Simplify US Equity PLUS Downside Convexity ETF
Name
As of 10/21/2024Price
Aum/Mkt Cap
YIELD
Exp Ratio
Watchlist
Vitals
YTD Return
18.7%
1 yr return
32.4%
3 Yr Avg Return
3.7%
5 Yr Avg Return
N/A
Net Assets
$96.5 M
Holdings in Top 10
100.2%
52 WEEK LOW AND HIGH
Expenses
OPERATING FEES
Expense Ratio 0.53%
SALES FEES
Front Load N/A
Deferred Load N/A
TRADING FEES
Turnover 4.00%
Redemption Fee N/A
Min Investment
Standard (Taxable)
N/A
IRA
N/A
Fund Classification
Fund Type
Exchange Traded Fund
Name
As of 10/21/2024Price
Aum/Mkt Cap
YIELD
Exp Ratio
Watchlist
SPD - Profile
Distributions
- YTD Total Return 18.7%
- 3 Yr Annualized Total Return 3.7%
- 5 Yr Annualized Total Return N/A
- Capital Gain Distribution Frequency N/A
- Net Income Ratio 1.53%
- Dividend Yield 0.9%
- Dividend Distribution Frequency Quarterly
Fund Details
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Legal NameSimplify US Equity PLUS Downside Convexity ETF
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Fund Family NameSimplify Asset Management
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Inception DateSep 04, 2020
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Shares Outstanding16500001
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Share ClassN/A
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CurrencyUSD
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Domiciled CountryUS
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ManagerDavid Berns
Fund Description
Principal Investment Strategies: The adviser seeks to achieve the Fund’s investment objective by investing primarily in equity securities of U.S. companies and applying a downside convexity option overlay strategy to the equity investments.
U.S. Equity Strategy
Under normal circumstances, the Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in equity securities of U.S. companies, primarily by purchasing exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”). The adviser does not frequently trade U.S. equities but seeks to maintain consistent exposure to the U.S. equity market.
Downside Convexity Option Overlay Strategy
Up to twenty percent of the Fund’s net assets will be subject to the Fund’s downside convexity option overlay. The downside convexity option overlay strategy includes purchasing exchange-traded and over-the-counter (“OTC”) put options on the S&P 500 Index or an S&P 500 Index ETF. When the Fund purchases a put option, the Fund has the right, but not the obligation, to sell a stock or other asset at a specified price (strike price) within a specific time period.
The downside convexity option overlay is a strategic, persistent exposure meant to hedge against market moves and is intended to add convexity to the Fund. If the market goes down, the Fund’s returns may fall less than the market because the adviser will sell or exercise the put options. The adviser selects options based upon its evaluation of relative value based on cost, strike price (price that the option can be bought or sold by the option holder) and maturity (the last date the option contract is valid) and will exercise or close the options based on maturity or portfolio rebalancing requirements. The Fund anticipates purchasing and selling options on a monthly, quarterly, and annual basis, depending upon the Fund’s rebalancing requirements and the individual option expiration dates. However, the Fund may rebalance its option portfolio on a more frequent basis for a number of reasons such as market volatility renders the protection provided by the option strategy ineffective or an option position has appreciated to the point that it is prudent to decrease the Fund’s exposure and realize gains for the Fund’s shareholders. While the downside convexity option overlay is intended to protect the Fund from losses, there is no guarantee that it will be able to protect the Fund from losses.
If the adviser determines that purchasing put options is not a cost-effective way to implement the overlay strategy, it may employ option spreads. In a put option spread, the Fund purchases a put option while writing a put option that is further out of the money to partially offset the cost of the purchased option. To generate additional income, the Fund employs an exchange-traded and over-the-counter (“OTC”) option spread writing strategy on equity, fixed income, volatility, commodity, and currency ETFs and exchange traded products (“ETPs”).
“Convexity” in the Fund’s name is a reference to the mathematical term convexity. The Fund’s losses, if any, are anticipated to show convexity because the relationship between the Fund’s and market declines is not designed to be linear. That is, if markets decline in a linear fashion, the Fund’s returns are expected to decline slower than the market. Otherwise stated, the term “convexity” in the Fund’s name refers to the intended non-linear nature between the Fund’s and the market returns; it does not refer to the concept of “bond convexity,” which is a measure of the non-linear relationship between bond duration and changes in interest rates.
