Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF
Name
As of 12/23/2024Price
Aum/Mkt Cap
YIELD
Exp Ratio
Watchlist
IVOL | Active ETF
$17.60
$504 M
3.65%
$0.64
1.02%
Vitals
YTD Return
-12.0%
1 yr return
-11.6%
3 Yr Avg Return
-9.2%
5 Yr Avg Return
-3.1%
Net Assets
$504 M
Holdings in Top 10
93.0%
52 WEEK LOW AND HIGH
Expenses
OPERATING FEES
Expense Ratio 1.02%
SALES FEES
Front Load N/A
Deferred Load N/A
TRADING FEES
Turnover 0.00%
Redemption Fee N/A
Min Investment
Standard (Taxable)
N/A
IRA
N/A
Fund Classification
Fund Type
Exchange Traded Fund
Name
As of 12/23/2024Price
Aum/Mkt Cap
YIELD
Exp Ratio
Watchlist
IVOL | Active ETF
$17.60
$504 M
3.65%
$0.64
1.02%
IVOL - Profile
Distributions
- YTD Total Return -12.0%
- 3 Yr Annualized Total Return -9.2%
- 5 Yr Annualized Total Return -3.1%
- Capital Gain Distribution Frequency N/A
- Net Income Ratio -0.06%
- Dividend Yield 3.7%
- Dividend Distribution Frequency Monthly
Fund Details
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Legal NameQuadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF
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Fund Family NameKrane Funds Advisors, LLC
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Inception DateMay 14, 2019
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Shares Outstanding62638668
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Share ClassN/A
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CurrencyUSD
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Domiciled CountryUS
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ManagerNancy Davis
Fund Description
The Fund is actively managed and, under normal circumstances, seeks to achieve its investment objective primarily by investing, directly or indirectly, in a mix of U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (“TIPS”) and long options tied to the shape of the U.S. interest rate curve (described below). A “long option” refers to the purchase of an option, as opposed to the sale of an option not previously owned by the Fund, which would be referred to as a “short option.” The Fund’s strategy is designed to hedge against inflation risk and generate positive returns from the Fund’s options during periods when interest rate volatility increases and/or the U.S. interest rate curve steepens (i.e., the spread between interest rates on U.S. long-term debt instruments and U.S. shorter-term debt instruments widens). Because equity and real estate market corrections tend to be correlated with interest rate volatility and a steepening of the interest rate curve, the Fund’s strategy may also serve to hedge against the risks of such market corrections.
The Fund invests in TIPS directly or through other exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) that invest in TIPS. TIPS are U.S. government bonds (specifically, Treasury securities) whose principal amount increases with inflation, as measured by the Consumer Price Index (“CPI”), and are designed to protect investors from inflation risk. The Fund may purchase TIPS of any maturity.
The Fund also invests in long options tied to the shape of the U.S. interest rate swap curve. The U.S. interest rate swap curve is a type of interest rate curve that reflects the fixed interest rates used in interest rate swap agreements with different maturities (swap rates are the fixed interest rate exchanged for a floating interest rate in an interest rate swap). Such options are expected to (i) appreciate in value as the curve steepens or interest rate volatility increases and (ii) decrease in value or become worthless as the curve flattens or inverts or interest rate volatility declines. The U.S. interest rate swap curve “steepens” when the spread between swap rates on longer-term debt instruments and shorter-term debt instruments widens, “flattens” when such spread narrows, and “inverts” when swap rates on longer-term debt instruments become lower than those for shorter-term debt instruments (i.e., the spread is negative).
When the Fund purchases an option, the Fund pays a cost (premium) to purchase the option. The Fund’s investments in options will be traded in the over-the counter (“OTC”) market. OTC derivative instruments generally have more flexible terms negotiated between the buyer and the seller. These instruments would generally be subject to greater counterparty risk. Many of the protections afforded to exchange participants will not be available for OTC options and there is no daily price fluctuation limits. OTC instruments also may be subject to greater liquidity risk. Under the Fund’s option contracts, the Fund pays upfront for the option contracts (i.e., the premium), and counterparties are not required to post variation margin. There is no potential additional cash outflow or future liability for the Fund under the options; the Fund’s only potential loss on such options is the premium paid in advance. However, the Fund’s options contracts are subject to counterparty risk, which is the risk of non-performance by an options counterparty. Such non-performance could result in a material loss to the Fund. The Fund is also subject to custodial risk as a result of (1) holding cash at the Fund’s custodian because such cash deposits are unsecured liabilities of the custodian and (2) the custodian, at times, sweeping excess cash to other banks, which would be unsecured liabilities of those other banks.
