ProShares

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A division of ProFunds Group that manages short and leveraged investment funds that trade on various stock exchanges. These funds are designed to allow investors to take hedging and speculative positions without having to purchase derivatives. ProShares trade like any other ETF and can be purchased and sold like stocks.
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Investopedia explains 'ProShares'

ProShares offers dozens of different ETF products, all designed to perform specific speculative investment strategies. They are divided into three categories: short, ultra and alpha. Short ProShares behave inversely to the market, while Ultra ProShares amplify market performance by a factor of two. The Alpha fund tracks the performance of the Credit-Suisse Index.
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  • ETFs: Losing At Leverage - Investopedia.com

    http://financialedge.investopedia.com/financial-edge/1209/ETFs-Losing-At-Leverage.aspx
    ... (To learn more about them, read Inverse ETFs Can Lift A Falling Portfolio.) In Defense
    and on the Defensive ProShares, a big player in this space, continues to ...

  • 5 Leveraged ETFs with Knockout Recent Returns

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2010/5-Leveraged-ETFs-with-Knockout-Recent-Returns-ROMUYMQLDAGQRTG0121.aspx
    ... Ultra Returns from Ultra Tech Year to date, the best performer among the leveraged
    ETFs is the ProShares Ultra Technology ETF (NYSE:ROM), which returned a ...

  • Leveraged ETFs: Are They Right For You?

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/mutualfund/07/leveraged_etfs.asp
    ... ProShares Leveraged ETFs In June 2006, ProShares introduced the first wave of leveraged
    ETFs, referred to by the company as "Ultra ProShares." The ultra ETFs ...

  • Why Leveraged ETFs Don't Always Boost Returns

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/exchangetradedfunds/09/broken-leveraged-etfs.asp
    ... the way you would expect. The Ultra S&P 500 ProShares is an ETF designed
    to return twice the S&P 500. Leveraged ETFs boost results ...

  • Critical Shortcoming of Leveraged ETFs

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/moneyshow/CriticalShortcomingofLeveragedETFs.aspx
    ... ProShares states on its Web site: ... Investors should monitor their ProShares holdings
    consistent with their strategies, as frequently as daily.”. ...

  • Volatility Remains High While UltraShort ETFs Pop

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2008/Volatility-Remains-High-While-UltraShort-ETFs-Pop-SRS-SKF1124.aspx
    The Proshares Ultrashort Financials and Real Estate ETFs skyrocketed last week
    as investors looked for weakness. What does a new week hold? ...

  • Worried About The Economy? Use Short ETFs

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2008/Worried_About_The_Economy_Use_Short_ETFs.aspx
    ... If you are worried, take a look at the Short S&P 500 ProShares (AMEX:SH). This
    gives you a pretty direct short against the general market. ...

  • Ultra ETFs: The Ultimate Addition To Your Portfolio?

    http://www.investopedia.com/articles/exchangetradedfunds/09/ultra-exchange-traded-funds-etfs.asp
    ... (Learn more in Rebound Quickly With Leveraged ETFs.) ProShares offered one of the
    very first ultra ETFs in 2006, with the introduction of its Ultra ProShares. ...

  • June's ETF Winners and Losers

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2011/Junes-ETF-Winners-and-Losers-SGG-CMD-KRU-QLD-XRT0706.aspx
    ... 22.35%. ProShares UltraShort DJ-UBS Commodity (NYSE:CMD). +9.53%. ProShares Ultra
    KBW Regional Banking (NYSE:KRU). +7.27%. ProShares Ultra QQQ (NYSE:QLD), +6.67 ...

  • The Painful Truth About Leveraged ETFs

    http://stocks.investopedia.com/stock-analysis/2009/The-Painful-Truth-About-Leveraged-ETFs-SDS-SSO-UYG-SKF0710.aspx
    ... Consider a very popular EFT, the UltraShort S&P 500 ProShares (NYSE:SDS), which
    is designed to deliver daily investment results which equal twice the inverse ...

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