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Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF

$16.12+1.19% today

The fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in component securities of the index or in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics of such component securities. The index measures the performance of a theoretical portfolio that holds a portfolio of the stocks included in the Russell 2000 Index, and "writes" a succession of one-month at-the-money covered call options on the Russell 2000 Index.

Price & daily flows

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

$1.4Bassets under management
0.60%expense ratio · $60 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
522Kavg daily volume, 30 days
1937holdings · US-domiciled
2019listed April 16, 2019
Sector weights
Miscellaneous22.58%
ETF18.2%
Finance18.19%
Healthcare17.9%
Financial Services16.46%
Financials16.29%
Industrials15.29%
Information Technology14.53%
Technology14.48%
Consumer Discretionary13.45%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States98.23%
Bermuda1.28%
Cayman Islands0.51%
Brazil0.41%
Canada0.26%
Monaco0.16%
Israel0.11%
Ireland0.1%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week0.0%
1 month0.0%
3 months0.0%
6 months0.0%
YTD
1 year0.0%
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
Options tape
25calls today
60puts today
2.40put/call ratio
552Kshares traded
The case against RYLD

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat RYLD 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 · 91× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-56bp on fee · 23× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$193.2B+$631M-53bp on fee · 137× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
IMCB iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF0.04%$1.7B+$15M-56bp on fee · +$15M in over the monthHead-to-head
VO Vanguard Mid Cap Index Fund0.04%$68.1B-56bp on fee · 48× the assetsHead-to-head
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