5 Best Performing Actively Managed ETFs in 2022

4. AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Short ETF (NASDAQ:DWSH)

Year-to-Date Return in 2022 as of December 29: 18.85%

The AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Short ETF is managed by Nasdaq Dorsey Wright, a firm renowned for relative strength investing. The Fund seeks capital appreciation through short-selling securities. Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its assets in short sales of US-traded equity securities and exchange-traded funds to obtain short exposure to investment returns of the broad US large-capitalization equity market. 

As of December 29, AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright Short ETF holds a volume of 75,700 along with net assets of $38.16 million. The net expense ratio of the fund is 2.77% along with a yield of 0.00%. The net asset value is $9.95, and the current share price of this ETF is $9.94.

FibroGen, Inc. (NASDAQ:FGEN) is one of the top 10 holdings of this ETF with 1.25% assets. It is a biopharmaceutical company that discovers, develops, and commercializes therapeutics to treat serious unmet medical needs. Among the hedge funds being tracked by Insider Monkey, Stamford-based investment firm Point72 Asset Management is a leading shareholder in FibroGen, Inc. (NASDAQ:FGEN) with 39.3 million shares worth more than $9 billion. 

At the end of the third quarter of 2022, 19 hedge funds in the database of Insider Monkey held stakes worth $205 million in FibroGen, Inc. (NASDAQ:FGEN), compared to 15 in the previous quarter worth $132 million.