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DOG · Proshares Short Dow30
Over the last 15 years (2011-09 to 2026-09), $10,000 invested in DOG with dividends reinvested grew to $1,554, -11.61% a year, with a worst peak-to-trough fall of -85.69%. Past performance doesn't predict future results.
Growth of $10,000 · 2011-09 to 2026-09 · dividends reinvested
How DOG held up in past market crashes
DOG has been through 4 of the market crashes since 2000 in our data. Its deepest price fall was 26.9% in the 2008 financial crisis, when the S&P 500 fell 56.5%. Its price had not yet regained that high by the latest close (price only, not counting the dividends or interest it paid). No fund is safe from losses; past falls do not predict future ones.
| Crash | DOG deepest fall | S&P 500 (SPY) | Peak to bottom | Back to peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 financial crisis | -26.9% | -56.5% | Nov 2008 to Jan 2009 | Not yet |
| 2018 fourth-quarter selloff | -6.7% | -20.2% | Oct 2018 to Nov 2018 | Under a month |
| 2020 COVID crash | -9.2% | -34.1% | Mar 2020 to Mar 2020 | Under a month |
| 2022 bear market | -12.7% | -25.4% | Jun 2022 to Aug 2022 | 1 months |
Price declines in the fund's listing currency, dividends not included, inside each crash's S&P 500 peak-to-bottom window. See how 50 popular ETFs compare in the crash study.
About DOG
ProShares Short Dow30 is an inverse exchange-traded fund designed to provide daily investment results that correspond to the opposite of the Dow Jones Industrial Average. It offers exposure to 30 large, price-weighted U.S. blue-chip companies, making it a tool used for short-term tactical positioning and portfolio hedging against broad market declines. The fund is structured as a passive ETF and uses derivatives-based replication to seek its objective, rather than directly holding the index constituents. ProShares Short Dow30 is part of ProShares’ leveraged and inverse fund lineup and is commonly used by market participants seeking efficient access to an inverse view on large-cap U.S. equities.
Put DOG to the test
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Would DOG survive 2008? →
What actually happened to it in the crisis: real drawdown and recovery.
Project it forward →
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Fundamentals →
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