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Name

As of 10/06/2023

Price

Aum/Mkt Cap

YIELD

Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.

Exp Ratio

Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.

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FormulaFolios Smart Growth ETF

FFSG | Active ETF

$28.43

$20.9 M

3.00%

$0.85

1.05%

Vitals

YTD Return

5.1%

1 yr return

11.2%

3 Yr Avg Return

7.3%

5 Yr Avg Return

6.2%

Net Assets

$20.9 M

Holdings in Top 10

98.9%

52 WEEK LOW AND HIGH

$28.4
$28.31
$33.46

Expenses

OPERATING FEES

Expense Ratio 1.05%

SALES FEES

Front Load N/A

Deferred Load N/A

TRADING FEES

Turnover 10.00%

Redemption Fee N/A


Min Investment

Standard (Taxable)

N/A

IRA

N/A


Fund Classification

Fund Type

Exchange Traded Fund


Name

As of 10/06/2023

Price

Aum/Mkt Cap

YIELD

Annualized forward dividend yield. Multiplies the most recent dividend payout amount by its frequency and divides by the previous close price.

Exp Ratio

Expense ratio is the fund’s total annual operating expenses, including management fees, distribution fees, and other expenses, expressed as a percentage of average net assets.

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FormulaFolios Smart Growth ETF

FFSG | Active ETF

$28.43

$20.9 M

3.00%

$0.85

1.05%

FFSG - Profile

Distributions

  • YTD Total Return 5.1%
  • 3 Yr Annualized Total Return 7.3%
  • 5 Yr Annualized Total Return 6.2%
  • Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually
  • Net Income Ratio 0.94%
DIVIDENDS
  • Dividend Yield 3.0%
  • Dividend Distribution Frequency Quarterly

Fund Details

  • Legal Name
    FormulaFolios Smart Growth ETF
  • Fund Family Name
    Anchor Funds
  • Inception Date
    Nov 01, 2017
  • Shares Outstanding
    975000
  • Share Class
    N/A
  • Currency
    USD
  • Domiciled Country
    US
  • Manager
    Mark DiOrio

Fund Description

The Fund is an actively managed exchange traded fund (“ETF”) that is a fund of funds. As an actively managed fund, the Fund does not seek to replicate the performance of an index. The Fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing through other unaffiliated ETFs primarily in domestic and foreign (including emerging markets) growth-oriented equity securities of any market capitalization (which include real estate investment trusts (“REITs”)) and U.S. Treasuries or other cash equivalents. The advisor uses proprietary quantitative models with discretionary implementation to allocate the Fund’s assets. The advisor uses both internal and external market research sources to inform, guide, and make investment decisions. The Fund is generally 100% invested in growth-oriented equity ETFs when the adviser’s investment models indicate a bullish trend for the equity market, and is generally 50% invested in growth-oriented equity ETFs and 50% invested in U.S. Treasuries and/or U.S. short-term bonds to hedge risk when the adviser’s models indicate a bearish trend for the equity markets.

Half of the Fund’s portfolio is allocated to a basket of growth-oriented equity ETFs. The growth-oriented equity ETFs in the basket are selected based on their potential to generate higher than average returns, mainly in the form of capital appreciation, over a long period of time (at least two years) while carrying a higher than average level of risk (higher than average potential for large decreases in portfolio value) based on historical fundamental market research of various growth asset classes (e.g., small-cap U.S. stocks, large-cap U.S. stocks, emerging market stocks, and developed international stocks). The ETFs in the basket must

have competitive expense ratios and closely track the asset class to which the ETF’s strategy is seeking exposure.

With the other half of the portfolio, the adviser uses its investment model to identify trends in the equity markets. If the model indicates that the equity markets are in a long-term (at least a year) bullish trend (stock prices are increasing) as measured by a blend of various technical momentum (analysis of price trends and supply and demand in the market in attempt to determine where prices are headed), economic, and behavioral (uses behavioral psychological data to attempt to determine why investors make certain financial decisions) analysis indicators, the model suggests investments in the same basket of growth-oriented equity ETFs as the other half of the portfolio, so the Fund is fully invested in growth-oriented equity ETFs. If the model indicates that the equity markets are in a bearish trend (stock prices are decreasing) as measured by a blend of various technical momentum, economic, and behavioral analysis indicators, the model suggests investments in U.S. Treasuries and/or other cash equivalents with the other half of the portfolio, so the Fund is 50% invested in growth-oriented equity ETFs and 50% invested in U.S. Treasuries and/or other cash equivalents to hedge risk. The technical momentum, economic, and behavioral analysis indicators used to determine if the market is doing well or poorly include moving average crossovers (bearish when the shorter term averages cross below the longer term averages), oscillators (bearish when the current prices are closer to more recent low prices rather than more recent high prices), price acceleration measurements (bearish when trading volume increases as prices are moving down, indicating faster downward price pressure) labor market data (bearish when fewer new jobs are being created and unemployment is trending up), market breadth data (bearish when a higher number of stocks are below their moving averages), earnings data (bearish when earnings estimates are being revised downward and when earnings are falling), and analyst sentiment data (bearish when analysts are revising lower economic growth). This half of the Fund’s portfolio is rebalanced monthly. The Fund typically holds 6-7 ETFs in its portfolio.

