EMTYProShares Decline of the Retail Store ETF
Seeks capital appreciation from the decline of bricks and mortar retailers.
By ProShares · Launched 2017
0.65%
#3,433 of 5,861 · average
$3M
#5,388 of 5,861 · small
+1.1%
8 years
#1,636 of 5,861 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDTotal-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
EquityRegion
North americaStrategy
Inverse
Sector
Consumer discretionaryIndex tracked
Solactive-ProShares Bricks and Mortar Retail Store Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
synthetic exposure — holdings shown are derivatives collateral, not the fund's positions
Asset allocation
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsYear-on-year price swings
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Listing
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
Full fund details
- Objective
- Seeks capital appreciation from the decline of bricks and mortar retailers.
- Strategy
- Invests in financial instruments to gain inverse exposure to publicly traded U.S. bricks and mortar retail companies, targeting at least 80% of total assets in the Solactive-ProShares Bricks and Mortar Retail Store Index. The Fund uses derivatives to achieve its investment objective, rebalancing daily to maintain exposure consistent with the Daily Target.
- Inception date
- November 14, 2017
- Fund family
- ProShares
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Structural notes on how this fund behaves. Read our guide on the 6 warning signs.
You can be right and still lose
This fund returns the opposite of its benchmark's daily move, then resets. Hold it longer and the daily compounding takes over: the market can move your way over a week and you still finish down. It works as a one-day hedge and nothing beyond that.
Sources: Cheng & Madhavan, 'The Dynamics of Leveraged and Inverse ETFs' (2009)
Educational analysis of structural product characteristics. Not investment advice. Always read the fund prospectus and consult a qualified advisor before investing. More
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Data updated on 2026-08-04