Investment Q&A

Q: Can you please recommend ETF that is 2 times bull and Bear for day trading in Canada and the USA.

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Q: Are there any Canadian traded etf's that are similar to DDM and SSO? ie. ultra long Dow and spy.

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Sheldon

Q: I use the SSO ETF for trading in my US investment account. The ProShares Ultra S&P 500 ETF provides 2x leveraged exposure to a market-cap-weighted index of 500 large- and mid-cap US companies selected by S&P. As a levered product, SSO is not a buy-and-hold ETF; it’s a short-term tactical instrument. The 500 underlying companies are some of the most well-known firms in the world. As a short-term instrument, the total cost of owning SSO is more dependent on liquidity than management costs. Fortunately, the fund is extremely liquid with hefty daily volume and very tight spreads. Ultimately, SSO’s liquidity makes it one of the best ETFs for leveraged exposure to the S&P 500.
What are some similar leveraged Canadian ETF's mirroring large and mid-cap CDN companies.
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Q: Hello Peter and Ryan,
Is HXU designed to always give you plus or minus 200% of what XIU returns whether? I compared previous prices, and it seems to go that way. Given the structure of the ETF, can this change or I can assume it will be plus or minus 200 of the corresponding index? I am also looking at HGU the bull gold case versus XGD and similarly DIA versus DDM. I was looking at a trade idea if the market falls, simply buy the bull ETF so that when market picks up, i can get a higher return. Can you advise how they companies can do double the return (what financial instruments do they use). Thank you.

Q: I have read of a strategy called "Doubling the Dow" in which something like Powershares ultra Mid cap MVV is used.

I know that there are dangers in this strategy. But, it may be better than buying on margin, because you don't loose as much, if it goes down as you would with margin.

So, the question is what you think of this strategy. and are there etf's for the TSX that could be used for the strategy in canada?
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