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FFSG - Performance

Return Ranking - Trailing

Period FFSG Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 5.1% -8.5% 19.5% 69.68%
1 Yr 11.2% -30.1% 5.5% 92.02%
3 Yr 7.3%* -18.1% 7.5% 4.00%
5 Yr 6.2%* -13.8% 7.8% 66.25%
10 Yr N/A* -8.5% 6.0% 67.50%

* Annualized

Return Ranking - Calendar

Period FFSG Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 -18.2% -44.4% -9.8% 9.14%
2022 20.1% -24.1% 20.1% 0.57%
2021 10.6% -10.9% 60.4% 58.33%
2020 22.5% -13.8% 36.4% 18.75%
2019 -10.6% -32.7% -6.5% 10.83%

Total Return Ranking - Trailing

Period FFSG Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
YTD 5.1% -5.0% 19.5% 69.68%
1 Yr 11.2% -14.6% 7.2% 92.02%
3 Yr 7.3%* -5.9% 10.5% 4.00%
5 Yr 6.2%* -3.7% 10.9% 66.25%
10 Yr N/A* 2.3% 13.7% N/A

* Annualized

Total Return Ranking - Calendar

Period FFSG Return Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
2023 -14.3% -43.2% -3.8% 11.83%
2022 21.3% -24.1% 27.9% 5.68%
2021 12.0% -5.3% 62.8% 85.71%
2020 24.5% 12.4% 52.6% 76.25%
2019 -9.1% -18.4% -2.3% 52.87%

FFSG - Holdings

Concentration Analysis

FFSG Category Low Category High FFSG % Rank
Net Assets 20.9 M 1.12 M 89.9 B 99.47%
Number of Holdings 6 4 9963 91.49%
Net Assets in Top 10 20.8 M 6.34 M 17.7 B 97.34%
Weighting of Top 10 98.93% 15.1% 100.0% 21.28%

Top 10 Holdings

  1. ISHARES CORE SP 500 ETF 31.66%
  2. SPDR BLOOMBERG 1 24.26%
  3. ISHARES CORE SP MIDCAP E 12.25%
  4. ISHARES CORE SP SMALL-CA 11.97%
  5. VANGUARD HIGH DVD YIELD E 9.41%
  6. SPDR SP DIVIDEND ETF 9.38%

Asset Allocation

Weighting Return Low Return High FFSG % Rank
Stocks
98.93% 41.81% 99.54% 50.53%
Cash
1.07% -175.13% 34.02% 35.11%
Preferred Stocks
0.00% 0.00% 4.51% 51.06%
Other
0.00% -2.94% 17.05% 49.47%
Convertible Bonds
0.00% 0.00% 3.88% 79.79%
Bonds
0.00% 0.00% 172.53% 60.64%

Stock Sector Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High FFSG % Rank
Financial Services
16.29% 9.56% 42.24% 29.95%
Technology
15.34% 1.75% 32.38% 88.24%
Healthcare
13.71% 2.06% 19.02% 48.13%
Industrials
13.17% 1.80% 15.05% 14.44%
Consumer Cyclical
11.44% 1.15% 24.72% 44.39%
Consumer Defense
7.74% 0.47% 14.80% 11.23%
Energy
5.34% 0.00% 31.98% 25.13%
Communication Services
4.47% 1.90% 13.69% 96.26%
Real Estate
4.42% 0.00% 28.04% 42.25%
Utilities
4.04% 0.00% 15.29% 10.16%
Basic Materials
4.02% 0.00% 8.62% 55.08%

Stock Geographic Breakdown

Weighting Return Low Return High FFSG % Rank
US
98.93% 27.22% 98.64% 50.53%
Non US
0.00% 0.38% 36.06% 54.26%

FFSG - Expenses

Operational Fees

FFSG Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Expense Ratio 1.05% 0.01% 2.81% 53.72%
Management Fee 0.35% 0.00% 1.30% 71.28%
12b-1 Fee 0.00% 0.00% 1.00% 8.13%
Administrative Fee N/A 0.01% 0.28% N/A

Sales Fees

FFSG Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Front Load N/A 3.00% 5.75% N/A
Deferred Load N/A 1.00% 5.00% N/A

Trading Fees

FFSG Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Max Redemption Fee N/A 2.00% 2.00% 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.

FFSG Fees (% of AUM) Category Return Low Category Return High Rank in Category (%)
Turnover 10.00% 0.18% 300.02% 26.29%

FFSG - Distributions

Dividend Yield Analysis

FFSG Category Low Category High FFSG % Rank
Dividend Yield 3.00% 0.00% 3.04% 0.53%

Dividend Distribution Analysis

FFSG Category Low Category High Category Mod
Dividend Distribution Frequency Quarterly Annually Quarterly Annually

Net Income Ratio Analysis

FFSG Category Low Category High FFSG % Rank
Net Income Ratio 0.94% -1.69% 5.31% 29.73%

Capital Gain Distribution Analysis

FFSG Category Low Category High Capital Mode
Capital Gain Distribution Frequency Annually Annually Annually Annually

Distributions History

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FFSG - Fund Manager Analysis

Managers

Mark DiOrio


Start Date

Tenure

Tenure Rank

Sep 28, 2020

1.67

1.7%

Mark DiOrio, has been Chief Investment Officer since 2015 and led the Investment Committee of the investment adviser, Brookstone Capital Management, LLC. Following the merger of Brookstone Capital Management, LLC and FormulaFolio Investments, LLC, Mark DiOrio serves as Chief Investment Officer and has served as the portfolio manager.

Tenure Analysis

Category Low Category High Category Average Category Mode
0.19 26.6 6.61 2.41