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RYLDGlobal XACTIVE

Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF

$15.48+0.06% vs prior close
14.6416.4352-WK

Price through Oct 1 · Flows through Aug 23. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 1. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 1.

The fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in component securities of the index or in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics of such component securities. The index measures the performance of a theoretical portfolio that holds a portfolio of the stocks included in the Russell 2000 Index, and "writes" a succession of one-month at-the-money covered call options on the Russell 2000 Index.

Price & daily flows
16.0915.8715.6415.48DAILY NET FLOWSep 1Sep 11Sep 22Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +1.2% so far this year. At 0.60% a year it is not the cheapest way in — GLD has a reported fee of 0.40%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$1.4Bassets under management
0.60%expense ratio · $60 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
544Kavg daily volume, 30 days
1937holdings · US-domiciled
2019listed April 17, 2019 · beta 0.62
HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1RSSLGLOBAL X RUSSELL 2000 ETF102.64%$109.53+0.1%
2—CASH0.13%———
Sector weights
Miscellaneous22.58%
ETF18.2%
Finance18.19%
Healthcare17.9%
Financial Services16.46%
Financials16.29%
Industrials15.29%
Information Technology14.53%
Technology14.48%
Consumer Discretionary13.45%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States98.23%
Bermuda1.28%
Cayman Islands0.51%
Brazil0.41%
Canada0.26%
Monaco0.16%
Israel0.11%
Ireland0.1%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.5%
1 month-3.2%
3 months-3.1%
6 months+5.7%
YTD+1.2%
1 year+2.5%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD—
1 year—

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
9%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
11%realized volatility, 1 year
-7.8%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-5.8%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 102.6% of the book; the top ten carry 103%. Spread across 2+ names, it behaves like roughly 1 equally-weighted positions.

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
—calls · latest snapshot
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
948Kshares traded
The case against RYLD

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat RYLD on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
SPDW State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF0.03%$41.5B+$286M-57bp on fee · 29× the assets · +$286M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPMD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF0.03%$18.2B+$199M-57bp on fee · 13× the assets · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$122.8B+$2.3B-55bp on fee · 87× the assets · +$2.3B in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.9B+$497M-56bp on fee · 23× the assets · +$497M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJR iShares Core S&P Small-Cap ETF0.06%$105.6B+$383M-54bp on fee · 75× the assets · +$383M in over the monthHead-to-head
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