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Global X Alternative Income ETF

$12.38+0.24% today
11.6612.5352-WK

The fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the underlying index and in American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs") and Global Depositary Receipts ("GDRs") based on the securities in the underlying index. The underlying index is intended to provide exposure to five income-producing categories: Master Limited Partnerships ("MLPs") and Infrastructure, Real Estate, Preferreds, Emerging Market Bonds and Covered Calls.

Price & daily flows
12.3912.3412.3012.38DAILY NET FLOWJul 20Jul 29Aug 10Aug 19

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

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned +3.2% so far this year. At 0.50% a year it is not the cheapest way in — ITDG runs the same ground at 0.11%.

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

$34Massets under management
0.50%expense ratio · $50 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
27Kavg daily volume, 30 days
19holdings · US-domiciled
2015listed July 12, 2015 · beta 0.32
The book at a glance
QYLD+0.1%EMBD+0.2%PFFD+0.2%SUN-0.2%ET-1.1%NWE-0.3%OKE-1.3%EIX-0.4%BIPC+2.1%DMLP+0.3%MPLX-1.1%EPD-1.4%HESM-0.6%AVA-0.2%POR-0.8%AM-1.1%BSM1.3%SRET20.5%

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS TODAY’S MOVE · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1QYLDHORIZONS NASDAQ 100 COVERED CALL ETF20.52%$18.20+0.1%
2EMBDGLOBAL X EMERGING MARKETS BOND ETF19.54%$23.63+0.2%
3PFFDGLOBAL X US PREFERRED ETF19.34%$18.46+0.2%
4SUNSUNOCO LP1.54%$77.03-0.2%
5ETENERGY TRANSFER LP1.45%$21.18-1.1%
6NWENORTHWESTERN1.41%$70.56-0.3%
7OKEONEOK1.40%$95.88-1.3%
8EIXEDISON INTERNATIONAL1.35%$73.41-0.4%
9BIPCBROOKFIELD INFRASTRUCTURE1.30%$39.86+2.1%
10DMLPDORCHESTER MINERALS LP1.32%$28.16+0.3%
11MPLXMPLX LP1.31%$58.70-1.1%
12EPDENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS LP1.31%$38.11-1.4%
13HESMHESS MIDSTREAM LP1.29%$39.79-0.6%
14AVAAVISTA1.28%$38.35-0.2%
15PORPORTLAND GENERAL ELECTRIC1.28%$50.17-0.8%

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Sector weights
ETF79.91%
Real Estate33.06%
Energy18.37%
Technology17.41%
Utilities15.76%
Industrial Services7.95%
Communication Services5.23%
Consumer Cyclical3.99%
Distribution Services3.34%
Healthcare2.26%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States91.93%
Singapore2.04%
France1.11%
South Africa1.07%
Canada1.04%
Australia1.01%
Hong Kong0.88%
Netherlands0.33%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.4%
1 month-0.3%
3 months+0.6%
6 months-0.4%
YTD+3.2%
1 year
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
SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
6%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
6%realized volatility, 1 year
-4.9%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.1%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 20.5% of the book; the top ten carry 88%. Spread across 21+ names, it behaves like roughly 6 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
16Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
ET ENERGY TRANSFER LP$2M$999,984
EIX EDISON INTERNATIONAL$649,191$287,158
EPD ENTERPRISE PRODUCTS PARTNERS LP$418,294$407,541
OKE ONEOK$178,958$458,278
MPLX MPLX LP$179,096$190,110

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

The case against ALTY

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-46bp on fee · 963× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-43bp on fee · 5752× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
DIVB iShares U.S. Dividend and Buyback ETF0.05%$1.9B+$136M-45bp on fee · 55× the assets · +$136M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF0.09%$160.6B+$1.9B-41bp on fee · 4731× the assets · +$1.9B in over the monthHead-to-head
IAGG iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF0.07%$11.4B+$739M-43bp on fee · 335× the assets · +$739M in over the monthHead-to-head
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