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The SPDR Series Trust SPDR Homebuilders ETF (XHB) aims to track the performance of the S&P Homebuilders Select Industry Index by employing a sampling strategy, investing at least 80% of its total assets in the index's securities. This index is a segment of the S&P Total Market Index, focusing on the homebuilding industry. XHB offers a unique, equal-weighted approach, providing broad exposure to U.S. companies involved in homebuilding. This strategy results in a diversified portfolio that minimizes the dominance of leading industry names, appealing to investors seeking varied exposure rather than concentrated stakes in top firms. The fund rebalances quarterly, ensuring alignment with its index.
Taylor Morrison Home Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as a public homebuilder in the United States. The company designs, builds, and sells single and multi-family detached and attached homes; and develops lifestyle and master-planned communities. It also develops and constructs multi-use properties consisting of commercial space, retail, and multi-family properties under the Urban Form brand name; and offers title insurance and closing settlement services, as well as financial services. In addition, the company operates under the Taylor Morrison, William Lyon Signature, and Darling Homes brand names in Arizona, California, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Nevada, North and South Carolina, Oregon, Texas, and Washington. Taylor Morrison Home Corporation was founded in 1936 and is headquartered in Scottsdale, Arizona.
Nemetschek SE provides software solutions for architecture, engineering, construction, media, and entertainment markets in Germany, rest of Europe, the Americas, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through four segments: Design, Build, Manage, and Media & Entertainment. The Design segment offers software solutions primarily under the Allplan, Graphisoft, Solibri, Precast, Vectorworks, SCIA, dRofus, Data Design System, Frilo, and RISA brands for architects, designers, engineers, structural engineers, specialist planners, and landscape designers, as well as developers and general contractors. This segment provides building information modeling (BIM) solutions for computer aided design and computer aided engineering in 2D and 3D building design and imaging. The Build segment offers integrated complete 5D BIM solutions primarily under the Bluebeam brand that support bidding and awarding, invoicing, budgeting, scheduling, and cost calculation; and commercial enterprise resource planning solutions. This segment serves construction companies, developers, building supplies, and general contractors, as well as planning offices, architects, and civil engineers. The Manage segment provides commercial property management services under the Crem brand; and modular and integrated software solutions for property, facility, and workplace management under the Spacewell brand for facility and property managers, banks, and insurance and property companies; and intelligent smart building platform. The Media & Entertainment segment offers software solutions under the Maxon name for rendering 3D modeling, animation, and visual effects that are used in film, television, advertising, and video game productions, as well as in medicine, product design, and infographics. The company was founded in 1963 and is headquartered in Munich, Germany.
The Vanguard Health Care Fund Admir (VGHAX) seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing at least 80% of its assets in stocks of companies primarily involved in the health care industry. This includes pharmaceutical firms, medical supply companies, and operators of hospitals and other health care facilities. Additionally, the fund considers companies engaged in medical, diagnostic, biochemical, and other research and development activities. Up to 50% of its assets may be allocated to foreign stocks, providing a global perspective on health care investments. As a non-diversified fund, VGHAX focuses on a concentrated portfolio to capitalize on growth opportunities within the health care sector.
Centene Corporation operates as a multi-national healthcare enterprise that provides programs and services to under-insured and uninsured individuals in the United States. Its Managed Care segment offers health plan coverage to individuals through government subsidized programs, including Medicaid, the State children's health insurance program, long-term services and support, foster care, and medicare-medicaid plans, which cover dually eligible individuals, as well as aged, blind, or disabled programs. Its health plans include primary and specialty physician care, inpatient and outpatient hospital care, emergency and urgent care, prenatal care, laboratory and X-ray, home-based primary care, transportation assistance, vision care, dental care, telehealth, immunization, specialty pharmacy, therapy, social work, nurse advisory, and care coordination services, as well as prescriptions and limited over-the-counter drugs, medical equipment, and behavioral health and abuse services. This segment also offers various individual, small group, and large group commercial healthcare products to employers and directly to members. The company's Specialty Services segment provides pharmacy benefits management services; nurse advice line and after-hours support services; vision and dental services, as well as staffing services to correctional systems and other government agencies; and services to Military Health System eligible beneficiaries. This segment offers its services and products to state programs, correctional facilities, healthcare organizations, employer groups, and other commercial organizations. The company provides its services through primary and specialty care physicians, hospitals, and ancillary providers. Centene Corporation was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in St. Louis, Missouri.
Booking Holdings Inc. provides travel and restaurant online reservation and related services worldwide. The company operates Booking.com, which offers online accommodation reservations; Rentalcars.com that provides online rental car reservation services; Priceline, which offer online travel reservation services, and consumers hotel, flight, and rental car reservation services, as well as vacation packages, cruises, and hotel distribution services. It also operates Agoda that provides online accommodation reservation services, as well as flight, ground transportation and activities reservation services. In addition, the company operates KAYAK, an online price comparison service that allows consumers to search and compare travel itineraries and prices, comprising airline ticket, accommodation reservation, and rental car reservation information; and OpenTable for booking online restaurant reservations. Further, it offers travel-related insurance products, and restaurant management services to consumers, travel service providers, and restaurants. The company was formerly known as The Priceline Group Inc. and changed its name to Booking Holdings Inc. in February 2018. The company was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Norwalk, Connecticut.
The EA Series Trust Strive U.S. Energy ETF (DRLL) aims to track the Bloomberg US Energy Select Index, focusing on U.S. oil and gas producers. This non-diversified, passively managed fund provides exposure to U.S. equity securities in the energy sector, specifically targeting companies involved in oil and gas exploration, production, refinement, and marketing. DRLL employs a market cap-weighted approach, with single issuers capped at 22.5% and the aggregate weight of issuers exceeding 4.5% capped at 45%. The index is reconstituted semi-annually and rebalanced quarterly. The fund emphasizes shareholder engagement and proxy voting to encourage companies to prioritize returns over ESG agendas, aiming to address global energy demand.
PBF Energy Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in refining and supplying petroleum products. The company operates in two segments, Refining and Logistics. It produces gasoline, ultra-low-sulfur diesel, heating oil, diesel fuel, jet fuel, lubricants, petrochemicals, and asphalt, as well as unbranded transportation fuels, petrochemical feedstocks, blending components, and other petroleum products. The company sells its products in Northeast, Midwest, Gulf Coast, and West Coast of the United States, as well as in other regions of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. It also offers various rail, truck, and marine terminaling services, as well as pipeline transportation and storage services. As of December 31, 2021, the company owned and operated six oil refineries and related assets. PBF Energy Inc. was founded in 2008 and is based in Parsippany, New Jersey.
Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Corp.,Ltd. manufactures and sells commercial vehicles, passenger vehicles, and powertrains in the People's Republic of China and internationally. It offers heavy, medium, light, and mini trucks; MPVs; SUVs; cars; buses and coaches, special-purpose chassis; gearboxes; engines; and axle and other core components, as well as electric vehicles. The company provides its products under the Refine, JAC iEV, Shuailing, Junling, Kangling, Gallop, Heyue, Sunray, and GreenJet brand names. It exports its products to 80 countries worldwide. The company was formerly known as Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Corp.,Ltd. in November 2016. Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Corp.,Ltd. was founded in 1964 and is based in Hefei, the People's Republic of China..
The Invesco S&P SmallCap Information Technology ETF (PSCT) aims to track the investment results of the S&P SmallCap 600 Capped Information Technology Index, investing at least 90% of its total assets in the index's securities. This index, compiled by S&P Dow Jones Indices, measures the performance of U.S. small-cap companies in the information technology sector, as defined by the Global Industry Classification Standard. PSCT offers targeted exposure to small-cap technology firms, including those in computer hardware, software, internet services, electronics, semiconductors, and communication technologies. The fund's holdings are market-cap-weighted, with individual securities capped at 22.5% and the aggregate weight of securities over 4.5% limited to 45% of the portfolio. The index undergoes quarterly rebalancing to maintain its focus on size, liquidity, and financial viability.
Alpha and Omega Semiconductor Limited designs, develops, and supplies power semiconductor products for computing, consumer electronics, communication, and industrial applications in Hong Kong, China, South Korea, the United States, and internationally. It offers power discrete products, including metal-oxide-semiconductor field-effect transistors (MOSFET), SRFETs, XSFET, electrostatic discharge, protected MOSFETs, high and mid-voltage MOSFETs, and insulated gate bipolar transistors for use in smart phone chargers, battery packs, notebooks, desktop and servers, data centers, base stations, graphics card, game boxes, TVs, AC adapters, power supplies, motor control, power tools, e-vehicles, white goods and industrial motor drives, UPS systems, solar inverters, and industrial welding. The company also provides power ICs that deliver power, as well as control and regulate the power management variables, such as the flow of current and level of voltage. Its power ICs are used in flat panel displays, TVs, Notebooks, graphic cards, servers, DVD/Blu-Ray players, set-top boxes, and networking equipment. In addition, the company offers aMOS5 MOSFET for quick charger, adapter, PC power, server, industrial power, telecom, and datacenter applications; and Transient Voltage Suppressors for laptops, televisions, and other electronic devices. Further, it provides EZBuck regulators; SOA MOSFET for hot swap applications; RigidCSP for battery management; and Type-C power delivery protection switches. The company was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
Growthpoint is the largest South African primary JSE-listed REIT with a quality portfolio of 440 directly owned properties in South Africa (RSA) valued at R73.4bn, including four hospitals and one medical chambers valued at R2.6bn owned by Growthpoint Healthcare Property Holdings (RF) Limited (GHPH). Growthpoint has a 61.8% shareholding in GHPH. We have a 62.2% interest in ASX-listed Growthpoint Properties Australia Limited (GOZ), which owns 58 properties in Australia valued at R51.8bn and a 52.1% interest in LSE-listed Capital & Regional Plc (C&R), which owns seven properties in the United Kingdom valued at R14.8bn.
The SPDR Select Sector Fund - Financial (XLF) aims to mirror the performance of the Financial Select Sector Index by investing at least 95% of its assets in the index's securities. This index comprises companies classified as financials by the Global Industry Classification Standard, including sectors such as financial services, insurance, banks, capital markets, mortgage REITs, and consumer finance. XLF is a non-diversified, cap-weighted ETF that focuses on large-cap financial stocks within the S&P 500, providing efficient exposure to major U.S. financial institutions while excluding small-cap stocks. Notably, in September 2016, XLF spun off its real estate holdings, reflecting a GICS reclassification that elevated real estate to a separate sector, thus refining its focus on financials.
American International Group, Inc. offers insurance products for commercial, institutional, and individual customers in North America and internationally. The company's General Insurance segment provides general liability, environmental, commercial automobile liability, workers' compensation, casualty, and crisis management insurance products; commercial, industrial, and energy-related property insurance; and aerospace, political risk, trade credit, portfolio solutions, crop, and marine insurance. It also provides professional liability insurance products for a range of businesses and risks, including directors and officers, mergers and acquisitions, fidelity, employment practices, fiduciary liability, cyber risk, kidnap and ransom, and errors and omissions insurance. In addition, this segment offers personal auto and property insurance, such as auto, homeowners, umbrella, yacht, fine art, and collections; voluntary and sponsor-paid personal accident; supplemental health products; extended warranty insurance products; and travel insurance products. Its Life and Retirement segment offers variable annuities, index and fixed annuities, and retail mutual funds; and financial planning and advisory services; record-keeping, plan administrative, and compliance services; and term life and universal life insurance. It also provides stable value wrap products, and structured settlement and pension risk transfer annuities; and corporate- and bank-owned life insurance and guaranteed investment contracts. This segment sells its products through independent marketing organizations, independent insurance agents, financial advisors, direct marketing, banks, and broker-dealers. The company was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
Murphy Oil Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, operates as an oil and natural gas exploration and production company in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It explores for and produces crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids. The company was formerly known as Murphy Corporation and changed its name to Murphy Oil Corporation in 1964. The company was incorporated in 1950 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
The iShares Global Energy ETF (IXC) seeks to track the investment results of the S&P Global 1200 Energy 4.5/22.5/45 Capped IndexTM, focusing on global equities in the energy sector. The fund invests at least 80% of its assets in the index's component securities and similar investments, with up to 20% in futures, options, swaps, cash, and equivalents. It employs a market cap-weighted approach, subject to capping rules that limit single security weights to 22.5% and the aggregate of all securities by an issuer exceeding 4.5% to 45%. The ETF is non-diversified and rebalances quarterly, offering exposure to large-cap energy companies, including significant US firms, while presenting concentration risks inherent to the sector.
Schlumberger Limited provides technology for the energy industry worldwide. The company operates through four divisions: Digital & Integration, Reservoir Performance, Well Construction, and Production Systems. It offers software, information management, and IT infrastructure services; consulting services for reservoir characterization, field development planning, and production enhancement; petro technical data services and training solutions; reservoir interpretation and data processing services; asset performance solutions; open and cased-hole services; exploration and production pressure and flow-rate measurement services; pressure pumping, well stimulation, and coiled tubing equipment for downhole mechanical well intervention, reservoir monitoring, and downhole data acquisition; and integrated production systems. The company also provides mud logging and engineering support services; drilling equipment and services for shipyards, drilling contractors, energy companies, and rental tool companies; land drilling rigs and related services; drilling tools; well cementing products and services; and well planning and drilling, engineering, supervision, logistics, procurement, contracting, and drilling rig management services, as well as supplies engineered drilling fluid systems; and designs, manufactures, and markets roller cone and fixed cutter drill bits. In addition, it offers well completion services and equipment; artificial lift production equipment and optimization services; valves; process systems; and integrated subsea production systems comprising wellheads, subsea trees, manifolds and flowline connectors, control systems, connectors, and services, as well as designs and manufactures onshore and offshore platform wellhead systems and processing solutions. The company was formerly known as Société de prospection électrique. Schlumberger Limited was founded in 1926 and is based in Houston, Texas.
