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About ProShares Ultra Utilities
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Inception date
Jan 30, 2007
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
US74347R6852
UPW provides 2x leveraged exposure to the S&P Utilities Select Sector Index, a market cap-weighted index of US utilities companies drawn exclusively from the S&P 500. The index includes the following GICS industries: electric, gas, water, and multi-utilities, independent power, and renewable electricity producers. UPW is designed as a short-term trading vehicle, not a long-term investment. It holds swap agreements and resets on a daily basis. As a result, compounding and path dependency make long-term returns difficult to predict when compared with the performance of its underlying index. Prior to March 20, 2023, the fund tracked the Dow Jones US Utilities Index.
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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.
UPW assets under management is 15.10 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.
UPW invests in stocks. See more details in our Analysis section.
UPW 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.
Yes, UPW is a leveraged ETF, meaning it uses borrowings or financial derivatives to magnify the performance of the underlying assets or index it follows.
Yes, UPW pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 1.63%.
UPW shares are issued by ProShare Advisors LLC
UPW follows the Utilities Select Sector Index. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
The fund started trading on Jan 30, 2007.
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.