SPD - Performance
Return Ranking - Trailing
Period | SPD Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
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YTD | 18.7% | 4.3% | 39.4% | 78.10% |
1 Yr | 32.4% | 8.2% | 64.9% | 83.45% |
3 Yr | 3.7%* | -10.8% | 16.3% | 95.65% |
5 Yr | N/A* | -7.5% | 111.5% | 73.55% |
10 Yr | N/A* | 0.4% | 53.5% | 77.96% |
* Annualized
Return Ranking - Calendar
Period | SPD Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
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2023 | 18.5% | -42.6% | 47.4% | 52.85% |
2022 | -27.1% | -56.3% | -4.2% | 85.43% |
2021 | 23.7% | -27.2% | 537.8% | 21.11% |
2020 | N/A | -22.5% | 2181.7% | N/A |
2019 | N/A | -13.5% | 40.4% | N/A |
Total Return Ranking - Trailing
Period | SPD Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
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YTD | 18.7% | 4.3% | 39.4% | 78.10% |
1 Yr | 32.4% | 8.2% | 64.9% | 83.45% |
3 Yr | 3.7%* | -10.8% | 16.3% | 95.65% |
5 Yr | N/A* | -7.5% | 111.5% | N/A |
10 Yr | N/A* | 0.4% | 53.5% | N/A |
* Annualized
Total Return Ranking - Calendar
Period | SPD Return | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) |
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2023 | 20.9% | -5.0% | 47.4% | 68.86% |
2022 | -26.0% | -36.8% | -2.2% | 98.61% |
2021 | 24.8% | 3.0% | 537.8% | 71.57% |
2020 | N/A | -15.8% | 2266.0% | N/A |
2019 | N/A | -0.4% | 241.3% | N/A |
SPD - Holdings
Concentration Analysis
SPD | Category Low | Category High | SPD % Rank | |
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Net Assets | 96.5 M | 2.34 M | 1.55 T | 88.41% |
Number of Holdings | 17 | 2 | 4002 | 98.46% |
Net Assets in Top 10 | 114 M | 979 K | 517 B | 75.85% |
Weighting of Top 10 | 100.18% | 0.3% | 112.9% | 0.41% |
Top 10 Holdings
- iShares Core SP 500 ETF 99.74%
- SP 500 INDEX 0.20%
- SP 500 INDEX 0.18%
- FIDELITY INV MMTRSY 1 680 0.02%
- SP 500 INDEX 0.01%
- SP 500 INDEX 0.01%
- SP 500 INDEX 0.01%
- SP 500 INDEX 0.00%
- SP 500 INDEX 0.00%
- SP 500 INDEX 0.00%
Asset Allocation
Weighting | Return Low | Return High | SPD % Rank | |
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Stocks | 99.76% | 0.00% | 105.85% | 16.45% |
Other | 0.28% | -13.91% | 100.00% | 17.83% |
Preferred Stocks | 0.00% | 0.00% | 2.53% | 96.27% |
Convertible Bonds | 0.00% | 0.00% | 5.54% | 96.26% |
Cash | 0.00% | 0.00% | 99.07% | 99.76% |
Bonds | 0.00% | 0.00% | 94.06% | 96.11% |
Stock Sector Breakdown
Weighting | Return Low | Return High | SPD % Rank | |
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Technology | 24.45% | 0.00% | 48.94% | 48.68% |
Healthcare | 14.47% | 0.00% | 52.29% | 48.76% |
Financial Services | 13.41% | 0.00% | 55.59% | 51.82% |
Consumer Cyclical | 10.72% | 0.00% | 30.33% | 50.17% |
Communication Services | 8.81% | 0.00% | 27.94% | 39.93% |
Industrials | 8.22% | 0.00% | 29.90% | 70.30% |
Consumer Defense | 6.90% | 0.00% | 47.71% | 49.26% |
Energy | 4.80% | 0.00% | 41.64% | 33.09% |
Utilities | 2.98% | 0.00% | 20.91% | 29.13% |
Real Estate | 2.77% | 0.00% | 31.91% | 50.50% |
Basic Materials | 2.47% | 0.00% | 25.70% | 56.44% |
Stock Geographic Breakdown
Weighting | Return Low | Return High | SPD % Rank | |
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US | 99.76% | 0.00% | 105.85% | 14.67% |
Non US | 0.00% | 0.00% | 64.54% | 96.35% |
SPD - Expenses
Operational Fees
SPD Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
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Expense Ratio | 0.53% | 0.01% | 19.75% | 72.43% |
Management Fee | 0.50% | 0.00% | 1.90% | 49.92% |
12b-1 Fee | 0.00% | 0.00% | 1.00% | 19.90% |
Administrative Fee | N/A | 0.00% | 0.85% | N/A |
Sales Fees
SPD Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
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Front Load | N/A | 1.00% | 5.75% | N/A |
Deferred Load | N/A | 1.00% | 5.00% | N/A |
Trading Fees
SPD Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
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Max Redemption Fee | N/A | 0.25% | 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.
