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About Cambria Tail Risk ETF
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Inception date
Apr 6, 2017
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Ordinary income
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
Cambria Investment Management LP
Distributor
ALPS Distributors, Inc.
TAIL holds a portfolio of primarily cash and US government bonds, but the primary strategy of the fund involves investing one percent of its holdings every month in out-of-the-money put options on the S&P 500 Index. The strategy involves buying more puts when volatility is low and fewer puts when volatility is high. The main purpose behind holding these options is hedging a portfolio against significant negative movement in the value of US equities, commonly referred to as tail risk. Cambria intends to target options that are 0 to 30% out of the money. Buying puts further out of the money reduces the price tag of this hedge, but also lessens the amount of downside protection provided.
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Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Government
Rights & Warrants
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
Government73.69%
Rights & Warrants10.75%
Cash8.72%
Mutual fund6.83%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history