Got a high appetite for risk and have little faith in the economy, I have something for you, Proshares ultra short ETFs. These ETF track the daily performance of a particular index and provide double the inverse of the daily returns of that index. This is what creates the high volatility. They trade easily just like individual stocks. They even have some funds that are 3x short the market. I have seen some of these ETFs move over 100% in value in the space of a week. You really want to be on the right side of the trade with these or you can get wiped out really quickly, but if you’re on the right side it's great. There is an ETF for specific baskets of stocks. Example there is one for financial stocks, retail, real estate, international, and more. So you can pick your sector and go. One problem with these is they reset each day so you don't want to hold for more than a couple of days. They also seem to lose a little bit of value each day when the market is somewhat flat. However on days where the Dow has has big swings or just goes steadily down from the open, these can move 10-30% in a day. I have seen one move 40% in a day before and over 100% in a week Look at the chart of SKF below around the dates of Nov 15 and the 23 the ETF went from around $150 to $300. That is real movement.
Now let me say I am making no guarantees that these ETFs will make any moves like that again. Please don't invest based on what I say. I just wanted to point this out to any one who has a high-risk appetite and is looking for a opportunity.
Proshare not only goes short but they go long as well. If you feel the worst is behind us then look at the ultra long ETFs they act the same as the short funds just opposite. I have include a list of the funds currently offered by Proshares it has a brief description of the funds plus some performance stats. For more Info visit http://www.proshares.com/
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