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SQQQ vs. SCHD

ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ

SQQQ
$--
vs

Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF

SCHD
$--

Correlation

-0.74
SQQQProShares UltraPro Short QQQ
SCHDSchwab US Dividend Equity ETF

What is SQQQ?

ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ seeks daily investment results before fees and expenses that correspond to triple (300%) the inverse (opposite) of the daily performance of the NASDAQ-100 Index .

Snapshot
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SQQQ ProShares UltraPro Short QQQ
SCHD Schwab US Dividend Equity ETF
Inception date
Feb 09 2010
Oct 20 2011
Expense ratio
0.95%
0.06%
SQQQ has a higher expense ratio than SCHD by 0.88%. This can indicate that it’s more expensive to invest in SQQQ than SCHD.
Type
US Equities
US Equities
SQQQ targets investing in US Equities, while SCHD targets investing in US Equities.
Fund owner
ProShares
Schwab
SQQQ is managed by ProShares, while SCHD is managed by Schwab.
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$2,217,551,125
$191,902,599
Both SQQQ and SCHD are considered high-volume assets. They’re less likely to be affected by issues like slippage and failed orders on Composer than low-volume assets.
AUM
$4,455,851,279
$47,737,029,197
SQQQ has more assets under management than SCHD by $43,281,177,918. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
Nasdaq 100 Index
Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index
SQQQ is based off of the Nasdaq 100 Index, while SCHD is based off of the Dow Jones U.S. Dividend 100 Index
Inverse/Leveraged
Inverse (-3x)
No
SQQQ uses Inverse (-3x), while SCHD uses undefined. Inverse and leveraged ETFs can be used to either take an opposite position or amplify returns of a given index.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
SQQQ and SCHD both use a Passive investing strategy. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index.
Dividend
No
Yes
SCHD may offer dividends, while SQQQ does not. The frequency and yield of the dividend for SCHD may vary.
Prospectus
Neither SQQQ nor SCHD require a K1.
When ETFs are inversely correlated, they can be used in actively traded strategies (multiple trades per week) to take positions in opposing directions. For example, if you believe SQQQ is going to fall, it would make sense to invest in SCHD, as based on historical data, when SQQQ decreases in value, SCHD tends to increase in value.

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