Bear Market Investing

June 12, 2006 9:23 PM

Trying to find an online article about an investment firm that had put together a fund set to have positive returns in a down market

I was just reading on June 11th an online article about an investment firm that had put together a fund set to have positive returns in a down market. The fund will be starting up later this summer. Now I can't find the article nor remember the company that had put it together after a 4 year wait for SEC approval. Any help would be appreciated.

posted by ptm to Computers & Internet (4 answers total)

Best answer: Sounds like the ProShares Trust ETFs. A story on it here. Doubtless other news sources have similar stories, that was just the first that popped up.
posted by mdevore at 9:40 PM on June 12, 2006

You might be interested in market neutral investing--a strategy that endeavors to achieve a steady positive return no matter what the market does. Here is some summary info.
posted by mullacc at 10:21 PM on June 12, 2006

Response by poster: Mdevore had it down. That was fast. Thanks for the input.
posted by ptm at 11:48 PM on June 12, 2006

There are already bear funds that do this.
posted by blue grama at 11:13 AM on June 13, 2006