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SMID-Caps: Where The Real Chance For Alpha Lies
AllianceBernstein • Sun, Mar 31 • 13 Comments
How You Can Make Large Profits From 'Sell In May And Go Away'
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Small Caps Lag
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The Contrarian Case For Small Caps
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Still A Long-Dated Rally?
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How To Profit From A Stock Market Crash, Part II: Inverse Equity ETFs
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Play The January Effect With These Small Cap ETFs
Benzinga • Tue, Dec 27, 2011 • 4 Comments
A Strategy For Shorting Leveraged ETF Pairs
Eric Falkenstein • Mon, Oct 31, 2011 • 5 Comments
Are Continued Low Interest Rates Good For The Economy?
Martin Lowy • Wed, Oct 12, 2011 • 5 Comments
Greece Is Defaulting; Recession Is Imminent. Play Defense
Brian L. Wilson • Mon, Oct 3, 2011 • 39 Comments
20 Best and Worst ETFs, ETNs, and Closed-End Funds in the Market Drop
Value Research • Wed, Aug 17, 2011 • 2 Comments
Market Downturn Approaching; Go Long the Ultra Shorts?
David White • Sun, May 22, 2011 • 14 Comments
Shorting Leveraged ETFs to Profit in Any Market
Everyday Finance • Wed, Apr 6, 2011 • 39 Comments
ETF Stats for February 2010: 18 New Listings, No Delistings
Ron Rowland • Sun, Feb 28, 2010
ProFunds Group Launches 8 New Leveraged ETFs
optionMONSTER • Mon, Feb 15, 2010 • 3 Comments
ProShares Launches Eight 3X Leveraged ETFs
Michael Johnston • Fri, Feb 12, 2010 • 6 Comments
Look Out Direxion: ProShares Launches Line of 3X Leverage and Inverse ETFs
Invest With An Edge • Fri, Feb 12, 2010 • 9 Comments
Four New Triple ETF Pairs From ProShares
Bill Luby • Thu, Feb 11, 2010 • 4 Comments
A Guide to U.S. Small Cap and Microcap ETFs
SA Editors • Wed, Jun 27, 2007 • 3 Comments

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Look Out Direxion: ProShares Launches Line of 3X Leverage and Inverse ETFs
Invest With An Edge • Fri, Feb 12, 2010 • 9 Comments

SMID-Caps: Where The Real Chance For Alpha Lies
AllianceBernstein • Sun, Mar 31 • 13 Comments
How You Can Make Large Profits From 'Sell In May And Go Away'
Derrik Lattig • Fri, Mar 15 • 25 Comments
Small Caps Lag
Bespoke Investment Group • Mon, Oct 15, 2012
The Contrarian Case For Small Caps
Lou Basenese • Thu, Sep 27, 2012 • 12 Comments
Still A Long-Dated Rally?
George Simone • Tue, May 8, 2012 • 3 Comments
How To Profit From A Stock Market Crash, Part II: Inverse Equity ETFs
Epsilon • Sun, Feb 12, 2012 • 6 Comments
Play The January Effect With These Small Cap ETFs
Benzinga • Tue, Dec 27, 2011 • 4 Comments
A Strategy For Shorting Leveraged ETF Pairs
Eric Falkenstein • Mon, Oct 31, 2011 • 5 Comments
Are Continued Low Interest Rates Good For The Economy?
Martin Lowy • Wed, Oct 12, 2011 • 5 Comments
Greece Is Defaulting; Recession Is Imminent. Play Defense
Brian L. Wilson • Mon, Oct 3, 2011 • 39 Comments
20 Best and Worst ETFs, ETNs, and Closed-End Funds in the Market Drop
Value Research • Wed, Aug 17, 2011 • 2 Comments
Market Downturn Approaching; Go Long the Ultra Shorts?
David White • Sun, May 22, 2011 • 14 Comments
Shorting Leveraged ETFs to Profit in Any Market
Everyday Finance • Wed, Apr 6, 2011 • 39 Comments
ETF Stats for February 2010: 18 New Listings, No Delistings
Ron Rowland • Sun, Feb 28, 2010
ProFunds Group Launches 8 New Leveraged ETFs
optionMONSTER • Mon, Feb 15, 2010 • 3 Comments
ProShares Launches Eight 3X Leveraged ETFs
Michael Johnston • Fri, Feb 12, 2010 • 6 Comments
Four New Triple ETF Pairs From ProShares
Bill Luby • Thu, Feb 11, 2010 • 4 Comments
A Guide to U.S. Small Cap and Microcap ETFs
SA Editors • Wed, Jun 27, 2007 • 3 Comments