SPD Fees (% of AUM) | Category Return Low | Category Return High | Rank in Category (%) | |
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Turnover | 4.00% | 0.00% | 268.00% | 10.45% |
SPD - Distributions
Dividend Yield Analysis
SPD | Category Low | Category High | SPD % Rank | |
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Dividend Yield | 0.94% | 0.00% | 25.47% | 39.07% |
Dividend Distribution Analysis
SPD | Category Low | Category High | Category Mod | |
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Dividend Distribution Frequency | Quarterly | Annually | Annual | Annual |
Net Income Ratio Analysis
SPD | Category Low | Category High | SPD % Rank | |
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Net Income Ratio | 1.53% | -54.00% | 2.44% | 4.47% |
Capital Gain Distribution Analysis
SPD | 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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Sep 25, 2024 | $0.080 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 25, 2024 | $0.100 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 25, 2024 | $0.100 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 26, 2023 | $0.158 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 27, 2023 | $0.100 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 27, 2023 | $0.210 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 27, 2023 | $0.080 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 27, 2022 | $0.197 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 27, 2022 | $0.164 | OrdinaryDividend |
Mar 28, 2022 | $0.039 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 27, 2021 | $0.100 | OrdinaryDividend |
Sep 27, 2021 | $0.071 | OrdinaryDividend |
Jun 28, 2021 | $0.121 | OrdinaryDividend |
Dec 14, 2020 | $0.116 | OrdinaryDividend |
SPD - Fund Manager Analysis
Managers
David Berns
Start Date
Tenure
Tenure Rank
Sep 03, 2020
1.74
1.7%
David Berns, PhD, is the chief investment officer and co-founder of the Simplify Asset Management Inc. Prior to co-founding the Simplify Asset Management in 2020, he founded Portfolio Designer, LLC, a company that specializes in portfolio design and from 2018 to 2019 was a managing director at Nasdaq Dorsey Wright. Prior to joining Nasdaq Dorsey Wright, Inc., he founded and developed a company that specializes in proprietary trading. He has specialized in developing asset allocation, portfolio management, and risk management systems for managing private and institutional wealth. Mr. Berns has a PhD in Physics from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology in the field of Quantum Computation.
Paul Kim
Start Date
Tenure
Tenure Rank
Sep 03, 2020
1.74
1.7%
Paul S. Kim has been with PGI since 2015. Previously, he was a senior vice president at PIMCO from 2009-2015. He earned a bachelor’s degree in Economics from Dartmouth College and an M.B.A. in Finance from The Wharton School at the University of Pennsylvania. Mr. Kim has earned the right to use the Chartered Financial Analyst designation.
Michael Green
Start Date
Tenure
Tenure Rank
Apr 22, 2021
1.11
1.1%
Michael Green is the managing director and chief strategist of Simplify Asset Management Inc. Prior to joining Simplify Asset, Michael served as partner, chief strategist and portfolio manager of Logica Capital Advisers, LLC, a Los Angeles-based hedge fund focused on derivative strategies from 2020 to 2021. Prior to Logica, Michael was portfolio manager for Thiel Macro, LLC, an investment firm that manages the personal capital of Peter Thiel from 2016 to 2019. Prior to Thiel, Michael founded Ice Farm Capital, a discretionary global macro hedge fund seeded by Soros Family Management.
Tenure Analysis
Category Low | Category High | Category Average | Category Mode |
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0.04 | 39.02 | 7.24 | 2.42 |