DWSHAdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Short ETF
Seeks capital appreciation through short selling securities.
By AdvisorShares · Launched 2018
Annual Cost
6.22%
#6,033 of 6,040 · expensive
Fund Size
$6M
#5,220 of 6,040 · small
Return (1Y)
-8.8%
Track Record
8 years
#1,748 of 6,040 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$9,063-9.4%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundHoldings
By weightConcentration
synthetic exposure — holdings shown are derivatives collateral, not the fund's positions
Invesco Government & Agency Portfolio
80.5%
Costar Group Inc
-0.7%
Copart Inc
-0.7%
UnitedHealth Group Inc.
-0.8%
The Campbells Co.
-0.8%
General Mills, Inc.
-0.8%
Brown & Brown Inc
-0.8%
Tyler Technologies Inc.
-0.8%
Baxter International, Inc.
-0.8%
Verisk Analytics, Inc.
-0.8%
Asset allocation
Cash
198.6%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
22.7%High
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-84.5%Severe
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
-0.33Below average
Sortino (3Y)
-0.45Moderate downside risk
Listing
- Exchange
- NASDAQ Global Select Market
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks capital appreciation through short selling securities.
- Strategy
- Actively manages a portfolio to obtain short exposure to the U.S. large-capitalization equity market through short sales of U.S.-traded equity securities and ETFs. Utilizes a quantitative model to identify securities with the highest relative weakness, aiming to outperform the broader market.
- Inception date
- July 10, 2018
- Fund family
- AdvisorShares
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Data updated on 2026-09-18