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Name
As of 12/20/2024Price
Aum/Mkt Cap
YIELD
Exp Ratio
Watchlist
YTD Return
9.6%
1 yr return
10.3%
3 Yr Avg Return
1.7%
5 Yr Avg Return
4.6%
Net Assets
$799 M
Holdings in Top 10
75.2%
Expense Ratio 0.97%
Front Load N/A
Deferred Load N/A
Turnover N/A
Redemption Fee N/A
Standard (Taxable)
N/A
IRA
N/A
Fund Type
Exchange Traded Fund
Name
As of 12/20/2024Price
Aum/Mkt Cap
YIELD
Exp Ratio
Watchlist
The Fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in securities of the Nasdaq 7HANDL™ Index (the Index). The Index generally consists of securities issued by exchange-traded funds (ETFs) and is split into two components, with a 50% allocation to fixed income and equity ETFs (the Core Portfolio) and a 50% allocation to ETFs of 12 asset categories (the Explore Portfolio) as described below. Because the Index is comprised of securities issued by other investment companies, the Fund operates as a fund of funds.
The Index is broadly diversified and seeks to offer the potential for high monthly distributions while maintaining a stable net asset value over time. The Index is expected to include 19 ETFs. The goal of the Index is to represent an allocation to a balanced portfolio of U.S. equities, fixed income securities and alternative investments, then employ leverage in an amount equal to 23% of the total portfolio (measured as a percent of the combined base of the portfolio plus the leverage amount (i.e., 30%/(100%+30%)=23%)). Accordingly, returns for the Index are calculated assuming leverage on the underlying portfolio in the amount of 23% (net of the estimated cost of employing such leverage). To achieve leveraged returns, the Fund will purchase a total return swap on a securities-only version of the Index known as the Nasdaq HANDL™ Base Index (the Base Index), which is composed of only ETFs and does not include a leverage component. The Index will have risk characteristics similar to the broad US capital markets and will generally rise and fall with prevailing market conditions, with the goal, but not the guarantee, of achieving a total return sufficient, over time and after expenses, to support a seven percent (7.0%) annual distribution rate.
The Core Portfolio component of the Index seeks to provide broad exposure to the U.S. fixed-income and equity markets and consists of a 70% allocation to U.S. aggregate fixed-income ETFs (the Core Fixed Income Sleeve) and a 30% allocation to U.S. large capitalization equity ETFs (the Core Equity Sleeve). The Index defines U.S. aggregate fixed income ETFs as those ETFs that provide exposure to the entire U.S. investment grade bond market without limitation of duration or issuer. The Index defines U.S. large cap equity ETFs as those ETFs that provide exposure to a similar market capitalization range of the large capitalization segment of the Nasdaq US Benchmark Index.
The Core Fixed Income Sleeve weighting methodology allocates on an equal weight basis to the three U.S. aggregate bond ETFs with the lowest expense ratios after waivers. Half of the Core Equity Sleeve is allocated on an equal weight basis to the three U.S. large cap ETFs with the lowest expense ratios after waivers, and the remaining half of the Core Equity Sleeve is allocated to the largest ETF (by assets under management) that tracks the Nasdaq-100 Index®. The Core Portfolio is rebalanced monthly to weight the Core Portfolio in accordance with the Indexs methodology and is reconstituted annually in January.
