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To: Bread Upon The Water who wrote (3955)	3/1/2010 1:10:00 PM
From: Steve Felix	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 34328

<The leverage effect can be quite significant> That works both ways, and then you have high fees to contend with. Imho, you need to be quite the market timer to make any money on these. Maybe you will share with us when you move in and when you move out. TRAILING RETURNS (%) VS. CATEGORY Return SDS (Mkt) SDS (NAV) Category* Index* Year To Date -50.59 -50.38 8.30 0.02 1-Month -4.10 -4.10 8.30 0.02 3-Month -13.22 -13.09 -7.13 0.07 1-Year -50.59 -50.38 -50.32 0.85 3-Year -8.42 -8.31 -13.86 3.31 5-Year N/A N/A N/A 3.69 Results as of Jan. 31, 2010. * Category refers to Bear Market and Index refers to ML USD LIBOR 3 Mon CM