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XYLDGlobal XACTIVE

Global X S&P 500 Covered Call ETF

$41.57+0.12% vs prior close
384252-WK

Price through Sep 30 · Flows through Aug 22. 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 the securities of the underlying index. The underlying index measures the performance of a hypothetical portfolio that employs a covered call strategy. A covered call strategy is generally considered to be an investment strategy in which an investor buys a security, and sells (or "writes") a call option on that security in an attempt to generate more income.

Price & daily flows
41.040.039.141.57DAILY NET FLOWOct 1Jan 30Jun 1Oct 1

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

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +2.3% so far this year. At 0.60% a year it is not the cheapest way in — ANEW has a reported fee of 0.45%.

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

$2.8Bassets under management
0.60%expense ratio · $60 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
458Kavg daily volume, 30 days
504holdings · US-domiciled
2013listed June 20, 2013 · beta 0.49
The book at a glance
NVDA+1.1%AAPL-0.8%MSFT-0.0%AMZN-0.4%GOOGL-1.7%AVGO-2.1%META+0.1%GOOG-1.7%MU+3.0%AMD+0.6%TSLA-0.2%BRKB+0.5%LLY-0.6%JPM+0.7%XOM+0.7%JNJ-2.3%V+0.1%INTC-0.2%WMT+0.3%ABBV-0.6%MA-0.3%PLTR+1.6%CSCO+1.0%LRCX+3.5%AMAT+3.5%CVX+1.4%COST+0.5%CAT+1.9%MRK-1.0%UNHGEPANWPMNFLXHDCRWDGEV

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS THE CHANGE IN THE LATEST AVAILABLE SNAPSHOT · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1NVDANVIDIA8.48%$230.86+1.1%
2AAPLAPPLE7.47%$330.32-0.8%
3MSFTMICROSOFT5.84%$512.80-0.0%
4AMZNAMAZON 3.76%$248.23-0.4%
5GOOGLALPHABET3.09%$338.24-1.7%
6AVGOBROADCOM2.57%$343.64-2.1%
7METAMETA2.46%$725.93+0.1%
8GOOGALPHABET2.48%$334.93-1.7%
9MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY1.85%$1097.39+3.0%
10AMDADVANCED MICRO DEVICES1.54%$615.73+0.6%
11TSLATESLA1.54%$354.11-0.2%
12BRKBBerkshire Hathaway Inc.1.43%$500.50+0.5%
13LLYELI LILLY1.42%$1149.85-0.6%
14JPMJPMORGAN CHASE1.35%$333.18+0.7%
15XOMEXXON MOBIL1.03%$163.82+0.7%

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Sector weights
Technology32.06%
Information Technology31.53%
Technology Services21.07%
Electronic Technology18.84%
Consumer Discretionary15.84%
Financial Services12.78%
Financials12.65%
Finance12.55%
Healthcare12.09%
Consumer Cyclical10.23%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States99.36%
Switzerland0.31%
Netherlands0.14%
Bermuda0.13%
United Kingdom0.11%
Canada0.09%
Ireland0.05%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.2%
1 month+0.6%
3 months+1.8%
6 months+8.4%
YTD+2.3%
1 year+5.7%
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
6%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
8%realized volatility, 1 year
-6.6%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-0.4%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 8.5% of the book; the top ten carry 40%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 37 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
1calls · latest snapshot
3puts · latest snapshot
3.00put/call ratio
758Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY$1.7B$1.7B
SNDK Sandisk Corporation $400M$366M
NVDA NVIDIA$337M$354M
TSLA TESLA$316M$337M
META META$255M$245M

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

The case against XYLD

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat XYLD 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 · 15× the assets · +$286M in over the monthHead-to-head
BBUS JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Equity ETF0.02%$9.4B+$187M-58bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$187M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPYG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF0.04%$56.2B+$717M-56bp on fee · 20× the assets · +$717M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPTM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF0.03%$14.1B+$235M-57bp on fee · 5× the assets · +$235M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPYV State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Value ETF0.04%$36.2B+$208M-56bp on fee · 13× the assets · +$208M in over the monthHead-to-head
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