Short Takes: Management Fees, Market Calm, and more

1. Canadian Financial DIY tries to get to the bottom of what Claymore means by “MER” and “management fees”.

2. Patrick makes a case against waiting until the market “calms down”.

3. Preet continues to look at strategies for simultaneously shorting both the bull and bear versions of leveraged ETFs. My suspicion is that over the long run the gains won’t exceed the interest on borrowed shares by enough to make this strategy sufficiently profitable, but I’ll reserve judgement until Preet is done fine-tuning this strategy.

4. Big Cajun Man saves money by buying meat at 50% off, but seems conflicted about whether he believes it is truly safe.