MVV vs UYG

MVVBProShares Ultra MidCap400

UYGAProShares Ultra Financials

In short

MVV Geared ETFs mostly chase the Nasdaq or mega-cap tech. MVV points the same machinery at the forgotten middle of the market: 2x the daily move of the S&P MidCap 400, running since 2006.

UYG Listed in January 2007, a year before the banking crash, UYG targets 2x the daily move of the financial stocks in the S&P 500. A veteran of the leveraged shelf, priced at 0.93% with no fee waiver propping that number up.

Stated mandate

MVV MVV seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, corresponding to twice the daily performance of the S&P MidCap 400 Index. The objective applies to each day, not to holding periods longer than one day.

UYG UYG seeks pre-expense daily results equal to 2x the daily performance of the S&P Financial Select Sector Index. It is designed to provide magnified financials-sector exposure on a daily basis.

Why people hold it

• MVV ProShares bills it as the only ETF targeting 2x the daily return of the S&P MidCap 400, so the leverage sits on mid-size US companies instead of mega-cap tech.proshares.com
• 0.95% net of a waiver through September 30, 2027 (1.01% gross), near the median of the 97 leveraged bull funds priced, and level with stablemate Ultra Dow30 (DDM, 0.95%).
• The reference index spreads across roughly 400 mid-cap names, so one day's move isn't riding on a single sector the way geared tech or chip funds do (ROM, USD).
• Live since 2006, one of the longer-running geared equity funds on the tape, and one of the stronger implementations in its leveraged-bull peer group.

• UYG One of the originals: on the tape since January 30, 2007, still running the same mandate of 2x the daily performance of the S&P Financial Select Sector Index.proshares.com
• At 0.93% with no waiver doing the work, it sits near the median fee of its leveraged peer group and level with sibling ROM (0.93%). QLD is 0.89%, but net of a waiver through September 30, 2027.
• The whole sector in one ticker: banks, insurers and capital-markets firms from the S&P 500, roughly 80 names, geared daily.proshares.com
• Stands in the top tier of the leveraged bull funds we grade, a group of close to a hundred tickers.

Worth knowing

• MVV The 2x target applies to each day, not to your holding period. Over longer stretches, daily resets and volatility can push results away from twice the index move, either direction.
• Trades lighter than the headline large-cap geared funds, so bid-ask spreads can be a meaningful slice of the round trip.
• Income is incidental. Distributions land quarterly, but the mandate is the daily index move, not a payout.

• UYG The 2x target is a one-day target and resets each day. Over longer holds the result comes from compounding daily moves, and in choppy markets that can land well off twice the index's return for the period.proshares.com
• One sector, doubled. Financials move with rates, credit conditions and deal flow, and UYG amplifies that daily swing in both directions.
• It changes hands less than the headline leveraged funds, so the spread is worth a look before you place an order.

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