MAA, an S&P 500 company, is a real estate investment trust, or REIT, focused on delivering full-cycle and superior investment performance for shareholders through the ownership, management, acquisition, development and redevelopment of quality apartment communities in the Southeast, Southwest, and Mid-Atlantic regions of the United States. As of December 31, 2020, MAA had ownership interest in 102,772 apartment units, including communities currently in development, across 16 states and the District of Columbia.
The Vanguard Health Care Fund Admir (VGHAX) seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing at least 80% of its assets in stocks of companies primarily involved in the health care industry. This includes pharmaceutical firms, medical supply companies, and operators of hospitals and other health care facilities. Additionally, the fund considers companies engaged in medical, diagnostic, biochemical, and other research and development activities. Up to 50% of its assets may be allocated to foreign stocks, providing a global perspective on health care investments. As a non-diversified fund, VGHAX focuses on a concentrated portfolio to capitalize on growth opportunities within the health care sector.
Ascendis Pharma A/S, a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing therapeutics for unmet medical needs. The company offers SKYTROFA for treating patients with growth hormone deficiency (GHD). It also develops TransCon Growth Hormone (hGH) for pediatric GHD in Japan; TransCon hGH for adults with GHD; TransCon parathyroid hormone for adult hypoparathyroidism; and TransCon CNP for pediatric achondroplasia. In addition, the company develops TransCon toll like receptors 7/8 agonist for intratumoral delivery; and TransCon IL-2 ß/g for systemic delivery. The company was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in Hellerup, Denmark.
O'Reilly Automotive, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a retailer and supplier of automotive aftermarket parts, tools, supplies, equipment, and accessories in the United States. The company provides new and remanufactured automotive hard parts and maintenance items, such as alternators, batteries, brake system components, belts, chassis parts, driveline parts, engine parts, fuel pumps, hoses, starters, temperature control, water pumps, antifreeze, appearance products, engine additives, filters, fluids, lighting products, and oil and wiper blades; and accessories, including floor mats, seat covers, and truck accessories. Its stores offer auto body paint and related materials, automotive tools, and professional service provider service equipment. The company's stores also provide enhanced services and programs comprising used oil, oil filter, and battery recycling; battery, wiper, and bulb replacement; battery diagnostic testing; electrical and module testing; check engine light code extraction; loaner tool program; drum and rotor resurfacing; custom hydraulic hoses; and professional paint shop mixing and related materials. Its stores offer do-it-yourself and professional service provider customers a selection of products for domestic and imported automobiles, vans, and trucks. As of December 31, 2021, the company owned and operated 5,759 stores in the United States, and 25 stores in Mexico. O'Reilly Automotive, Inc. was founded in 1957 and is headquartered in Springfield, Missouri.
The SPDR Select Sector Fund - Indus (XLI) aims to mirror the performance of the Industrial Select Sector Index, investing at least 95% of its assets in the index's securities. This index comprises companies classified as industrial by the Global Industry Classification Standard, including sectors like aerospace and defense, industrial conglomerates, and marine transportation. XLI offers broad exposure to U.S. industrial stocks, primarily from the S&P 500, with a focus on large-cap firms, thus limiting small- and mid-cap exposure. The fund is non-diversified and employs a market cap-weighted approach, ensuring no single security exceeds 25% of the portfolio at quarterly rebalances.
Delta Air Lines, Inc. provides scheduled air transportation for passengers and cargo in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Airline and Refinery. Its domestic network centered on core hubs in Atlanta, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Detroit, and Salt Lake City, as well as coastal hub positions in Boston, Los Angeles, New York-LaGuardia, New York-JFK, and Seattle; and international network centered on hubs and market presence in Amsterdam, Mexico City, London-Heathrow, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, and Seoul-Incheon. The company sells its tickets through various distribution channels, including delta.com and the Fly Delta app, reservations, online travel agencies, traditional brick and mortar, and other agencies. It also provides aircraft maintenance and engineering support, repair, and overhaul services; and vacation packages to third-party consumers, as well as aircraft charters, and management and programs. The company operates through a fleet of approximately 1,200 aircrafts. Delta Air Lines, Inc. was founded in 1924 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.
Vodacom Group Limited operates as a connectivity, digital, and financial services company in South Africa and internationally. It offers range of communication services, including data, mobile and fixed voice, messaging, financial services, enterprise IT, and converged services. The company also provides mobile and fixed line connectivity solutions, as well as internet and virtual private network services to its customers over various wireless, fixed-line, satellite, mobile, and converged technologies; and cloud hosting and security services comprising infrastructure as a service, platform as a service, software as a service, security services, hosted applications, and primary and direct connectivity to all hyperscalers. In addition, it offers carrier service products, including wholesale APN data, microwave, managed satellite, WiFi, international private leased circuit, IP transit, fiber, and IP-VPN; ethernet over MPLS, carrier ethernet, cloud connect, dedicated internet access, broadband internet access, software-defined WAN, and VSAT services; sensors and other electronic devices that are attached to a remote machine enabling the capturing of critical information, such as temperature, speed, location, etc.; and digital financial services for personal finance and business solutions. Further, the company offers and SmartCitizen mobile app to provide transparency and accountability with services, such as water and sanitation, roads, education, and health. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Midrand, South Africa. Vodacom Group Limited is a subsidiary of Vodafone Investments SA (Pty) Limited.
The Franklin Disruptive Commerce ETF (BUYZ) is an actively managed fund seeking capital appreciation by investing at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of companies aligned with the theme of disruptive commerce. Predominantly investing in common stock, BUYZ focuses on global companies that benefit from advancements in e-commerce, online auctions, the sharing economy, e-payment systems, and cost-effective transport solutions. While it may invest across various economic sectors, the fund primarily targets consumer discretionary industries and includes companies of any market capitalization from both developed and emerging markets. As one of the first thematic funds launched by Franklin Templeton, BUYZ leverages fundamental research to identify opportunities in innovative commerce, maintaining a non-diversified portfolio to maximize potential returns.
