100 Lowest 5 Year ETF Returns

The following table lists the bottom 100 exchange-traded funds in terms of 5 year returns. These are the 100 ETFs that have had the lowest percentage gain over the last 5 years. You may also wish to see the 100 ETFs with the highest 5-year returns.

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Symbol
Name
5-Year Return
AUM
Avg Volume
SRS UltraShort Real Estate -98.28% $60.8 M 189,251
GAZ DJ-UBS Natural Gas Subindex Total Return ETN -96.65% $39.4 M 90,706
UNG United States Natural Gas Fund LP -95.78% $871.4 M 5,176,499
SKF UltraShort Financials -95.26% $134.8 M 526,577
FXP Ultrashort FTSE/Xinhua China -94.24% $152.3 M 236,962
SJL UltraShort Russell MidCap Value -92.81% $0.8 M 243
EEV UltraShort MSCI Emerging Markets -92.57% $104.6 M 171,122
SKK UltraShort Russell2000 Growth -91.90% $5.7 M 7,797
SJH UltraShort Russell2000 Value -91.50% $1.2 M 8,689
TWM UltraShort Russell2000 -91.28% $360.7 M 2,510,920
KWT Market Vectors Solar Energy ETF -91.14% $14.6 M 4,771
SDD UltraShort SmallCap600 -90.33% $7.2 M 11,849
TAN Solar ETF -90.28% $107.2 M 225,260
SCC UltraShort Consumer Services -89.38% $6.0 M 6,855
MZZ UltraShort MidCap400 -87.43% $16.9 M 55,989
QID UltraShort QQQ -86.41% $402.6 M 4,772,554
TLL UltraShort Telecommunications -86.21% $1.4 M 1,211
SSG UltraShort Semiconductors -85.79% $13.3 M 33,125
DUG UltraShort Oil & Gas -85.58% $77.1 M 159,126
SDK UltraShort Russell MidCap Growth -85.49% $1.3 M 1,153
SMN UltraShort Basic Materials -85.33% $35.1 M 82,754
SIJ UltraShort Industrials -84.62% $4.9 M 3,533
RXD UltraShort Health Care -84.05% $3.3 M 3,168
SJF UltraShort Russell1000 Value -82.99% $1.0 M 145
REW UltraShort Technology -81.99% $8.1 M 6,271
SZK UltraShort Consumer Goods -81.77% $4.9 M 1,339
SDS UltraShort S&P500 -79.90% $1,905.3 M 11,872,308
SFK UltraShort Russell1000 Growth -79.32% $4.5 M 1,100
DXD UltraShort Dow30 -79.07% $278.6 M 947,057
EFU UltraShort MSCI EAFE -78.79% $6.5 M 4,252
DZZ DB Gold Double Short ETN -78.48% $88.1 M 853,945
JJE DJ-UBS Energy Total Return Sub-Index ETN -78.29% $8.4 M 7,471
TBT UltraShort Barclays 20+ Year Treasury -76.72% $3,827.2 M 5,841,169
DYY DB Commodity Double Long ETN -75.16% $5.9 M 7,327
SBB Short SmallCap600 -74.86% $78.9 M 222,862
PBW WilderHill Clean Energy Portfolio -74.26% $171.7 M 334,252
SDP UltraShort Utilities -72.37% $4.0 M 10,523
OIL S&P GSCI Crude Oil Tot Ret Idx ETN -71.71% $323.0 M 563,971
GEX Market Vectors Global Alternative Energy ETF -70.17% $71.1 M 46,745
USO United States Oil Fund -68.11% $1,345.2 M 5,823,837
EWV UltraShort MSCI Japan -67.28% $11.4 M 86,820
SEF Short Financials -65.51% $39.1 M 29,285
KOL Market Vectors Coal ETF -65.17% $176.2 M 124,923
DAG DB Agriculture Double Long ETN -64.56% $27.6 M 29,818
UYM Ultra Basic Materials -64.10% $118.9 M 144,923
PBD Global Clean Energy Portfolio -63.70% $71.5 M 37,826
UYG Ultra Financials -62.90% $770.9 M 412,652