Options contracts, by their terms, have stated expirations; therefore, to maintain consistent exposure to options, the Fund must periodically migrate out of options nearing expiration and into options with later expirations — a process referred to as “rolling.” The Fund’s investment sub-adviser, Quadratic Capital Management LLC (“Quadratic” or the “Sub-Adviser”), expects that the Fund will typically purchase options with a time-to-expiration of between six months and two years, though the Fund may purchase options with shorter or longer expirations.
Under normal circumstances, the Sub-Adviser generally expects to invest less than 20% of the Fund’s assets in option premiums (as defined below) and to actively manage the Fund’s options investments to reduce the weight of such options in the Fund’s portfolio if their value increases above the desired amount. Similarly, the Sub-Adviser generally expects to sell portfolio investments and reinvest proceeds in options if the value of such options declines below the desired amount.
Investments in derivative instruments, such as options, have the economic effect of creating financial leverage in the Fund’s portfolio because such investments may give rise to gains or losses that are disproportionate to the amount the Fund has invested in those instruments. Because the Fund only invests in long options as part of its principal investment strategy, the maximum loss for the Fund’s options position is the “options premium,” which is defined as the premium paid for the options and any post-purchase appreciation in value. Thus, any disproportionate returns are generally expected to exist only when the value of such options appreciates. However, following such appreciation, even small changes in the shape of the U.S. interest rate curve or interest rate volatility may result in a significant decline in the value of such options with a maximum loss equal to the options premium. The Fund is likely to be significantly more volatile than a fund holding only long positions in the same U.S. government bonds as the Fund because the options component of the Fund could result in significant gains for the Fund or in a complete loss of the premium for the Fund’s options.
The Fund is non-diversified and therefore may invest a larger percentage of its assets in the securities of a single issuer or smaller number of issuers than diversified funds.
IVOL - Performance
Return Ranking - Trailing
Period | IVOL Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
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YTD | -12.0% | -12.0% | 8.7% | 100.00% |
1 Yr | -11.6% | -11.6% | 9.0% | 100.00% |
3 Yr | -9.2%* | -17.7% | 4.2% | 96.94% |
5 Yr | -3.1%* | -7.8% | 4.6% | 98.41% |
10 Yr | N/A* | -2.5% | 3.4% | 11.76% |
* Annualized
Return Ranking - Calendar
Period | IVOL Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
2023 | -8.5% | -8.7% | 5.1% | 99.50% |
2022 | -15.8% | -52.3% | -4.0% | 42.86% |
2021 | -4.0% | -7.9% | 7.7% | 95.31% |
2020 | 10.5% | -29.4% | 23.0% | 4.23% |
2019 | N/A | 0.8% | 16.7% | N/A |
Total Return Ranking - Trailing
Period | IVOL Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
---|---|---|---|---|
YTD | -12.0% | -12.0% | 8.7% | 100.00% |
1 Yr | -11.6% | -11.6% | 9.0% | 100.00% |
3 Yr | -9.2%* | -17.7% | 4.2% | 96.94% |
5 Yr | -3.1%* | -7.8% | 4.6% | 98.41% |
10 Yr | N/A* | -2.5% | 3.4% | N/A |
* Annualized
Total Return Ranking - Calendar
Period | IVOL Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
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2023 | -5.2% | -5.2% | 9.5% | 100.00% |
2022 | -10.5% | -40.1% | 9.2% | 41.33% |
2021 | -0.6% | -2.7% | 37.6% | 99.48% |
2020 | 14.6% | -0.5% | 27.5% | 7.94% |
2019 | N/A | 2.8% | 19.3% | N/A |
IVOL - Holdings
Concentration Analysis
IVOL | Category Low | Category High | IVOL % Rank | |
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Net Assets | 504 M | 963 K | 54.3 B | 56.22% |
Number of Holdings | 10 | 2 | 1463 | 98.01% |
Net Assets in Top 10 | 702 M | 913 K | 25.5 B | 42.29% |
Weighting of Top 10 | 93.00% | 9.4% | 100.0% | 3.50% |
Top 10 Holdings
- SCHWAB U.S. TIPS ETF MUTUAL FUND 81.21%
- USD CMS 2-10 04/08/2026 5 CAP E CONSTANT MATURITY SWAP SPREAD OPTION 2.89%
- USD CMS 2-10 07/15/2026 10 CAP E CONSTANT MATURITY SWAP SPREAD OPTION 1.69%
- USD CMS 2-10 09/17/2025 8 CAP E CONSTANT MATURITY SWAP SPREAD OPTION 1.66%
- USD CMS 2-10 04/14/2027 20 CAP E CONSTANT MATURITY SWAP SPREAD OPTION 1.63%
