TITLE: Inverting homotopy groups of spectra
QUESTION [7 upvotes]: Let $X$ be a spectrum. Is there a canonical construction/functor that would associate to this spectrum, an inverse spectrum $X'$, in the sense that $$\pi_*(X)\cong \pi_{-*}(X')?$$
To be more precise, such a spectrum $X'$ can always be constructed by attaching cells to produce the right homotopy groups, but is there a more conceptual way of creating it?

REPLY [15 votes]: Not exactly what you asked for, but there is the Brown-Comenetz dual of $X$, $I_{\mathbb{Q}/\mathbb{Z}}X$, which has the property that its homotopy groups are Pontryagin dual to the homotopy groups of $X$ (in the negative degree):
$\pi_{-\ast}(I_{\mathbb{Q}/\mathbb{Z}}X) \simeq Hom(\pi_\ast(X),\mathbb{Q}/\mathbb{Z})$
So, if the homotopy groups of $X$ are all finite, then the Pontragin dual groups will be (non-canonically) isomorphic and this will have the required property. 
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