The Explore Portfolio component of the Index employs a 100% rules-based proprietary momentum-tilted, optimized allocation methodology to provide exposure to non-levered ETFs across a range of U.S. asset categories that have historically provided high levels of income. The following 12 asset categories are represented in the Explore Portfolio, and the Fund expects that less than 16% of the Funds assets will be invested in any one category: Dividend Equity – an ETF that provides exposure to domestic dividend-paying stocks; Options Overlay – an ETF that provides exposure to equity portfolios that include an options overlay; High-Yield Bonds – an ETF that provides exposure to domestic high-yield corporate bonds (also known as junk bonds) of any duration or maturity; Investment Grade Bonds – an ETF that provides exposure to domestic investment grade corporate bonds of any duration or maturity; MLPs – an ETF that provides exposure to master limited partnerships; MBS – an ETF that provides exposure to mortgage-backed securities (MBS), including residential, commercial, agency, and non-agency MBS, high-yield MBS, collateralized debt obligations, and collateralized loan obligations; Active Fixed Income – an ETF that provides broad exposure to actively managed fixed income ETFs that invest in securities of any duration or maturity; Preferred Securities – an ETF that provides exposure to domestic preferred securities; REITs – an ETF that provides exposure to domestic real estate investment trusts; Growth & Income – an ETF that provides exposure to multiple asset portfolios of stocks and bonds or ETFs of stocks and bonds; Utilities – an ETF that provides exposure to domestic utility securities; and Build America Bonds – an ETF that provides exposure to Build America Bonds. Build America Bonds are taxable municipal bonds that include tax credits and/or federal subsidies for bondholders and state and local bond issuers. These bonds may be of any maturity or duration. The Explore Portfolio includes ETFs that can invest without limit as to maturity or duration. Up to 9% of the Index may be exposed to below investment grade securities (i.e., junk bonds) that are rated C or lower through its High Yield Bonds asset category. The Indexs overall indirect exposure to defaulted securities will be less than 5% of the Index.
Each asset category in the Explore Portfolio is represented by a single ETF. By default, the ETF representative of an asset category is the largest ETF (by assets under management) in the asset category. However, an ETF that is not the largest ETF in the asset category may serve as the ETF representative if it has an expense ratio after waivers at least 20% lower than the largest ETF in the asset category. If there are multiple such ETFs with expense ratios at least 20% lower than that of the largest ETF, the ETF with the lowest expense ratio after waivers shall serve as the ETF representative of the asset category. An ETF cannot represent more than one asset category.
The 12 ETF representatives of the Explore Portfolio asset categories are weighted using the Indexs proprietary weighting methodology that measures an ETFs returns, dividend and volatility, subject to the constraints that no position may be less than 15% nor more than 185% of an equal weight position within the Explore Portfolio of the Index. The Explore Portfolio is rebalanced on a monthly basis to weight the Explore Portfolio in accordance with this methodology and is reconstituted annually in January.
The Fund employs a passive management investment strategy in seeking to achieve its investment objective. The Fund will typically invest 90% of its assets in the Indexs component securities and hold 10% of its assets in cash and cash equivalents, including money market mutual funds and treasury securities, to serve as collateral for the Funds 40% total return swap (measured as a percent of the Funds portfolio) on the Base Index. The Fund does not include the swap for purposes of the 80% investment test described above. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to beat the Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions when markets decline or appear overvalued. The Fund generally will use a replication methodology, meaning it will seek to invest in all of the ETFs comprising the Index in proportion to the weightings in the Index. However, under various circumstances, the Fund may use a representative sampling strategy, whereby the Fund would invest in what it believes to be a representative sample of the component securities of the Index. To the extent the Fund uses a representative sampling strategy, it may not track the Index with the same degree of accuracy as would an investment vehicle replicating the entire Index. The Fund will concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to the extent that the Index concentrates in an industry or group of industries. As of the date of this prospectus, the Index is not concentrated.
The Index and Base Index were created by and are provided by Bryant Avenue Ventures LLC (the Index Provider) and are calculated by Nasdaq, Inc. (the Index Calculator). The Index Provider and Index Calculator are not affiliated with the Fund or 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 target rate that represents an annualized payout of approximately 7.0% on the Funds per-share net asset value on the date of a distributions declaration. 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. Shareholders should not assume that the source of a distribution from the Fund is net profit. For more information about the Funds distribution policy, please turn to Additional Information About the Funds Principal Investment Strategies and Related Risks – Principal Investment Strategies –Distribution Policy and Goals section in the Funds Prospectus.
