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Inception date
Jun 19, 2006
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Synthetic
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Ordinary income
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
ProShare Advisors LLC
Distributor
SEI Investments Distribution Co.
ISIN
US74349Y8378
PSQ makes a straight bet against the popular QQQ ETF by providing inverse exposure to the NASDAQ-100 index an index of 100 tech-heavy firms listed on NASDAQ that excludes financials. The fund uses a combination of swaps on the NASDAQ-100 ETF (QQQ), swaps on the index itself, and NASDAQ-100 futures to achieve this exposure. As with most inverse and leveraged products, PSQ is designed to provide this exposure on a daily basis, not as a long-term inverse bet against the index. Investors holding the fund for longer than a day will be exposed to the effects of compounding on returns, and will be unlikely to realize the stated exposure over extended periods of time.
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Government
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Frequently Asked Questions
An exchange-traded fund (ETF) is a collection of assets (stocks, bonds, commodities, etc.) that track an underlying index and can be bought on an exchange like individual stocks.
PSQ assets under management is 563.81 M USD. AUM is an important metric as it reflects the fund's size and can serve as a gauge of how successful the fund is in attracting investors, which, in its turn, can influence decision-making.
Since ETFs work like an individual stock, they can be bought and sold on exchanges (e.g. NASDAQ, NYSE, EURONEXT). As it happens with stocks, you need to select a brokerage to access trading. Explore our list of available brokers to find the one to help execute your strategies. Don't forget to do your research before getting to trading. Explore ETFs metrics in our ETF screener to find a reliable opportunity.
PSQ invests in bonds. See more details in our Analysis section.
PSQ expense ratio is 0.95%. It's an important metric for helping traders understand the fund's operating costs relative to assets and how expensive it would be to hold the fund.
PSQ is an inverse fund, meaning it's structured to generate returns opposite to the trends of the underlying index or assets.
Yes, PSQ pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 9.60%.
PSQ shares are issued by ProShare Advisors LLC
PSQ follows the NASDAQ 100 Index. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
The fund started trading on Jun 19, 2006.
The fund's management style is passive, meaning it's aiming to replicate the performance of the underlying index by holding assets in the same proportions as the index. The goal is to match the index's returns.