Stock Mania ! - Mutual Funds that can short.

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Stock Mania ! - Mutual Funds that can short.

An SI Board Since April 1998

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Introduction Compact

I have created a new website called Stock Mania ! : stockmania.com

It features a list of Mutual Funds that can short: stockmania.com

This thread is a forum to discuss these funds and the market conditions that would make them a good investment.

There are many different types of funds that short and many different strategies for doing so. Here are some basic categories I have identified and grouped these funds into (these are my categories and do not match with any ratings service):

Stock Funds - These are any stock funds that use shorts as a hedge against their longs. Usually value, contrarian or natural resource funds.

Bear Funds - They short most of their portfolio when they think the market is overvalued.

Market Neutral Funds - They have an equal weighting of shorts and longs to try and eliminate market risk.

Merger Funds - They short to lock in spreads on merger arbitrage.

Inverse Index Funds - They short to try and track inversely with the S&P 500, Dow, OTC or Treasury Bond markets.

"Hedge Like" Funds - They go short and long in many different combinations to try and take advantage of movements in domestic and global markets.

BTW, many funds have the ability to short in their prospectus but may not do it. I have selected these funds as the ones most likely to short, although they may not be shorting at the present time.

I hope you enjoy this forum and my website.

Disclaimer: These are not recommendations. Do your own research and read the prospectus. These funds have many different philosophies and investment styles and may not be actively shorting at the present time.

Thanks,
WS

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129	Peter, thanks. I talked to my neighbor who owns some URSA he said it was a reve	Mike M2	-	8/26/1998
128	I thought I heard something about a reverse split, check the Rydex Ursa/Nova th	Peter V	-	8/24/1998
127	Peter, can you tell me what happened to Rydex Ursa it was at $5.xx now $10.xx?	Mike M2	-	8/24/1998
126	RYURX, the Rydex Ursa fund is short the S&P 500.	Peter V	-	8/23/1998
125	All I know of are hedge funds that are purely short, and some of the Rydex mutu	Thomas M.	-	8/23/1998
124	Are there any mutual funds or other investment instruments that go purely short	J. Kerner	-	8/22/1998
123	It's a hedge fund (limited partnership) named the RTM Fund, which stands fo	Thomas M.	-	8/9/1998
122	Can anyone on this thread tell me the name of the fund that Bill Fleckenstein	Jim Stanfield	-	8/7/1998
121	Thomas, It is down. Too much maintenance and no income. I guess I needed to do	kahunabear	-	8/6/1998
120	I can't seem to access your Stock Mania Web site. Is it down? What are yo	Thomas M.	-	8/5/1998
119	WS, a couple of interesting links see #reply-4905083 Mike	Mike M2	-	6/17/1998
118	FYI, the Caldwell & Orkin Market Opportunity Fund (COAGX) raised it's m	Heretic	-	6/17/1998
117	Bill Fleckenstein dismisses the market-neutral funds (rather hastily IMO): &qu	Heretic	-	6/6/1998
116	Here is an interesting comparison of today's market with 1929: stockmania.	kahunabear	-	5/30/1998
115	Whipster, Can you tell me again the name and symbol of that Merrill fund that i	Knighty Tin	-	5/24/1998
114	WS, yes I read the forbes article it was excellent. This options accounting iss	Mike M2	-	5/23/1998
113	Mike, Perhaps we should schedule a convention here: a1tourism.com <ggg&g	kahunabear	-	5/22/1998
112	Mike, I was glad to see that Forbes article about employee stock options on th	kahunabear	-	5/22/1998
111	WS, works fine now. It is not what the bulls want to see. I heard radio ads for	Mike M2	-	5/22/1998
110	Guesstimate when and where the Market will top: stockmania.com This should wo	kahunabear	-	5/22/1998
109	Reasons for a bear market: stockmania.com This should work. Mike, thank you	kahunabear	-	5/22/1998
108	It's all HTML to me, too. I'm on NSCP 4.04. I'm enjoying the rest o	S. maltophilia	-	5/22/1998
107	Mike, HTML Huh, I wonder what's wrong. I see it perfectly. What browser a	kahunabear	-	5/22/1998
106	WS, I looked at your links posted in #103 it looks like the computer language o	Mike M2	-	5/22/1998
105	Guesstimate when and where the Market will top: stockmania.com WS	kahunabear	-	5/21/1998

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