1) The most pop ETN is VXX, the volatility index ETF. Unlike ETF, ETN is genuinely an unsecured bond issued yesteryear the issuer. This way that the cost of the ETN may non only depend on the underlying assets or index. It could potentially depend on the credit-worthiness of the issuer. Now VXX is issued yesteryear Barclays. You may retrieve that Barclays is a big bank, Too Big To Fail, in addition to you lot may hold upwards right. Nevertheless, nobody promises that its credit rating volition never hold upwards downgraded. Trading the VX future, however, doesn't convey that problem.
2) The ETP issuer, together alongside the "Authorized Participants" (the marketplace makers who tin laissez passer on the sack inquire the issuer to number to a greater extent than ETP shares or to redeem such shares for the underlying assets or cash), are supposed to kicking the bucket on the full marketplace value of the ETP shares closely tracking the NAV of the underlying assets. However, at that spot was 1 notable event when the issuer deliberately non exercise so, resulting inwards big losses for some investors.
That was when the issuer of TVIX, the leveraged ETN that tracks 2x the daily returns of VXX, stopped all creation of novel TVIX shares temporarily on Feb 22, 2012 (see sixfigureinvesting.com/2015/10/how-does-tvix-work/). That issuer is Credit Suisse, who powerfulness convey flora that the transaction costs of rebalancing this highly volatile ETN were becoming as good high. Because of this stoppage, TVIX turned into a closed-end fund (temporarily), in addition to its NAV diverged significantly from its marketplace value. TVIX was trading at a premium of 90% relative to the underlying index. In other words, investors who bought TVIX inwards the stock marketplace yesteryear the halt of March were paying 90% to a greater extent than than they would convey if they were able to purchase the VIX index instead. Right later that, Credit Suisse announced they would resume the creation of TVIX shares. The TVIX marketplace cost instantly plummeted to its NAV per share, causing huge losses for those investors who bought only earlier the resumption.
3) You may hold upwards familiar alongside the fact that a β-levered ETF is supposed to rail only β times the daily returns of the underlying index, non its long-term return. But you lot may hold upwards less familiar alongside the fact that it is also non supposed to rail β times the intraday return of that index (although at most times it genuinely does, thank you lot to the many arbitrageurs.)
Case inwards point: during the May 2010 Flash Crash, many inverse levered ETFs experienced a decrease inwards cost as the marketplace was crashing downwards. As inverse ETFs, many investors idea they are supposed to rise in cost in addition to deed as hedge against marketplace declines. For example, this comment letter to the SEC pointed out that DOG, the inverse ETF that tracks -1x Dow xxx index, went down to a greater extent than than 60% from its value at the commencement (2:40 pm ET) of the Flash Crash. This is because diverse marketplace makers including the Authorized Participants for DOG weren't making markets at that time. But an as of import indicate to depository fiscal establishment complaint is that at the halt of the trading day, DOG did provide 3.2%, almost precisely -1x the provide of DIA (the ETF that tracks the Dow 30). So it functioned as advertised. Lesson learned: We aren't supposed to utilisation inverse ETFs for intraday nor long term hedging!
4) The NAV (not NAV per share) of an ETF does non convey to alter inwards the same % as the underlying asset's unit of measurement marketplace value. For example, that same comment letter I quoted to a higher house wrote that GLD, the gilded ETF, declined inwards cost yesteryear 24% from March 1 to Dec 31, 2013, tracking the same 24% driblet inwards spot gilded price. However, its NAV dropped 52%. Why? The Authorized Participants redeemed many GLD shares, causing the shares outstanding of GLD to decrease from 416 meg to 266 million. Is that a problem? Not at all. An investor inwards that ETF only cares that she experienced the same provide as spot gold, in addition to non how much assets the ETF held. The writer of that comment missive of the alphabet strangely wrote that "Investors wishing to participate inwards the gilded marketplace would non purchase the GLD if they knew that a cost reject inwards gilded could effect inwards twice as much underlying property reject for the GLD." That, I believe, is nonsense.
For farther reading on ETP, run into www.ici.org/pdf/per20-05.pdf in addition to www.ici.org/pdf/ppr_15_aps_etfs.pdf.
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