VIX is a widely followed measure of the expected volatility of the S&P 500. Since the VIX is not directly investable S&P 500 volatility exposure is often achieved through VIX futures. Each of the VIX futures indexes measures the movements of a combination of VIX futures and is designed to track changes in the expectation for VIX over a specific time window in the future. As a result the S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures Index and VIXY can be expected to perform differently than the VIX.
The investment objective of HDGE is capital appreciation through short sales of domestically traded equity securities. The HDGE portfolio is sub-advised by Ranger Alternative Management L.P. The portfolio management team implements a bottom-up fundamental research driven security selection process. In selecting short positions the Fund seeks to identify securities with low earnings quality or aggressive accounting which may be intended on the part of company management to mask operational deterioration and bolster the reported earnings per share over a short time period.
XES seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the total return performance of the S&P Oil & Gas Equipment & Services Select Industry Index (the Index ). The S&P Oil & Gas Equipment & Services Select Industry Index represents the oil and gas equipment and services segment of the S&P Total Market Index (S&P TMI). The S&P TMI is designed to track the broad U.S. equity market. The oil and gas equipment and services segment of the S&P TMI comprises the Oil & Gas Drilling sub-industry and the Oil & Gas Equipment & Services sub-industry.
PAK seeks to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI All Pakistan Select 25/50 Index.The MSCI All Pakistan Select 25/50 Index is designed to represent the performance of the broad Pakistan equity universe, while including a minimum number of constituents.
PXJ is based on the Dynamic Oil Services Intellidex Index (Intellidex Index). The Fund will normally invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks that comprise the Index. The Intellidex Index thoroughly evaluates companies based on a variety of investment merit criteria, including: price momentum, earnings momentum, quality, management action, and value. The Underlying Intellidex Index is composed of stocks of 30 U.S. companies that assist in the production, processing and distribution of oil and gas.
OIH seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the MVIS US Listed Oil Services 25 Index. The Index is a rules-based index intended to track the overall performance of 25 of the largest U.S. listed, publicly traded oil services companies.
PSCE is based on the S&P SmallCap 600 Capped Energy Index (Index). The Fund will normally invest at least 90% of its total assets in common stocks that comprise the Index. The Index is designed to measure the overall performance of common stocks of US energy companies. These companies are principally engaged in the business of producing, distributing or servicing energy related products, including oil and gas exploration and production, refining, oil services, pipeline, and solar, wind and other non-oil based energy.
AMZA seeks to provide a high level of current income, a growing income stream, and long-term capital appreciation. The fund is an actively-managed portfolio of high-quality, midstream energy master limited partnerships (MLPs) and related general partners, utilizing options strategies and modest leverage.
GAZ is a sub-index of the Bloomberg Commodity Index Total Return and reflects the returns that are potentially available through an unleveraged investment in the futures contracts on physical commodities comprising the index plus the rate of interest that could be earned on cash collateral invested in specified Treasury Bills.
TAIL seeks to mitigate significant downside market risk. The Fund intends to invest in a portfolio of "out of the money" put options purchased on the U.S. stock market. TAIL strategy offers the potential advantage of buying more puts when volatility is low and fewer puts when volatility is high. While a portion of the funds assets will be invested in the basket of long put option premiums, the majority of fund assets will be invested in intermediate term US Treasuries.
The investment objective of UNG is for the changes in percentage terms of the units net asset value to reflect the changes in percentage terms of the price of natural gas delivered at the Henry Hub Louisiana as measured by the changes in the price of the futures contract on natural gas traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange that is the near month contract to expire except when the near month contract is within two weeks of expiration in which case it will be measured by the futures contract that is the next month contract to expire less UNGs expenses.
SDIV seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Solactive Global SuperDividend Index. The Index tracks the performance of 100 equally weighted companies that rank among the highest dividend yielding equity securities in the world. The index provider applies certain dividend stability filters.
EGPT seeks to replicate as closely as possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the MVIS Egypt Index (MVEGPTTR), which includes securities of companies that are incorporated in Egypt or that are incorporated outside Egypt but have at least 50% of their revenues/related assets in Egypt.
The investment objective of USO is for the changes in percentage terms of its units net asset value (NAV) to reflect the changes in percentage terms of the spot price of light sweet crude oil delivered to Cushing Oklahoma as measured by the changes in the price of the futures contract for light sweet crude oil traded on the New York Mercantile Exchange (the NYMEX) less USOs expenses.