- USD CMS 2-10 01/28/2026 3 CAP E CONSTANT MATURITY SWAP SPREAD OPTION 1.43%
- USD CMS 2-10 12/09/2026 28 CAP E CONSTANT MATURITY SWAP SPREAD OPTION 0.94%
- USD CMS 2-10 06/25/2025 13 CAP E CONSTANT MATURITY SWAP SPREAD OPTION 0.74%
- USD CMS 2-10 03/13/2025 27 CAP E CONSTANT MATURITY SWAP SPREAD OPTION 0.68%
- USD CMS 2-10 11/13/2024 30 CAP E CONSTANT MATURITY SWAP SPREAD OPTION 0.14%
Asset Allocation
Weighting | Return Low | Return High | IVOL % Rank | |
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Stocks | 81.21% | 0.00% | 100.03% | 2.49% |
Other | 11.80% | -58.58% | 66.48% | 9.95% |
Cash | 7.00% | -42.00% | 15.77% | 4.48% |
Preferred Stocks | 0.00% | 0.00% | 1.89% | 86.07% |
Convertible Bonds | 0.00% | 0.00% | 3.96% | 88.56% |
Bonds | 0.00% | 0.00% | 206.20% | 100.00% |
Stock Sector Breakdown
Weighting | Return Low | Return High | IVOL % Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Utilities | 0.00% | 0.00% | 1.13% | N/A |
Technology | 0.00% | 0.00% | 48.29% | N/A |
Real Estate | 0.00% | 0.00% | 99.95% | N/A |
Industrials | 0.00% | 0.00% | 3.93% | N/A |
Healthcare | 0.00% | 0.00% | 6.17% | N/A |
Financial Services | 0.00% | 0.00% | 100.00% | N/A |
Energy | 0.00% | 0.00% | 10.65% | N/A |
Communication Services | 0.00% | 0.00% | 17.02% | N/A |
Consumer Defense | 0.00% | 0.00% | 31.30% | N/A |
Consumer Cyclical | 0.00% | 0.00% | 16.99% | N/A |
Basic Materials | 0.00% | 0.00% | 22.13% | N/A |
Stock Geographic Breakdown
Weighting | Return Low | Return High | IVOL % Rank | |
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US | 81.21% | 0.00% | 100.03% | 1.99% |
Non US | 0.00% | 0.00% | 81.06% | 81.59% |
IVOL - Expenses
Operational Fees
IVOL Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
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Expense Ratio | 1.02% | 0.03% | 22.29% | 25.13% |
Management Fee | 0.99% | 0.00% | 0.99% | 100.00% |
12b-1 Fee | 0.00% | 0.00% | 1.00% | 15.73% |
Administrative Fee | N/A | 0.01% | 0.40% | N/A |
Sales Fees
IVOL Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Front Load | N/A | 1.00% | 4.75% | N/A |
Deferred Load | N/A | 1.00% | 4.00% | N/A |
Trading Fees
IVOL Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
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Max Redemption Fee | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A |
Related Fees
Turnover provides investors a proxy for the trading fees incurred by mutual fund managers who frequently adjust position allocations. Higher turnover means higher trading fees.
IVOL Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
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Turnover | 0.00% | 0.00% | 246.00% | 0.52% |
IVOL - Distributions
Dividend Yield Analysis
IVOL | Category Low | Category High | IVOL % Rank | |
---|---|---|---|---|
Dividend Yield | 3.65% | 0.00% | 14.25% | 27.86% |
Dividend Distribution Analysis
IVOL | Category Low | Category High | Category Mod | |
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Dividend Distribution Frequency | Monthly | Annual | Monthly | Quarterly |
Net Income Ratio Analysis
IVOL | Category Low | Category High | IVOL % Rank | |
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Net Income Ratio | -0.06% | -0.06% | 6.71% | 100.00% |
Capital Gain Distribution Analysis
IVOL | Category Low | Category High | Capital Mode | |
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Capital Gain Distribution Frequency | Annually | Annually | Annually |
Distributions History
Date | Amount | Type |
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Nov 27, 2024 | $0.054 | OrdinaryDividend |
Oct 30, 2024 | $0.056 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 27, 2024 | $0.058 | OrdinaryDividend |
Aug 29, 2024 | $0.058 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jul 30, 2024 | $0.057 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 27, 2024 | $0.055 | OrdinaryDividend |
Apr 26, 2024 | $0.056 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 26, 2024 | $0.058 | OrdinaryDividend |
Feb 27, 2024 | $0.058 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jan 29, 2024 | $0.061 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 27, 2023 | $0.062 | OrdinaryDividend |
Nov 28, 2023 | $0.061 | OrdinaryDividend |
Oct 27, 2023 | $0.063 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 27, 2023 | $0.061 | OrdinaryDividend |
