1-Star ETFs Poised to Plunge: ProShares UltraShort Health Care?
Based on the aggregated intelligence of 180,000-plus investors participating in Motley Fool CAPS, the Fool's free investing community, the ProShares UltraShort Health Care ETF has received the dreaded one-star ranking.
With that in mind, let's take a closer look at RXD and see what CAPS investors are saying about the ETF right now.
RXD facts
Inception | January 2007 |
Total Net Assets | $4.5 million |
Investment Approach | Seeks daily investment results that correspond to two times the inverse (-2x) of the daily performance of the Dow Jones U.S. Health Care Index. The index measures the performance of the health-care sector of the U.S. equity market. |
Expense Ratio | 0.95% |
1-Year / 3-Year / 5-Year Returns | (37.3%) / (29.7%) / (24.7%) |
Alternatives | ProShares UltraShort Dow30 |
Sources: S&P Capital IQ and Motley Fool CAPS.
On CAPS, 96% of the 194 All-Star members who have rated RXD believe the ETF will underperform the S&P 500 going forward.
Just last month, one of those Fools, TerryHogan, succinctly summed up the RXD bear case for our community:
First of all [UltraShorts] are just plain crap for long-term holdings. Second, I like health care in the U.S. I think Boomers, Obamacare, and [obesity] ... will be good for the health care industry in the states for the next 20-30 years.
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