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The next series of posts will explore various investments and portfolios that use short interest. This post will focus on bear market mutual funds. As the name implies bear market mutual funds are designed to perform well during an economic downturn through taking short interest positions or following an index of an extremely stable industry to outperform the market. The funds listed below fall in the former category utilizing short positions to do well in an economic downturn.

DISCLAIMER: IF YOU ARE NOT AN ACCREDITED INVESTOR PLEASE TALK TO A LICENSED PROFESSIONAL BEFORE VIEWING THE FUNDS BELOW. SHORT INTEREST BEAR FUNDS ARE EXTREMELY RISKY AND YOU COULD REALIZE DEVASTATING LOSSES IF YOU DO NOT INVEST IN THESE FUNDS PROPERLY.



Bear Market Short Mutual Funds:

Grizzly Short Fund (Fidelity)
fundresearch.fidelity.com/mutual-funds/summary/527289797  

Short Nasdaq-100 (ProFunds): www.profunds.com/funds/short_nasdaq_100.html  

Ultra-Short Dow 30 (ProFunds): www.profunds.com/funds/ultrashort_dow_30.html  

Ultra-Short China (ProFunds): www.profunds.com/funds/ultrashort_china.html  

Ultra-Short Mid-Cap (ProFunds): www.profunds.com/funds/ultrashort_mid_cap.html  

Ultra-Short International (ProFunds): www.profunds.com/funds/ultrashort_international.html

Ultra-Short Nasdaq-100 (ProFunds):
www.profunds.com/funds/ultrashort_nasdaq_100.html

Ultra-Short Emerging Markets (ProFunds):
www.profunds.com/funds/ultrashort_emerging_markets.html

Gotham Short Strategies Institutional (Gotham Funds)
www.gothamfunds.com/default.aspx
www.morningstar.com/funds/xnas/gssfx/quote

Ultra-Short Small Cap (Profunds)
www.profunds.com/funds/ultrashort_small_cap.html

Short Small Cap (Profunds)
www.profunds.com/funds/short_small_cap.html

Ultra-Short Japan (ProFunds)
www.profunds.com/funds/ultrashort_japan.html

Prudent Bear Fund (Federated Hermes)
www.federatedinvestors.com/products/mutu...-bear/a.do?source=pb

StocksPLUS® Short Fund (PIMCO)
www.pimco.com/en-us/investments/mutual-f...plus-short-fund/inst

Ultra-Short Latin America (ProFunds)
www.profunds.com/funds/ultrashort_latin_america.html

Inverse Russell 2000 Strategy H (Rydex)
finance.yahoo.com/quote/RYSHX/

Inverse S&P 500 Investor (Rydex)
finance.yahoo.com/quote/ryurx/profile/

Additional References:
money.usnews.com/funds/mutual-funds/rankings/bear-market
(used along with Google for finding bear market mutual funds)