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AdvisorShares Cornerstone Small Cap ETF

$39.21+0.72% today
344052-WK

The investment seeks to provide total return through long-term capital appreciation and current income. The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing in a diversified group of U.S.-traded equity securities consisting of common and preferred stock, ADRs, and REITs. Under normal circumstances, it invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in small cap securities. The fund's sub-advisor generally defines a small cap company as one having a market capitalization less than the market cap of the largest company in the Russell 2000 Index at the time of acquisition.

Price & daily flows
38.636.734.939.21DAILY 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 +7.1% so far this year. At 1.35% 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

$9568.10Tassets under management
1.35%expense ratio · $135 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
2Kavg daily volume, 30 days
0holdings
2012listed June 28, 2012 · beta 0.99
Sector weights
Finance43.86%
Financial Services31.56%
Financials30.06%
Real Estate17.02%
Industrials11.21%
Energy8.35%
Consumer Discretionary8.16%
Consumer Cyclical7.71%
Basic Materials7.05%
Producer Manufacturing6.7%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States95.21%
United Kingdom1.73%
Canada1.46%
Greece1.46%
Brazil0.08%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-1.9%
1 month+2.4%
3 months+3.5%
6 months+2.4%
YTD+7.1%
1 year+10.6%
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
18%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
17%realized volatility, 1 year
-12.6%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.9%where it sits vs. that peak today

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

The case against SCAP

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat SCAP 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-130bp on fee · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IMCB iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap ETF0.04%$1.7B+$15M-131bp on fee · +$15M in over the monthHead-to-head
VO Vanguard Mid Cap Index Fund0.04%$68.1B-131bp on feeHead-to-head
IMCG iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Growth ETF0.06%$4.2B+$69M-129bp on fee · +$69M in over the monthHead-to-head
IMCV iShares Morningstar Mid-Cap Value ETF0.06%$1.2B+$20M-129bp on fee · +$20M in over the monthHead-to-head
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