It is probably safe to say that most of us have large-cap investments in our portfolios. The S&P 500 is one of the largest and most widely followed indexes in the world. The ProShares Short S&P 500 ETF (ticker: SH) offers daily inverse (-1x) exposure to the S&P 500. If the S&P 500 falls 1% on a day, SH is designed to rise by 1%, and vice versa. Let's look at an example of a hedge using SH during a recent market downturn in the first half of 2022, as inflation, rising interest rates, Fed tightening and fears of a recession roiled equity markets.
Many investors hold long-term Treasuries or Treasury bonds as part of the fixed income allocation in their portfolio. To hedge a bond investment against rising interest rates, for example, an inverse ETF like the ProShares Short 20+ Year Treasury ETF (ticker: TBF) is often used. It is designed to seek daily inverse (-1x) exposure to the ICE U.S. Treasury 20+ Year Bond Index.
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Short ProShares ETFs seek returns that are a multiple of (e.g., -1x or -2x) the return of a benchmark (target) for a single day, as measured from one NAV calculation to the next. Due to the compounding of daily returns, Geared ProShares' returns over periods other than one day will likely differ in amount and possibly direction from the target return for the same period. These effects may be more pronounced in funds with larger or inverse multiples and in funds with volatile benchmarks. Investors should monitor their holding as frequently as daily. For more on risks, please read the prospectus. 2ff7e9595c
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