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Direxion Mthly 7-10 Yr Trs Bear 1.75X Overview

Direxion Mthly 7-10 Yr Trs Bear 1.75X (DXKSX) is a passively managed Miscellaneous Trading--Inverse Debt fund. Direxion Funds launched the fund in 2004.

The investment seeks monthly investment results, before fees and expenses, of 175% of the inverse (or opposite) of the calendar month performance of the ICE U.S. Treasury 7-10 Year Bond Index. The fund invests in swap agreements, futures contracts, short positions or other financial instruments that provide inverse (opposite) or short calendar month exposure to the index or to ETFs that track the index. The index is a market value weighted index that includes publicly issued U.S. Treasury securities that have a remaining maturity of greater than or equal to seven years and less than ten years. It is non-diversified.

About Direxion Mthly 7-10 Yr Trs Bear 1.75X (DXKSX)

There are 2 members of the management team with an average tenure of 21.16 years: Tony Ng (2006), Paul Brigandi (2004). Management tenure is more important for actively managed funds than passive index funds.

The fund has 2 primary benchmarks: Bloomberg US Agg Bond TR USD index with a weighting of 100% and ICE U.S. Treasury 7-10 Year Bond TR USD index with a weighting of -175%. Direxion Mthly 7-10 Yr Trs Bear 1.75X has 7 securities in its portfolio. The top 10 holdings constitute 224.4% of the fund’s assets. The fund meets the SEC requirement of being classified as a nondiversified fund. The fund is not considered to have an ESG focus with its investment selection and management.

Direxion Mthly 7-10 Yr Trs Bear 1.75X is part of the Other global asset class and is within the Miscellaneous fund group. Direxion Mthly 7-10 Yr Trs Bear 1.75X has 0.0% of its portfolio invested in foreign issues. The overall assets allocated to domestic stock is 0.0%. There is 0.0% allocated to foreign stock, and 0.0% is allocated to preferred stocks. The bond allocation as a percentage of total assets is 0.0% (0.0% domestic bond, 0.0% foreign bond and 0.0% convertible bond). Direxion Mthly 7-10 Yr Trs Bear 1.75X has 287.3% of the portfolio in cash.

Assets Under Management

The fund has $734 million in total assets, which is below the $1 million average for the Trading--Inverse Debt category. Normally, lower assets under management translates to higher average expense ratios, and greater total assets are desired. However, for some investment categories, such as small-cap investing, it may be difficult for the manager to fully employ the desired active strategy if assets grow too large or too quickly.

DXKSX Performance and Fees

The expense ratio measures how much of a fund’s assets are used for administrative expenses and operating expenses, including adviser fees and fees for the transfer agent and custodial services. The Direxion Mthly 7-10 Yr Trs Bear 1.75X expense ratio is high compared to funds in the Trading--Inverse Debt category. Direxion Mthly 7-10 Yr Trs Bear 1.75X has an expense ratio of 1.45%, which is 52% lower than its category average, making the fund expense ratio grade a A. While it is difficult to predict returns, it is known that high annual expense ratios reduce your rate of return, and excessive fees are difficult to overcome. Active management normally comes with higher expense ratios than passive index management. Certain investment categories such as small company and foreign also normally have higher expense ratios. It is best to compare fund expense ratios against the category averages for meaningful assessments.

High portfolio turnover can translate to higher expenses and lower aftertax returns. A portfolio turnover rate cannot be currently calculated for Direxion Mthly 7-10 Yr Trs Bear 1.75X. By way of comparison, the average portfolio turnover is 697% for the Trading--Inverse Debt category.

Recently, in the month of June 2026, Direxion Mthly 7-10 Yr Trs Bear 1.75X returned 0.3%, which earned it a grade of A, as the Trading--Inverse Debt category had an average return of -0.3%. The letter grades of A, B, C, D and F are based upon relative rankings within the investment category. A grade of A, for example, would indicate that the return is in the highest 20% for that time period compared to all funds in that category.

Direxion Mthly 7-10 Yr Trs Bear 1.75X has a trailing yield of 11.75%, which is above the 2.90% category average. The fund normally distributes its income annually and its capital gains annually.

It’s natural to seek the best-performing investments, but you must consider the relationship between risk and return and the impact of costs and taxes on your realized returns.

Direxion Mthly 7-10 Yr Trs Bear 1.75X Grades

Year to date, the fund has returned 4.3%, 3.0 percentage points better than the category, which translates into a grade of A. The fund has returned 5.0% over the past year (grade of A), 5.1% over the past three years (grade of C) and 9.4% per year over the past five years (grade of C) and 2.4% per year over the past 10 years (grade of B).

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