Skip to content
Subscribers Only
Investment Alerts

Leveraged ETFs, Dilapidation And $-Cost Averaging

October 25, 2024

The lower of these two charts is an ETF which tracks the Nasdaq 100 index. In the higher chart, the ETF does something similar but is five times leveraged and rebalanced daily.

There is a striking difference between the two charts. Like the Nasdaq 100, QQQ has been hitting new peaks for almost a year and a half. QQQ5 has recovered strongly from the 2022 lows but is still a long way below the peak.

To get unique access to stock market news and analysis from Quentin Lumsden, one of London’s leading stock market experts, and to continue reading this article…

Subscribe

With Quentinvest, from as little as 68p per day you’ll learn about successful high performance growth-share investing – and how to apply it to make significant profit for yourself.

Find out more View portfolio performance figures

Already a subscriber?

Further reading

More >
Subscribers Only
Investment Alerts

Pros And Cons Of Single Stock Leveraged ETFs

November 3, 2025
Subscribers Only
Investment Alerts

Not A Caterpillar But A Glorious Butterfly

October 31, 2025
Subscribers Only
Investment Alerts

The Batman And Robin Of The AI Boom Do A Deal

October 30, 2025
Subscribers Only
Investment Alerts

ETFs, Buy Signals And Building An ETF Portfolio

October 29, 2025