ProShares Short Dow30
DOG
34 hedge funds and large institutions have $86M invested in ProShares Short Dow30 in 2014 Q1 according to their latest regulatory filings, with 9 funds opening new positions, 11 increasing their positions, 7 reducing their positions, and 5 closing their positions.
80% more first-time investments, than exits
New positions opened: 9 | Existing positions closed: 5
57% more repeat investments, than reductions
Existing positions increased: 11 | Existing positions reduced: 7
14% more capital invested
Capital invested by funds: $75.3M → $86M (+$10.8M)
13% more funds holding
Funds holding: 30 → 34 (+4)
0.27% more ownership
Funds ownership: 7.33% → 7.6% (+0.27%)
8% less call options, than puts
Call options by funds: $549K | Put options by funds: $596K
Top Buyers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
Morgan Stanley
New York
|
+$4.65M |
| 2 |
IPC
Independent Portfolio Consultants
Boca Raton,
Florida
|
+$3.86M |
| 3 |
BCI
Brinker Capital Investments
Berwyn,
Pennsylvania
|
+$1.94M |
| 4 |
U
UBS
Zurich,
Switzerland
|
+$1.86M |
| 5 |
DAS
Dynamic Advisor Solutions
Phoenix,
Arizona
|
+$1.47M |
Top Sellers
| Rank | Fund | Capital Flow |
|---|---|---|
| 1 |
VF
Virtu Financial
New York
|
-$1.61M |
| 2 |
SGAM
Steinberg Global Asset Management
Boca Raton,
Florida
|
-$1.36M |
| 3 |
VKH
Virtu KCG Holdings
New York
|
-$1.11M |
| 4 |
Royal Bank of Canada
Toronto,
Ontario, Canada
|
-$907K |
| 5 |
Northern Trust
Chicago,
Illinois
|
-$888K |
| Name | Holding | Trade Value |
Shares Change |
Change in Stake |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
26
Deutsche Bank
Frankfurt Am Main Ge,
Germany
| $71K | +$72.7K | +683 | New |
|
27
Barclays
London,
United Kingdom
| $61K | -$85.9K | -807 | -58% |
|
|
MIM
28
Macroview Investment Management
Bethesda,
Maryland
| $43K | – | – | – |
|
29
CAPTRUST Financial Advisors
Raleigh,
North Carolina
| $36K | +$18.6K | +175 | +100% |
|
|
DADC
30
D.A. Davidson & Co
Great Falls,
Montana
| $20K | – | – | – |
|
|
WA
31
WFG Advisors
Dallas,
Texas
| $15K | +$15.3K | +144 | New |
|
32
PNC Financial Services Group
Pittsburgh,
Pennsylvania
| $8K | – | – | – |
|
|
SSG
33
Summit Securities Group
New York
| $3K | +$2.66K | +25 | New |
|
34
US Bancorp
Minneapolis,
Minnesota
| $1K | – | – | – |
|
|
VKH
35
Virtu KCG Holdings
New York
| – | -$1.11M | -10,595 | Closed |
|
|
36
Northern Trust
Chicago,
Illinois
| – | -$888K | -8,500 | Closed |
|
37
Goldman Sachs
New York
| – | -$729K | -6,983 | Closed |
|
38
Northwestern Mutual Wealth Management
Milwaukee,
Wisconsin
| – | -$5K | -44 | Closed |
|
|
ASN
39
Advisory Services Network
Atlanta,
Georgia
| – | -$1K | -6 | Closed |
|
DOG Hedge Fund Activity: Q1 2014 in Review
34 of the 3,464 institutional investors tracked by Wall St. Rank reported a position in ProShares Short Dow30 (DOG) for Q1 2014, worth a combined $86M — up 14% from $75.3M a quarter earlier.
Buyers outnumbered sellers: 9 funds opened new DOG positions and 5 closed out — a net gain of 4 holders — while 11 added to existing stakes and 7 trimmed.
The largest buyer was Morgan Stanley, adding an estimated $4.65M. The largest seller was Virtu Financial, cutting an estimated $1.61M.
- 34 institutional investors held ProShares Short Dow30 (DOG) as of Q1 2014, up from 30 in Q4 2013.
- Funds reported $86M of ProShares Short Dow30 stock for Q1 2014, up 14% quarter-over-quarter.
- 9 funds opened new ProShares Short Dow30 positions in Q1 2014 and 5 closed out, a net change of +4 holders.
- The largest ProShares Short Dow30 buyer in Q1 2014 was Morgan Stanley, an estimated $4.65M added.
- The largest ProShares Short Dow30 seller in Q1 2014 was Virtu Financial, an estimated $1.61M sold.
Based on aggregated 13F filings for Q1 2014.