Leveraged ETFs: Make Outsized Gains during Volatile Times
Exchange-traded funds (ETFs) are excellent trading vehicles that allow investors to easily play whole sectors, indexes, or individual commodities. ETFs may be structured like mutual funds, but are bought and sold like stocks. Inverse ETFs enable one to place a bearish bet, effectively going “short” without having to borrow shares, as you would with stocks. Another advantage of inverse ETFs is that the downside risk of going long on the “short” is finite, meaning you can only lose your initial investment. The potential loss from shorting a stock is theoretically unlimited. Leveraged ETFs are designed to replicate twice the expected…