TransUnion provides risk and information solutions. The company operates in three segments: U.S. Markets, International, and Consumer Interactive. The U.S. Markets segment provides consumer reports, actionable insights, and analytics to businesses. These businesses use its services to acquire new customers; assess consumer ability to pay for services; identify cross-selling opportunities; measure and manage debt portfolio risk; collect debt; verify consumer identities; and mitigate fraud risk. This segment serves various industry vertical markets, including financial services, insurance, tenant and employment, collections and services, technology, commerce and communication, public sector, media, and other markets. The International segment offers credit reports, analytics, technology solutions, and other value-added risk management services; and consumer services, which help consumers to manage their personal finances and consumer credit reporting, insurance and auto information solutions, and commercial credit information services. This segment serves customers in financial services, retail credit, insurance, automotive, collections, public sector, and communications industries through direct and indirect channels. The Consumer Interactive segment provides credit reports and scores, credit monitoring, identity protection and resolution, and financial management solutions that enable consumers to manage their personal finances and take precautions against identity theft. This segment offers its products through online and mobile interfaces, as well as through direct and indirect channels. The company serves customers in approximately 30 countries and territories, including North America, Latin America, Europe, Africa, India, and the Asia Pacific. The company was formerly known as TransUnion Holding Company, Inc. and changed its name to TransUnion in March 2015. TransUnion was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Eastman Chemical Company operates as a specialty materials company in the United States and internationally. The company's Additives & Functional Products segment offers hydrocarbon and rosin resins; organic acid-based solutions; amine derivative-based building blocks; metam-based soil fumigants, thiram and ziram based fungicides, and plant growth regulators; specialty coalescent, specialty and commodity solvents, paint additives, and specialty polymers; heat transfer and aviation fluids; insoluble sulfur and anti-degradant rubber additives; and performance resins. It serves transportation, personal care, wellness, food, feed, agriculture, building and construction, water treatment, energy, consumables, durables, and electronics markets. Its Advanced Materials segment provides copolyesters, cellulosic biopolymers, cellulose esters, polyvinyl butyral (PVB) sheets, and window and protective films, and aftermarket applied film products for value-added end uses in the transportation, durables, electronics, building and construction, medical and pharma, and consumables markets. The company's Chemical Intermediates segment offers methylamines and salts higher amines and solvents; Olefin and acetyl derivatives, ethylene, and commodity solvents; and primary non-phthalate and phthalate plasticizers, and niche non- phthalate plasticizers to the industrial chemicals and processing, building and construction, health and wellness, and agrochemicals. Its Fibers segment provides cellulose acetate tow, triacetin, cellulose acetate flake, acetic acid, and acetic anhydride for use in filtration media primarily cigarette filters; natural and solution dyed acetate yarns for use in consumables, and health and wellness markets; and wet-laid nonwoven media, specialty and engineered papers, and cellulose acetate fibers for transportation, industrial, agriculture and mining, and aerospace markets. Eastman Chemical Company was founded in 1920 and is headquartered in Kingsport, Tennessee.
The iShares U.S. Consumer Focused E (IEDI) ETF is an actively managed fund that invests at least 80% of its net assets in U.S. listed common stocks of large-, mid-, and small-cap companies within the consumer discretionary spending sector. Utilizing a proprietary classification system driven by machine learning and text analysis, the fund redefines traditional sector boundaries, allowing companies to be classified into multiple sectors. IEDI targets increased exposure to firms with high U.S. Consumer Scores, which are based on consumer spending revenues and production of goods and services in the U.S. Holdings are market cap-weighted, and the fund is non-diversified. The sectors are reviewed quarterly, and the fund's name was changed from iShares Evolved US Discretionary Spending ETF on December 1, 2022.
Flowers Foods, Inc. produces and markets packaged bakery products in the United States. It offers fresh breads, buns, rolls, snack cakes, and tortillas, as well as frozen breads and rolls under the Nature's Own, Dave's Killer Bread, Wonder, Canyon Bakehouse, Mrs. Freshley's, and Tastykake brand names. The company distributes its products through a direct-store-delivery distribution and a warehouse delivery system, as well as operates 46 bakeries comprising 44 owned and two leased. Its customers include mass merchandisers, supermarkets and other retailers, convenience stores, national and regional restaurants, quick-serve chains, retail in-store bakeries, foodservice distributors, food wholesalers, institutions, dollar stores, and vending companies. The company was formerly known as Flowers Industries and changed its name to Flowers Foods, Inc. in 2001. Flowers Foods, Inc. was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Thomasville, Georgia.
BHP Group Limited operates as a resources company in Australia, Europe, China, Japan, India, South Korea, the rest of Asia, North America, South America, and internationally. The company operates through Copper, Iron Ore, and Coal segments. It engages in the mining of copper, uranium, gold, zinc, lead, molybdenum, silver, iron ore, cobalt, and metallurgical and energy coal. The company is also involved in the mining, smelting, and refining of nickel, as well as potash development activities. In addition, it provides towing, freight, marketing and trading, marketing support, finance, administrative, and other services. The company was founded in 1851 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.
The iShares U.S. Industrials ETF (IYJ) aims to track the investment results of the Russell 1000 Industrials 40 Act 15/22.5 Daily Capped Index, which measures the performance of the U.S. industrials sector. The fund invests at least 80% of its assets in the index's component securities, focusing on large- and mid-cap stocks. IYJ employs a market cap-weighted approach and uses representative sampling rather than full replication. The index applies regulatory capping at each quarterly rebalance, limiting single issuer weights to 15% and the aggregate weight of companies exceeding 4.5% to 22.5%. This passively managed ETF provides diversified exposure to industrial companies classified by the ICB framework within the Russell 1000.
Xylem Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and servicing of engineered products and solutions for the water and wastewater applications in the United States, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Water Infrastructure, Applied Water, and Measurement & Control Solutions. The Water Infrastructure segment offers various products, including water, storm water, and wastewater pumps; controls and systems; filtration, disinfection, and biological treatment equipment; and mobile dewatering equipment under the Flygt, Godwin, Wedeco, Sanitaire, Leopold, Wedeco, and Xylem Vue brand names for the transportation and treatment of water. The Applied Water segment provides pumps, valves, heat exchangers, controls, and dispensing equipment systems under the Goulds Water Technology, Bell & Gossett, A-C Fire Pump, Standard Xchange, Lowara, Jabsco, Xylem Vue and Flojet brand names for residential and commercial building services, and industrial water applications. The Measurement & Control Solutions segment provides smart meters, networked communication devices, and measurement and control technologies, as well as critical infrastructure technologies. It also offers software and services, including cloud-based analytics, remote monitoring and data management, leak detection, condition assessment, asset management, and pressure monitoring solutions, as well as testing equipment and managed services. This segment sells its products under the Pure, Sensus, Smith Blair, WTW, Xylem Vue, and YSI brand names. The company markets and sells its products through a network of direct sales force, resellers, distributors, and value-added solution providers. Xylem Inc. was formerly known as ITT WCO, Inc. and changed its name to Xylem Inc. in May 2011. The company. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Rye Brook, New York.
