Saturday, December 31, 2011

Time Tunnel

There's a crazy mirror showing us both in 5-D
I'm laughing at you, you're laughing at me
There's a room of shadows that gets so dark brother
It's easy for two people to lose each other in this tunnel of love
--Bruce Springsteen

Decent demo of the slippage or tracking error that occurs when holding leveraged ETFs over time. While these vehicles may be useful for trading, the tracking error erodes long term returns, making them undesirable for investors with long time horizons.

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2 comments:

dgeorge12358 said...

SPX was flat (0%) for 2011
SPX +3x was -14% for 2011
SPX -3x was -28% for 2011

fordmw said...

classic...