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Re: Gen: Rydex funds...Alternative



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On Nov 10,  8:14am, G.John Boggio wrote:
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>   For those trading the Rydex Nova or Ursa Funds.  You may want to consider
> trading the S&P 500 Depository Receipts (Spyders), symbol SPY.

I trade SPY's, however, you (obviously) have to have a margin account
to short them.  One of the attractions of the Rydex Ursa fund is that
it can be owned in a tax exempt retirement account, where as far as
I know, you can't generally go short in an IRA account, or trade one
on margin?

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