ProShares Launches Two Short Treasury ETFs

By: ETFdb
Investors have taken up an increasingly bearish outlook towards fixed income in recent month, as inflationary pressures continue to build and an ongoing economic recovery has increased the likelihood of rate hikes before the end of 2011. The last several weeks have seen ETF issuers roll out a number of products designed to offer inverse exposure to bonds–funds that could perform well if fixed income investments struggle in coming months. ProShares has rolled out the first ETFs offering daily inverse exposure to junk bonds and investment grade corporates recently, and this week continued building out the fixed income segment of its ETF lineup with two more products focusing on short exposure to Treasuries. The two new ProShares ETFs that began trading on Thursday include: Short 7-10 Year Treasury ETF (TBX): This fund seeks to track the inverse return of the Barclays Capital 7-10 Year U.S. Treasury Bond Index. The underlying [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: ProShares Debuts Short Junk Bond ETF (SJB) Direxion To Close Daily Two-Year Treasury ETFs JPMorgan Rolls Out Leveraged Treasury ETNs Shorting Long-Term Treasuries: Four Different ETF Plays ProShares Launches Ultra Treasury ETFs (UBT, UST)
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