2 Winners To Sell, 2 Dogs To Consider

By Alan Ellman:In my last article I received a tremendous response when I wrote about the use of covered call writing with Powershares QQQ Trust, Series 1 (NASDAQ: QQQ). In this article I will show how to implement this great strategy in a bear market environment using inverse ETFs. Inverse ETFs use derivatives to bet against the direction of financial markets.

Stockerblog submits: In bear markets, there are several ways of making money, but most are speculative. Examples include shorting stocks (where your potential for loss is unlimited) and buying puts (which are very volatile and have expiration dates). However, there is a less risky way of playing the market on the short side, and that is through the use of bearish exchange traded funds also known as ETFs.

By Tom Lydon: ProShares, an alternative exchange traded fund provider known for its inverse and leveraged products, launched a new geared long-term Treasury ETF, extending its current line of inverse Treasury funds as the investments attract greater attention on the heels of rising interest rates.

By Zvi Bar:This is a comparison of several leveraged ETFs which have become popular trading and investing vehicles over the last few years. These ETFs usually hold options, futures and/or some other derivative securities that allow them to multiply the approximate return of an index, sector, industry, commodity or other collection that the ETF attempts to track. Moreover, several of these leveraged ETFs are short or bearish investments, where the leveraged bet is against the performance of which it tracks.

John Spence submits: Recent softness in technology leaders Apple (AAPL) and Netflix (NFLX) is a big reason why a Nasdaq-100 exchange traded fund is trailing the overall market as measured by the S&P 500.

Rocco Pendola submits:Several months ago, Purdue University researchers published the results of a study that looked at how Seeking Alpha contributors fare with regards to providing "valuable information" to readers.

Rocco Pendola submits:While not perfect, the study conducted by Purdue University researchers that sought to quantify investment performance on the basis of Seeking Alpha contributor sentiment was novel, if not useful.