Pass on this ETF: Direxion Daily AMZN Bear 1X ETF

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DIREXION DAILY AMZN BEAR 1X ETF $18.71 (New York symbol AMZD) holds short positions in the shares of only one company—Amazon.com. The ETF launched in September 2022 and has just $3.0 million in assets under management. The objective of the ETF is to generate a return equivalent to the inverse of the daily return on the shares of Amazon. For example, if Amazon shares go down by 1% on any day, the ETF aims to return a positive 1%. Institutional investors, particularly hedge funds, carry out around 60% of all trading in leveraged and inverse-leveraged investments. They generally use them as part of complicated multi-investment trading plays. They also trade frequently, and in large quantities. Inevitably, investments like these will go down more readily than they will go up. That’s because investors have to absorb the costs of borrowing, entering into agreements with counterparties, etc., on top of the 1.07% MER. These costs undercut the asset values of these investments, regardless of whether the stock…