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SRTY Description

ProShares UltraPro Short Russell2000 seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, that correspond to triple (300%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the Russell 2000® Index.
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In Your Portfolio: Core Building Blocks: A Guide to ETFs That Divide the U.S. Stock Market by Market Cap
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Friday, February 15, 3:41 AM PowerShares expands its Low Volatility ETF suite with 2 new ETFs: S&P MidCap Low Volatility (XMLV) and S&P SmallCap Low Volatility (XSLV). The ETFs come with a 0.25% expense ratios, in line with counterpart IDLV (0.25%) and SPLV (0.25%), and slightly less than EELV (0.29%). Over the recent 1-year period, SPLV returned 16.36%, 68 basis points better than SPY, with an SD of just 8.6% vs. 12.8% for SPY. (pdf) 1 Comment
Wednesday, November 30, 2011, 9:05 AM Premarket gainers: AMR +46%. MT +11%. FRO +10%. BCS +10%. IRE +9%. DB +9%. GBG +9%. CX +9%. STP +9%. RBS +8%. ING +8%. PCX +8%. BSBR +8%. LYG +8%. RCL +8%. RIO +8%. CS +8%. RDN +8%. MS +8%. X +7%. BHP +7%. FCX +7%. BBD +7%. BBVA +7%. MTL +7%. BP +7%. PHM +7%. GGB +7%. JPM +7%. AEG +7%. C +7%. TS +7%. UBS +7%. AKS +7%. ANR +6%. DANG +6%.
Losers are mainly just leveraged short ETFs: EDZ -15%. TCIX -14%. SRTY -13%. TZA -13%. FAZ -11%. OVTI -11%. ERY -10%. BGZ -10%. EEV -10%. SPXU -9%. SQQQ -9%. TWM -8%. SKF -7%. VXX -7%. SDS -6%. QID -6%. DXD -5%. DTO -5%. RWM -4%. ZSL -4%. SCO -4%. DZZ -4%. BBEP -3%. SH -3%. PSQ -3%. EUO -3%. Comment! [On the Move]
Monday, November 28, 2011, 9:00 AM Premarket gainers: IRE +15%. ING +12%. AEG +11%. PEIX +11%. POZN +11%. DB +10%. MT +9%. BCS +9%. GNW +9%. MPEL +9%. YOKU +9%. ANR +8%. LYG +8%. RBS +8%. NOK +8%. UBS +7%. FRO +7%. AKS +7%. MTL +7%. STD +7%. FCX +7%. DRYS +6%. ERIC +6%. MS +6%. LNG +6%. RIO +6%. AMRN +6%. BHP +6%. PHG +6%. S +6%. HAL +6%. ALU +6%. X +6%.
Losers: no losers of note, except leveraged short ETFs: TVIX -13%. EDZ -12%. ERY -10%. SRTY -10%. TZA -10%. FAZ -10%. SPXU -8%. BGZ -8%. SQQQ -7%. ZSL -7%. VXX -7%. SCO -6%. SKF -6%. SDS -5%. QID -5%. DXD -4%. RWM -3%. SH -3%. 1 Comment [On the Move]
Thursday, September 22, 2011, 9:00 AM Premarket gainers: GR +10%. RHT +6%.. Leveraged short ETFs: TVIX +20%. EDZ +16%. BZQ +15%. ZSL +13%. SRTY +11%. TZA +11%. BGZ +10%. SPXU +9%. SQQQ +9%. TYP +8%. TWM +8%. FAZ +8%. SDS +6%. DXD +6%. QID +6%. SH +3%.
Losers: SOL -8%. VALE -8%. RIO -8%. SVM -7%. MT -7%. PBR -6%. TS -7%. LYG -6%. MCP -7%. MPEL -7%. DRYS -6%. SLW -6%. RF -6%. AKS -6%. PCX -6%. BHP -6%. JDSU -7%. AUY -6%. FCX -6%. SDRL -6%. NYX -6%. GFI -6%. ING -6%. TEF -6%. AU -6%. ARMH -5%. TOT -6%. ALU -6%. Comment! [On the Move]

