Week in Funds
SOXL is up 9.4% in 2026. SOXX is up 36.0%

Score 33 out of 100
Score 33 of 100 falls in the D band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
DMost 3x funds lever a sector you can name. HIBL levers a factor: the 100 jumpiest stocks in the S&P 500, weighted by how hard they swing, then geared to 300% of that index's daily move.
The fund seeks daily investment results equal to 300% of the performance of the S&P 500 High Beta Index, before fees and expenses. Its objective applies for a single day and is not intended to provide three times the index's cumulative return over longer periods.
| Period | HIBL |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +12.0% |
| 1 month | −36.8% |
| 3 months | −32.0% |
| 1 year | +22.3% |
| 3 years | +48.2% |
| 5 years | −2.3% |
| 10 years |
| Year | Return bar | HIBL |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +12.0% | |
| 2025 | +60.2% | |
| 2024 | −0.4% | |
| 2023 | +81.0% |
This fund targets a multiple of the daily move of its index and resets daily. Hold it longer than one reset and compounding makes the return diverge from that target. In choppy markets it can lose value even when the index ends flat.
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.
Overpaying vs SOXL, cheapest in 3x Leveraged Long
$3,880
On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.
HIBL 0.98%
$18,362
SOXL 0.75% Cheapest
$14,482
| Year | HIBL | SOXL | Overpaying |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | $1,729 | $1,336 | $393 |
| 20 | $6,504 | $5,078 | $1,426 |
| 30 | $18,362 | $14,482 | $3,880 |
Full fee 1.01% waiver 0.03% you pay 0.98%