ProShares Launches First Inverse High Yield Bond ETF

ProShares, a premier provider of alternative exchange traded funds (ETFs), today announced the launch of the first ETF that provides inverse exposure to the high yield bond market.

The ProShares Short High Yield (NYSE: SJB) seeks to provide -1x the daily performance of the Markit iBoxx $ Liquid High Yield Index, before fees and expenses. The ETF lists on NYSE Arca today.

“High yield bonds have had a strong rebound since the financial crisis, with indexes reaching all-time highs ¹ and high yield funds attracting significant inflows over the past two years,” said Michael L. Sapir, Chairman and CEO of ProShare Advisors LLC, ProShares' investment advisor. “For investors who believe that high yield bonds are ripe for a pullback, SJB can be used to help hedge against or to seek to benefit from potential declines.”

SJB expands ProShares’ popular lineup of inverse bond ETFs to five. ProShares’ four existing inverse bond ETFs, which are benchmarked to Treasurys, have garnered more than $7 billion of assets since launching less than three years ago.

ProShares		Ticker Symbol		Index		Daily Objective*
New Inverse Bond ETF
Short High Yield		SJB		Markit iBoxx $ Liquid High Yield Index		-1x
Existing Inverse Bond ETFs
UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury		TBT		Barclays Capital 20+ Year U.S. Treasury Index		-2x
UltraShort 7-10 Year Treasury		PST		Barclays Capital 7-10 Year U.S. Treasury Index		-2x
UltraShort TIPS		TPS		Barclays Capital U.S. Treasury Inflation Protected Securities (TIPS) Index (Series-L)		-2x
Short 20+ Year Treasury		TBF		Barclays Capital 20+ Year U.S. Treasury Index		-1x

* Before fees and expenses

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