Period | HNDL Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
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YTD | 9.6% | -4.8% | 11.7% | 4.27% |
1 Yr | 10.3% | -6.2% | 12.9% | 1.71% |
3 Yr | 1.7%* | -9.3% | 6.6% | 21.74% |
5 Yr | 4.6%* | -8.6% | 5.9% | 3.60% |
10 Yr | N/A* | -3.1% | 4.6% | 10.99% |
* Annualized
Period | HNDL Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
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2023 | 5.6% | -6.5% | 9.5% | 33.33% |
2022 | -24.6% | -24.6% | -1.5% | 100.00% |
2021 | 1.7% | -8.0% | 3.8% | 14.91% |
2020 | 4.9% | -16.2% | 11.1% | 36.94% |
2019 | 9.6% | 3.0% | 10.7% | 13.08% |
Period | HNDL Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
YTD | 9.6% | -4.8% | 11.7% | 4.27% |
1 Yr | 10.3% | -6.2% | 12.9% | 1.71% |
3 Yr | 1.7%* | -9.3% | 6.6% | 21.74% |
5 Yr | 4.6%* | -8.6% | 5.9% | 3.60% |
10 Yr | N/A* | -3.1% | 4.6% | N/A |
* Annualized
Period | HNDL Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | 13.3% | -5.1% | 13.3% | 0.85% |
2022 | -17.4% | -22.6% | 8.8% | 99.13% |
2021 | 8.6% | -8.0% | 13.8% | 7.02% |
2020 | 12.1% | -13.7% | 13.5% | 2.70% |
2019 | 17.5% | 5.7% | 18.4% | 3.74% |
HNDL | Category Low | Category High | HNDL % Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Net Assets | 799 M | 8.81 M | 5.46 B | 26.50% |
Number of Holdings | 23 | 3 | 1927 | 51.28% |
Net Assets in Top 10 | 609 M | 11.5 M | 5.17 B | 24.79% |
Weighting of Top 10 | 75.25% | 10.9% | 102.4% | 85.47% |
Weighting | Return Low | Return High | HNDL % Rank | |
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Cash | 4.18% | 0.00% | 59.63% | 27.35% |
Convertible Bonds | 1.11% | 0.00% | 3.97% | 62.39% |
Bonds | 0.59% | 0.00% | 157.86% | 29.06% |
Other | 0.12% | -74.59% | 44.64% | 17.09% |
Stocks | 0.00% | 0.00% | 100.08% | 99.15% |
Preferred Stocks | 0.00% | 0.00% | 1.29% | 76.92% |
Weighting | Return Low | Return High | HNDL % Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Corporate | 36.57% | 0.00% | 73.91% | 31.62% |
Government | 35.28% | 0.00% | 62.10% | 46.15% |
Securitized | 19.25% | 0.00% | 61.25% | 47.86% |
Municipal | 5.18% | 0.00% | 7.45% | 3.42% |
Derivative | 0.12% | -0.16% | 44.64% | 13.68% |
Cash & Equivalents | 0.00% | 0.00% | 59.63% | 85.47% |
Weighting | Return Low | Return High | HNDL % Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|
US | 0.59% | 0.00% | 157.86% | 29.06% |
Non US | 0.00% | 0.00% | 15.31% | 74.36% |
HNDL Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
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Expense Ratio | 0.97% | 0.11% | 6.36% | 51.28% |
Management Fee | 0.60% | 0.00% | 1.25% | 91.45% |
12b-1 Fee | 0.00% | 0.00% | 1.00% | 12.12% |
Administrative Fee | 0.03% | 0.01% | 0.70% | 8.51% |
HNDL Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
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Front Load | N/A | 3.50% | 5.75% | N/A |
Deferred Load | N/A | 1.00% | 1.00% | N/A |
HNDL Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Max Redemption Fee | N/A | 1.00% | 2.00% | N/A |
Turnover provides investors a proxy for the trading fees incurred by mutual fund managers who frequently adjust position allocations. Higher turnover means higher trading fees.
