AdvisorShares Rolls Out International Bear ETF (HDGI)

The bull run continues on Wall Street as largely upbeat corporate earnings reports are offering little reasons to sell now. Amid the ongoing wave of optimism permeating the equity market, AdvisorShares is rolling out a one-of-a-kind product that should catch the attention of anyone wary of the market’ steep run-up thus far on the year. The new actively-managed Athena International Bear ETF (HDGI) began trading today and is the counterpart to the already successful Active Bear ETF which debuted at the start of 2011 [see How To Be A Better Bear: Short Selling vs. Inverse ETFs?]. Be Bearish, Globally As its name suggests, HDGI is a short international equity fund that is constructed similarly to its predecessor HDGE. The portfolio management team, led by Dr. Thomas Howard, PhD, utilizes a behavioral factor driven investment process that measures manager behavior, strategy consistency and conviction, and identifies which stocks are held in [...] Click here to read the original article on ETFdb.com. Related Posts: 25 Wild ETF Charts From 1H 2013 Active ETFs: Biggest Winners & Losers YTD WisdomTree Files For Dividend Funds, Ranger Alternative Files For Their First ETFs Third Time’s A Charm? Best ETF Plays For QE3 ETFs For Your Inner Bear