ETFdb Realtime Rating & Analyst Report for VXX

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VXX is a passive Volatility that seeks to replicate S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index Total Return The index offers exposure to a daily rolling long position in the first and second month VIX futures contracts and reflects the implied volatility of the S&P 500 Index at various points along the volatility forward curve. The index futures roll continuously throughout each month from the first month VIX futures contract into the second month VIX futures contract.
ETFdb Category Expense Ratio Inception Date Issuer Structure YTD Return *
Volatility 0.89 2009-01-29 Barclays iPath ETN -36.94%

VXX Realtime Rating: By Metric

Metric Metric Realtime Rating A+ Metric Rated ETF
Liquidity A+ VXX
Expenses B+ VIXY
Performance ETFdb Pro Members Only ETFdb Pro Members Only
Volatility ETFdb Pro Members Only ETFdb Pro Members Only
Dividend ETFdb Pro Members Only ETFdb Pro Members Only
Concentration ETFdb Pro Members Only ETFdb Pro Members Only

The first adjacent table gives investors an individual Realtime Rating for VXX on several different metrics, including liquidity, expenses, performance, volatility, dividend, and concentration of holdings. The "A+ Metric Rated ETF" field, available to ETFdb Pro members, shows the ETF in the Volatility ETFdb Category with the highest Metric Realtime Rating for each individual field.

VXX Realtime Rating: Overall

ETFdb Rating Type Overall Rating A+ Overall Rated ETF
Realtime Rating (Overall) ETFdb Pro Members Only ETFdb Pro Members Only

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ETFdb Analyst Report for VXX

This ETF offers investors a way to access equity market volatility, an asset class that may have appeal thanks primarily to its negative correlation to U.S. and international stocks. The VIX index tends to spike when anxiety increases, and as such often moves in the opposite direction of stocks. ...

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