I was reading Investopedia and came upon a nifty financial tool called inverse and short etfs. Basically they work like a normal ETF but track the opposite progress of sector. So if the DJIA goes down, the value of a short DJIA etf goes up and vice versa.
Strangely enough, all of these appeared back in 2007-2008. I was checking the price per shares and strangely enough a lot of them would go from being 20-30$ a pop to right when Lehman collapsed the prices became 120/130$ a share. Then they dropped back down.
Considering all of the money printing and geopolitical chaos ensuing I figured these would be a good way to catch the money leaving the market when the shit hits the fan.
Here's a list of them
http://www.tradermike.net/inverse-short-...etf-funds/
The one that is the most interesting is SRS or the DJIA real estate short etf. The numbers back in 08 are crazy.
Strangely enough, all of these appeared back in 2007-2008. I was checking the price per shares and strangely enough a lot of them would go from being 20-30$ a pop to right when Lehman collapsed the prices became 120/130$ a share. Then they dropped back down.
Considering all of the money printing and geopolitical chaos ensuing I figured these would be a good way to catch the money leaving the market when the shit hits the fan.
Here's a list of them
http://www.tradermike.net/inverse-short-...etf-funds/
The one that is the most interesting is SRS or the DJIA real estate short etf. The numbers back in 08 are crazy.