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FSG Description
FactorShares 2X: Gold Bull/S&P500 Bear (FSG) is a leveraged spread ETF designed for investors who believe gold will increase in value relative to large-cap U.S. equities in one day or less. FSG seeks to track approximately +200% of the daily return of the S&P Gold - Equity Spread Total Return Index (before fees and expenses) by primarily establishing a leveraged long position in Gold Futures and a leveraged short position in the E-mini S&P 500 Stock Price Index™ Futures.
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- In Your Portfolio: A Guide to Commodity ETFs and ETNs
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- Wednesday, August 3, 2011, 11:17 AM There's an ETF for every moment and the current star is a FactorShares' double-levered long gold/short S&P 500 fund (FSG +2.8%). It's had a pretty fair recent run, +44% in the last 30 days. Comment! [Quick Ideas]
- Friday, June 3, 2011, 8:55 AM Dennis Gartman trims his gold position by half "due to nervousness about recent declines and rumors of possible central-bank sales." Noting two recent bouts of "swift, violent selling," Gartman warns, "where there is rumored smoke, there can be actual fire." 10 Comments [Commodities, Quick Ideas]
- Thursday, March 3, 2011, 5:39 AM Interactive Brokers (IBKR) surprised the investment world yesterday when it announced it was providing commission-free trading of the newly launched suite of FactoShares. The ETFs allow investors to access daily leveraged spread trades pairing the S&P 500 and common asset classes like T-Bonds (FSE) (FSA), the USD (FSU), Oil (FOL) and Gold (FSG). 1 Comment
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