ProShares - Short Russell2000
RWM
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- Financial Services
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- Asset Management - Leveraged
- Address
- 7501 Wisconsin Avenue, Suite 1000E Bethesda MD United States of America 20814
- IPO Date
- Jan 25, 2007
- CIK
- 0001174610
- Website
- proshares.com
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- ProShares Short Russell2000 (RWM) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) that provides inverse exposure to the daily performance of the Russell 2000 Index, seeking to deliver the opposite (-1x) return of the small-cap index for a single trading day. The fund employs swap agreements, futures contracts, and short positions in Russell 2000 Index securities to achieve its investment objective; it does not invest directly in the underlying index constituents. RWM targets investors seeking to hedge against or speculate on declines in small-cap U.S. equities, with operations conducted on U.S. stock exchanges. ProShare Advisors LLC serves as the investment advisor, managing the fund as part of its suite of leveraged and inverse ETFs; the sponsor, ProShares Trust, was established in 2006 and is headquartered in Bethesda, Maryland. The fund operates exclusively within the United States, listed on the NYSE Arca exchange under the ticker RWM since its inception in 2006. It caters primarily to sophisticated investors, including hedge funds, institutional traders, and retail participants utilizing tactical allocation strategies. In recent developments, ProShares expanded its inverse and leveraged ETF offerings with launches including Short Bitcoin Strategy ETF (BITI) and other crypto-linked products in 2021-2022, alongside enhancements to small-cap inverse funds amid heightened market volatility; the firm also navigated 2024 regulatory approvals for expanded options trading on select ETFs, boosting liquidity for RWM. No major acquisitions or name changes have occurred for ProShares or RWM in the last 1-2 years, though the sponsor continued strategic alliances with swap counterparties like major banks to optimize derivatives exposure. These initiatives reflect ProShares' focus on broadening access to sophisticated hedging tools in volatile equity segments.