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most often investors fail to understand the inner workings of certain products that they invest in especially the complex ones and end up losing a great deal for example leveraged and inverse etfs can certainly be great money making avenues for day traders or for a very short period of time however investors seeking to make money from these instruments by employing a traditional buy and hold strategy are seem likely to lose over time read three biggest mistakes of etf investing leveraged etfs in focus traditionally leveraged funds provide 2x or 3x the return of the benchmark performance for example a fund that provides 2x the exposure will rise by 2 if the benchmark rises by 1 however the flip side also holds true if the index falls by 1 the etf will lose 2 on the other hand an inverse leveraged etf bets against the positive movement of the underlying index usually over a single day basically most of these products rebalance at the end of every session and are built to only give investors the corresponding amount of leverage over a single trading period this works really well over a short period of time where the actual compounded positive returns of the fund exceed the standard compounded returns of the index however during oscillating markets marked with periods of high volatility this phenomenon can hurt the investor leading to larger losses than what some investors might initially expect read leveraged and inverse etfs suitable only for short term trading therefore in order for the investors to profit from these highly complex instruments it is prudent for them to understand 1 what actually is the product betting on 2 how does it plan to achieve returns 2x 3x the index 3 how often does it trade on a daily basis in order to ensure tight bid ask spreads this last factor high trading volume which often leads to tight bid ask spreads is very important for investors seeking to achieve the best price for their trade for this reason and given how volatile the leveraged market can be obtaining a good price can be vital for overall returns in the light of the above statement we have highlighted 10 of the most popular i e with maximum average daily volume leveraged etfs that are available to investors the following table summarizes the key attributes that are prudent for any investor to consider before investing in these leveraged etfs while we have briefly described some of the key attributes of each below the table table 1 etf total assets average daily volume expense ratio leverage factor index underlying tna 618 41 million 10 97 million 0 95 3x russell 2000 index sso 1 57 billion 7 07 million 0 92 2x s p 500 index fas 1 13 billion 5 97 million 0 95 3x russell 1000 financial services index qld 608 19 million 3 72 million 0 95 2x nasdaq 100 index upro 311 91 million 2 32 million 0 95 3x s p 500 index erx 255 05 million 1 55 million 0 95 3x energy select sector index uwm 693 30 million 1 55 million 0 98 2x russell 2000 index agq 980 26 million 1 48 million 0 95 2x silver bullion ddm 215 82 million 518 000 0 95 2x dow jones industrial average index ust 19 81 million 476 000 0 95 2x barclays capital u s 7 10 year treasury index for investors seeking for a leveraged play on the broad market via large cap basket we have highlighted four products the proshares ultra s p500 etf proshares ultra qqq etf proshares ultrapro s p500 etf and proshares ultra dow30 etf are some of the large cap leveraged etf which are most liquid as is evident from the table above sso and upro both track the s p 500 index the former seeks investment results that correspond to twice the daily returns of the index whereas the latter seeks to provide 3x the returns of the s p 500 despite having different investment objectives both of these etfs charge the same expense ratio of 95 basis points both these etfs use swap contracts to achieve the leverage that they strive for it is also very important to note that both of these etfs are rebalanced at the end of day therefore generally on intraday basis the etf returns will not be equal to stated objective of 2x or 3x the index returns see more in the zacks etf center thankfully the etfs provide the cushion of high traded volume and a substantial amount of popularity sso has an asset base of 1 57 billion coupled with an average daily volume of 7 07 million shares on the other hand upro has attracted 311 91 million in its asset base with an average daily volume of 2 32 million shares the proshares ultra dow30 etf ddm is the appropriate choice for investors seeking for a leveraged play on the dow jones industrial average index the dow is by far one of the oldest stock indexes in the world its components are price weighted and it consists of only 30 large cap stocks read inside the dow jones industrial average etf dia the etf has been able to amass 214 96 million in its asset base since its inception back in june of 2006 ddm is rebalanced on a daily basis and provides