VelocityShares Daily Inverse VIX Short Term ETN (XIV)

[joezapp]

eric, your comparing instruments meant to be traded short-term to actual companies. These are not buy-and-hold instruments! Your duped into thinking that they are because they worked until they didn't. They also went up during historically low volatility. We've learned that these can and will lose a large percent of their value in an instant. You need to re-evaluate what you want in your portfolio, and for how long.