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Investors have taken up an increasingly bearish outlook towards fixed income in recent month, as inflationary pressures continue to build and an ongoing economic recovery has increased the likelihood of rate hikes before the end of 2011. The last several weeks have seen ETF issuers roll out a number of products designed to offer inverse exposure to bonds–funds that could perform well if fixed income investments struggle in coming months. [click to continue…]

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ProShares Launches Ultra Treasury ETFs (UBT, UST)

by Michael Johnston on January 21, 2010

ProShares made an addition to its line of leveraged fixed income products on Thursday, launching the Ultra 7-10 Year Treasury (UST) and Ultra 20+ Year Treasury (UBT). UST seeks daily investment results that correspond to 200% of the daily performance of the Barclays Capital 7-10 Year U.S. Treasury Index, while UBT will seek to deliver daily amplified returns on the Barclays Capital 20+ Year U.S. Treasury Index. [click to continue…]

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This Week In ETFs: December 11th Edition

by Eric Dutram on December 11, 2009

It’s been an interesting week in the world of ETFs: gold trading was extremely volatile, and world leaders met in Denmark to discuss climate issues. Here are the ETF Database staff picks of the week’s most important and interesting stories from around the Web:

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ProShares Expands Treasuries Offerings

by Michael Johnston on October 16, 2009

ProShares, a pioneer in the leveraged ETF industry, is planning to expand its product platform with the introduction of two new Treasuries-linked leveraged ETFs. The proposed funds are:

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ProShares Launches Inverse Treasury ETF

by Michael Johnston on August 20, 2009

ProFunds Group, a leading provider of inverse and leveraged ETFs, launched today an ETF designed to provide short exposure to the market for long-term U.S. Treasuries. The ProShares Short 20+ Year Treasury (TBF) is designed to deliver the inverse of the return on the Barclays Capital 20+ Year U.S. Treasury Index for a single day. [...]

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