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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!

Thanks but it seems to be a wrong address?

oh not many etfs available for shorting? that's too bad!

Thanks! I just don't understand the last 2 sentences regarding margin and settlement: All iShares ETFs are not margin eligible for 30-days from settlement, similar to mutual funds. For margin customers, positions will automatically become margin eligible in their account after 30 days from...

Open High Low Close Volume Adjusted Cl 2009-06-25 76.78 77.02 73.20 73.29 13100 366.45 How can Close be 73.29 but the Adjusted Close be 366.45?

I am thinking of opening a Fidelity account: And I am reading the restrictions for Commission Free etfs... It's kind of hard to understand... Anybody please help me understand their restrictions? Thanks a lot...

Could you please elaborate on it? Thanks a lot!

They do have high but time varying correlations... the mean rolling correlation is around 0.6... But for some reason pairs trading doesn't work well for them. The Sharpe ratio is below 0.5. Therefore I am looking for possible other exploratory ideas... Thank you!

Hi all, Lets say you hve two assets that don't quite pairs trade well... What other strategies we could explore for these two assets? Thanks a lot!

Real-world Pairs Trading? Hi all, Happy holidays! I just had a question on pairs trading in real-world. How are pairs trading done in real-world? My understanding of the procedure: 1. Test stock A using ADF to decide whether A is I(0) or I(1). 2. Test stock B using ADF to decide...

where can I find CDX and CDS historical data? Hi all, Are there downloadable historical data for CDX and CDS? Thanks a lot!