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An inverse exchange-traded fund is an exchange-traded fund (ETF), traded on a public stock market, which is designed to perform as the inverse of whatever index or benchmark it is designed to track. These funds work by using short selling , trading derivatives such as futures contracts , and other leveraged investment techniques.
United States Natural Gas Fund Stock Chart by YCharts. Contango The downsides to futures-based commodity ETFs include contango and the weather. Contango is a term that refers to the rollover of ...
This is a table of notable American exchange-traded funds, or ETFs. As of 2020, the number of exchange-traded funds worldwide was over 7,600, [1] representing about 7.74 trillion U.S. dollars in assets. [2] The largest ETF, as of April 2021, was the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust (NYSE Arca: SPY), with about $353.4 billion
An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a type of investment fund that is also an exchange-traded product, i.e., it is traded on stock exchanges. [ 1 ] [ 2 ] [ 3 ] ETFs own financial assets such as stocks , bonds , currencies , debts , futures contracts , and/or commodities such as gold bars .
Inverse Leveraged Natural Gas and Social Media ETFs traded with an outsized volume yesterday.
The universe of exchange-traded funds just keeps getting bigger and bigger. With much more than a thousand ETFs in existence -- and more coming out every day -- it's almost impossible to keep ...
In November 1997, Potomac Funds became the second company to introduce an inverse mutual fund, following a similar move by Rydex Investments in 1994. [2] The company began using the Direxion name in 2006. The use of the letter "X" in the new name was intended to draw attention to the leveraged index funds in the company's offerings.
U.S. stocks continued their spectacular run to start the New Year. We highlighted eight leveraged equity ETFs that piled up double-digits gain to start 2020.