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Roundhill WeeklyPay™ ETF Suite Surpasses $250 Million in AUM
WeeklyPay™ ETFs are designed to deliver weekly income and uncapped upside on your favorite stocks. NEW YORK, July 23, 2025 /PRNewswire/ — Roundhill Investments, an ETF sponsor focused on innovative financial products, is excited to announce that its WeeklyPay™ ETF suite has exceeded $250 million in assets under management (AUM).¹ Roundhill WeeklyPay™ ETFs are designed to provide investors with weekly distributions while allowing investors to maintain uncapped upside exposure to their favorite stocks, unlike covered call funds. About Roundhill Investments: Founded in 2018, Roundhill Investments is an SEC-registered investment advisor focused on innovative exchange-traded funds. Roundhill's suite of ETFs offers distinct and differentiated exposures across thematic equity, options income, and trading vehicles. Roundhill offers a depth of ETF knowledge and experience, as the team has collectively launched more than 100 ETFs, including several first-to-market products. To learn more about the company, please visit Investors should consider the investment objectives, risks, charges, and expenses carefully before investing. For a prospectus or summary prospectus, if available, with this and other information about the Fund, please call 1-855-561-5728 or visit our website at Read the prospectus or summary prospectus carefully before investing. The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quotes. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. For the most recent standardized and month-end performance, please click the below Fund's U.S. Government Securities Risk. U.S. government securities, such as T-Bills, are subject to interest rate risk but generally do not involve the credit risks associated with investments in other types of debt securities, as such securities are backed by the full faith and credit of the U.S. government. As a result, the yields available from U.S. government securities are generally lower than the yields available from other debt securities. U.S. government securities are guaranteed only as to the timely payment of interest and the payment of principal when held to maturity. Distribution Tax Risk. The Fund currently expects to make distributions on a weekly basis. Such distributions may exceed the Fund's income and gains for the Fund's taxable year. Distributions in excess of the Fund's current and accumulated earnings and profits will be treated as a return of capital. A return of capital distribution generally will not be taxable currently but will reduce the shareholder's cost basis and will result in a higher capital gain or lower capital loss when those Fund Shares on which the distribution was received are sold. Once a Fund shareholder's cost basis is reduced to zero, further distributions will be treated as capital gain if the Fund shareholder holds Fund Shares as capital assets. Additionally, any capital returned through distributions will be distributed after payment of Fund fees and expenses. Because a portion of the Fund's distributions will consist of return of capital, the Fund may not be an appropriate investment for investors who do not want their principal investment in the Fund to decrease over time or who do not wish to receive return of capital in a given period. Interest Rate Risk. Interest rate risk is the risk that the value of the debt securities in the Fund's portfolio will decline because of rising market interest rates. Interest rate risk is generally lower for shorter term debt securities and higher for longer-term debt securities. The Fund may be subject to a greater risk of rising interest rates than would normally be the case due to the current period of historically low rates and the effect of potential government fiscal policy initiatives and resulting market reaction to those initiatives. Inflation Risk. Inflation risk is the risk that the value of assets or income from investments will be less in the future as inflation decreases the value of money. As inflation increases, the present value of the Fund's assets and distributions may decline. This risk is more prevalent with respect to fixed income securities held by the Fund. Active Management Risk. The Fund is actively-managed and its performance reflects investment decisions that the Adviser and/or Sub-Adviser makes for the Fund. Such judgments about the Fund's investments may prove to be incorrect. If the investments selected and the strategies employed by the Fund fail to produce the intended results, the Fund could underperform as compared to other funds with similar investment objectives and/or strategies, or could have negative returns. The Adviser/Sub-Adviser will seek to employ the Fund's investment strategy regardless of whether there are periods of adverse market, economic, or other conditions and will not seek to take temporary defensive positions during such periods. Non-Diversification Risk. As a 'non-diversified' fund, the Fund may hold a smaller number of portfolio securities than many other funds. To the extent the Fund invests in a relatively small number of issuers, a decline in the market value of a particular security held by the Fund may affect its value more than if it invested in a larger number of issuers. The value of the Fund Shares may be more volatile than the values of shares of more diversified funds. New Fund Risk. The Fund is a recently organized investment company with a limited operating history. Roundhill Financial Inc. serves as the investment advisor. The Funds are distributed by Foreside Fund Services, LLC which is not affiliated with Roundhill Financial Inc., U.S. Bank, or any of their affiliates. ¹ Source: Bloomberg, as of 7/23/2025.
