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PTMCPacer

Pacer Trendpilot US Mid Cap ETF

$41.59+0.49% today
344352-WK

The fund invests at least 80% of its total assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) in the component securities of the index. The index implements a systematic trend-following strategy that directs exposure (i) 100% to the S&P MidCap 400® Index, (ii) 50% to the S&P MidCap 400 and 50% to 3-Month U.S. Treasury bills, or (iii) 100% to 3-Month U.S. Treasury bills, depending on the relative performance of the S&P MidCap 400 and its 200-business day historical simple moving average.

Price & daily flows
40.838.435.941.59DAILY NET FLOWAug 22Dec 19Apr 21Aug 21

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

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned +14.9% so far this year. At 0.60% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IEFA runs the same ground at 0.07%.

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

$417Massets under management
0.60%expense ratio · $60 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
17Kavg daily volume, 30 days
402holdings · US-domiciled
2015listed June 10, 2015
Sector weights
Finance22.94%
Industrials21.42%
Financial Services15.94%
Consumer Cyclical14.74%
Producer Manufacturing11.21%
Technology11.21%
Healthcare9.42%
Electronic Technology8.05%
Real Estate7.79%
Energy5.83%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States99.38%
United Kingdom1.09%
Bermuda1.04%
Ireland0.69%
Canada0.57%
Sweden0.34%
Other0.05%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-2.3%
1 month+1.8%
3 months+4.5%
6 months+7.2%
YTD+14.9%
1 year+16.7%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month
3 months
YTD
1 year

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
14%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
16%realized volatility, 1 year
-8.9%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-2.3%where it sits vs. that peak today

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

The case against PTMC

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-55bp on fee · 308× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IMCB iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF0.04%$1.7B+$15M-56bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$15M in over the monthHead-to-head
VO Vanguard Mid Cap Index Fund0.04%$68.1B-56bp on fee · 163× the assetsHead-to-head
IMCG iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF0.06%$4.2B+$69M-54bp on fee · 10× the assets · +$69M in over the monthHead-to-head
IMCV iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF0.06%$1.2B+$20M-54bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$20M in over the monthHead-to-head
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