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To: The Ox who wrote (39766)8/1/2008 4:49:19 PM
From: SI User  Respond to of 95616
 
Hey! That's a creative answer. But the major holding in that ProShares ETF is those "swaps" they use in all their Ultra and Ultra Inverse funds.

What the hell is that? And are the other numbers reliable numbers to use to generate percentages, do you think?

(and in a related matter, do you think these swaps will ever be in trouble? when I think of "swaps" I think of "credit default swaps" which is a different instrument, I know, but it's still a derivative with counterparty risk, isn't it? lol)

proshares.com

All Holdings | Show Top 10 Security Description Notional Value Market Value Shares/ Contracts
DJUSSC SWAPS 73,595,507.03 - 70,092.96
MICREL INC COM STK NPV - - 5,844.00
ACTEL CORP COM STK - 65,436.25 4,759.00
ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES - 434,724.60 103,260.00
ALTERA CORP COM STK - 1,225,051.45 55,811.00
AMKOR TECHNOLOGY INC COM - 171,564.60 19,585.00
ANALOG DEVICES USD0.16 2/ - 1,647,967.14 54,014.00
APPLIED MICROCIRCUITS - 93,903.76 12,101.00
APPLIED MTRLS USD0.01 - 4,372,347.40 252,445.00
ATHEROS COMMUNICATIONS - 341,155.00 11,005.00
ATMEL CORP COM STK - 295,146.83 83,611.00
AXCELIS TECHNOLOGIES INC - 95,861.92 19,096.00
BROADCOM CORP CLASS'A'COM - 2,018,644.74 83,106.00
BROOKS AUTOMATION INC - 86,940.92 11,132.00
CABOT MICROELECTRONICS - 173,884.16 4,454.00
CIRRUS LOGIC INC COM STK - 62,019.92 10,919.00
COHU INC COM STK USD1 - 63,950.64 4,017.00
CREE INC COM STK USD0.005 - 294,957.60 15,204.00
CYMER INC COM STK - 150,728.10 5,690.00
CYPRESS SEMICONDUCTOR - 763,817.50 28,030.00
DSP GROUP INC COM STK - 37,213.26 5,271.00
ENTEGRIS INC COM STK - 134,879.64 21,308.00
EXAR CORP COM STK NPV - 58,881.90 7,647.00
FAIRCHILD SEMICONDUCTOR - 280,592.10 23,094.00
FIRST SOLAR INC COM STK - 2,369,549.21 8,311.00
FORMFACTOR INC COM STK - 157,383.00 9,045.00
INTEGRATED DEVICE - 319,537.80 31,890.00
INTEL CORP COM STK - 15,633,143.47 704,513.00
INTERDIGITAL INC COM STK - 198,213.40 8,540.00
INTERNATIONAL RECTIFIER - 224,858.48 13,321.00
INTERSIL CORP CLASS'A' - 556,027.59 23,043.00
KLA TENCOR CORP COM STK - 1,190,212.17 31,663.00
KULICKE & SOFFA - 63,110.28 9,923.00
LAM RESEARCH CORP COM STK - 765,218.74 23,266.00
LATTICE SEMICONDUCTOR COM - 51,696.04 21,362.00
LINEAR TECHNOLOGY CORP - 1,191,854.25 38,385.00
LSI CORPORATION COM STK - 823,632.26 118,679.00
MEMC ELECTRONICS - 1,971,133.76 42,656.00
MICREL INC COM STK NPV - 91,582.40 9,620.00
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY COM - 1,122,339.50 35,150.00
MICRON TECHNOLOGY INC COM - 678,349.35 140,445.00
MICROSEMI COM STK USD0.20 - 343,554.64 13,234.00
NATIONAL SEMICONDUCTOR - 945,934.40 45,152.00
NOVELLUS SYSTEMS INC COM - 377,659.80 18,540.00
NVIDIA USD0.001 - 1,183,273.52 103,433.00
OMNIVISION TECHNOLOGIES - 111,208.20 10,156.00
ON SEMICONDUCTOR CORP COM - 691,348.14 73,626.00
PHOTRONICS INC COM STK - 31,250.25 7,353.00
PMC SIERRA INC COM STK - 292,517.72 40,403.00
RAMBUS INC COM STK - 323,863.92 19,557.00
RF MICRO DEVICES INC COM - 162,005.61 49,543.00
SANDISK CORP COM STK - 588,703.20 41,752.00
SEMTECH CORP COM STK - 167,423.87 11,491.00
SILICON IMAGE INC COM STK - 95,665.47 13,647.00
SILICON LABORATORIES COM - 296,548.86 9,066.00
SIRF TECHNOLOGY HOLDINGS - 38,423.40 11,301.00
SKYWORKS SOLUTIONS INCCOM - 285,455.50 30,175.00
TERADYNE INC COM STK - 302,913.36 32,328.00
TESSERA TECHNOLOGIES INC - 156,867.10 9,005.00
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS USD1.00 - 6,020,177.78 246,931.00
TRIDENT MICROSYSTEMS INC - 33,733.26 11,358.00
TRIQUINT SEMI CONDUCTOR - 150,236.55 26,685.00
VARIAN SEMICONDUCT EQUIP - 403,411.32 13,806.00
XILINX USD0.01 - 1,323,563.15 53,305.00
ZORAN CORP COM STK - 79,028.12 9,556.00
MARVELL TECH GROUP COM - 1,304,492.79 88,201.00
Net Other Assets / Cash - 8,566,655.93 8,566,655.93