Fund Description:
WKLY aims to pay dividends on a weekly basis, typically each Thursday. WKLY holds in accordance with the WKLY Index, a portfolio of large- and mid-cap dividend-paying companies from developed markets. Aside from liquidity and market-cap requirements, WKLY filters in accordance with the WKLY Index, securities based on stable dividend payout, forecasted dividends, dividend history, payout ratio, debt/equity ratio, and price return. Eligible stocks are then selected for high dividend yield, relative to the weighted average yield of the WKLY Index. The resulting portfolio is market-cap-weighted, with individual and sector weights capped at 5% and 30%, respectively
•Get Paid Weekly – WKLY seeks to distribute income on a weekly basis, providing the opportunity for a steady stream of income.
•Global Dividend-Paying Equities – Access the global market of dividend-paying companies.
•A Focus on Dividend Sustainability – Securities selected for the WKLY Index have maintained dividend payments over the last 12 months, been forecasted to continue to pay over the next 12 months and have met additional screens designed to remove companies at risk of reducing dividend payouts.
•WKLY Does the Work – Instead of manually buying a basket of dividend-paying stocks, you can purchase one ETF to do the work for you.
Performance Overview:
During the fiscal period, WKLY generated a total return of -4.68% (NAV) and -4.44% (Market). This compares to the –7.69% return of the benchmark, the S&P 500® Total Return Index, and the -3.78% return of the WKLY Index, over the same period.
From a sector perspective, based on performance attribution to the overall portfolio, Energy and Industrials were the largest contributors, while Financials and Health Care detracted the most.
Reviewing individual stocks based on performance attribution to the overall portfolio, leading contributors included Exxon, Merck, and TotalEnergies. Conversely, the leading detractors included Intel Corp, Pfizer, and Roche Holdings.
The SoFi Web 3 ETF
The SoFi Web 3 ETF (“TWEB”) seeks to track the performance, before fees and expenses, of the Solactive Web 3.0 Index (the “Web 3.0 Index”). The Web 3.0 Index’s initial investable universe consists of equity securities listed on securities exchanges in the U.S., developed markets, and South Korea, excluding China. The Index includes equity securities of companies (each, a “Web 3.0 Company”) with products or services in one of the following four thematic categories Big Data & Artificial Intelligence; Blockchain Technology; Metaverse; and NFT & Tokenization.
Fund Description:
TWEB is passively-managed to provide exposure to Web 3.0, or the third generation of the internet, by investing in the four thematic categories stated above. All four underlying technologies are believed to drive a decentralized approach to the internet. Companies within each category are ranked within the Web 3.0 Index using a natural language processing algorithm. The Web 3.0 Index selects the 10 highest ranking in each category to build a narrow portfolio of 40 securities. The four categories are weighted equally, with securities within each category weighted based on thematic relevance. The Web 3.0 Index reconstitutes and rebalances semi-annually.
Performance Overview:
During the fiscal period, TWEB generated a total return of –23.41% (NAV) and -22.91% (Market). This compares to the -3.13% return of the benchmark, the S&P 500® Total Return Index, while the total return of the Web 3.0 Index was -23.31% for the period.
From a sector perspective, based on performance attribution to the overall portfolio, Health Care and Real Estate detracted the least (no contributors), while Information Technology and Consumer Discretionary detracted the most.
Reviewing individual stocks based on performance attribution to the overall portfolio, leading contributors included NVIDIA, Meta, and Albert Inc. Conversely, the leading detractors included Gamestop, Funko, and Vuzix.