Not exact matches
«We believe the far more modest use of
leverage [on balance sheets] is important in many ways and strongly has contributed to our outperformance
during all
bear markets and times of financial crisis over our two - decade existence.
Remarks: Due to their conceptual scope — and if not explicitly stated otherwise — , all models / setups / strategies do not account for slippage, fees and transaction costs, do not account for return on cash and / or interest on margin, do not use position sizing (e.g. Kelly, optimal f)-- they're always «all in «-- , do not use
leverage (e.g.
leveraged ETFs), do not utilize any kind of abnormal
market filter (e.g.
during market phases with extremely elevated volatility), do not use intraday buy / sell stops (end - of - day prices only), and models / setups / strategies are not «adaptive «(do not adjust to the ongoing changes in
market conditions like bull and
bear markets).
Over the longer term, however, performance was significantly better because their lack of financial companies and highly
leveraged firms served them well
during the last
bear market.
And while these
leveraged ETFs will eventually recover
during the next bull
market, it's still a gut wrenching experience to buy and hold
leveraged ETFs
during bear markets.
Leveraged ETFs like SSO can lose 90 % + of their value
during bear markets.
Note:
leverage should not be used for equities strategies without also using timing otherwise the investor could become a forced seller due to margin calls
during a severe
bear market.
Apparently,
during current cryptocurrency
market condition, fiat exchanges are burdened with traffic and traders who want to
leverage from the
bear market have found an easier way to unlock liquidity by pledging tokens as a collateral in ETHLend to receive more Ethereum for other cryptocurrency or token trading.»