Yahoo
07-07-2025
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- Yahoo
Wall Street Builds S&P 500 ‘No Dividend' Fund in New Tax Dodge
(Bloomberg) -- Wall Street's latest tax dodge doesn't hide in the Cayman Islands or rely on complex derivatives. It's engineered to turn a publicly traded fund into a tax-minimizing machine that hums quietly on autopilot. Are Tourists Ruining Europe? How Locals Are Pushing Back Foreign Buyers Swoop on Cape Town Homes, Pricing Out Locals Trump's Gilded Design Style May Be Gaudy. But Don't Call it 'Rococo.' Massachusetts to Follow NYC in Making Landlords Pay Broker Fees In California, Pro-Housing 'Abundance' Fans Rewrite an Environmental Landmark While dividends have long been a defining feature of stock investing — a sign of corporate discipline and investor reward — Roundhill Investments plans to launch the S&P 500 No Dividend Target exchange-traded fund on July 10 with the ticker XDIV. Its ambition is simple but strategic: track the performance of the famous benchmark while dodging its payouts. The fund will sell holdings just before their dividend dates — steering income away from ETF shareholders and, in the process, away from their tax bills. As stock benchmarks have climbed in recent years and tax bills have grown alongside them, asset managers are building products that give investors more control over when — and whether — they owe taxes. These rely on sophisticated mechanisms to reduce taxable events, essentially transforming the fund structure into a programmable tax-sensitive tool. These strategies are executed through US-regulated ETFs that trade on public exchanges, offering investors easy access and the kind of fiscal flexibility once reserved for private wealth clients. It's 'for people who are tax-aware — intended for people who want to have S&P 500 exposure without the downside of distributions,' said Dave Mazza, chief executive officer at Roundhill. 'There hasn't been a product in the market to meet the needs of investors for this.' While most ETFs already sidestep capital gains by using a mechanism known as in-kind redemptions, XDIV's strategy takes aim at a different category of tax exposure: ordinary income. The fund, which will charge a 0.0849% fee at the start, will invest in other S&P 500 ETFs, such as Vanguard's VOO, but will exit positions just before ex-dividend dates. It will then rotate from one such index fund into another that isn't about to pay a distribution. That could appeal to clients who don't reinvest payouts consistently — which can be a drag on performance — or high earners seeking to limit taxable income in brokerage accounts. 'There are certain investors who don't want taxable income — there's institutional investors who only want the total return for an investment,' Mazza said. 'Then, there's tax-aware mom-and-pop investors who are focused on long-term compounding, but they don't want to receive current income because that means their total income — even if it's modest compared to what they may be making from their compensation — is still going to be taxable.' Skipping the dividend isn't an own goal. When a company pays out cash to shareholders, its stock typically falls by the same amount, so by selling just before that moment, the ETF gives up the payout but also sidesteps the price dip. In other words, the value of the trade should net out, the thinking goes. What changes is how — and when — investors owe taxes. XDIV joins a growing wave of tax-optimized offerings. Others, like the Burney US Factor Rotation ETF, convert entire portfolios into the wrapper without triggering a taxable event. Cambria's Tax Aware ETF, meanwhile, seeded its portfolio with appreciated stocks, allowing investors to swap exposures without formally realizing gains. And more products that hew to this idea could come to market soon. A firm named LionShares LLC in mid-June filed for an ETF that would invest in other ETFs tracking the large-cap US equity market, but would at the same time look to 'minimize' distributions, according to its paperwork. Earlier, F/m Investments, a Washington DC-based asset manager with a growing ETF lineup, filed for a number of new bond products that would swap between different holdings in order to dodge dividend payouts, something that industry veteran Dave Nadig dubbed 'clever.' 