S&P 500 ETF

ETFs That Allow You To Index, Short or Leverage The S&P 500

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Leveraged S&P 500 ETF

Jan.21, 2011 in S&P 500 ETF Leave a Comment

We have already discussed the Leveraged Short ETF – SDS in a previous article so this one will cover the double long S&P 500 ETF. It goes by the name ProShares Ultra S&P500 and it trades under the ticker symbol SSO. Since this is a double long ETF the goal of the fund is to [...]

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Short S&P 500 ETF

Jan.21, 2011 in S&P 500 ETF Leave a Comment

If you are looking for a short S&P 500 ETF there are a couple highly liquid alternatives from ProShares. The first is the ProShares Short S&P500 (SH) which seeks to create an inverse (-100%) correlation of the daily movement of the S&P 500 before fees and expenses. Since this fund is not leveraged it’s goal [...]

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S&P 500 ETF Information

The S&P 500 is the benchmark against which all other indices as well as money managers are judged. It is the most followed and influential index in the world because it contains the 500 Top U.S. Companies. This does not mean it's a U.S. only index however as roughly 1/2 of all the profits come from overseas.