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Re: Shorting the market



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At 01:10 PM 7/26/99 -0400, Johnny Storm wrote:
>Check out the Rydex funds.  I believe the name for the short fund is
>Ursa and the name for the long fund is Nova.
>
>JS
>
>--- dllabarre@xxxxxxxxx wrote:
>> 
>> 
>> I've been a Real Trader reader for almost a year now
>> and haven't seen much on
>> "shorting" the market. Of course it's been pretty
>> much an up market for the last
>> year.  But I feel we are at the top or at least
>> topping now and would like to
>> prepare for the next wave down.
>> 
>> If I wanted to short the market over a 3-6 month
>> period, and use $10,000
>> invested, what would be a good way of doing this.
>> What options are available to
>> me with $10,000 risk capital.   LEAPS?   3 month way
>> out of money Puts?   Is
>> there a mutual fund designed to "Short" the market?
>> 
>> All constructive comments are welcome.
>> Thank you all for your time.
>> Don LaBarre

You could just short the symbol SPY or DIA.

-Neal.


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