Tag Archives: time decay

ETF Time Decay

Many people do not realize that ETFs tracks certain indexes (for example UYG tracking financial indexes long) by reflecting the daily % gain or loss of the index. Therefore, the ETF’s gain compounds up or down depending on the behaviors of its index being tracked. For example, if a fictional “ETF Long” fund tracked 2x [...]

Read more

Financial ETFs Explained – Financial ETF Types

Financial ETF Types: XLF -Financial Select Sector SPDR This is your very basic Financial ETFs long (bullish). It tracks some of the major financial stocks such as Goldman Sachs (GS) and Morgan Stanley (MS). This is by far the least volatile financial ETF out of the others I use (outside of the normal volatility we [...]

Read more