I am someone who invests using ETF's, specifically just using S&P500 ETFs. Lets say I want more exposure to the EU markets, so I just buy some shares of an EU based ETF like SX5E.
But let' say I want the opposite, and decrease my exposure to something an S&P500 ETF has? For example, someone who works in the tech sector (like at a tech startup) is very exposed to tech via, well, their job. If the tech sector has problems then they might also loose their job, hence being arguablly over exposed.
In a perfect world you could just go "I want the S&P500 ETF but without FB, GOOG, AMZN, etc", but that's not really possible for various reasons. So is there any other instrument one can use to "inverse" holding those companies? I hear Options or Puts can be used, in which case I can buy them on a monthly basis, but I know basically nothing about them, so I figured I would ask here first before going down that rabbit hole.
Submitted April 27, 2019 at 11:53PM by hak8or http://bit.ly/2IMB8e5