MYY Short MidCap400 -62.66% $32.4 M 36,963
RWM Short Russell2000 -61.97% $381.9 M 1,080,485
PST UltraShort Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury -61.80% $310.5 M 78,717
RJN Rogers Intl Commodity Enrgy ETN -59.17% $71.3 M 32,089
XME SPDR S&P Metals & Mining ETF -58.74% $605.9 M 3,893,157
PSQ Short QQQ -56.58% $195.7 M 474,458
SLX Market Vectors Steel Index ETF Fund -56.58% $101.6 M 80,214
EUM Short MSCI Emerging Markets -56.17% $324.3 M 204,183
GSP S&P GSCI Total Return Index ETN -55.75% $101.9 M 29,649
GSG GSCI Commodity-Indexed Trust Fund -55.69% $1,083.7 M 219,171
UBN E-TRACS UBS Bloomberg CMCI Energy ETN -55.51% $3.1 M 7,419
PXN Lux Nanotech Portfolio -51.79% $21.6 M 95,782
URE Ultra Real Estate -51.13% $360.6 M 131,700
RSX Market Vectors Russia ETF -50.09% $1,210.8 M 4,488,775
DIG Ultra Oil & Gas -49.81% $146.9 M 137,152
EWI MSCI Italy Index Fund -49.63% $679.9 M 1,894,363
USL United States 12 Month Oil -48.43% $80.1 M 26,566
DGZ DB Gold Short ETN -48.13% $88.7 M 308,583
UHN United States Diesel Heating Oil Fund -48.11% $6.5 M 6,981
DOG Short Dow30 -48.01% $283.9 M 421,025
SH Short S&P500 -47.65% $1,923.1 M 3,175,072
DDG Short Oil & Gas -47.23% $4.2 M 2,520
QCLN NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index Fund -47.06% $48.6 M 45,263
GSC GS Connect S&P GSCI Enh Commodity TR ETN -46.98% $68.2 M 22,022
DBO DB Oil Fund -46.97% $407.4 M 295,482
JJN DJ-UBS Nickel Total Return Sub-Index ETN -46.11% $5.6 M 1,152
ENY Canadian Energy Income ETF -45.77% $60.2 M 21,134
NLR Market Vectors Uranium+Nuclear Energy ETF -45.68% $73.2 M 25,202
DBE DB Energy Fund -45.36% $238.6 M 116,986
FCG ISE-Revere Natural Gas Index Fund -44.68% $439.7 M 856,263
DJP Dow Jones-UBS Commodity Index TR ETN -44.61% $1,677.0 M 312,005
DPU DB Commodity Long ETN -44.58% $3.9 M 3,647
EWO MSCI Austria Index Fund -44.19% $73.7 M 83,054
EFZ Short MSCI EAFE -41.26% $163.8 M 117,378
LSC S&P CTI ETN -40.95% $5.0 M 6,342
COW DJ-UBS Livestock Total Return Sub-Index ETN -40.09% $53.5 M 24,654
JJM DJ-UBS Industrial Metals Total Return Sub-Index ETN -39.12% $26.2 M 4,380
RJI Rogers Intl Commodity ETN -38.71% $634.7 M 538,202
DBC DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund -38.54% $5,677.9 M 2,062,189
EWZ MSCI Brazil Capped ETF -38.48% $5,840.7 M 13,454,943
OIH Market Vectors Oil Services ETF -37.24% $1,424.3 M 4,573,834
GRU MLCX Grains Index TR ETN -37.02% $20.6 M 10,426
DBA DB Agriculture Fund -36.33% $1,582.5 M 675,398
GUR SPDR S&P Emerging Europe ETF -36.31% $71.1 M 20,408
AGF DB Agriculture Long ETN -36.23% $4.0 M 1,438
PTM E-TRACS UBS Long Platinum ETN -35.70% $32.5 M 10,626
AGA DB Agriculture Double Short ETN -35.26% $4.0 M 2,609
UBC E-TRACS UBS Bloomberg CMCI Livestock ETN -34.63% $4.3 M 6,711
GDX Market Vectors TR Gold Miners -33.96% $5,399.8 M 22,381,729
EWP MSCI Spain Index Fund -32.53% $305.1 M 733,929
FDD STOXX European Select Dividend Index Fund -30.39% $44.6 M 31,006