% Cash
The percentage of the fund’s net assets held in cash. Cash encompasses both actual cash and cash equivalents (fixed-income securities with a maturity of one year or less) held by the portfolio plus receivables minus payables.
Note: Negative percentages of cash indicate that the portfolio is leveraged, meaning it has borrowed against its own assets to buy more securities or that it has used other techniques to gain more than 100% exposure to the market.
% US Stocks
The percentage of the fund’s net assets invested in domestic companies.
% Non-US Stocks
The percentage of the fund’s net assets invested in non-U.S. companies.
% Bonds
This data point identifies the percentage of the fund’s net assets held in bonds. Bonds include everything from government notes to high-yield corporate bonds.
% Other
Other includes preferred stocks (equity securities that pay dividends at a specific rate) as well as convertible bonds and convertible preferreds, which are corporate securities that are exchangeable for a set amount of another form of security (usually common shares) at a pre-stated price. Other also may denote holdings in not-so-neatly-categorized securities, such as warrants and options.
Total Number of Holdings
The total number of different holdings of a fund. This figure is meant to be a measure of portfolio risk. Specifically, the lower the figure, the more concentrated the fund is in a few companies or issues, and the more the fund is susceptible to the market fluctuations in these few holdings. This figure also provides a context for the importance of % assets in top 10 holdings. The figure is calculated from the most-recent available fund holdings. It does not include a fund’s short positions.
% Assets in Top 10 Holdings
The aggregate assets, expressed as a percentage, of the fund's top 10 portfolio holdings. This figure is meant to be a measure of portfolio concentration and risk. Specifically, the higher the percentage, the more concentrated the fund is in a few companies or issues, and the more the fund is susceptible to the market fluctuations in these few holdings.
Portfolio Date
The date of the most recent portfolio of the exchange-traded fund.