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SPBCSimplifyACTIVE

Simplify U.S. Equity PLUS GBTC ETF

$50.23+0.26% vs prior close
405152-WK

Price through Oct 1 · Flows through Sep 30. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 1. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 1.

Under normal circumstances, the fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities of U.S. companies and the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust. The fund invests in equity securities of U.S. companies through exchange-traded futures contracts, equity securities of U.S. companies and ETFs that primarily invest in the equity securities of U.S. companies. The fund invests up to 15% of its total assets in the Grayscale Bitcoin Trust.

Price & daily flows
48.945.842.750.23DAILY NET FLOWOct 1Jan 30Jun 1Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET −$2M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$1M of net inflows over the past month, about 3.1% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +12.3% so far this year. At 0.72% a year it is not the cheapest way in — EAOK has a reported fee of 0.18%.

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

$41Massets under management
0.72%expense ratio · $72 per $10,000 a year
+$1Mnet flow, trailing month
6Kavg daily volume, 30 days
4holdings · US-domiciled
2021listed May 24, 2021 · beta 1.15
HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1IVVISHARES CORE S&P 500 ETF0.89%$767.38+0.2%
2HODLVANECK BITCOIN TRUST0.10%$23.92+1.3%
3—Cash0.01%———
Sector weights
ETF95.88%
Technology33.64%
Other13.84%
Financial Services12.01%
Healthcare11.66%
Consumer Cyclical10.15%
Communication Services9.33%
Industrials7.48%
Consumer Defensive5.7%
Energy3.64%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States99.44%
Other17.26%
Switzerland0.28%
Netherlands0.15%
United Kingdom0.09%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.9%
1 month+1.4%
3 months+6.4%
6 months+24.6%
YTD+12.3%
1 year+11.4%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month+$1M
3 months−$2M
YTD−$2M
1 year−$2M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
15%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
16%realized volatility, 1 year
-12.6%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.9%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 0.9% of the book; the top ten carry 1%. Spread across 3+ 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
2Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
IVV ISHARES CORE S&P 500 ETF$77,208$75,937
HODL VANECK BITCOIN TRUST—$7

TODAY’S OPTIONS PREMIUM IN THE FUND’S UNDERLYING NAMES

The case against SPBC

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
AGRH iShares Interest Rate Hedged U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF0.13%$7862.98T—-59bp on fee · 190251921× the assetsHead-to-head
AGIH iShares Inflation Hedged U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF0.13%$2496.99T—-59bp on fee · 60416847× the assetsHead-to-head
DFUS Dimensional U.S. Equity Market ETF0.09%$10.2B—-63bp on fee · 248× the assetsHead-to-head
IBIT iShares Bitcoin Trust0.12%$64.8B—-60bp on fee · 1567× the assetsHead-to-head
DFAU Dimensional US Core Equity Market ETF0.12%$6.3B—-60bp on fee · 152× the assetsHead-to-head
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