UNVEILING EXCHANGE-TRADED FUNDS: A BEGINNER'S GUIDE

Exchange-traded funds, or ETFs, present themselves as a popular investment option for investors of all experience degrees. Essentially, an ETF is a type of investment product that tracks the performance of a particular asset class, such as the S&P 500 or the Nasdaq Index. Just like individual stocks, ETFs are exchanged on stock exchanges throughout

Short selling has long been a popular approach for investors seeking to profit from declines in asset prices. The ProShares UltraPro Short S&P500 ETF (SDS) provides a leveraged instrument for investors to participate in this strategy. SDS aims to deliver three times the inverse return of the S&P 500 Index. This article examines the performance of S