DUG | Bearish Oil | Inverse 3x ETFThe fund invests in financial instruments that ProShare Advisors believes, in combination, should produce daily returns consistent with the fund's investment objective. The index is designed to measure the stock performance of U.S. companies in the oil and gas sector. The fund is non-diversified.
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About ProShares UltraShort Energy
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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.
DUG provides (-2x) inverse exposure to the daily performance of the S&P Energy Select Sector Index, a market-cap-weighted index of US oil and gas companies. The funds concentrated portfolio typically includes firms engaged in oil and gas exploration and production, integrated oil and gas, equipment for oil as well as renewable energy, pipelines, and alternative fuel producers. As a levered product with daily resets, DUG is not a buy-and-hold investment and should not be expected to provide index leverage returns greater than a one-day period. Prior to Mar. 20, 2023, the fund was called ProShares UltraShort Energy that tracked the Dow Jones U.S. Oil & Gas Index.
Classification
What's in the fund
Exposure type
Cash
Government
Stock breakdown by region
Top 10 holdings
Oil And Gas Ultrashort Shorting. DUGWe are not in the business of getting every prediction right, no one ever does and that is not the aim of the game. The Fibonacci targets are highlighted in purple with invalidation in red. Fibonacci goals, it is prudent to suggest, are nothing more than mere fractally evident and therefore statisti
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Neutral
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Moving Averages
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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.
DUG trades at 41.22 USD today, its price has fallen −0.17% in the past 24 hours. Track more dynamics on DUG price chart.
DUG net asset value is 41.04 today — it's risen 0.32% over the past month. NAV represents the total value of the fund's assets less liabilities and serves as a gauge of the fund's performance.
DUG assets under management is 12.38 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.
DUG price has fallen by −2.64% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 1.83% increase. See more dynamics on DUG price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 0.32% over the last month, showed a 1.28% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 9.25% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 0.32% over the last month, showed a 1.28% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 9.25% in a year.
DUG fund flows account for −10.09 M USD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
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DUG invests in cash. See more details in our Analysis section.
DUG 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.
DUG is an inverse fund, meaning it's structured to generate returns opposite to the trends of the underlying index or assets.
In some ways, ETFs are safe investments, but in a broader sense, they're not safer than any other asset, so it's crucial to analyze a fund before investing. But if your research gives a vague answer, you can always refer to technical analysis.
Today, DUG technical analysis shows the strong buy rating and its 1-week rating is buy. Since market conditions are prone to changes, it's worth looking a bit further into the future — according to the 1-month rating DUG shows the sell signal. See more of DUG technicals for a more comprehensive analysis.
Today, DUG technical analysis shows the strong buy rating and its 1-week rating is buy. Since market conditions are prone to changes, it's worth looking a bit further into the future — according to the 1-month rating DUG shows the sell signal. See more of DUG technicals for a more comprehensive analysis.
Yes, DUG pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 5.58%.
DUG trades at a premium (0.10%).
Premium/discount to NAV expresses the difference between the ETF’s price and its NAV value. A positive percentage indicates a premium, meaning the ETF trades at a higher price than the calculated NAV. Conversely, a negative percentage indicates a discount, suggesting the ETF trades at a lower price than NAV.
Premium/discount to NAV expresses the difference between the ETF’s price and its NAV value. A positive percentage indicates a premium, meaning the ETF trades at a higher price than the calculated NAV. Conversely, a negative percentage indicates a discount, suggesting the ETF trades at a lower price than NAV.
DUG shares are issued by ProShare Advisors LLC
DUG follows the Energy 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.