Trade Desk, Inc. operates as a technology company in the United States and internationally. The company operates a self-service cloud-based platform that allows buyers to create, manage, and optimize data-driven digital advertising campaigns across various ad formats and channels, including display, video, audio, native, and social on various devices, such as computers, mobile devices, and connected TV. It also provides data and other value-added services. The company serves advertising agencies and other service providers for advertisers. The Trade Desk, Inc. was incorporated in 2009 and is headquartered in Ventura, California.
The VanEck Mortgage REIT Income ETF (MORT) aims to replicate the price and yield performance of the MVIS® US Mortgage REITs Index by investing at least 80% of its total assets in securities within this benchmark. This index includes small-, medium-, and large-cap mortgage REITs, and MORT maintains a non-diversified portfolio. The ETF is market-cap-weighted and offers a lower expense ratio compared to its segment peer, REM, though it suffers from weaker liquidity. MORT is heavily concentrated in its top holdings, closely mirroring the segment benchmark, making it a solid choice for investors seeking targeted exposure to mortgage REITs, despite some access limitations.
Orchid Island Capital, Inc., a specialty finance company, invests in residential mortgage-backed securities (RMBS) in the United States. The company's RMBS is backed by single-family residential mortgage loans, referred as Agency RMBS. Its portfolio includes traditional pass-through Agency RMBS, such as mortgage pass through certificates and collateralized mortgage obligations; and structured Agency RMBS comprising interest only securities, inverse interest only securities, and principal only securities. The company qualifies as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes. Orchid Island Capital, Inc. was incorporated in 2010 and is based in Vero Beach, Florida.
Delek US Holdings, Inc. engages in the integrated downstream energy business in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Refining, Logistics, and Retail. The Refining segment processes crude oil and other feedstock for the manufacture of various grades of gasoline, diesel fuel, aviation fuel, asphalt, and other petroleum-based products that are distributed through owned and third-party product terminal. It owns and operates four independent refineries located in Tyler, Texas; El Dorado, Arkansas; Big Spring, Texas; and Krotz Springs, Louisiana, as well as three biodiesel facilities in Crossett, Arkansas, Cleburne, Texas, and New Albany. The Logistics segment gathers, transports, and stores crude oil, intermediate, and refined products; and markets, distributes, transports, and stores refined products for third parties. It owns or leases capacity on approximately 400 miles of crude oil transportation pipelines, approximately 450 miles of refined product pipelines, an approximately 900-mile crude oil gathering system, and associated crude oil storage tanks with an aggregate of approximately 10.2 million barrels of active shell capacity; and owns and operates ten light product distribution terminals, as well as markets light products using third-party terminals. The Retail segment owns and leases 248 convenience store sites located primarily in West Texas and New Mexico. Its convenience stores offer various grades of gasoline and diesel under the DK or Alon brand; and food products and service, tobacco products, non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages, and general merchandise, as well as money orders to the public primarily under the 7-Eleven and DK or Alon brand names. It serves oil companies, independent refiners and marketers, jobbers, distributors, utility and transportation companies, the U.S. government, and independent retail fuel operators. Delek US Holdings, Inc. was founded in 2001 and is headquartered in Brentwood, Tennessee.
The Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Financials ETF (RSPF) seeks to track the investment results of the S&P 500® Equal Weight Financials Index, investing at least 90% of its total assets in securities within this index. This underlying index includes all components of the S&P 500® Financials Index, focusing on companies classified in the financials sector per the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®). RSPF employs an equal-weighting strategy, which reduces concentration in top holdings and increases exposure to smaller firms, offering a unique advantage when larger financial institutions face market challenges. The fund's equal-weight approach, rebalanced quarterly, limits the dominance of major players and enhances exposure to lesser-known companies. Prior to June 7, 2023, RSPF traded under the ticker RYF.
KeyCorp operates as the holding company for KeyBank National Association that provides various retail and commercial banking products and services in the United States. It operates in two segments, Consumer Bank and Commercial Bank. The company offers various deposits, investment products and services; and personal finance and financial wellness, student loan refinancing, mortgage and home equity, lending, credit card, treasury, business advisory, wealth management, asset management, investment, cash management, portfolio management, and trust and related services to individuals and small and medium-sized businesses. It also provides a suite of banking and capital market products, such as syndicated finance, debt and equity capital market products, commercial payments, equipment finance, commercial mortgage banking, derivatives, foreign exchange, financial advisory, and public finance, as well as commercial mortgage loans comprising consumer, energy, healthcare, industrial, public sector, real estate, and technology loans for middle market clients. In addition, the company offers community development financing, securities underwriting, brokerage, and investment banking services. As of December 31, 2021, it operated through a network of approximately 999 branches and 1,317 ATMs in 15 states, as well as additional offices, online and mobile banking capabilities, and a telephone banking call center. KeyCorp was founded in 1849 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.
Piedmont Lithium Inc., an exploration stage company, engages in the exploration and development of resource projects in the United States. The company primarily holds a 100% interest in the Carolina Lithium Project that include an area of approximately 3,116 acres located within the Carolina Tin-Spodumene Belt situated to the west of Charlotte, North Carolina in the United States. It also owns a 61-acre property in Kings Mountain, North Carolina. Piedmont Lithium Inc. is headquartered in Belmont, North Carolina.
The VanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF (NLR) aims to replicate the performance of the MVIS® Global Uranium & Nuclear Energy Index, investing at least 80% of its assets in securities within this benchmark. The fund focuses on companies in the global nuclear energy sector, including uranium miners and industrial conglomerates, with eligible firms deriving at least 50% of their revenue from nuclear energy. NLR's portfolio is market-cap-weighted, with individual holdings capped at 8%, and is reviewed quarterly. It has a large-cap tilt, heavily overweighting utilities, and is primarily concentrated in the US and Japan, with limited exposure to other nuclear industry leaders like Canada and France. The fund is non-diversified, offering a narrow yet strategic focus on the nuclear energy industry.
Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated, through its subsidiaries, operates as an energy company primarily in the Northeastern and Mid-Atlantic United States. It operates through two segments, PSE&G and PSEG Power. The PSE&G segment transmits electricity; distributes electricity and gas to residential, commercial, and industrial customers, as well as invests in solar generation projects, and energy efficiency and related programs; and offers appliance services and repairs. As of December 31, 2021, it had electric transmission and distribution system of 25,000 circuit miles and 862,000 poles; 56 switching stations with an installed capacity of 39,353 megavolt-amperes (MVA), and 235 substations with an installed capacity of 9,285 MVA; four electric distribution headquarters and five electric sub-headquarters; and 18,000 miles of gas mains, 12 gas distribution headquarters, two sub-headquarters, and one meter shop, as well as 58 natural gas metering and regulating stations. Public Service Enterprise Group Incorporated was incorporated in 1985 and is based in Newark, New Jersey.
