Provides leveraged inverse exposure to the MVIS Global Junior Gold Miners Index. Seeks to deliver twice the inverse of the daily performance of the index. Now — the numbers.
An investor who bought at the very peak is down 99% today. The business is the same; what changed most is the price — and the expectations — the market pins on it.
It paid $1.52 per share over the last 12 months, with payments going back years without a break — regular cash for whoever holds the stock.
The stock trades 99% below its five-year peak.
We grade companies — revenue, margins, balance sheets. This is a fund, so there is no report card to give. That is not a low grade; it is a different kind of thing.
One-line summary: a basket, not a business. Judge it by what it holds.