Investment objective & strategy
As of Sept. 26, 2023 · prospectusObjective. The Fund seeks to provide capital growth.
Strategy. The Fund is an actively managed exchange traded fund (ETF) that is a fund of funds. As an actively managed fund, the Fund does not seek to replicate the performance of an index. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in domestic equity securities of any market capitalization and U.S. Treasuries through other unaffiliated ETFs (including leveraged ETFs and inverse ETFs). The advisor uses proprietary quantitative models with discretionary implementation to allocate the Funds assets. The advisor uses both internal and external market research sources to inform, guide, and make investment decisions. The advisers first investment model identifies trends in the equity markets. If the model indicates that the Fund should be in the market because … The Fund is an actively managed exchange traded fund (ETF) that is a fund of funds. As an actively managed fund, the Fund does not seek to replicate the performance of an index. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in domestic equity securities of any market capitalization and U.S. Treasuries through other unaffiliated ETFs (including leveraged ETFs and inverse ETFs). The advisor uses proprietary quantitative models with discretionary implementation to allocate the Funds assets. The advisor uses both internal and external market research sources to inform, guide, and make investment decisions. The advisers first investment model identifies trends in the equity markets. If the model indicates that the Fund should be in the market because the market is doing well as measured by a blend of various technical momentum indicators, the model suggests investments in leveraged ETFs. Leveraged ETFs are ETFs that use financial derivatives and debt to amplify the returns of an underlying index. If the model indicates that the Fund should not be in the market because the market is doing poorly as measured by a blend of various technical momentum indicators, the model suggests hedging risk by investing in U.S. Treasuries, U.S. short-term bonds and/or inverse equity index ETFs. Inverse ETFs are ETFs constructed by using various derivatives for the purpose of profiting from a decline in the value of an underlying benchmark such as an equity index. The Fund does not invest more than 15% of its assets in leveraged and inverse ETFs. The technical momentum indicators used to determine if the market is doing well or poorly include moving average crossovers (bearish when the shorter-term averages cross below the longer-term averages), oscillators (bearish when the current prices are closer to more recent low prices rather than more recent high prices), and price acceleration measurements (bearish when trading volume increases as prices are moving down, indicating faster downward price pressure). The advisers second investment model uses two sub-strategies. The adviser allocates the Funds assets that are allocated to this investment model equally between the two sub-strategies. The first sub-strategy identifies trends in the equity markets and suggests investments in a diversified mix of U.S. equity ETFs if the market is doing well and suggests investments in U.S. Treasury ETFs to help hedge against market risk if the market is doing poorly. If the model indicates that the Fund should be in the market because the market is doing well, the second sub-strategy analyzes the nine sectors of the S&P 500 to determine the sectors with the greatest momentum and lowest volatility. The Fund then invests in the single sector that the model indicates has the highest risk-adjusted returns (lowest volatility and the greatest momentum). If the model indicates that the Fund should not be in the market because the market is doing poorly, the Fund hedges risk by investing in U.S. Treasuries, short-term U.S. government bonds and inverse equity ETFs.
Top holdings
As of Aug. 31, 2023 · N-PORT| Security | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
|---|---|---|---|
| iShares 1-3 Yr Treas | SHY | $16.48M | 24.14% |
| iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | — | $13.73M | 20.12% |
| STATE STREET SPDR BLOOMBERG 1-3 MONTH T-BILL ETF MUTUAL FUND | BIL | $12.53M | 18.36% |
| ISHARES-C S&P MC | IJH | $8.80M | 12.90% |
| ISHARES CORE S+P SMALL CAP ETF ISHARES CORE S+P SMALL CAP E | IJR | $8.37M | 12.26% |
| VANGUARD HIGH DVD YIELD ETF MUTUAL FUND | VYM | $6.95M | 10.19% |
Portfolio moves
May 31, 2023 → Aug 31, 2023How many positions this fund opened, exited, grew, trimmed, or left unchanged between its two most recent N-PORT snapshots — net changes between point-in-time reports, not a trade log.
Similar funds
Funds whose portfolios most overlap this one, by weight| Fund | Overlap | Net exp. |
|---|---|---|
| FormulaFolios Smart Growth ETF · FFSG | 74% | 0.70% |
| FormulaFolios Tactical Income ETF · FFTI | 37% | 0.89% |
| Soundwatch Hedged Equity ETF | 21% | 0.53% |
Footnotes
- Expense ratio as of September 26, 2023, from the fund's prospectus.
- Net assets and holdings count as of August 31, 2023, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
- Total return for calendar year 2022, before tax and after fund expenses. Computed by compounding the twelve monthly total returns the fund reported in its SEC N-PORT filings for 2022 (the latest prospectus does not yet chart this year).
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