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About ProShares UltraShort MSCI Brazil Capped
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Inception date
Jun 16, 2009
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Synthetic
Distributes
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Tax on distributions
Ordinary income
Primary advisor
ProShare Advisors LLC
Distributor
SEI Investments Distribution Co.
BZQ is a -2x play on the MSCI Brazil 25/50 Indexa market-cap-weighted index of Brazilian large- and midcap stocks, which covers the vast majority of the market capitalization in Brazil. That makes it a bet against the financial sector in particular, which accounts for a large portion of the Brazilian equity market. The fund rebalances its leverage on daily basis, and is directly affected by issues of path dependency and compounding. As a result, its long-term returns are difficult to predict when compared with its underlying index. While its holding costs are reasonable for a levered product, the real concern for an intraday tool like this is trading costs. BZQ is good but not great for traders, despite the popularity of the space: daily volume is deep, but spreads still tend to be significant.
Classification
What's in the fund
Exposure type
Government
Cash
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
Government65.62%
Cash34.38%
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