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CWSAdvisorSharesACTIVE

AdvisorShares Focused Equity ETF

$67.20+0.19% vs prior close
637352-WK

Price through Oct 2 · Flows through unavailable. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 2. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 2.

The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing primarily in a focused group of U.S. exchange listed equity securities, including common and preferred stock and ADRs. It will invest at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities. The Advisor allocates the fund's portfolio investments using research obtained from a proprietary model developed by Edward J. Elfenbein, which uses a variety of methods for security selection and focuses on firms that are fundamentally sound and have shown consistency in their financial results and high earnings quality.

Price & daily flows
71.669.166.667.20DAILY NET FLOWMar 31Jun 1Jul 31Oct 2

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned -2.2% so far this year. At 0.84% a year it is not the cheapest way in — EMDV has a reported fee of 0.60%.

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

$166Massets under management
0.84%expense ratio · $84 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
6Kavg daily volume, 30 days
27holdings · US-domiciled
2016listed September 21, 2016 · beta 0.63
Sector weights
Technology25.62%
Information Technology25.46%
Consumer Discretionary20.14%
Financial Services20.13%
Technology Services20.07%
Finance19.82%
Financials19.79%
Healthcare15.99%
Consumer Cyclical15.9%
Health Technology12.89%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States100%
Other0.55%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.2%
1 month-5.7%
3 months-2.2%
6 months+3.8%
YTD-2.2%
1 year-2.1%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD—
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CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
12%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
14%realized volatility, 1 year
-11.9%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-8.6%latest close versus that peak

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

Options tape
—calls · latest snapshot
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
8Kshares traded
The case against CWS

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$882.6B+$4.6B-81bp on fee · 5320× the assets · +$4.6B in over the monthHead-to-head
BBUS JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Equity ETF0.02%$9.4B+$187M-82bp on fee · 56× the assets · +$187M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPYG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF0.04%$56.2B+$717M-80bp on fee · 339× the assets · +$717M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPTM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF0.03%$14.1B+$235M-81bp on fee · 85× the assets · +$235M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$34.3B+$148M-80bp on fee · 207× the assets · +$148M in over the monthHead-to-head
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