HNDL Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Turnover | N/A | 6.00% | 318.00% | 20.45% |
HNDL | Category Low | Category High | HNDL % Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dividend Yield | 7.26% | 0.00% | 5.22% | 7.69% |
HNDL | Category Low | Category High | Category Mod | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dividend Distribution Frequency | Other | Annual | Quarterly | Annual |
HNDL | Category Low | Category High | HNDL % Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Net Income Ratio | 1.82% | -1.25% | 3.99% | 40.00% |
HNDL | Category Low | Category High | Capital Mode | |
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Capital Gain Distribution Frequency | Annually | Semi-Monthly | Annually |
Date | Amount | Type |
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Dec 12, 2024 | $0.129 | OrdinaryDividend |
Nov 13, 2024 | $0.029 | OrdinaryDividend |
Nov 13, 2024 | $0.100 | ReturnOfCapital |
Nov 13, 2024 | $0.129 | OrdinaryDividend |
Oct 11, 2024 | $0.129 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 13, 2024 | $0.129 | OrdinaryDividend |
Aug 13, 2024 | $0.124 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jul 12, 2024 | $0.064 | ReturnOfCapital |
Jul 12, 2024 | $0.061 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 13, 2024 | $0.035 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 13, 2024 | $0.087 | ReturnOfCapital |
Apr 11, 2024 | $0.123 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 13, 2024 | $0.094 | ReturnOfCapital |
Mar 13, 2024 | $0.029 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jan 12, 2024 | $0.120 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 13, 2023 | $0.041 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 13, 2023 | $0.077 | ReturnOfCapital |
Nov 13, 2023 | $0.054 | ReturnOfCapital |
Nov 13, 2023 | $0.058 | OrdinaryDividend |
Oct 12, 2023 | $0.051 | ReturnOfCapital |
Oct 12, 2023 | $0.061 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 14, 2023 | $0.062 | ReturnOfCapital |
Sep 14, 2023 | $0.054 | OrdinaryDividend |
Aug 11, 2023 | $0.096 | ReturnOfCapital |
Aug 11, 2023 | $0.022 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jul 14, 2023 | $0.065 | ReturnOfCapital |
Jul 14, 2023 | $0.054 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 13, 2023 | $0.065 | ReturnOfCapital |
Jun 13, 2023 | $0.053 | OrdinaryDividend |
May 11, 2023 | $0.095 | ReturnOfCapital |
May 11, 2023 | $0.022 | OrdinaryDividend |
Apr 14, 2023 | $0.067 | ReturnOfCapital |
Apr 14, 2023 | $0.052 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 13, 2023 | $0.093 | ReturnOfCapital |
Mar 13, 2023 | $0.021 | OrdinaryDividend |
Feb 13, 2023 | $0.070 | ReturnOfCapital |
Feb 13, 2023 | $0.049 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jan 13, 2023 | $0.070 | ReturnOfCapital |
Jan 13, 2023 | $0.050 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 13, 2022 | $0.118 | ReturnOfCapital |
Dec 13, 2022 | $0.057 | OrdinaryDividend |
Nov 10, 2022 | $0.114 | ReturnOfCapital |
Nov 10, 2022 | $0.017 | OrdinaryDividend |
Oct 13, 2022 | $0.110 | ReturnOfCapital |
Oct 13, 2022 | $0.055 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 14, 2022 | $0.126 | ReturnOfCapital |
Sep 14, 2022 | $0.045 | OrdinaryDividend |
Aug 11, 2022 | $0.129 | ReturnOfCapital |
Aug 11, 2022 | $0.016 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jul 14, 2022 | $0.121 | ReturnOfCapital |
Jul 14, 2022 | $0.049 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 13, 2022 | $0.127 | ReturnOfCapital |
Jun 13, 2022 | $0.048 | OrdinaryDividend |
May 12, 2022 | $0.126 | ReturnOfCapital |
May 12, 2022 | $0.016 | OrdinaryDividend |
Apr 13, 2022 | $0.137 | ReturnOfCapital |
Apr 13, 2022 | $0.040 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 11, 2022 | $0.138 | ReturnOfCapital |
Mar 11, 2022 | $0.039 | OrdinaryDividend |
Feb 11, 2022 | $0.144 | ReturnOfCapital |
Feb 11, 2022 | $0.012 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jan 13, 2022 | $0.149 | ReturnOfCapital |
Jan 13, 2022 | $0.058 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 13, 2021 | $0.150 | OrdinaryDividend |
Nov 12, 2021 | $0.153 | OrdinaryDividend |
