail Update Published Wednesday, Oct. 12, 2011 5:00AM EDT Once the exclusive domain of sophisticated, high-net-worth investors, hedge funds are now accessible to the average investor. With the promise of profits no matter how stock markets fare, these so-called absolute-return investments seem like the perfect cure for ailing portfolios. Pension funds use hedge funds to …
ProShares Unveils Pair Of 2x Gas ETFs
ProShares Unveils Pair Of 2x Gas ETFs. Here is a write about ProShares Gas ETFs Print This Article Sections [Hot ETF Topics] ProShares Unveils Pair Of 2x Gas ETFs By Olivier Ludwig | October 06, 2011 Related ETFs: GASX / GASL / GAZ / UNG / NAGS / DCNG ProShares, the world’s biggest purveyor of leveraged and inverse exchange-traded funds, unveiled a bull-and-bear pair of double-exposure ETFs focused …
ETF Fund Flows: SPY Bleeds $5.1 Billion
Investors yanked $5.1 billion, or 6 percent of assets, from the SPDR S&P 500 ETF (NYSEArca: SPY) on Monday, as concerns about eurozone countries being able to honor their debt obligations again put financial markets on tenterhooks and sent stocks lower.
Hedging With Discretion
Dozens of articles have touted the benefits of hedging in a market like the one we’ve experienced in the past weeks. And there’s no doubt that hedging provides insurance in a volatile market
MSCI Rolls Out New Overseas China Indexes
MSCI, the world’s premier provider of international indexes, this week launched a new series of China-focused indexes that include China-based companies whose shares aren’t listed in China and aren’t yet in any MSCI China indexes, including firms such as China’s Google, Baidu. The MSCI Overseas China Indices are designed to capture the investable universe of Chinese securities outside Greater China, covering Chinese securities listed on the NYSE Euronext – New York, Nasdaq, New York AMEX and the Singapore Exchange, MSCI said in a press release