Geared Investing
Pioneering leveraged and inverse ETFs
Since 2006, ProShares’ line-up of ETFs has helped investors use leverage to increase their buying power and inverse strategies to profit during or protect a portfolio from declines.
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WHY LEVERAGE?
Increase market exposures with leveraged ETFs
Overweight holdings within a sector
Track broad market indexes, or narrow sectors or industries
Designed to magnify the one day returns of a bennchmark
WHY INVERSE?
Move opposite a benchmark with inverse ETFs
Designed to increase in value as the benchmark or stock they follow falls
Hedge against a company or sector decline
Seeks the inverse of the one day return of a benchmark
Go Further
Explore ProShares’ three-part series on portfolio hedging
A hedge is an investment intended to move in the opposite direction of an asset that’s considered to be at risk in a portfolio. A hedge provides inverse exposure—so if the at-risk investment should decline in value, the hedge is designed to increase in value and offset potential losses in a portfolio.
Part One: The Significance of Portfolio HedgingGeared Investing Resources
Geared Investing: An introduction to leveraged and inverse funds
Gain an better understanding of some of the benefits and risks of using geared products, including geared mutual funds and ETFs.
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