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Message| (1,063)    Think the market's going down? There are
plenty of ETFs out there that let you take a bearish position on
a wide variety of indexes.  For example, you could buy shares of
the S&P 500 Short ETF (SH). This ETF tracks the inverse
performance of the S&P 500 on a daily basis. If the S&P 500 ETF
(SPY) goes down on a specific day, SH goes up by a similar
percentage -- and vice versa.  Yet for more than two years now,
an alternative has been available -- the Ranger Equity Bear ETF
(HDGE). This is an actively managed ETF, so instead of
synthetically tracking the inverse performance of SPY, the HDGE
ETF is run by real human beings who manage a portfolio of actual
short stock positions.  A recent post on HDGE by Lawrence Fuller
did a pretty good job explaining how the fund works, its
philosophy, and the approach taken by co-portfolio managers John
Del Vecchio and Brad Lamensdorf.  John and Brad are experienced
short sellers who look for