ION invests in firms that will profit from the mining of lithium, nickel or cobalt
BETHESDA, Md.–(BUSINESS WIRE)–ProShares, a premier supplier of ETFs, right this moment launched ProShares S&P World Core Battery Metals ETF (ION), the primary ETF to take a position solely in firms mining battery metals. These firms provide the uncooked metals wanted to energy the batteries used within the rising variety of electrical automobiles, laptops, smartphones and vitality storage units.
“An vitality revolution is underway that’s remodeling the way in which we energy our lives,” mentioned Michael L. Sapir, ProShares founder and CEO. “With ION, there may be now an ETF that gives traders an efficient strategy to entry firms assembly the hovering demand for batteries and the metals wanted to make them.”
World demand for batteries is predicted to develop by 25% yearly till at the very least 2030, in accordance with tutorial analysis.1 ION is designed to present traders entry to international firms mining lithium, nickel or cobalt—uncooked metals which might be seeing a surge in demand as a result of enhance in battery manufacturing.
ION tracks the S&P World Core Battery Metals Index—which is at present made up of 41 firms in additional than 15 international locations, together with Australia, Indonesia, South Africa and China. Many of those firms may be troublesome for U.S. retail traders to conveniently entry on their very own.
ION joins the ProShares thematic ETF lineup, complementing a bunch of funds that characteristic the appliance of know-how and innovation, such because the S&P Kensho Cleantech ETF (CTEX), the DJ Brookfield World Infrastructure ETF (TOLZ), the ProShares On-line Retail ETF (ONLN) and the ProShares Metaverse ETF (VERS). The agency additionally launched the ProShares Bitcoin Technique ETF (BITO) in 2021, which is the world’s largest cryptocurrency ETF.
About ProShares
ProShares has been on the forefront of the ETF revolution since 2006. ProShares now presents one of many largest lineups of ETFs, with practically $60 billion in property. The corporate is a frontrunner in methods similar to dividend progress, rising charges, thematics, crypto, and geared (leveraged and inverse) ETF investing. ProShares continues to innovate with merchandise that present strategic and tactical alternatives for traders to handle threat and improve returns.
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1 A Overview on Battery Market Tendencies, Second-Life Reuse, and Recycling, Analysis and Markets: World Battery Market Report 2020-2027, March 2021.
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Firms engaged in battery metals mining are topic to varied dangers, together with: adjustments within the provide of and demand for battery metals; worth adjustments ensuing from inflation and inflation expectations; provide chain and different disruptions as a consequence of altering world occasions, financial circumstances and political dangers; forex fluctuations; regulatory and legislative scrutiny of the environmental affect of battery steel mining; and dangers related to the event of mineral deposits.
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