Xtrackers US Green Infrastructure Select Equity ETF

Xtrackers US Green Infrastructure Select Equity ETF (UPGR) tracks a Solactive index of up to 50 US companies in green energy, electric vehicles, batteries and environmental services, weighted equally. Its 0.35% annual fee ties for lowest in a group of seven similar funds, where the other six average 0.53%. The trade-offs: it held only about $6.5 million as of May 29, 2026, and it once fell 46.6% from its 2023 high.

• Over the year to Oct 27, 2026, UPGR returned -17.1%, 7th of 7 among similar funds.
• Its worst full calendar year was 2024 (-14.7%); its best was 2025 (+35.1%).
• The deepest fall in its price history was 46.6% (Jul 18, 2023 to Apr 8, 2025), recovered by Oct 6, 2025.

As of May 29, 2026, the fund held 45 securities; the ten largest made up 33.8% of assets. It also reported 7.77% in a money-market fund, most likely cash collateral from lending out shares rather than uninvested money.

• Over the three months to May 29, 2026, investors withdrew a net $506.00 (creations minus redemptions, per the N-PORT report).
• Monthly total returns reported for that quarter: -5.38%, +11.59%, +10.21%.

UPGR, an Xtrackers ETF from Deutsche Bank AG, tracks the Solactive United States Green Infrastructure ESG Screened Index. From a broad US stock index, Solactive keeps US-headquartered companies with a free-float market value (the value of shares open to public trading) of at least $100 million and at least $1 million in average daily trading. Each must earn most of its revenue from green energy, green fuel, green power, green mobility (such as electric vehicles and batteries), environmental services or pollution control, based on FactSet industry data.

Sustainalytics data screens out companies that break United Nations Global Compact principles, have an ESG (environmental, social and governance) risk score of 40 or higher, are involved in controversial weapons or civilian firearms, or exceed set revenue or ownership limits in tobacco, thermal coal, oil and gas, or conventional weapons. The index takes the 50 largest remaining companies, with no more than 10 per industry category.

Each stock gets an equal weight at the quarterly reset, so smaller firms count as much as larger ones. Weights drift as prices move: as of May 29, 2026, FuelCell Energy was 6.2% of the fund. It normally holds every index stock in index proportions (full replication), though it may use a representative sample. Its yearly turnover (share of holdings replaced) was 50%.

• UPGR charges 0.35% a year, versus an average of 0.53% for the similar funds below (1st of 7, cheapest first).
• Using the prospectus's standard example, $10,000 invested would cost about $36 in the first year and $443 over 10 years (assuming a 5% annual return).

It is a narrow, equal-weighted bet on US green energy stocks that tended to move about 1.7 times as much as the broad market in the year through October 27, 2026.

UPGR could add focused exposure to US green energy and environmental companies. It launched in July 2023, so it has no record in the 2008, 2020 or 2022 downturns. Its own history is bumpy: it fell 46.6% from July 18, 2023, to April 8, 2025, and did not regain that peak until October 6, 2025. Its worst calendar year was 2024, a 14.6% loss, before a 35.1% gain in 2025. Anyone forced to cash out shares near the 2025 low would have locked in a deep loss.

The trailing 12-month yield was about 3% as of October 27, 2026, paid twice a year, but payouts from a fund like this can vary. The 0.35% annual fee works out to $443 over 10 years in the SEC's standard $10,000 example. Past results don't predict future ones, and a plan should look at the whole portfolio, not one fund.

Matched by closest holdings overlap from the latest N-PORT reports (no similar fund shares 20% or more of its holdings).