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For foreigners that have a long business trip to Asia ahead of them, it’s crucial that you feel comfortable. A couple of tips for the business minded traveler going to Asia is travel light, book ahead of time and get in line early. No matter what airline you go through, the airport is going to be a nuthouse, so it’s always a good rule of thumb to be prepared by skipping the long lines, allowing for plenty of time and read that newspaper until it’s your turn to get your boarding pass. Once in Asia, you can find a cab easily from the airport and check in to your hotel. While there are many available hotels and airlines on the market, there are only a chosen few that offer customers luxury, cleanliness and with all the comforts of home.Our pick for one of best airlines for Asian business trips is Singapore Airlines. Not only does it offer luxury accommodations for First Class, Business and Economy seats, but the flight attendants are pleasant, charming and over accommodating. Who wants to sit on a long flight in teeny, tiny seats? Singapore Airlines must understand the need for spacious seats because they have more room than many other airlines out there. They also offer leather seats, dining room table and your choice of available DVDs. Another popular Asian business trip airline is Cathay Pacific Airlines. Cathay Airlines is comfortable with flat beds in business class and 81 inch beds in First Class. First class passengers can also enjoy champagne and freshly fried eggs while all passengers can enjoy a selection of snacks when the mood strikes.Asia has more hotels than you could keep up with, and the majority of them are stylish, clean, centrally located and affordable. For the top hotels for Asian business trips, consider one of the following: the Mandarin Oriental, the W Hotel and the Peninsula. The Mandarin Oriental is a comfortable and clean choice for travelers feeling fatigued after a long flight. It has a business center, stylish rooms and a beautiful bar/lounge which can be deemed a perfect location for wooing potential clients. The W Hotel in Hong Kong is another stylish hotel that is well staffed with accommodating employees who are eager to speak American to you or greet you with a smile at the door. When staying in Tokyo, guests love the Peninsula, which offers portable cell phones throughout the hotel and the Tokyo metro area. This is a great accessory to your stay when your regular Blackberry or iPhone won’t work.As business trips to Asia countries become more common, airlines and hotels in Asia are providing a comfortable alternative while you are away from home. There are endless DVDs during your flight, state of the art beds, portable phones and stylish restaurants and bars to schmooze clients. Best of all, the staff on your airline and hotel can accommodate all of your special requests and more. When on your next business trip to Asia, consider travelling with all the amenities you deserve!

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Summary
SPDN is not the largest or oldest way to short the S&P 500, but it’s a solid choice.
This ETF uses a variety of financial instruments to target a return opposite that of the S&P 500 Index.
SPDN’s 0.49% Expense Ratio is nearly half that of the larger, longer-tenured -1x Inverse S&P 500 ETF.
Details aside, the potential continuation of the equity bear market makes single-inverse ETFs an investment segment investor should be familiar with.
We rate SPDN a Strong Buy because we believe the risks of a continued bear market greatly outweigh the possibility of a quick return to a bull market.
Put a gear stick into R position, (Reverse).
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By Rob Isbitts

Summary
The S&P 500 is in a bear market, and we don’t see a quick-fix. Many investors assume the only way to navigate a potentially long-term bear market is to hide in cash, day-trade or “just hang in there” while the bear takes their retirement nest egg.

The Direxion Daily S&P 500® Bear 1X ETF (NYSEARCA:SPDN) is one of a class of single-inverse ETFs that allow investors to profit from down moves in the stock market.

SPDN is an unleveraged, liquid, low-cost way to either try to hedge an equity portfolio, profit from a decline in the S&P 500, or both. We rate it a Strong Buy, given our concern about the intermediate-term outlook for the global equity market.

Strategy
SPDN keeps it simple. If the S&P 500 goes up by X%, it should go down by X%. The opposite is also expected.

Proprietary ETF Grades
Offense/Defense: Defense

Segment: Inverse Equity

Sub-Segment: Inverse S&P 500

Correlation (vs. S&P 500): Very High (inverse)

Expected Volatility (vs. S&P 500): Similar (but opposite)

Holding Analysis
SPDN does not rely on shorting individual stocks in the S&P 500. Instead, the managers typically use a combination of futures, swaps and other derivative instruments to create a portfolio that consistently aims to deliver the opposite of what the S&P 500 does.

Strengths
SPDN is a fairly “no-frills” way to do what many investors probably wished they could do during the first 9 months of 2022 and in past bear markets: find something that goes up when the “market” goes down. After all, bonds are not the answer they used to be, commodities like gold have, shall we say, lost their luster. And moving to cash creates the issue of making two correct timing decisions, when to get in and when to get out. SPDN and its single-inverse ETF brethren offer a liquid tool to use in a variety of ways, depending on what a particular investor wants to achieve.

Weaknesses
The weakness of any inverse ETF is that it does the opposite of what the market does, when the market goes up. So, even in bear markets when the broader market trend is down, sharp bear market rallies (or any rallies for that matter) in the S&P 500 will cause SPDN to drop as much as the market goes up.

Opportunities
While inverse ETFs have a reputation in some circles as nothing more than day-trading vehicles, our own experience with them is, pardon the pun, exactly the opposite! We encourage investors to try to better-understand single inverse ETFs like SPDN. While traders tend to gravitate to leveraged inverse ETFs (which actually are day-trading tools), we believe that in an extended bear market, SPDN and its ilk could be a game-saver for many portfolios.

Threats
SPDN and most other single inverse ETFs are vulnerable to a sustained rise in the price of the index it aims to deliver the inverse of. But that threat of loss in a rising market means that when an investor considers SPDN, they should also have a game plan for how and when they will deploy this unique portfolio weapon.

Proprietary Technical Ratings
Short-Term Rating (next 3 months): Strong Buy

Long-Term Rating (next 12 months): Buy

Conclusions
ETF Quality Opinion
SPDN does what it aims to do, and has done so for over 6 years now. For a while, it was largely-ignored, given the existence of a similar ETF that has been around much longer. But the more tenured SPDN has become, the more attractive it looks as an alternative.

ETF Investment Opinion

SPDN is rated Strong Buy because the S&P 500 continues to look as vulnerable to further decline. And, while the market bottomed in mid-June, rallied, then waffled since that time, our proprietary macro market indicators all point to much greater risk of a major decline from this level than a fast return to bull market glory. Thus, SPDN is at best a way to exploit and attack the bear, and at worst a hedge on an otherwise equity-laden portfolio.