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Nvidia's plunge a ‘difficult lesson’ for investors betting on single-stock ETFs

Single-stock ETFs betting heavily on Nvidia's blistering rally plunged overnight, tracking losses in the chip darling's shares, calling into question the reliability of the asset class as an investment vehicle.

The GraniteShares 2x Long NVDA Daily ETF (NVDL) fell over 33.78% overnight. The Direxion Daily NVDA Bull 2x Shares ETF (NVDU) and T-Rex 2X Long Nvidia Daily Target ETF (NVDX) plunged 33.8% and 33.77% respectively. All three funds reported their largest loss in a single day, according to data from FactSet. 

Conversely, funds betting against Nvidia like the GraniteShares 2x Short NVDA Daily ETF (NVDL) rose more than 33%.

"This sell-off has been a difficult lesson for investors who have seen Nvidia as invincible and have taken aggressive bets on its growth without understanding the risks of single stock ETFs," said Roxanna Islam, head of sector and industry research at TMX VettaFi.

The funds were designed to deliver twice the performance of Nvidia on a single-day basis.

The GraniteShares 2x Long NVDA Daily ETF (NVDL), which boasts the largest assets under management out of the three, saw AUM decline by $2.4 billion from its peak last November to $4.3 billion as of Monday, according to data provided by by Global X ETFS. The AUMs of T-Rex 2X Long Nvidia Daily Target ETF (NVDX) and Direxion Daily NVDA Bull 2x Shares ETF (NVDU) are currently hovering around $419 million and $497 million, respectively.

"While these ETFs can magnify gains, they can also magnify losses and may not be appropriate for investors without a high risk tolerance," Islam told CNBC.

Since their approval in 2022, single-stock ETFs have seen an explosion in popularity, with over 60 products available in the U.S. worth $18 billion in assets, data from Global

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