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From punting to protection: Short & leveraged ETFs emerge as hedging tools
Etftrendsยท 2025-09-25 13:37
Conventional wisdom holds that short and leveraged ETFs exist to facilitate directional betting by aggressive speculators. According to a new academic study, however, these products are outgrowing their retail roots and finding increasing employment as risk management tools for sophisticated investors. In a recent paper titled Short Selling Index ETFs and Market Performance, professors Doina Chichernea, Alex Petkevich and Kainan Wang found that high levels of shorting through US broad market ETFs were typic ...