While the ETF has delivered strong historical returns (14.5% annually), the article emphasizes significant drawbacks for long-term investors: amplified downside volatility (declined 9% vs S&P 500's 3.8%), a high expense ratio of 0.87% compared to 0.03% for standard S&P 500 ETFs, and a 40%+ decline during 2006-2011. The author explicitly recommends against it for most investors.
SSO is positioned as the more balanced alternative with lower expense ratio (0.88%), higher dividend yield (1.14%), broader diversification across 503 holdings, and lower maximum drawdown (46.73%). However, like QLD, it is cautioned as better for tactical use than long-term investing due to daily leverage reset mechanics.
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