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To go long or short with an ETF

the investment world consists of various asset classes. An asset class is a group of investments that exhibit the same characteristics and usually consist of cash, money-market instruments, bonds and interest-bearing assets, fixed property, shares, alternative investments, commodities, derivatives and cryptocurrencies. It is always advisable to implement the concept of diversification in order to balance your portfolio and to spread the risk.

Every asset class has its own risk profile. The higher

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