EXPLAINING EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS: A BEGINNER'S GUIDE

Exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, are increasingly a popular investment vehicle for investors of all experience ranges. Quite simply, an ETF is a type of investment product that follows the performance of a particular market segment, such as the S&P 500 or the Nasdaq 100. Just like individual stocks, ETFs are traded on financial exchanges throughout

Short selling has long been a popular tactic for investors seeking to profit from drops in asset prices. The ProShares UltraPro Short S&P500 ETF (SDS) provides a leveraged mechanism for investors to engage in this strategy. SDS targets to deliver three times the inverse return of the S&P 500 Index. This article investigates the performance of SDS,