exposure of 2x the daily returns of the dow jones industrial average index it uses a variety of index swaps to achieve its stated leverage the etf has an average daily volume of about 518 000 shares and charges 95 basis points in fees and expenses launched in june of 2006 the proshares ultra qqq etf qld seeks to provide 2x the daily returns of the nasdaq100 index the nasdaq 100 index includes the largest non financial companies from the u s as well as abroad the etf has a fairly large asset base of 608 19 million and charges 0 95 as expense ratio the etf enters into swap contracts with different financial institutions to provide the leveraged exposure qld also has a very high average daily volume of around 3 72 million shares see the apple effect and nasdaq etfs having discussed some of the large cap leveraged etfs let s now focus on a couple of small cap ones the direxion daily small cap bull 3x shares tna and proshares ultra russell2000 uwm are two etfs which provide leveraged play on the russell 2000 index the index measures the performance of the small cap segment of the u s equity markets and is a subset of the russell 3000 index the benchmark is composed of 2000 stocks which make up roughly 10 of the total market capitalization of the russell 3000 index tna provides 3x leveraged exposure whereas uwm provides twice the daily returns of the russell 2000 index with an average daily volume within striking distance of 11 million shares tna is by far the most heavily traded leveraged etf available in the market the etf also exhibits popularity as indicated by its asset base of 618 41 million see three small cap etfs with impressive yields on the other hand uwm also enjoys a high average daily volume of more than a million shares and has been able to amass around 694 million since its inception in january of 2007 also both of these etfs utilize index swaps to provide the stated leverage tna charges an expense ratio of 95 basis points however uwm is slightly more expensive than tna charging 0 98 the financial sector has been one of the top performing sectors this year it has been pretty much leading the market rally so far this year after a disastrous performance last fiscal year the direxion daily financial bull 3x shares fas is an etf that provides a leveraged play on the financial sector it seeks investment returns that correspond to 3x the daily returns of the russell 1000 financial services index the index includes stocks of financial services companies from the entire spectrum of market capitalization read inside the top zacks ranked financial etf with an asset base of 1 13 billion fas is one of the most popular leveraged financial equity etfs it charges investors 0 95 as expenses and on an average does about 5 97 million shares daily the direxion daily energy bull 3x shares erx provides a leveraged exposure on the energy sector it strives for 3x the daily returns of the energy select sector index which measures the performance of companies from the oil and gas consumable fuels oil and gas equipments and services etc erx aims for the leverage by entering into index swap contracts with different financial institutions it charges an expense ratio of 95 basis points and does about 1 55 million shares daily in volume it has an asset base of 255 05 million read uncertain about the economy try market neutral etfs the proshares ultra silver etf agq seeks 2x the daily returns of silver bullions which are u s dollar denominated for london delivery this means that along with the volatility in the individual commodity price the etf will also be subject to currency exchange rate between the u s dollars and the pound sterling obviously being a leveraged etf the fund takes long positions derivative instrument like silver futures and enters into silver forward contracts with different financial institutions to gain leverage on the underlying asset class i e silver bullion the etf is also rebalanced daily and charges investors 95 basis points in fees and expenses agq has a fairly large asset base of 980 26 million and an average daily volume of about 1 48 million shares proshares ultra 7 10 year treasury ust is a daily rebalanced leveraged long etf which is designed to generate 2x the daily returns of the barclays capital u s 7 10 year treasury index the index measures the performance of intermediate term treasury bonds which have a residual maturity ranging from 7 to 10 years most fixed income etfs especially long dated treasury bonds have seen tremendous rally in the recent past mainly thanks to the risk aversion of investors fuelled by the eurozone debt crisis and concerns over global economic slowdown the federal reserve s ultra low interest rate policy is also responsible for attracting investor appetite towards these instruments however from the third quarter onwards investors have started to show interest in the etfs from riskier asset classes and high yield bond etfs for higher current income thereby reducing the demand for the