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ProShares Short MidCap400

$15.11-0.48% today
14.7518.7752-WK

The fund invests in financial instruments that the advisor believes, in combination, should produce daily returns consistent with the fund's investment objective. The index is a measure of mid-size company U.S. stock market performance. It is a float-adjusted, market capitalization-weighted index of 400 U.S. operating companies and real estate investment trusts selected through a process that factors in criteria such as liquidity, price, market capitalization, financial viability and public float. It is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
17.9016.7615.6115.11DAILY NET FLOWAug 22Dec 19Apr 21Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$25 OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned -12.7% so far this year. At 0.95% a year it is not the cheapest way in — LQD runs the same ground at 0.14%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$2929.99Tassets under management
0.95%expense ratio · $95 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
6Kavg daily volume, 30 days
7holdings · US-domiciled
2006listed June 20, 2006 · beta -0.97
Sector weights
Other100%
Cash100%
Cash & Others100%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Other100%
United States100%
Cash45.01%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+2.4%
1 month-1.4%
3 months-4.2%
6 months-6.8%
YTD-12.7%
1 year-16.0%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month
3 months+$375
YTD−$425
1 year+$25

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
13%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
15%realized volatility, 1 year
-21.4%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-19.5%where it sits vs. that peak today

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
717shares traded
The case against MYY

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat MYY on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-90bp on fee · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IMCB iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF0.04%$1.7B+$15M-91bp on fee · +$15M in over the monthHead-to-head
VO Vanguard Mid Cap Index Fund0.04%$68.1B-91bp on feeHead-to-head
IMCG iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF0.06%$4.2B+$69M-89bp on fee · +$69M in over the monthHead-to-head
IMCV iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF0.06%$1.2B+$20M-89bp on fee · +$20M in over the monthHead-to-head
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