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Sell Off Ahead? 25 Ways to Profit and Protect from a Stock Market Correction

Is it possible that this over extended market rally is being kept alive by the 'bailout' money . . . that isn't being lent to businesses and consumers?

A (Popular) ETF Down 97%?

FAZ could be viewed as akin to purchasing an insurance policy. You pay a few hundred or thousand dollars every year for your house insurance, and 'lose' your 'investment' every year. Likewise, with FAZ; If there is no crash in financial stocks, a small loss could be considered as insurance while the majority of your stocks are going up. But, if there is another crash, especially if it goes lower that the previous low (i.e. that if this current rally ends like its counterpart rally after the 1929 crash), it will certainly help to offset any losses that you suffer in the majority of your portfolio.