lower yielding treasury bonds this has caused massive asset outflows from the treasury bond etfs and negatively impacted the intermediate and longer dated treasury bond etfs within this time frame read long term treasury etfs ultimate qe3 play nevertheless this seems to be a short term phenomenon as it is quite evident from the fed s actions such as operation twist that the low interest rate scenario especially in the treasury bond front is most likely to remain for quite some time investors could go for a magnified exposure to the 7 10 year treasury bond segment should consider ust for short term trades the product has around 20 million in its asset base and on an average does a good daily volume of around 476 000 shares it charges an expense ratio of 95 basis points posted by littlecupid at 12 12 am no comments tuesday august 19 2014 2014 aug ytd ytd performance up 15 cash 7 sold off wynnmac as its pe was abit stretched should have realised it much earlier and abit apprehensive of china property market economy as a whole sold off gazprom again due to us market emotion have to control sold of vicom high pe recycle into ces valuetronics took up top spot due to its low pe 7 high dividend yield 6 investor friendly cash and no debt good business led segment mass production which should continue to grow albeit lower margins due to price sweet spots and government push mtq slided 20 since its top due to its poor results continue to hold as the sub sea segments is delayed and as last year the sub sea is contract based usually for 2 quarters is important to have good competent management and also management which look after minority shareholders continue to hold great eastern will be a beneficiary of ocbc purchase of wing hang w o taking a hit on its b s ocbc great company ces lkh obviously undervalued zagro hold bad 1st half performance trading at nav and ms bought at around current price spindex cheung who and spindex low pe and manufacturing is recovering 1 valuetronics 2 mtq 3 great eastern 4 chipengseng 7 lkh 6 zagro 8 spindex 9 cheung who 10 fischer 11 boustead posted by littlecupid at 8 39 pm no comments reflections on investment last 10 years some reflections of my last 11 12 years investments performance irr respectable 24 but could be much much better fy06 was extremely good which probably won t be repeated as the portfolio was heavily stacked on 1 stock fy09 fy10 fy11 fy12 was when i was extremely busy for various reasons and no time to evaluate investment positions of cos i started my investment journey way back in 2001 when i was starting a dot com which failed and dabbled in us shares options shorting which was completely disastrous it was only after several reading up of investments books understanding business fundamentals industry fundamentals investment fundamentals and spending time reading evaluating business investments did i adopt a more rigid and discipline approach to investing it was also in 2003 that my dad gave me a lump sum of money to start investing going forward with the size of my portfolio it will be much harder to repeat such performances many penny stocks in singapore do not suit me as especially this year where my investment was wrong i could barely exit my position without taking a v big hit food empire looking back at each year s end portfolio if i were to maintain those positions it would have severely underperformed my current portfolio my portfolio is quite actively managed good bad the good is i can switch to better performing business but the bad means sometimes emotions take charge and i lose very very good positions eg visa apb cerebosp ndaq to continue double digit performances 1 i need to spend more time reading on businesses investments research etc which i feel right now i still have not done enough 2 businesses which are excellent i have to have enough conviction and patience to continue to hold through a bad trough 3 businesses which i have bought stocks on the us market several times i have been emotional affected due to the late nights inadequate sleep visa gazprom etc therefore i have to maintain a greater disregard to the stock market movement not the business i am again facing a cross roads with my career my colleagues who are not as capable and have not proven themselves are moving up while my position have been stagnant end of the year the company is restructuring again i am contemplating whether i should move on the good thing about this company is that it has more flexible hours near my place and when it is off peak i have sometime to do my analysis however i cannot stand incompetent people younger than me also moving further up higher than me i do not blog regularly currently as with 2 young kids have to spend time to teach and educate them the primary school education system is not easy a full time job and time to do my investments research fy03 1 37 fy04 0 88 fy05 1 67 fy06 2 55 fy07 1 36 fy08 0 94 fy09 1 09 co restruct fy10 1 42 dad s condition fy11 0 79 3 jobs dad s c...