Do you know that there is a short ETF traded on SGX

Exchange Traded Funds (ETFs) are fast gaining popularity with investors worldwide. So fast, in fact, that they are one of the few product classes that not only weathered the current financial storm, but bucked the trend to report impressive growth figures in 2008.

Here in our own backyard, investors are spoilt for choice, with a total of 30 ETFs listed on the Singapore Exchange (SGX). And now, there is an ETF specially suited for a bear market: an S&P 500 Short ETF. With a short ETF that you can easily buy and sell like shares, you now have a convenient and transparent way to take advantage of situations where markets are falling.

Take, for example, the db x-trackers S&P 500 Short ETF that is listed and traded on SGX. The performance of this ETF mirrors the performance of the S&P 500 Inverse Index that is calculated by Standard & Poor’s, the company behind the popular S&P 500 Index.

Have more questions? Join us at the following seminar to find out the mechanics behind the db x-trackers S&P 500 Short ETF!

“Understanding Deutsche Bank ETFs” Seminar

* What are ETFs?
* How is it developing?
* Outlook of the ETFs
* Why invest in ETFs?
* When to invest in inverse ETFs?

Date: 18 May 2009 (Monday)
Time: 6.30pm - 8.30pm
Venue: SGX Auditorium, SGX Centre 1, Level 2
Speaker: Mr Gary Suen, Director, Head of X-markets Asia, Deutsche Bank
Seminar fee: Free

To register, kindly email your particulars comprising your Name, NRIC, and POEMS account number (if any) to etf@phillip.com.sg .


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