Target Corporation operates as a general merchandise retailer in the United States. The company offers food assortments, including perishables, dry grocery, dairy, and frozen items; apparel, accessories, home décor products, electronics, toys, seasonal offerings, food, and other merchandise; and beauty and household essentials. It also provides in-store amenities, such as Target Café, Target Optical, Starbucks, and other food service offerings. The company sells its products through its stores; and digital channels, including Target.com. As of March 09, 2022, the company operated approximately 2,000 stores. Target Corporation was incorporated in 1902 and is headquartered in Minneapolis, Minnesota.
The Vanguard Specialized Portfolios ETF (VDIGX) primarily invests in high-quality stocks that offer current dividends, focusing on companies with strong prospects for long-term total returns through earnings growth and increasing dividends. While these stocks are typically large-cap and undervalued relative to the market, the fund aims to maintain diversification across various industry sectors. Its primary objective is to provide a growing stream of income over time, with a secondary focus on long-term capital appreciation and current income. This strategy targets companies with the potential for dividend growth, ensuring a balanced approach to income and capital gains.
Diageo plc, together with its subsidiaries, produces, markets, and sells alcoholic beverages. The company offers scotch, whisky, gin, vodka, rum, ready to drink products, raki, liqueur, wine, tequila, Canadian whisky, American whiskey, cachaca, and brandy, as well as beer, including cider and non-alcoholic products. It provides its products under the Johnnie Walker, Crown Royal, Bulleit and Buchanan's whiskies, Smirnoff, Cîroc and Ketel One vodkas, Casamigos, DeLeon and Don Julio tequilas, Captain Morgan, Baileys, Tanqueray, and Guinness brands. The company operates in North America, Europe, Turkey, Africa, Latin America, the Caribbean, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. The company was incorporated in 1886 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
Clearway Energy, Inc. operates in the renewable energy business in the United States. It has approximately 5,000 net megawatts (MW) of installed wind and solar generation projects; and approximately 2,500 net MW of natural gas generation facilities. The company was formerly known as NRG Yield, Inc. and changed its name to Clearway Energy, Inc. in August 2018. Clearway Energy, Inc. was incorporated in 2012 and is based in Princeton, New Jersey. Clearway Energy, Inc. is a subsidiary of Clearway Energy Group LLC.
The Dimensional ETF Trust Dimension (DFAR) is an actively managed fund focused on achieving long-term capital appreciation by investing in U.S. companies within the broad real estate sector. The portfolio primarily includes equity securities of firms involved in the ownership, management, development, construction, or sale of residential, commercial, or industrial real estate, with a significant emphasis on real estate investment trusts (REITs). Companies must derive at least 50% of their revenue or asset value from these activities to be considered. The fund excludes partnerships involved in commercial property development. Holdings are market-cap weighted, and securities are selected based on factors like free float, stock momentum, liquidity, size, relative price, profitability, and costs. The fund may use derivatives for leverage or cash management and permits securities lending to generate additional income, resulting in potentially higher portfolio turnover compared to index funds.
Getty Realty Corp. is the leading publicly traded real estate investment trust in the United States specializing in the ownership, leasing and financing of convenience store and gasoline station properties. As of September 30, 2020, the Company owned 896 properties and leased 58 properties from third-party landlords in 35 states across the United States and Washington, D.C.
Wells Fargo & Company, a diversified financial services company, provides banking, investment, mortgage, and consumer and commercial finance products and services in the United States and internationally. It operates through four segments: Consumer Banking and Lending; Commercial Banking; Corporate and Investment Banking; and Wealth and Investment Management. The Consumer Banking and Lending segment offers diversified financial products and services for consumers and small businesses. Its financial products and services include checking and savings accounts, and credit and debit cards, as well as home, auto, personal, and small business lending services. The Commercial Banking segment provides financial solutions to private, family owned, and certain public companies. Its products and services include banking and credit products across various industry sectors and municipalities, secured lending and lease products, and treasury management services. The Corporate and Investment Banking segment offers a suite of capital markets, banking, and financial products and services to corporate, commercial real estate, government, and institutional clients. Its products and services comprise corporate banking, investment banking, treasury management, commercial real estate lending and servicing, equity, and fixed income solutions, as well as sales, trading, and research capabilities services. The Wealth and Investment Management segment provides personalized wealth management, brokerage, financial planning, lending, private banking, and trust and fiduciary products and services to affluent, high-net worth, and ultra-high-net worth clients. It also operates through financial advisors. Wells Fargo & Company was founded in 1852 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
The ETF Series Solutions AAM Transf (TRFM) employs a passive management strategy to track the Pence Transformers Index, focusing on U.S.-listed equities, including ADRs, that are set to benefit from significant disruptions in consumer behavior and technological innovation. The index is rules-based and modified equal-weighted, emphasizing companies with substantial R&D spending. It targets sectors like autonomous driving, electric vehicles, the digital economy, 5G, low-carbon technologies, and renewable energy. Eligible companies must have a market cap of at least $2 billion and meet analyst rating criteria. The portfolio is tiered by market cap and domicile, with 75% allocated to U.S. companies, and is reconstituted quarterly.
Airbnb, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates a platform that enables hosts to offer stays and experiences to guests worldwide. The company's marketplace model connects hosts and guests online or through mobile devices to book spaces and experiences. It primarily offers private rooms, primary homes, or vacation homes. The company was formerly known as AirBed & Breakfast, Inc. and changed its name to Airbnb, Inc. in November 2010. Airbnb, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
H.B. Fuller Company, together with its subsidiaries, formulates, manufactures, and markets adhesives, sealants, coatings, polymers, tapes, encapsulants, additives, and other specialty chemical products worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Hygiene, Health and Consumable Adhesives; Engineering Adhesives; and Construction Adhesives. The Hygiene, Health and Consumable Adhesives segment produces and supplies specialty industrial adhesives such as, thermoplastic, thermoset, reactive, and water-based and solvent-based products for applications in various markets, including food and beverage containers, flexible packaging, consumer goods, package integrity and re-enforcement, and non-durable goods; corrugation, folding carton, tape and label, paper converting, envelopes, books, multi-wall bags, sacks, and tissue and towel; disposable diapers, feminine care, and medical garments; and health and beauty. The Engineering Adhesives segment produces and supplies high performance industrial adhesives such as reactive, light cure, two-part liquids, silicone, polyurethane, film, and fast cure products to the appliances and filters, windows, doors and wood flooring, and textile, transportation, electronics, medical, clean energy, aerospace and defense, appliance, heavy machinery, and insulating glass markets. The Construction Adhesives segment provides products used for tile setting, commercial roofing, heating, ventilation, and air conditioning and insulation applications, as well as caulks and sealants for the consumer market and professional trade. The company sells its products directly through distributors and retailers. H.B. Fuller Company was founded in 1887 and is headquartered in Saint Paul, Minnesota.