'The ability of ETFs to sidestep capital gains isn't just a technical quirk anymore — it's a core selling point, and issuers are leaning into this edge,' said Athanasios Psarofagis, ETF analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence. --With assistance from Justina Lee. SNAP Cuts in Big Tax Bill Will Hit a Lot of Trump Voters Too For Brazil's Criminals, Coffee Beans Are the Target Sperm Freezing Is a New Hot Market for Startups Pistachios Are Everywhere Right Now, Not Just in Dubai Chocolate China's Homegrown Jewelry Superstar ©2025 Bloomberg L.P. Sign in to access your portfolio
Yahoo
26-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
2 Humanoid Robot ETFs Now Trading as AI Boom Expands
A second exchange-traded fund focused on humanoid robotics hit the market Thursday, highlighting growing investor interest in one of the most ambitious applications of artificial intelligence. The Roundhill Humanoid Robotics ETF (HUMN) began trading today, coming just three weeks after the launch of the KraneShares Global Humanoid and Embodied Intelligence Index ETF (KOID). While Roundhill claims HUMN is the first 'U.S.-listed ETF dedicated to humanoid robotics,' that distinction is debatable. KOID, which launched in early June, also targets companies developing human-like robots and related technologies. KOID defines its focus as 'artificial intelligence (AI) systems integrated into physical machines that can sense, learn, and interact with the real world.' Within that framework, humanoid robotics is a key subset, referring specifically to robots with human-like forms and capabilities, designed to operate in environments built for people, such as factories, hospitals and homes. KOID tracks the MerQube Global Humanoid and Embodied Intelligence Index and currently has around $3.2 million in assets under management. The ETF holds 51 equally weighted stocks, ranging from large-cap names like Nvidia Corp. (NVDA) and Tesla Inc. (TSLA), to smaller players such as MP Materials Corp. (MP) and Melexis NV. The fund's holdings span the full humanoid ecosystem, including: The 'brain' (AI software, semiconductors and compute infrastructure) The 'body' (actuators, sensors, perception systems and key materials) Systems integrators and manufacturers of humanoid robots KOID is globally diversified, with exposure to companies in the U.S., China and Japan. In contrast, HUMN is actively managed and currently holds 30 stocks. According to its prospectus, the fund targets companies that either manufacture humanoid robots directly or supply critical enabling technologies, such as precision actuators, tactile sensors, locomotion AI stacks and power systems. Top holdings in HUMN include: Tesla (12.6%), which is developing the Optimus humanoid robot Nvidia (8%), a major provider of AI tools and hardware for robotics Other key companies in China, South Korea, Japan and Sweden Roundhill has made a name for itself by launching ETFs tied to emerging tech trends. Its Roundhill Ball Metaverse ETF (METV)—one of the first funds to target the virtual reality and metaverse space—currently boasts over $300 million in assets. KraneShares, meanwhile, is best known for its China-focused offerings. Its KraneShares CSI China Internet ETF (KWEB), with $6.5 billion in AUM, has become a go-to vehicle for investors looking to gain exposure to Chinese tech giants. Humanoid robots have long been seen as a kind of sci-fi fantasy. But recent breakthroughs in artificial intelligence have brought the concept closer to reality. Proponents argue that humanoids could eventually take on complex tasks in many parts of the economy, including manufacturing, logistics and healthcare. For investors betting on the fusion of AI and robotics, these new ETFs offer two different ways to play the trend—one passive and index-based, the other actively | © Copyright 2025 All rights reserved
Yahoo
25-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Bet on the Bots With the Latest Roundhill ETF
