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About ProShares UltraShort Lehman 20 Year Treasury
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Inception date
Apr 29, 2008
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.
TBT is a choice for levered bets on rising interest rates. Using a combination of swaps and futures, TBT gives investors -2x exposure to daily moves in T-bonds with more than 20 years left to maturity. The daily reset means investors shouldn't expect the leverage factor to hold constant over investment horizons greater than one day. In short, the fund is a valid option for tactical positioning/hedging against rising interest rates, but it's important to keep in mind that the -2x leverage results in greater impact from the effects of compounding. As a levered product, TBT is not a buy-and-hold ETF, it's a short-term tactical instrument. On Oct. 14, 2016, TBT changed its underlying index from Bloomberg Barclays U.S. 20+ Year Treasury Bond Index to ICE U.S. Treasury 20+ Year Bond Index. The change had minimal impact on investors exposure.
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Government
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
Government90.81%
Cash9.19%
Stock breakdown by region
North America100.00%
Latin America0.00%
Europe0.00%
Asia0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Oceania0.00%
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Dividend payout history