ltfinger
Potential Upgrades (4/2/13): $OXY, $PAY, $PCLN, $RY, $SAFM, $SAP, $SRTY, $SSG, $TMO, $VCRA, $WAT
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det9
Since my other shorts are not working I am going to short UVXY, SRTY, SQQQ, TZA, FAZ, TVIX. Did I miss anything.
3/19/12
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tashe: Thinking abt selling my TVIX and shorting XIV
3/20/12
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nasalpancho
SRTY at 11.80 FAZ at 32.20 -- when this thing turns god what money will be made!
1/10/12
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Perkins Cove: 13 days from the last trough, overdue for a turn & too late to go long. TZA looking hungry at under 24. Will be an interesting close.
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nasalpancho
Liquidated some FAZ and SRTY to lock in gains
12/28/11
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DettoTheSecond
Doug kass bearish especially on iwm! THIS IS CONFIRMATION OF A BULL! RHP LONG URTY! GET SHORT SRTY!
12/22/11
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DettoTheSecond
SRTY AND TZA ARE THE WORST THINGS YOU CAN POSSIBLY OWN! SHORT THEM TO ZERO! #GS
12/22/11
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Husky Financial
Hmmmm... TZA FAZ or TVIX to hold over the weekend? Already have SRTY
12/16/11
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vinyal: oversold. so would definitely not short here except EPV and SCO
12/16/11
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TonyNed: We are not oversold. Yesterday and today cleared the oversold condition. Im thinking about holding FAZ over the weekend.
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Husky Financial
got out of TVIX @ 43 for 8% gain... holding (foolishly) SRTY overnight
12/13/11
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Ocean Man: Yep, still holding TVIX, TZA, and EDZ.
12/13/11
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Ocean Man: I sold a big chunk of TVIX at 49 last week and bought back at 40.50 and 39.60 today.
12/13/11
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Alan von Altendorf
added to SKF and SRTY
12/9/11
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Husky Financial
Hmmm CLWR play up 5% SRTY play down 3% ... which do i hold over the weekend?
12/9/11
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Husky Financial: sold CLWR for 5% gain @ 2.24 holding SRTY over weekend
12/9/11
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Funkengruven: CLWR has higher daily volume than usual and price is lowering, that is a sign of investors selling. I am holding off....
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det9
Since my other shorts are not working I am going to short UVXY, SRTY, SQQQ, TZA, FAZ, TVIX. Did I miss anything.
3/19/12
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nasalpancho
SRTY at 11.80 FAZ at 32.20 -- when this thing turns god what money will be made!
1/10/12
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Perkins Cove: 13 days from the last trough, overdue for a turn & too late to go long. TZA looking hungry at under 24. Will be an interesting close.
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Husky Financial
Hmmmm... TZA FAZ or TVIX to hold over the weekend? Already have SRTY
12/16/11
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vinyal: oversold. so would definitely not short here except EPV and SCO
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TonyNed: We are not oversold. Yesterday and today cleared the oversold condition. Im thinking about holding FAZ over the weekend.
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Husky Financial
got out of TVIX @ 43 for 8% gain... holding (foolishly) SRTY overnight
12/13/11
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Ocean Man: Yep, still holding TVIX, TZA, and EDZ.
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Ocean Man: I sold a big chunk of TVIX at 49 last week and bought back at 40.50 and 39.60 today.
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Husky Financial
Hmmm CLWR play up 5% SRTY play down 3% ... which do i hold over the weekend?
12/9/11
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Husky Financial: sold CLWR for 5% gain @ 2.24 holding SRTY over weekend
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Funkengruven: CLWR has higher daily volume than usual and price is lowering, that is a sign of investors selling. I am holding off....
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Husky Financial
SRTY i got lucky got some at 14.20 playing for another black friday
12/8/11
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campusglass: hehe. me too. with the usual suspects spxu calls sds shares
12/8/11
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Alan von Altendorf
Initiated short position SKF SRTY and Jan puts CVX ATPG WTI
11/25/11
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Chris Lau: Did the ECB-IMF-US short squeeze force you to cover your position or will you stick to ATPG short
11/30/11
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Alan von Altendorf: I doubt that ATPG is a going concern. I also doubt that there will be closure of Strait of Hormuz in the next two months.
11/30/11
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Alan von Altendorf
sold DGP, bought more SRTY
11/30/11
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cheme: Much better timing than I...I did that exact same thing last Friday. Getting hurt. In a sep acct, sold TZA yest for small gain.
11/30/11
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Eric Stalee
Got toasted on my SRTY. LOL Meanwhile the situation in Iran is heating up.
11/30/11
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REIT: iran is tiny look at war ships from china Russia us all on alert lol
11/30/11
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Hillbilly Stock Star: Usually not a good sign when you po your best customers imo.
11/30/11
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nasalpancho
I am in for 1100 shares of SRTY -- if it goes down hard i need a piece
11/17/11
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nasalpancho: the precious metals are saying something big is happening
11/17/11
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nasalpancho
35% Tvix 35% SRTY 30% FAZ -- 100% invested -- and I wonder why I dont sleep well
11/15/11
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campusglass: HF Besides my one long OIL I'm In SPXU, SPXU caalls, and TVIX. 10% oil 20%SPXU 50%SPXU Calls 10% TVIX 10%Cash
11/15/11
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Ocean Man: I have my largest ever TVIX position and several other shorts and puts.
11/15/11
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Husky Financial
SRTY or FAZ ? looking to enter on the run up to the close
11/14/11
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Native Texan: wait for 1254.50... then FAZ - my vote but FAS momentum go blow well through gap.
11/14/11
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Husky Financial: TVIX order filled @ 53
11/14/11
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nasalpancho
Usually I heart SRTY in downturns -- but i have to give some love to SQQQ for outperforming!
11/10/11
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nasalpancho: yesterday changed the game in my opinion same way tuesday reversal changed game to bullish -- careful out there
11/10/11
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pablo63
Buying SRTY 19,13 !
10/12/11
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nasalpancho: welcome pablo -- im holding since 21
10/12/11
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mun2000: i think you will make a load of money .I follow crude people start selling it is bad sigh in market .
10/12/11
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rookieclassic
Still room for TVIX , i think? what do yall say? Poll: Will you buy SPXU, SRTY or TVIX?
10/4/11
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Ricardo Espinosa: *SPXU
10/4/11
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Derek A. Barrett: Wow! This thing got smoked today ! I was right on the after lunch part at least...in BIZARRO WORLD
10/4/11
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