Investment objective & strategy
As of Feb. 28, 2025 · prospectusObjective. The Fund seeks daily investment results, before fees and expenses, of 300% of the daily performance of the Index. The Fund does not seek to achieve its stated investment objective for a period of time different than a trading day.
Strategy. The Index measures U.S companies in the home construction sector and defines homebuilder & supplier companies as those that provide a wide range of products and services related to homebuilding, including home construction and producers, sellers and suppliers of building materials, furnishings and fixtures and also home improvement retailers. To be included in the Index, stocks must meet minimum market capitalization and liquidity requirements and are subject to the following adjustments: 1) The weight of any individual company is capped at 22.5%; 2) If any companys weight exceeds 22.5%, that companys weight is capped at 22.5% and all excess weight is proportionally redistributed to all uncapped companies within the Index. If after this redistribution, any company breaches the 22.5% weight … The Index measures U.S companies in the home construction sector and defines homebuilder & supplier companies as those that provide a wide range of products and services related to homebuilding, including home construction and producers, sellers and suppliers of building materials, furnishings and fixtures and also home improvement retailers. To be included in the Index, stocks must meet minimum market capitalization and liquidity requirements and are subject to the following adjustments: 1) The weight of any individual company is capped at 22.5%; 2) If any companys weight exceeds 22.5%, that companys weight is capped at 22.5% and all excess weight is proportionally redistributed to all uncapped companies within the Index. If after this redistribution, any company breaches the 22.5% weight cap, the process is repeated iteratively until no company breaches the 22.5% weight cap; 3) Then, the aggregate weight of the companies in the Index with a weight greater than 4.5% is capped at 45%; and 4) companies classified as Building Materials & Fixtures, Furnishings, and Home Improvement Retailers are, in aggregate, capped at 35% of the Index. The Index may include large-, mid- or small-capitalization companies. The Index is rebalanced quarterly. As of December 31, 2024, the Index was comprised of 45 components which were primarily included in the consumer discretionary and industrials sectors, which include companies in the homebuilding industry. The components of the Index and the percentages represented by various sectors in the Index may change over time. The Fund will concentrate its investment in a particular industry or group of industries ( i.e. , hold 25% or more of its total assets in the stocks of a particular industry or group of industries) to approximately the same extent as the Index is so concentrated. The Fund, under normal circumstances, invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowing for investment purposes) in financial instruments, such as swap agreements, securities of the Index, and exchange-traded funds ("ETFs") that track the Index, that, in combination, provide 3X daily leveraged exposure to the Index, consistent with the Fund's investment objective. The financial instruments in which the Fund most commonly invests are swap agreements and futures agreements which are intended to produce economically leveraged investment results. The Fund may invest in the securities of the Index, a representative sample of the securities in the Index that has aggregate characteristics similar to those of the Index, an ETF that tracks the Index or a substantially similar index, and derivatives, such as swaps or futures on the Index or on an ETF that tracks the same Index or a substantially similar index, that provide leveraged exposure to the above. The Fund seeks to remain fully invested at all times, consistent with its stated investment objective, but may not always have investment exposure to all of the securities in the Index, or its weighting of investment exposure to securities or industries may be different from that of the Index. In addition, the Fund may invest directly or indirectly in securities not included in the Index. In all cases, the investments would be designed to help the Fund track the Index. The Fund will attempt to achieve its investment objective without regard to overall market movement or the increase or decrease of the value of the securities in the Index. At the close of the markets each trading day, Rafferty rebalances the Funds portfolio so that its exposure to the Index is consistent with the Funds investment objective. The impact of the Indexs movements during the day will affect whether the Funds portfolio needs to be re-positioned. For example, if the Index has risen on a given day, net assets of the Fund should rise, meaning that the Funds exposure will need to be increased. Conversely, if the Index has fallen on a given day, net assets of the Fund should fall, meaning the Funds exposure will need to be reduced. This re-positioning strategy typically results in high portfolio turnover. On a day-to-day basis, the Fund is expected to hold ETFs and money market funds, deposit accounts with institutions with high quality credit ratings ( i.e ., investment grade or higher), and/or short-term debt instruments that have terms-to-maturity of less than 397 days and exhibit high quality credit profiles, including U.S. government securities and repurchase agreements. The Fund may lend securities representing up to one-third of the value of the Funds total assets (excluding the value of the collateral received). The terms daily, day, and trading day, refer to the period from the close of the markets on one trading day to the close of the markets on the next trading day. The Fund is non-diversified, meaning that a relatively high percentage of its assets may be invested in a limited number of issuers of securities. Additionally, the Funds investment objective is not a fundamental policy and may be changed by the Funds Board of Trustees without shareholder approval. Because of daily rebalancing and the compounding of each days return over time, the return of the Fund for periods longer than a single day will be the result of each days returns compounded over the period, which will very likely differ from 300% of the return of the Index over the same period. The Fund will lose money if the Index performance is flat over time, and as a result of daily rebalancing, the Indexs volatility and the effects of compounding, it is even possible that the Fund will lose money over time while the Indexs performance increases over a period longer than a single day.
Top holdings
As of April 30, 2026 · N-PORT| Security | Ticker | Value | % of fund |
|---|---|---|---|
| DR HORTON INC | — | $68.66M | 12.20% |
| DREYFUS GOVT CASH MGMT FUND | DGCXX | $50.25M | 8.92% |
| GOLDMAN FINL SQ TRSRY INST 506 | — | $49.39M | 8.77% |
| PULTEGROUP INC | — | $38.94M | 6.92% |
| LENNAR CORP CL A | — | $32.27M | 5.73% |
| NVR INC | — | $29.22M | 5.19% |
| DREYFUS TRSRY SECURITIES CASH MGMT | — | $28.24M | 5.02% |
| TOLL BROTHERS INC | — | $22.31M | 3.96% |
| TOPBUILD CORP | — | $20.47M | 3.64% |
| GOLDMAN SACHS FIN GOV 465 INSTITUT | — | $20.25M | 3.60% |
Portfolio moves
Jan 31, 2026 → Apr 30, 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.
Similar funds
Funds whose portfolios most overlap this one, by weight| Fund | Overlap | Net exp. |
|---|---|---|
| iShares U.S. Home Construction ETF · ITB | 72% | 0.38% |
| State Street(R) SPDR(R) S&P(R) Homebuilders ETF · XHB | 45% | 0.35% |
| Hoya Capital Housing ETF · HOMZ | 34% | 0.30% |
Advisers
| Firm | Role |
|---|---|
| RAFFERTY ASSET MANAGEMENT, LLC | Adviser |
Footnotes
- Expense ratio as of February 28, 2025, from the fund's prospectus.
- Net assets and holdings count as of April 30, 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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