The iShares Global Industrials ETF (EXI) seeks to track the investment results of the S&P Global 1200 Industrials Index, focusing on large-cap companies deemed essential to the global industrials sector. The fund invests at least 80% of its assets in the index's component securities and similar investments, while up to 20% may be allocated to futures, options, swaps, cash, and equivalents. EXI employs a market-cap-weighted approach, slightly favoring dominant firms but maintaining broad geographic exposure. It uses a sampling method to mirror the index's investment profile and rebalances quarterly, offering stable, comprehensive access to global industrial stocks.
Equifax Inc. provides information solutions and human resources business process automation outsourcing services for businesses, governments, and consumers. The company operates through three segments: Workforce Solutions, U.S. Information Solutions (USIS), and International. The Workforce Solutions segment offers employment, income, criminal history, and social security number verification services, as well as payroll-based transaction, employment tax management, and identity theft protection products. The USIS segment provides consumer and commercial information services, such as credit information and credit scoring, credit modeling and portfolio analytics, locate, fraud detection and prevention, identity verification, and other consulting; mortgage services; financial marketing services; identity management services; credit monitoring products; and online information, decisioning technology solutions, as well as portfolio management, mortgage reporting, and consumer credit information services. The International segment offers information service products, which include consumer and commercial services, such as credit and financial information, and credit scoring and modeling; and credit and other marketing products and services, as well as offers information, technology, and other services to support debt collections and recovery management. The company serves customers in financial services, mortgage, employers, consumer, commercial, telecommunication, retail, automotive, utility, brokerage, healthcare, and insurance industries, as well as state, federal, and local governments. It operates in the United States, Canada, Australia, New Zealand, India, the United Kingdom, Spain, Portugal, Argentina, Chile, Costa Rica, Ecuador, El Salvador, Honduras, Mexico, Paraguay, Peru, Uruguay, Brazil, the Republic of Ireland, Russia, Cambodia, Malaysia, Singapore, and the United Arab Emirates. The company was founded in 1899 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Matterport, Inc., a spatial data company, focuses on digitization and datafication of the built world. It offers Matterport digital twins, a 3D data platform to design, build, operate, promote, and understand spaces. The company offers Matterport Capture, an application that enables to capture depth, data, and imagery of a space using 3D cameras, 360 cameras, and iPhones; Matterport Workshop application to customize, add additional details, and share spaces; Matterport Showcase application for audience view and explore space in its final format; and Matterport VR to experience virtual reality. It offers solutions for real estate, photography, travel and hospitality, retail, insurance and restoration, industrial and facilities management, architecture, and engineering and construction industries. Matterport, Inc. was founded in 2011 and is headquartered in Sunnyvale, California.
The SPDR S&P Bank ETF (KBE) aims to deliver investment results that correspond to the total return performance of the S&P Banks Select Industry Index, which is part of the S&P Total Market Index tracking the broad U.S. equity market. KBE invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities within this index, focusing on the bank segment, including sub-industries like Asset Management & Custody Banks, Diversified Banks, Regional Banks, Other Diversified Financial Services, and Thrifts & Mortgage Finance. The fund employs an equal-weighted strategy, rebalancing quarterly to ensure equal emphasis on both large and small banking firms, thus providing diversified exposure across the banking sector. Additionally, KBE may hold equity securities outside the index, cash, and money market instruments to maintain liquidity and flexibility.
Corebridge Financial, Inc. provides retirement solutions and insurance products in the United States. It operates through Individual Retirement, Group Retirement, Life Insurance, and Institutional Markets segments. The Individual Retirement segment provides fixed annuities, fixed index annuities, variable annuities and retail mutual funds. The Group Retirement segment offers record-keeping services, plan administration and compliance services, and financial planning and advisory solutions to employer-defined contribution plans and their participants, as well as proprietary and non-proprietary annuities, advisory services, and brokerage products. The Life Insurance segment offers term life and universal life insurance in the United States, as well as issues individual life, whole life, and group life insurance in the United Kingdom; and distributes medical insurance in Ireland. The Institutional Markets segment provides stable value wraps, structured settlement and pension risk transfer annuities, corporate and bank owned life insurance, high net worth products, and guaranteed investment contracts. The company was formerly known as SAFG Retirement Services, Inc. Corebridge Financial, Inc. was incorporated in 1998 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas. Corebridge Financial, Inc. operates as a subsidiary of American International Group, Inc.
PBF Energy Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in refining and supplying petroleum products. The company operates in two segments, Refining and Logistics. It produces gasoline, ultra-low-sulfur diesel, heating oil, diesel fuel, jet fuel, lubricants, petrochemicals, and asphalt, as well as unbranded transportation fuels, petrochemical feedstocks, blending components, and other petroleum products. The company sells its products in Northeast, Midwest, Gulf Coast, and West Coast of the United States, as well as in other regions of the United States, Canada, and Mexico. It also offers various rail, truck, and marine terminaling services, as well as pipeline transportation and storage services. As of December 31, 2021, the company owned and operated six oil refineries and related assets. PBF Energy Inc. was founded in 2008 and is based in Parsippany, New Jersey.
The ALPS Medical Breakthroughs ETF (SBIO) employs a passive management strategy to track the S-Network® Medical Breakthroughs Index, focusing on small and mid-cap U.S.-listed biotechnology companies with drugs in Phase II or III FDA clinical trials. The fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in these securities, targeting firms with market caps between USD 200 million and USD 5 billion. SBIO emphasizes sustainability by selecting companies with sufficient cash reserves to last two years, making it a high-risk, high-reward investment. The index undergoes semi-annual reconstitution and quarterly rebalancing, capping the largest stock at 4.5% to ensure diversification.
Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a commercial-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on the development and commercialization of therapeutics for the treatment of rare genetic diseases of obesity. The company's lead product candidate is IMCIVREE, a potent melanocortin-4 receptor for the treatment of pro-opiomelanocortin (POMC), proprotein convertase subtilisin/kexin type 1, leptin receptor (LEPR) deficiency obesity, and Bardet-Biedl and Alström syndrome. It is also developing setmelanotide, which is in Phase II clinical trials for treating POMC or LEPR heterozygous deficiency obesities, steroid receptor coactivator 1 deficiency obesity, SH2B1 deficiency obesity, MC4 receptor deficiency obesity, Smith-Magenis syndrome obesity, POMC epigenetic disorders, and other MC4R disorders. Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has a collaborative research agreement with the Clinical Registry Investigating Bardet-Biedl Syndrome. The company was formerly known as Rhythm Metabolic, Inc. and changed its name to Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. in October 2015. Rhythm Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Boston, Massachusetts.
