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Is it easy to borrow and short those etfs? What are the fees? Thank you!

What's the fee structure of borrowing for shorting? Given the well-known price decay I would imagine it's pretty expensive to short?

Where can I find the YTD performance of the holdings of Russell 1000 retail index? Hi all, I am looking for the holdings of the Russell 1000 retail index... Moreover, I am looking for the YTD performances of the holdings of the Russell 1000 retail index... That's to say, hopefully...

Bull etf or Bear etf, which one to use? Hi all, If I want to express a bullish view on SP500, I have two theoretically equivalent options (I am thinking of 2x or 3x): 1. Long the bull 3x etf 2. Short the bear 3x etf The holding period is probably 3 months, 6 months and 12 months...

The chart says YTD return is 4.11%. The summary says it's 6.61%. From the historical data: Close AdjClose 8/29/2012 21.98 21.98 1/3/2012 20.95 20.12 Using Close, the YTD return is 4.92%. Using AdjClose, it's 9.24%. Which one should be a...

Any number-crunching guys here? Please don't trust those sources and can anybody show me the numbers? Where did 12% came from? Thanks!

yeah, but buying futures directly I need to roll myself... if I forget one roll due to busy schedule then I ended up having corns in my yard..

Ranked top 1: http://www.dividenddetective.com/dividend_etfs.htm I am thinking of verifying the YTD returns using Yahoo Finance data: http://finance.yahoo.com/q/hp?s=SDIV&a=05&b=9&c=2011&d=07&e=23&f=2012&g=d I take 8/22/2012 price (A) and 12/30/2011 price (B), and calculate A/B...

Usually etfs for commodities have a time-decay-in-value problem... What about the etf CORN? Any thoughts? Thanks

Could you please point me to good solid credible analysis? Thank you!