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To: tonka552000 who wrote (18093)	4/26/2003 1:40:41 PM
From: lurqer	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 89467

aware of any Bear funds available to the small investor Let me start by saying that this is not an area where I have any particular expertise. As I've made clear with many posts on this thread, I believe we're in the early stages of a secular bear period. Bulls and Bears tend approach stocks with different types of strategies. While not all bulls adopt a LTB&H strategy, there is a large overlap. This suites the Mutual Funds, and they try to reinforce the behavior by penalizing trading with fees and other hurdles. Bears are more likely to be traders (although the timescales can vary significantly). This means that ease of entry and exit became important considerations. Not to surprising that some three years into the secular bear a number of bear funds exist. Some are individual funds, others are members of Fund Families. Many bear funds try to inversely mirror an index - Naz, Dow etc. Some try to get twice the movement of the index. Two of the most popular Families are profunds.com and rydexfunds.com A post about their differences is investorshub.com As I said earlier, I'm no expert here, but this might get you started. lurqer