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ProShares Launches Leveraged Russell 3000 ETFs
July 02, 2009 7:07 am
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ProShares Advisors added two new exchange-traded funds to its ever-expanding lineup Thursday, with the launch of the ProShares Ultra Russell3000 (NYSEArca: UWC) and ProShares UltraShort Russell3000 (NYSEArca: TWQ) on the New York Stock Exchange. The new ETFs are designed to deliver 200% and -200%, respectively, of the daily return of the Russell 3000 Index. Like all leveraged ETFs, they are designed to be used primarily in short-term trading strategies. Due to compounding, the new ETFs will not deliver 200% and -200% of the long-term return of the index. In fact, the long-term return may differ both in magnitude and direction from a simple multiple of the benchmark return. The funds are the first leveraged products to provide complete exposure to the The new ProShares ETFs charge 0.95% in annual expenses. In its press release announcing the news, ProShares added a new disclaimer regarding the impact of compounding on the long-term returns of the funds. The disclaimer reminds investors to “monitor holdings consistent with their strategies, as frequently as daily.” The addition comes a few weeks after the Financial Industry Regulatory Authority issued a notice reminding broker-dealers of the special risks associated with holding leveraged and inverse ETFs for periods longer than one day.
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Inside ETFs: A Reality Check
The Inside ETFs conference last month was a great opportunity for an ETF analyst like me to escape my ivory tower.Summing Sector SPDRS = SPY?
You’d think owning the nine sector SPDRs in proportion to their weightings in the S&P 500 is a way to recreate SPY. But you’d be wrong.
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