Filings Digest
Two Research Affiliates ETFs will charge more, and Anthropic funds are effective but not trading

Score 41 out of 100
Score 41 of 100 falls in the C band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
CMost leveraged funds amplify a whole index. QQQU levers seven names: it targets 200% of the Magnificent 7 basket's daily move, and Direxion runs an inverse sibling on the same index for the other side.
The fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, equal to 200% of the performance of the Indxx Magnificent 7 Index.
| Period | QQQU |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −0.1% |
| 1 month | −9.1% |
| 3 months | +5.4% |
| 1 year | −4.7% |
| 3 years | |
| 5 years | |
| 10 years |
| Year | Return bar | QQQU |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −0.1% | |
| 2025 | +32.8% | |
| 2024 | +81.9% |
$10,000 in QQQU 1 year ago paid $832 in dividends.
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 WX, cheapest in Leveraged Long (2x & Other)
$14,207
On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.
QQQU 0.98%
$18,362
WX 0.20% Cheapest
$4,155
| Year | QQQU | WX | Overpaying |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | $1,729 | $365 | $1,364 |
| 20 | $6,504 | $1,421 | $5,083 |
| 30 | $18,362 | $4,155 | $14,207 |
Full fee 1.00% waiver 0.02% you pay 0.98%