Roundhill is gearing up to drop a fresh ETFand this one's all about humanoid robots. The actively managed fund with a 0.75% fee, and it'll hunt down companies either cranking out full-blown humanoid bots or building the guts that make them move, think and feel. Warning! GuruFocus has detected 4 Warning Signs with NVDA. They haven't spilled the exact holdings yet, but you can bet on names like Tesla (NASDAQ:TSLA), thanks to its Optimus project, and Nvidia (NASDAQ:NVDA) for supplying the heavy-lift AI chips. Don't be surprised to see Intuitive Surgical (NASDAQ:ISRG)its da Vinci bots edge into medical roboticsplus ABB (ABBNY) from the factory floor and Teradyne (NASDAQ:TER) on the test-gear side. The big idea here is letting you play the whole humanoid-robotics theme in one swoop, rather than juggling a half dozen stocks. As these human-like machines inch closer to real-world jobsfrom warehouse helpers to surgery-side assistantsHUMN will be a neat shortcut for investors chasing that next wave of automation. Keep an eye out for its launch date and first lineupthose initial names and early trading patterns will tell you if the market's as pumped about humanoid bots as Roundhill clearly is. This article first appeared on GuruFocus.
Yahoo
25-06-2025
- Business
- Yahoo
Wall Street Pitches Sci-Fi ETFs for Robots, UFOs, Quantum Bets
(Bloomberg) -- In a speculative corner of the ETF world, artificial intelligence is fast becoming yesterday's trade. Instead, the next disruptive bet on humanity's fate is moving into the realm of science fiction: Humanoid robots, UFOs and quantum computing. Bezos Wedding Draws Protests, Soul-Searching Over Tourism in Venice US Renters Face Storm of Rising Costs US State Budget Wounds Intensify From Trump, DOGE Policy Shifts Commuters Are Caught in Johannesburg's Taxi Feuds as Transit Lags Mapping the Architectural History of New York's Chinatown To a niche band of opportunistic fund managers, these aren't far-flung fantasies — they're frontier investments for risk-loving tech maximalists and beyond. Robots that help cook and clean. Quantum computers powerful enough to crack modern encryption. Secretive defense contractors building out technologies inspired by extraterrestrial life forms. Over the past few months, issuers including Roundhill Investments, KraneShares and Themes have designed products aiming to capture these out-of-this-world ideas — betting investors will buy the story before the science well and truly arrives. It's the kind of thematic-investing pitch popularized by Cathie Wood's ARK Investment Management — which also touts the humanoid sector — in the pandemic: Bold claims, long timelines, uncertain payoffs. Only this time round, there are even fewer corporate-earning stories, industry benchmarks or valuation models to anchor the trade. Yet with the AI story now firmly embedded into mainstream portfolios, issuers are looking for first-mover advantages to market the next novel tech story. 'ETF issuers are always looking for the next frontier. Themes evolve quickly, AI was a hit, but the space is now crowded with products. The race is on to discover the next big idea,' said Athanasios Psarofagis, ETF analyst at Bloomberg Intelligence. 'Some may sound far-fetched today, but we've said that before about themes that are now hits. What seems niche now could be a success tomorrow.' Among the most eye-catching is the humanoid sector, which Morgan Stanley sees ballooning into a $5 trillion market by 2050. In early June, KraneShares launched KOID — a fund targeting companies behind people-like robots. Roundhill, meanwhile, is preparing a competing humanoid ETF. Dave Mazza, the CEO of Roundhill, is behind that actively managed fund, which is set to launch on Thursday under the ticker HUMN with a focus solely on the companies designing and building humanoids. He sees the theme playing out as early as the next six months, as advances in AI and robotics converge. Elon Musk, for one, expects thousands of Optimus bots in Tesla Inc. factories by year-end. 'Humanoids aren't flying cars or quantum computing. In China, these robots are already in market and will be coming to market in the US in the near future.' said Mazza. 