With the brokerage account based in the U.S., what are the instruments to short European and Japanese sovereign debt? Thanks.
European ETFs traded in the US http://www.marketvolume.com/etfs/quotes.asp?s=34&t=European Lapan ETFs: http://www.marketvolume.com/etfs/quotes.asp?s=52&t=Japan
Thanks. All these ETFs look like they track equity indexes. I am looking for the ETFs that track the European and Japanese bond indexes in "reverse", so that I can short those bonds (i.e. short the European and Japanese sovereign debt).
http://www.investopedia.com/article...st-highyielding-japan-bond-etfs-bndx-ishg.asp http://etfdb.com/type/bond/japan-bonds/ http://www.investopedia.com/articles/investing/081215/top-4-european-bonds-etfs.asp http://etfdb.com/etfdb-category/international-government-bonds/
Thanks. Following your link above, I found what I was looking for: JGBD: "PowerShares DB 3x Inverse Japanese Govt. Bond Futures ETN" Still looking for the equivalent (inverse government bond ETF) for European countries.
My account is with Interactive Brokers, based in the U.S., denominated in US dollars. I think it would be quite painful to buy/sell the European bonds, as I imagine it would involve converting the currency twice. That's why I was looking for the equivalent European Bond ETFs, traded in the U.S., so that I can easily buy/sell, just like any other US-traded security.
I understand that. But can't you short the european bond ETFs that I linked to? Instead of going long an inverse? Wouldn't that be good enough for your purposes?