Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X Shares Outlook
Description
The fund invests in swap agreements, futures contracts, short positions or other financial instruments that, in combination, provide inverse (opposite) or short leveraged exposure to the index equal to at least 80% of the fund's net assets (plus borrowing for investment purposes). The index is a rules-based, modified float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted index that tracks the performance of the thirty largest U.S. listed semiconductor companies. The fund is non-diversified.
Last week witnessed the largest collective loss for the "Magnificent Seven" technology-related stocks, with a total of $950 billion erased from their market capitalizations.
The Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X Shares ETF provides -300% exposure to the daily return of the NYSE Semiconductor Index. Even contrarian investors should avoid the SOXS ETF due to tracking error caused by positive convexity and volatility decay. Historically, the SOXS has underperformed during market crashes as those events are usually accompanied by volatility spikes, which lead to elevated volatility decay.
Top Performing Levered/Inverse ETFs Last Week These were last week's top performing leveraged and inverse ETFs. Note that because of leverage, these kinds of funds can move quickly.
Shorting stocks/going long inverse funds is not a winning strategy over time. Direxion Daily Semiconductor Bear 3X Shares ETF offers investors the opportunity to profit from a downturn in semiconductor stocks. SOXS provides triple inverse leverage, but comes with significant risks and potential for significant losses.
Editor's note: Any and all references to time frames longer than one trading day are for purposes of market context only, and not recommendations of any holding time frame. Daily rebalancing ETFs are not meant to be held unmonitored for long periods.
Shorting or hedging against companies driving innovation and growth in the US stock markets is not a viable long-term strategy. Historical trends suggest that bear markets are relatively short-lived, and positive trends in the market indicate potential long-term growth for large firms and disruptive innovators. ETFs that bet against innovation and growth are likely to underperform their benchmarks in the long term. It is better to invest in stocks of innovative firms and funds tracking major indexes.