Over the last couple of years the Rydex funds have become very popular among investors. The main advantage of these funds is that they allow investors to use IRA and 401k accounts to invest in bear market by using the inverse funds as well as the leverage, by using dynamic funds or "x2 strategy". The history of the Rydex funds goes back to 1994 when the S&P 500 inverse fund was launched. Since then there are more than a dozen funds that track the US indexes only. The index tracking Rydex funds are the most popular, yet, the investors can find other index funds such as ProFunds, Potomac Funds and other. The Rydex index Funds are traded on a daily basis (once a day) after the market close and based on the index daily close price. You may find the Rydex quotes at:http://www.marketvolume.com/content/products/mktsum/mktsum_rydex.asp You may see the list of the most popular Rydex index funds below.Rydex S&P 500 Funds" Rydex S&P 500 Fund: This fund was founded on May 31, 2006 and has been designed to correspond to the performance of the S&P 500 index; " Rydex S&P 500 Inverse Fund: This is one of the oldest of the Rydex funds. This fund was launched in January 1994 and was set to reflect the opposite (inverse) performance of the S&P 500 Index; " Rydex Dynamic S&P 500 Fund: This fund is similar to the Rydex S&P 500 with the only difference that this fund provides investment results that match to 200% of the S&P 500 performance; " Rydex Dynamic S&P 500 Inverse Fund: The fund started to trade in May of 2000 and was set to provide investment returns that correspond to 200% of the daily inverse performance of the S&P 500 index. The fund was lunched around May of 2000. Rydex OTC (NASDAQ 100) Funds" Rydex OTC Fund: This is one of the oldest Rydex funds. This fund was developed to provide investment returns that correspond to the NASDAQ 100 index daily performance. February 14 , 1994 is the first day when this fund was traded; " Rydex OTC Inverse Fund: This fund does the opposite of the performance of the NASDAQ 100 index on daily basis. This fund has been established in September 1998. " Rydex Dynamic OTC Fund: This fund provides investment results that match to 200% of the performance of the NASDAQ 100; " Rydex Dynamic OTC Inverse Fund: The fund was launched in May 2000 and was set to correspond to 200% percent of the daily opposite NASDAQ 100. Rydex DOW Funds" Rydex Dynamic DOW: This fund matches to 200% of the performance of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. The fund lunch date is February 20, 2004. " Rydex Inverse Dynamic DOW Fund: This fund was designed to correspond to 200% of the inverse performance of the DJI. February 20, 2004 is this fund inspection date. Rydex Russell 2000 Funds" Rydex Russell 2000 Fund: This is one of the youngest Rydex index funds that was established in June 2006 with the purpose to reflect the Russell 2000 index daily performance. " Rydex Russell 2000 Fund: This fund has been set to match the daily opposite performance of the Russell 2000. The fund was launched in May 2004. " Rydex Russell 2000 Dynamic Fund: Founded in June 2006, this fund seeks investment returns that match to 200% of the daily performance of the Russell 2000 Index. " Rydex Russell 2000 Dynamic Fund: This fund tracks the Russell 200 index to provide investment returns of the daily 200% inverse performance of the index. The fund was launched in June 2006. Article Source: http://www.eArticlesOnline.com About the Author: For more information visit QQQQ and SPY Options Trading Signals to see trading systems based on the NASDAQ 100 and S&P 500 analysis. Keywords: Rydex, OTC, S&P 500, NASDAQ 100, DJI, index funds
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