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Key Stats

Net Expense Ratio Discount or Premium to NAV Total Assets Under Management 30-Day Average Daily Volume
2.52% 0.20% 999.35M 223308.0
Dividend Yield Turnover Ratio 1 Year Fund Level Flows Max Drawdown (Since Inception)
9.46% 26.00% 289.82M Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The investment seeks current income and, secondarily, capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the fund will invest not less than 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in U.S. preferred stock, and in derivatives and other instruments that have economic characteristics similar to such investments. The Sub-Adviser actively manages the fund's assets pursuant to a variety of quantitative, qualitative and relative valuation factors. The fund is non-diversified.
General
Security Type Exchange-Traded Fund
Equity Style Small Cap/Value
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Taxable Bond
Broad Category Fixed Income
Category Name Preferred Stock
Category Index ICE BofA Fxd Rate Pref TR USD
Global Category Name US Fixed Income
YCharts Categorization US Fixed Income
YCharts Benchmark Bloomberg US Aggregate (^BBUSATR)
Prospectus Objective Income
Fund Owner Firm Name Virtus
Prospectus Benchmark Index
S&P Preferred Stock TR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^BBUSATR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Edward Ryan 6.05 yrs
Jay Hatfield 6.05 yrs
Andrew Meleney 0.25 yrs

Performance Versus Category

 
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As of June 27, 2024. Returns for periods of 1 year and above are annualized.

Annual Total Returns Versus Peers

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Name
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2018
2019
2020
2021
2022
2023
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31.97%
-7.85%
23.52%
-20.88%
26.49%
6.80%
3.54%
0.01%
8.72%
7.51%
-1.54%
-13.01%
5.53%
-0.26%
16.64%
-11.88%
38.77%
16.02%
-0.83%
-25.16%
-0.24%
8.96%
7.92%
-4.17%
20.52%
7.60%
11.59%
-18.84%
11.19%
3.15%
10.51%
-4.54%
17.58%
6.38%
1.56%
-18.85%
8.91%
4.12%
14.77%
-5.36%
27.95%
-7.67%
17.92%
-18.42%
10.82%
14.24%
As of June 27, 2024.

Asset Allocation

As of June 26, 2024.
Type % Net % Long % Short
Cash -27.20% Upgrade Upgrade
Stock 5.33% Upgrade Upgrade
Bond 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Convertible 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade
Preferred 121.9% Upgrade Upgrade
Other 0.00% Upgrade Upgrade

Basic Info

Investment Strategy
The investment seeks current income and, secondarily, capital appreciation. Under normal market conditions, the fund will invest not less than 80% of its net assets (plus the amount of any borrowings for investment purposes) in U.S. preferred stock, and in derivatives and other instruments that have economic characteristics similar to such investments. The Sub-Adviser actively manages the fund's assets pursuant to a variety of quantitative, qualitative and relative valuation factors. The fund is non-diversified.
General
Security Type Exchange-Traded Fund
Equity Style Small Cap/Value
Fixed Income Style --
Broad Asset Class Taxable Bond
Broad Category Fixed Income
Category Name Preferred Stock
Category Index ICE BofA Fxd Rate Pref TR USD
Global Category Name US Fixed Income
YCharts Categorization US Fixed Income
YCharts Benchmark Bloomberg US Aggregate (^BBUSATR)
Prospectus Objective Income
Fund Owner Firm Name Virtus
Prospectus Benchmark Index
S&P Preferred Stock TR USD 100.0%
Broad Asset Class Benchmark Index
^BBUSATR 100.0%
Manager Tenure
Edward Ryan 6.05 yrs
Jay Hatfield 6.05 yrs
Andrew Meleney 0.25 yrs

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