Oct 13, 2021 | $0.146 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 14, 2021 | $0.150 | OrdinaryDividend |
Aug 12, 2021 | $0.149 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jul 14, 2021 | $0.151 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 11, 2021 | $0.149 | OrdinaryDividend |
May 13, 2021 | $0.146 | OrdinaryDividend |
Apr 14, 2021 | $0.146 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 11, 2021 | $0.144 | OrdinaryDividend |
Feb 11, 2021 | $0.150 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jan 14, 2021 | $0.045 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 11, 2020 | $0.026 | OrdinaryDividend |
Nov 12, 2020 | $0.145 | OrdinaryDividend |
Oct 13, 2020 | $0.145 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 14, 2020 | $0.144 | OrdinaryDividend |
Aug 13, 2020 | $0.145 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jul 14, 2020 | $0.143 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 11, 2020 | $0.142 | OrdinaryDividend |
May 13, 2020 | $0.136 | OrdinaryDividend |
Apr 14, 2020 | $0.135 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 12, 2020 | $0.138 | OrdinaryDividend |
Feb 13, 2020 | $0.145 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jan 14, 2020 | $0.143 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 12, 2019 | $0.105 | ReturnOfCapital |
Dec 12, 2019 | $0.035 | OrdinaryDividend |
Nov 13, 2019 | $0.043 | OrdinaryDividend |
Nov 13, 2019 | $0.097 | ReturnOfCapital |
Oct 11, 2019 | $0.141 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 13, 2019 | $0.141 | OrdinaryDividend |
Aug 13, 2019 | $0.047 | OrdinaryDividend |
Aug 13, 2019 | $0.094 | ReturnOfCapital |
Jul 12, 2019 | $0.141 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 13, 2019 | $0.096 | StockDividendDifferentClass |
Jun 13, 2019 | $0.042 | OrdinaryDividend |
May 13, 2019 | $0.137 | OrdinaryDividend |
Apr 11, 2019 | $0.082 | StockDividendDifferentClass |
Apr 11, 2019 | $0.056 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 13, 2019 | $0.106 | StockDividendDifferentClass |
Mar 13, 2019 | $0.030 | OrdinaryDividend |
Feb 13, 2019 | $0.135 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jan 14, 2019 | $0.132 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 13, 2018 | $0.133 | OrdinaryDividend |
Nov 13, 2018 | $0.135 | OrdinaryDividend |
Oct 11, 2018 | $0.138 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 14, 2018 | $0.108 | StockDividendDifferentClass |
Sep 14, 2018 | $0.033 | OrdinaryDividend |
Aug 13, 2018 | $0.141 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jul 13, 2018 | $0.141 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 13, 2018 | $0.141 | OrdinaryDividend |
May 11, 2018 | $0.140 | OrdinaryDividend |
Apr 12, 2018 | $0.141 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 13, 2018 | $0.144 | OrdinaryDividend |
Feb 13, 2018 | $0.140 | OrdinaryDividend |
Start Date
Tenure
Tenure Rank
Jan 16, 2018
4.37
4.4%
David Miller, Owner and Chief Investment Officer of Rational Advisors, Inc. since 2016. He is a co-founder and has served as Chief Investment Officer of Catalyst Capital Advisors LLC since 2006, and is responsible for the day-to-day management of several funds managed by Catalyst. Mr. Miller is also a member of Catalyst International Advisors LLC since 2019, Insights Media LLC since 2019, and Catalyst Insurance Corporation II since 2018. Prior to founding Catalyst, Mr. Miller was the CEO of Investment Catalyst, an investment newsletter he founded in 2005. The Investment Catalyst newsletter worked to identify undervalued stocks with a near term catalyst for appreciation. Mr. Miller was a trader with UBS, working on the equity derivatives desk from July 2002 until December 2002. Mr. Miller was the CEO of MovieDaze Media Group, a search engine marketing company that he co-founded in 2003 and sold in 2006. He received a BS in Economics from the University of Pennsylvania, Wharton School and a MBA in Finance from the University of Michigan, Ross School of Business.
Category Low | Category High | Category Average | Category Mode |
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0.09 | 26.96 | 6.41 | 12.09 |
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