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Purpose Investments
A covered-call equity fund: 306 stocks, 89% United States, unhedged, for 0.6% a year.
Funds of this type differ on a small set of facts. Where this fund sits on each:
Equity exposure with a covered-call overlay. Returns come from the underlying equity basket plus option income, with some upside typically traded away for higher cash distributions.
| Fee | 0.60% per year | costs↓ |
| Currency | CAD-unhedged | facts↓ |
| Wrapper | Covered call / options | holdings↓ |
How this fund works
Holds the underlying investments and writes covered calls on part of the position. The option premiums add to distributions and cap part of the upside.
Percentages are gross notional exposure, not money invested. Contracts can control more than the fund's assets.
Top holding: Procter & Gamble Co 1.8% (broad) · Top sector: Consumer Discretionary 25.3% (broad) · Top region: United States 89.1% (single-country)
Consumer Discretionary 25.3%·Technology 20.5%·Healthcare 12.2%·Financials 11.8%·Consumer Staples 11.2%·Other 9.7%·Other (locked) 9.3%
United States 89.1%·Emerging Markets 8.1%·Europe 2.8%
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The management fee was 0.6% a year, or about $60 for every $10,000 held. The options overlay is run inside the fund, so there is no separate fee, though it changes the return and distribution profile. Trading spreads are separate from this fee. This is the management fee as published by the provider; the total expense ratio can be slightly higher once fund operating costs are added.
How durable the fund is, and what moved its price.
| Assets | $2M· net assets |
| Listed | 2018· 7 years of history |
| Leverage / overlay | Options overlay |
What moved the price
| Ticker | PYF.B.TO |
| Exchange | TSX |
| Currency | CAD |
| FX strategy | CAD-unhedged |
| Asset class | Equity |
| Structure | Covered call / options |
| Theme | Broad Market |
| Geography | Global / World |
| Provider | Purpose Investments |
| Mgmt fee | 0.60% |
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