Precious metals ETFs listed in New York

Proshares has listed four new exchange-traded funds (ETFs) on the Arca platform of the New York Stock Exchange. The ETFs offer 200% long or short leveraged participation in gold and silver.

The value of the Proshares Ultra Gold and UltraShort Gold is determined by the US dollar price of gold bullion, known as the London gold "fix" which is set in London each trading day at 3.00. The silver funds also use the same equivalent measure for the metal, which is set in London each trading day at midday.

Gold performance has been extremely volatile throughout the financial crisis. The S&P GSCI Gold Index finished November 2008 having increased 13.77%, whereas it fell 18.4% throughout

Only users who have a paid subscription or are part of a corporate subscription are able to print or copy content.

To access these options, along with all other subscription benefits, please contact info@risk.net or view our subscription options here: http://subscriptions.risk.net/subscribe

You are currently unable to copy this content. Please contact info@risk.net to find out more.

Sorry, our subscription options are not loading right now

Please try again later. Get in touch with our customer services team if this issue persists.

New to Risk.net? View our subscription options

You need to sign in to use this feature. If you don’t have a Risk.net account, please register for a trial.

Sign in
You are currently on corporate access.

To use this feature you will need an individual account. If you have one already please sign in.

Sign in.

Alternatively you can request an individual account here