The fund seeks to replicate the total return performance of the benchmark index before fees and expenses by investing in companies in the United States.
The sub-adviser’s investment process starts with a list of companies in the benchmark index and the research team utilizes quantitative techniques and fundamental analysis to identify investment opportunities.
Next, the research team invests significantly in the securities that comprise the Index.
The Index seeks to provide exposure to global companies deriving material revenue associated with the development, production and use of lithium battery technology.
Then the manager constructs a portfolio of stocks from a list of companies favored by the research team and allocates capital based on its conviction level.
The fund seeks to replicate the composition of the benchmark index, holding each security in approximately the same proportion as its weighting in the Index.
Also, the fund employs a sampling methodology where it may not be possible or practicable to buy all of the underlying securities.
The fund estimates that certain of the companies that comprise the Index are located in emerging markets.
The fund will not invest more than 25% of the value of its net assets in securities of issuers in any industry or group of industries, except that the fund will concentrate its assets in the metals and mining industry.
The fund seeks to replicate the total return performance of the benchmark index, before fees and expenses, by investing in companies outside the United States.
The sub-adviser’s investment process starts with a list of companies in the benchmark index and the research team utilizes quantitative techniques and fundamental analysis to identify investment opportunities.
Next, the research team invests significantly in global equity securities that comprise the Index, which includes common stocks and/or depositary receipts, such as American Depositary Receipts and Global Depositary Receipts.
The Index is designed to measure the performance of global equity securities of publicly traded companies with significant revenue from the online retail business.
Then the manager constructs a portfolio of stocks from a list of companies favored by the research team and allocates capital based on its conviction level.
The portfolio holdings fall into three categories of traditional retail, marketplace and travel.
The fund will not concentrate its investments in securities of issuers in any industry or group of industries, except to the extent the Index upon which the fund is based concentrates in an industry or group of industries.
The fund seeks total return by investing in companies outside the United States.
The sub-adviser’s investment process starts with a list of companies in the benchmark index and the research team utilizes quantitative techniques and fundamental analysis to identify investment opportunities.
Next, the research team invests significantly in equity securities of companies actively involved in the development and utilization of blockchain technologies.
The blockchain is a peer-to-peer shared, distributed ledger that facilitates the process of recording transactions and tracking assets in a business network.
In selecting securities for the portfolio, the research team focuses on companies across a wide variety of industries that are leading in the research, development, utilization and funding of blockchain-based transformational data sharing technologies.
Then the manager constructs a portfolio of stocks from a list of companies favored by the research team and allocates capital based on its conviction level.
The portfolio will consist of 40 to 60 companies.
Additionally, the fund will not concentrate its investments in securities of issuers in any industry.
The fund may invest in non-U.S. equity securities, including depositary receipts.
The fund seeks primarily current income and secondarily capital appreciation by investing in companies in the United States.
The fund manages assets with the help of two sub-advisers namely Capital Wealth Planning, LLC and Penserra Capital Management LLC.
The fund prefers a multi-manager investing approach with the aim of reducing volatility and downside risk.
The sub-advisers’ investment process starts with a list of companies in the benchmark index and the research team utilizes quantitative techniques and fundamental analysis to identify investment opportunities.
Next, the research team invests significantly in dividend-paying U.S. exchange-traded equity securities.
The team utilizes an option strategy consisting of writing (selling) U.S. exchange-traded covered call options on such Equity Securities.
Then the manager constructs a portfolio of stocks from a list of companies favored by the research team and allocates capital based on its conviction level.
The portfolio consists primarily of dividend-paying stocks that deliver cash flows from dividend and option income while offering the potential for capital appreciation.
The fund will not concentrate its investments in securities of issuers in any industry or group of industries.