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Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call & Growth ETF

$25.03+0.47% today
212552-WK

The investment seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Cboe Russell 2000 Half BuyWrite Index. The fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in the securities of the index or in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics of such component securities, either individually or in the aggregate. The index measures the performance of a covered call strategy that holds a theoretical portfolio of the underlying stocks of the Russell 2000 Index and "writes" (or sells) a succession of one-month ATM covered call options on the Reference Index.

Price & daily flows
24.423.222.125.03DAILY 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 +12.3% so far this year. At 0.35% 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

$7774.44Tassets under management
0.35%expense ratio · $35 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
2Kavg daily volume, 30 days
3holdings · US-domiciled
2022listed October 3, 2022 · beta 0.93
Sector weights
ETF18.2%
Finance18.19%
Healthcare17.9%
Financial Services16.46%
Financials16.29%
Industrials15.29%
Information Technology14.53%
Technology14.48%
Consumer Discretionary13.45%
Health Technology10.19%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States98.23%
Brazil0.41%
Canada0.26%
Israel0.11%
Ireland0.1%
Taiwan0.07%
Norway0.06%
Hong Kong0.06%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.7%
1 month+3.0%
3 months+5.1%
6 months+7.7%
YTD+12.3%
1 year+12.6%
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
11%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
15%realized volatility, 1 year
-9.3%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-0.8%where it sits vs. that peak today

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
2Kshares traded
The case against RYLG

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat RYLG 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-30bp on fee · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-31bp on fee · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-31bp on fee · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-31bp on fee · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$193.2B+$631M-28bp on fee · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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