Investment objective & strategy
As of Aug. 27, 2025 · prospectusObjective. The Fund?s investment objective is to seek income and long-term capital appreciation.
Strategy. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in ? corporate bonds and U.S. treasury securities (the ?Bond Component?), ? over-the-counter total return swaps on gold (the ?Gold Component?), and ? over-the-counter total return swaps on other commodities that provide long and short economic exposure to a varied group of energy and industrial metals/precious metals commodities (the ?Commodity Basket Component?). The Fund seeks to gain exposure to gold and the other commodities by investing in total return swaps. Such investments will be made indirectly through the Fund?s Subsidiary (as described below). The Subsidiary will also hold cash and cash equivalents, such as U.S. Treasury securities, as collateral for the Fund?s total return swap investments. Bond Component The Bond … The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in ? corporate bonds and U.S. treasury securities (the ?Bond Component?), ? over-the-counter total return swaps on gold (the ?Gold Component?), and ? over-the-counter total return swaps on other commodities that provide long and short economic exposure to a varied group of energy and industrial metals/precious metals commodities (the ?Commodity Basket Component?). The Fund seeks to gain exposure to gold and the other commodities by investing in total return swaps. Such investments will be made indirectly through the Fund?s Subsidiary (as described below). The Subsidiary will also hold cash and cash equivalents, such as U.S. Treasury securities, as collateral for the Fund?s total return swap investments. Bond Component The Bond Component of the Fund?s portfolio seeks returns to generate income by investing in U.S. dollar-denominated, domestic and foreign corporate bonds and U.S. Treasury securities. Corporate bonds that the Bond Component may hold include ?Rule 144A? securities, which are subject to resale restrictions. The corporate bonds selected for investment by the Fund have remaining time to maturity of at least 18 months, and are rated no lower than investment grade (at least BBB- / Baa3) by S&P Global Ratings, or the equivalent by another nationally recognized statistical ratings organization at the time of investment. The Fund will sell any bonds in its portfolio that have been downgraded to below investment grade. The Fund may invest in U.S. Treasury securities without restriction as to time to maturity. The Advisor uses quantitative and qualitative screening processes to select bonds for investment by the Fund. The Advisor?s quantitative screen focuses on credit metrics, including total leverage ratio (total debt/earnings before interest, taxes, depreciation and amortization (?EBITDA?)), EBITDA interest coverage ratio (EBITDA/interest expense), and cash ratio (cash and equivalents/current liabilities). The Advisor?s qualitative review involves an analysis of company fundamentals, including business model, competitive advantages, cyclicality of the underlying industry, and addressable market opportunity. The Advisor generally sells bonds if the Advisor believes the bonds no longer offer favorable risk-adjusted return potential. The Fund actively trades its portfolio investments, which may lead to higher transaction costs that may affect the Fund?s performance. Gold Component The Gold Component seeks capital appreciation. The Component tracks the performance of the near month gold futures contracts listed on the Chicago Mercantile Exchange. A near month gold futures contract is the futures contract that is closest to expiration. As the futures contracts approach their expiration dates, they are replaced by distant month gold futures contracts that are similar contracts that have a later expiration. This process is referred to as ?rolling.? The Fund achieves exposure to the near month gold futures by investing indirectly through investment in over-the-counter total return swaps. The process of rolling futures contracts may subject the Fund to additional costs based on the difference in price of near and distant month futures contracts. Commodity Basket Component The Commodity Basket Component seeks the returns generated from the purchase and sale of futures on energy and industrial metals/precious metals commodities by investing in a total return swap to gain exposure to such positions. The objective of the Commodity Basket Component is to obtain exposure to the futures contracts of the commodities that the Advisor believes are undervalued, and to sell-short, or obtain exposure to, the futures contracts of the commodities that the Advisor believes are overvalued. Investment through a total return swap may provide the Fund an opportunity for additional income from potential payments on swap gains. It is expected that the Fund will have approximately 100% market value exposure to the Bond Component and 100% notional exposure to the Gold Component and Commodity Basket Component. For example, if the Fund has $100 in assets, then the Fund expects to achieve $100 of market value exposure to the Bond Component (akin to having $100 gross and net exposure to fixed income securities), $100 of notional exposure to the Gold Component (akin to having $100 gross and net exposure to gold), and $100 of notional exposure to the Commodity Basket Component (akin to having $100 of gross and net exposure to a Fund which invests in a commodities strategy). Over-the-counter total return swaps do not require up-front payments equal to the notional exposure represented by such instruments, which enables the Fund to obtain approximately 100% notional exposure to the Gold Component and the Commodity Basket Component. Because the Fund will achieve its 100% notional exposure to the Gold Component and Commodity Basket Component through leverage, the Fund could sustain significant losses. The Fund is classified as ?non-diversified? for purposes of the Investment Company Act of 1940 (the ?1940 Act?), which means a relatively high percentage of the Fund?s assets may be invested in the securities of a limited number of issuers. Investments in Subsidiary The Advisor executes a portion of the Fund?s strategy by investing up to 25% of the Fund?s total assets in a wholly owned and controlled subsidiary (the ?Subsidiary?). The Subsidiary invests the majority of its assets in total return swaps. The Subsidiary is subject to the same investment restrictions as the Fund, when viewed on a consolidated basis. The Subsidiary is SSGBI Fund Limited, a Cayman Islands company. The Subsidiary is advised by the Advisor. Distribution Policy In order to allow shareholders of the Fund to realize a predictable, but not assured, level of cash flow, the Fund has adopted a policy (which may be modified at any time by its Board of Trustees) to pay monthly distributions on Fund shares at a specific target rate to be determined at the discretion of management. Shareholders receiving periodic payments from the Fund may be under the impression that they are receiving net profits. However, all or a portion of a distribution may consist of a return of capital. Return of capital is the portion of distribution that is a return of your original investment dollars in the Fund. Shareholders should not assume that the source of a distribution from the Fund is net profit. For more information about the Fund?s distribution policy, please turn to ?Additional Information About the Fund?s Principal Investment Strategies and Related Risks Principal Investment Strategies Distribution Policy and Goals? section in the Fund?s Prospectus.
Top holdings
As of Jan. 31, 2026 · N-PORT| Security | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
|---|---|---|---|
| US TREASURY N/B | — | $40.88M | 23.65% |
| CITIGROUP INC | — | $5.33M | 3.08% |
| WELLS FARGO CO | — | $5.30M | 3.07% |
| ANHEUSER-BUSCH | — | $5.26M | 3.04% |
| VERIZON COMM INC | — | $5.15M | 2.98% |
| EQUINIX INC | — | $5.13M | 2.97% |
| WALT DISNEY CO | — | $4.99M | 2.89% |
| JPMORGAN CHASE | — | $4.96M | 2.87% |
| BOEING CO | — | $4.64M | 2.68% |
| AMAZON.COM INC | — | $4.43M | 2.56% |
Portfolio moves
Oct 31, 2025 → Jan 31, 2026How 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.
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Advisers
| Firm | Role |
|---|---|
| Rational Advisors, Inc. | Adviser |
Footnotes
- Expense ratio as of August 27, 2025, from the fund's prospectus.
- Net assets and holdings count as of January 31, 2026, from the fund's N-PORT filing.
- Total return for calendar year 2025, before tax and after fund expenses. Computed by compounding the twelve monthly total returns the fund reported in its SEC N-PORT filings for 2025 (the latest prospectus does not yet chart this year).
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