Tuesday, August 24, 2010

Beware Leveraged ETF Slippage

There's an Article in Barron's regarding some of the dangers of leveraged ETFs. Since you have to have subscription access, here is the link to The Big Picture's write-up.

I've used these before for the short-term because of market concerns and while they can be effective, it is somewhat buyer beware as you do give-up some of the upside potential via their market mechanisms (i.e. futures and options instead of a pure short play). They can be valuable in small doses as a cheap and easy hedging solution as well.

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