ProShares Ultra SmallCap600
The fund invests in financial instruments that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should produce daily returns consistent with the fund's investment objective. It is a float-adjusted, market capitalization-weighted index of 600 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. The fund is non-diversified.
SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET −$13M OVER THIS RANGE
Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned +40.9% 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
| 1 week | -4.1% |
| 1 month | +3.0% |
| 3 months | +13.6% |
| 6 months | +21.4% |
| YTD | +40.9% |
| 1 year | +44.5% |
| 3 years | — |
PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED
| 1 week | — |
| 1 month | — |
| 3 months | −$330K |
| YTD | −$2M |
| 1 year | −$13M |
CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS
VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK
Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat SAA on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.
| Fund | Fee | Assets | Flow, 1M | The case | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF | 0.05% | $128.4B | +$547M | -90bp on fee · 4312× the assets · +$547M in over the month | Head-to-head |
| IMCB iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF | 0.04% | $1.7B | +$15M | -91bp on fee · 58× the assets · +$15M in over the month | Head-to-head |
| VO Vanguard Mid Cap Index Fund | 0.04% | $68.1B | — | -91bp on fee · 2287× the assets | Head-to-head |
| IMCG iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF | 0.06% | $4.2B | +$69M | -89bp on fee · 141× the assets · +$69M in over the month | Head-to-head |
| IMCV iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF | 0.06% | $1.2B | +$20M | -89bp on fee · 40× the assets · +$20M in over the month | Head-to-head |