Comments on: Things You Need to Know About ETFs http://www.etftrends.com/2009/01/things-you-need-know-about-etfs.html Keeping a grip on exchange traded funds (ETFs) Sat, 21 Nov 2009 23:28:06 -0800 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: Tom Lydon http://www.etftrends.com/2009/01/things-you-need-know-about-etfs.html/comment-page-1/#comment-2891 Tom Lydon Wed, 07 Jan 2009 23:35:53 +0000 http://www.etftrends.com/?p=7035#comment-2891 Hi George, Short and leveraged ETFs do what they're supposed to do on a daily basis, but over the long-term, you'll see some compounding, which explains the difference. We have a story tomorrow going up at 1:00 p.m., which will explain how these funds work and also explain this phenomenon in more detail. Hi George,

Short and leveraged ETFs do what they’re supposed to do on a daily basis, but over the long-term, you’ll see some compounding, which explains the difference. We have a story tomorrow going up at 1:00 p.m., which will explain how these funds work and also explain this phenomenon in more detail.

]]> By: george moore http://www.etftrends.com/2009/01/things-you-need-know-about-etfs.html/comment-page-1/#comment-2870 george moore Fri, 02 Jan 2009 23:48:01 +0000 http://www.etftrends.com/?p=7035#comment-2870 If you look at a one year chart of a long and short ETF, e.g. SSO and SDS, the short etf is down much more than the long etf is up. Shouldn't they be up and down by the same percent? If you look at a one year chart of a long and short ETF, e.g. SSO and SDS, the short etf is down much more than the long etf is up. Shouldn’t they be up and down by the same percent?

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