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ProShares is getting in on the action with the bond ETF market by offering two new funds that short Treasuries.

ProShares has launched two new long-term Treasury bond ETFs. The ETFs are:

  • ProShares Short 20+ Year Treasury (NYSEArca: TBF)
  • ProShares UltraShort 20+Year treasury (NYSEArca: TBT)

These new funds are in addition to ProShares’ first Treasury bond fund, which is the ProShares UltraShort 7-10 Year Treasury (NYSEArca: PST).

Read the prospectus and be sure to fully understand how leveraged and inverse ETFs work before you buy. They’re very unique products and are not right for everyone.

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    New???
    TBT was launched more than 17 months ago on 5/1/2008.
    TBF is a little newer but was launched 2 months ago on 8/20/09.
    investwithanedge.com/i...

    There might be some bad news feeds out there because this is the second time in about a week that various SA authors have "reported" a new ETF that was actually more than a year old.
    Oct 19 10:34 AM | Link | Reply
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    Ron,

    I was amazed about calling "TBT" a NEW ETF!! lol
    AS to TBF, I got that new symbol from IBD about 2 months ago.
    Thx


    On Oct 19 10:34 AM Ron Rowland wrote:

    > New???
    > TBT was launched more than 17 months ago on 5/1/2008.
    > TBF is a little newer but was launched 2 months ago on 8/20/09.<br/>investwithanedge.com/i...
    >
    >
    > There might be some bad news feeds out there because this is the
    > second time in about a week that various SA authors have "reported"
    > a new ETF that was actually more than a year old.
    Oct 20 12:21 PM | Link | Reply