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  • Saturday, October 1, 2011, 8:50 AM ET
    Safe havens are offering little more than wealth protection (if that), and if you were thinking of dividend stocks, they may have a long way down to go yet. What about getting off the coaster? Over the past two months, S&P's Low Volatility Index lost just 1.1% vs. the overall market's 9.8% decline, and it's holding up over longer periods too (+80% over the past 10 years). New low-volatility ETFs: SPLV, LVOL, LBTA, SLVY, SLBT, BTAL.
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    Interesting idea. Probably worth taking a look at.
    1 Oct 2011, 12:36 PM Reply Like
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    The time to have reduced volatility was back in late 2010/early 2011l. Now,with the world ending and the market down,it's time to increase volatility. but that's a contrarian view,and as we know, contrarians are always wrong.
    1 Oct 2011, 01:15 PM Reply Like
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    Are there any triple-leveraged Low Volatility ETFs out there?
    1 Oct 2011, 10:56 PM Reply Like
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    TVIX
    1 Oct 2011, 01:49 PM Reply Like
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    TVIX up to 200 within a yr from now, easily. maybe 300+
    1 Oct 2011, 02:57 PM Reply Like
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    Will check this list, interesting, and will check. However at this point, with the situation in the U.S. (uncontrollable deficits), and Europe (Hopeless souverin debt), further investment in equities seems a bit risky.
    1 Oct 2011, 02:27 PM Reply Like
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    One reinvests dividends - you can't reinvest volatility etc.
    1 Oct 2011, 03:10 PM Reply Like
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    We also have the option of just staying out of the market. Even less volatility.
    1 Oct 2011, 11:16 PM Reply Like
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    True, cash is a position too, just like Doggie style, which one can experience from the receiving end, by remaining both long and unhedged in this market.
    1 Oct 2011, 11:33 PM Reply Like
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    Example of the holdings of SPLV:

    Energy utilities (SO), (ED), (DUK), Coca Cola, McDonald's, Proctor and Gamble, Walmart...
    2 Oct 2011, 08:54 AM Reply Like
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    Market emotion makes trades less certain. Low vol plays could be portfolio linkage plays that overall make sense a la pairs trades. TVIX does not have l-t leveraged holding issues?
    2 Oct 2011, 09:18 AM Reply Like
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