Aug 29, 2023 | $0.061 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jul 27, 2023 | $0.062 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 28, 2023 | $0.062 | OrdinaryDividend |
May 26, 2023 | $0.067 | OrdinaryDividend |
Apr 26, 2023 | $0.071 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 29, 2023 | $0.069 | OrdinaryDividend |
Feb 24, 2023 | $0.064 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jan 27, 2023 | $0.067 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 28, 2022 | $0.068 | ReturnOfCapital |
Dec 28, 2022 | $0.068 | OrdinaryDividend |
Nov 28, 2022 | $0.068 | ReturnOfCapital |
Nov 28, 2022 | $0.068 | OrdinaryDividend |
Oct 27, 2022 | $0.068 | ReturnOfCapital |
Oct 27, 2022 | $0.068 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 28, 2022 | $0.067 | ReturnOfCapital |
Sep 28, 2022 | $0.067 | OrdinaryDividend |
Aug 29, 2022 | $0.072 | ReturnOfCapital |
Jul 27, 2022 | $0.076 | ReturnOfCapital |
Jul 27, 2022 | $0.076 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 28, 2022 | $0.077 | ReturnOfCapital |
Jun 28, 2022 | $0.077 | OrdinaryDividend |
May 26, 2022 | $0.077 | ReturnOfCapital |
May 26, 2022 | $0.077 | OrdinaryDividend |
Apr 27, 2022 | $0.077 | ReturnOfCapital |
Apr 27, 2022 | $0.077 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 29, 2022 | $0.078 | ReturnOfCapital |
Mar 29, 2022 | $0.008 | OrdinaryDividend |
Feb 24, 2022 | $0.078 | ReturnOfCapital |
Feb 24, 2022 | $0.008 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jan 27, 2022 | $0.078 | ReturnOfCapital |
Jan 27, 2022 | $0.008 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 29, 2021 | $0.127 | OrdinaryDividend |
Nov 26, 2021 | $0.082 | OrdinaryDividend |
Oct 27, 2021 | $0.083 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 28, 2021 | $0.083 | OrdinaryDividend |
Aug 27, 2021 | $0.084 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jul 28, 2021 | $0.085 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 28, 2021 | $0.083 | OrdinaryDividend |
May 26, 2021 | $0.086 | OrdinaryDividend |
Apr 28, 2021 | $0.085 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 29, 2021 | $0.056 | OrdinaryDividend |
Feb 24, 2021 | $0.056 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jan 27, 2021 | $0.055 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 29, 2020 | $0.084 | OrdinaryDividend |
Nov 25, 2020 | $0.082 | OrdinaryDividend |
Oct 28, 2020 | $0.082 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 28, 2020 | $0.082 | OrdinaryDividend |
Aug 27, 2020 | $0.082 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jul 29, 2020 | $0.081 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 26, 2020 | $0.081 | OrdinaryDividend |
May 27, 2020 | $0.080 | OrdinaryDividend |
Apr 28, 2020 | $0.079 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 27, 2020 | $0.079 | OrdinaryDividend |
Feb 26, 2020 | $0.076 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jan 29, 2020 | $0.076 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 27, 2019 | $0.128 | OrdinaryDividend |
Nov 26, 2019 | $0.076 | OrdinaryDividend |
Oct 29, 2019 | $0.076 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 26, 2019 | $0.077 | OrdinaryDividend |
Aug 28, 2019 | $0.078 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jul 29, 2019 | $0.077 | OrdinaryDividend |
IVOL - Fund Manager Analysis
Managers
Nancy Davis
Start Date
Tenure
Tenure Rank
May 13, 2019
3.05
3.1%
Nancy Davis founded Quadratic Capital in 2013. She is the portfolio manager for The Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF (NYSE Ticker: IVOL), an inflation-protected bond fund and The Quadratic Deflation ETF (NYSE Ticker: BNDD), a government bond ETF. Ms. Davis began her career at Goldman Sachs where she spent nearly ten years, the last seven with the proprietary trading group where she rose to become the Head of Credit, Derivatives and OTC Trading. Prior to starting Quadratic, she served as a portfolio manager at Highbridge Capital Management and in a senior executive role at AllianceBernstein. Ms. Davis has been profiled by Forbes, and interviewed by Barron’s, The Economist, The Wall Street Journal, and The Financial Times among others. Ms. Davis is a frequent guest on television including CNBC, Bloomberg, CNN, Sina and ABC. Ms. Davis writes and speaks frequently about markets and investing.
Tenure Analysis
Category Low | Category High | Category Average | Category Mode |
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0.17 | 20.51 | 6.56 | 11.1 |