'This ETF offers investors dedicated access to a theme that's playing out today, not tomorrow.' Derek Yan, senior KraneShares investment strategist, says household-name companies like Tesla and Nvidia Corp. are already in the mix, and are planning to deploy billions of dollars into humanoid tech for use in hospitals, factories, elder care and more. Newer, often international players, like South Korea-based Rainbow Robotics and Japan-based Nidec Corp., as well as private entrants like China–based Unitree, are also joining the race. KOID tracks a rules-based index. Yan's team started its stock-picking search for the fund by sifting through a wider universe to filter down to companies in three main areas of interest: the 'brain'; the 'body,' which includes humanoid component suppliers; and the 'integrators,' or companies commercializing full humanoid robotics. The fund's largest holdings include Jabil Inc., Lynas Rare Earths Ltd., Amphenol Corp. and Melexis NV, though Nvidia and Tesla also round out the list. 'As Physical AI models continue to break through, we're approaching a 'GPT moment' for humanoids,' said Yan. 'It's the next big thing after generative AI.' Space Age Quantum computing is a functioning — albeit nascent — sector, with a Defiance product, QTUM, already pulling in more than $600 million in flows this year amid an 11% rally. But other strategies are anchored in pure conjecture. Matt Tuttle, for one, is angling to bring UFOD — a UFO-themed ETF powered by AI — to market, built on speculation that alien tech may be hiding in defense-contractor R&D labs. For ETF issuers, filing early isn't just a product decision; it's a first-mover narrative play. Some retail traders are responding. Thematic-ETF flows and assets under management have been picking up in recent weeks as investors look for exposure to new ideas and as portfolio diversifiers, according to Todd Sohn at Strategas. Critics argue that some of these investment areas are yet undeveloped and might not catch on with investors. Even many AI funds, of which there are more than 40, according to Bloomberg data, are having a difficult time attracting cash. 'At the end of the day, it strikes me as a very, very narrow niche to try to capitalize on,' Dave Nadig, an ETF industry veteran, said of the humanoid sector. But for early adopters of imagined realities, that's beside the point for now. In a saturated market, they offer something scarcer than market returns or fundamentals: a story to believe in. Issuers, moving at rapid-fire pace to ride newfangled ideas, have another incentive: standing out from the crowd. The $11 trillion ETF landscape remains ever-competitive in the US, now flooded with more than 4,200 products. At Lazard, a $235 billion asset manager, Sarj Nahal runs a megatrends ETF that trades under the ticker THMZ. He has identified a number of investment themes for the fund, including software apps and agents, data and AI, and future health, among others. The fund, up 20% since April, holds global names like Siemens AG and EssilorLuxottica SA. 'This is very much about the issues that are going to be on the table three to five years from now,' Nahal said in an interview. 'We don't want to be investing in what's on page one of the newspaper — what we're trying to spot is those issues and those structural drivers or data points that are coming from the companies that we're talking to that are currently on section C, page 32 but that are slowly moving their way to the front of the newspaper.' Cautionary Tale Still, the metaverse — a pandemic-era supertrend — offers a cautionary tale. It promised an immersive virtual future and drew in some of the world's biggest brands. Facebook even changed its name to Meta Platforms Inc. to stake its claim. But the hype unraveled just as fast. In 2023, at least two ETFs based on the metaverse ended up closing. Today, the term barely registers in earnings calls or investor decks. Other themes have also fizzled: marijuana and psychedelics ETFs failed to gain traction. 'Investing in unconventional technology themes can offer early exposure to disruptive trends — ideally, this would be similar to investing in the internet or digital assets in their early stages,' said Roxanna Islam, head of sector and industry research at ETF shop TMX VettaFi. 'But very few themes have that level of success and some never fully materialize.' 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