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ProShares ETF links - the big list for July 31, 2009

The level of noise around leveraged ETFs has been rising lately. What's going on?

Lately, there has been a lot of discussion related to leveraged ETFs and how some brokerages are no longer allowing clients to trade them. And, of course, there are a number of posts pointing out why these vehicles should be avoided (be sure to read the comments as there are plenty of investors who are not opposed to these ETFs at all). In the interest of being even-handed, we have also included a few posts that suggest why investors might want to use these ETFs.

It has been nearly five months since the last time we presented a links post focused on ProShares ETFs but today we have an interesting and well-edited selection of articles. I highly recommend the post at TheStreet.com for a well-reasoned warning and a different take on the leveraged ETF dilemma. ETFGuide.com does a good job taking the other side of the argument.

So check out the following link list and don't hesitate to click through to the sites of some of these authors whose posts are presented at Seeking Alpha.

Fri Jul 31DIGOil PriceVolatility Driving Valuation of Wide Range of Equity Prices: 5 Star AnalystCharts Future Investing Patterns -- at Wall Street Transcript
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Fri Jul 31FXPOberg: Short ETFs 'Pick Off the Dumb Guy' -- at TheStreet.com
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SKF
Fri Jul 31REWIs the Backlash against Leveraged ETFs Warranted? -- at ETFguide.com
ROM
RXD
RXL
SKF
UYG
Fri Jul 31SDSProShares:An All Out Defense of Leveraged ETFs -- at Seeking Alpha
SSO
Fri Jul 31DDGExxon'sProfits Slide: Energy ETFs in Focus -- at Seeking Alpha
Fri Jul 31TBTTheLong and Short of U.S. Treasury Auctions -- at Seeking Alpha
Fri Jul 31TBTSeven Drivers Behind the Recent Boom in Bank Profits -- at Seeking Alpha
Fri Jul 31TBTWhat Did New York Fed Chief William Dudley Actually Say About Monetary Policy? -- at Seeking Alpha
Thu Jul 30SKFDead Banks Walking -- at Seeking Alpha
Tue, Jul28FXPThe China 'Bubble': Buy, Sell, or Hold? -- at Seeking Alpha
PSQ
Sun, Jul26EZJJapan: June Exports Sustain Upward Momentum But Surplus Employment Rockets -- at SeekingAlpha
Wed,Jul 22BZQEdward Jones Discontinues Sale of Leveraged ETFs -- at Seeking Alpha
EET
EFO
EPV
EZJ
JPX

I am also providing this link to the Google "Search Blogs" feature that will return any blog post that includes the symbol for one of the ProShares ETFs that was written in the last month. Bookmark this post and come back to use this link at any time. There may be some overlap with the content presented above.

If you haven't tried it yet, I would also like to recommend the TradeRadar Stop Calculator for leveraged ETFs. It pulls up latest prices and keys off the underlying indexes that leveraged ETFs are intended to track.

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