ProShares has a triple short S&P 500 ETF called the ProShares UltraPro Short S&P500 which trades under the ticker symbol SPXU. This is a very actively traded contract trading several million shares per day so liquidity is not an issue. The annual expense ratio is .95% (95 Basis Points) which is normal for these leveraged [...]
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 [...]
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 [...]
The S&P 500 is a capitalization weighted index. In other words, large companies make up a larger percentage of the index than small companies. In fact, the top 10 companies in the S&P 500 typically make up about 20% of the index. In an equal weighted index however, each stock has equal weight. Therefore, the [...]