Ningbo Tuopu Group Co.,Ltd. engages in the manufacture and sale of automobile parts in China and internationally. It offers vibration control products, including powertrain mounting systems, chassis bushings, rubber metal parts, torsional vibrational dampers, and aluminum die-casting products; headliners, pedal pads, cloth racks, and floor carpets for interior trims; spare wheel cover, side plaque, and interior trimming board for trunk trims; interior trim materials; and sound, heat, and silencer insulation pads, as well as insulation lining od wheel housing. The company also provides automatic driving systems, such as intelligent brake systems, electric power steering columns, automotive mechanical steering gears, electronic vacuum pumps, brake vacuum switches, electric wastegate actuators, electronic water and purge pumps, seat pneumatic comfort systems, and electronic stability controls; and chassis lightweight systems comprising sub-frame, shock tower, torsion and longitudinal beam, B-pillar, control arm, and steering knuckle. In addition, it offers thermal management systems. The company was founded in 1983 and is headquartered in Ningbo, China. Ningbo Tuopu Group Co.,Ltd. is a subsidiary of Mecca International Holding (HK) Limited.
The Pacer BioThreat Strategy ETF (VIRS) is designed to track a market-cap weighted index of U.S.-listed companies whose products or services address biological threats to human health. The ETF focuses on firms that help protect against, endure, or recover from threats such as pandemic diseases, biological warfare, and environmental hazards. The underlying index employs a multi-step selection process, identifying relevant threats through fundamental research and selecting companies based on financial reports, news, and interviews. It imposes minimum size and liquidity requirements, with a 4.9% cap on single issuers, and is rebalanced semi-annually and reconstituted annually. VIRS is non-diversified and passively managed, with its last trading day on October 10, 2024.
Teladoc Health, Inc. provides virtual healthcare services in the United States and internationally. The company offers a portfolio of services and solutions covering non-urgent, episodic, chronic, and complicated medical conditions, including diabetes, hypertension, chronic kidney disease, cancer, congestive heart failure, and mental health conditions. It offers a range of programs and services, including primary and specialty care telehealth solutions, chronic condition management, expert medical services, mental health solutions, and platform and program services. The company serves employers, health plans, hospitals and health systems, and insurance and financial services companies, as well as individual members. It offers its products and services under the Teladoc, Livongo, and BetterHelp brands. The company was formerly known as Teladoc, Inc. and changed its name to Teladoc Health, Inc. in August 2018. The company was incorporated in 2002 and is headquartered in Purchase, New York.
BTG Hotels (Group) Co., Ltd. engages in the operation and management of hotels in the People's Republic of China. The company was formerly known as Beijing Capital Tourism Co.,Ltd. and changed its name to BTG Hotels (Group) Co., Ltd. in August 2013. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.
The iShares Global Industrials ETF (EXI) seeks to track the investment results of the S&P Global 1200 Industrials Index, focusing on large-cap companies deemed essential to the global industrials sector. The fund invests at least 80% of its assets in the index's component securities and similar investments, while up to 20% may be allocated to futures, options, swaps, cash, and equivalents. EXI employs a market-cap-weighted approach, slightly favoring dominant firms but maintaining broad geographic exposure. It uses a sampling method to mirror the index's investment profile and rebalances quarterly, offering stable, comprehensive access to global industrial stocks.
Union Pacific Corporation, through its subsidiary, Union Pacific Railroad Company, operates in the railroad business in the United States. The company offers transportation services for grain and grain products, fertilizers, food and refrigerated products, and coal and renewables to grain processors, animal feeders, ethanol producers, and other agricultural users; petroleum, and liquid petroleum gases; and construction products, industrial chemicals, plastics, forest products, specialized products, metals and ores, soda ash, and sand, as well as finished automobiles, automotive parts, and merchandise in intermodal containers. As of December 31, 2021, its rail network included 32,452 route miles connecting Pacific Coast and Gulf Coast ports with the Midwest and Eastern United States gateways. The company was founded in 1862 and is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.
KRAFTON, Inc. develops, produces, and sells household video games in South Korea and internationally. It offers PC, mobile, and console games. The company was formerly known as Bluehole Studio Inc. and changed its name to KRAFTON, Inc. in November 2018. The company was founded in 2007 and is based in Seongnam, South Korea.
The Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Financials ETF (RSPF) seeks to track the investment results of the S&P 500® Equal Weight Financials Index, investing at least 90% of its total assets in securities within this index. This underlying index includes all components of the S&P 500® Financials Index, focusing on companies classified in the financials sector per the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®). RSPF employs an equal-weighting strategy, which reduces concentration in top holdings and increases exposure to smaller firms, offering a unique advantage when larger financial institutions face market challenges. The fund's equal-weight approach, rebalanced quarterly, limits the dominance of major players and enhances exposure to lesser-known companies. Prior to June 7, 2023, RSPF traded under the ticker RYF.
Aflac Incorporated, through its subsidiaries, provides supplemental health and life insurance products. It operates through two segments, Aflac Japan and Aflac U.S. The Aflac Japan segment offers cancer, medical, nursing care income support, GIFT, and whole and term life insurance products, as well as WAYS and child endowment plans under saving type insurance products in Japan. The Aflac U.S. segment provides cancer, accident, short-term disability, critical illness, hospital indemnity, dental, vision, long-term care and disability, and term and whole life insurance products in the United States. It sells its products through sales associates, brokers, independent corporate agencies, individual agencies, and affiliated corporate agencies. The company was founded in 1955 and is based in Columbus, Georgia.
Minerals Technologies Inc. develops, produces, and markets various specialty mineral, mineral-based, and synthetic mineral products, and supporting systems and services. The company operates through three segments: Performance Materials, Specialty Minerals and Refractories. The Performance Materials segment supplies bentonite and bentonite-related products, as well as leonardite. This segment also offers metal casting products; household, personal care, and specialty products; and basic minerals, environmental products, and building materials. In addition, it provides products for non-residential construction, environmental, and infrastructure projects, as well as for construction and remediation project customers. The Specialty Minerals segment produces and sells precipitated calcium carbonate and quicklime; and provides natural mineral products comprising limestone and talc. This segment's products are used in paper and packaging, building materials, paint and coatings, glass, ceramic, polymer, food, automotive, and pharmaceutical industries. The Refractories segment offers monolithic and shaped refractory materials; specialty products, services, and application and measurement equipment; and calcium metal and metallurgical wire products that are used in the applications of steel, non-ferrous metal, and glass industries. The company markets its products primarily through its direct sales force, as well as regional distributors. It serves in the United States, Canada, Latin America, Europe, Africa, and Asia. Minerals Technologies Inc. was incorporated in 1968 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
The Defiance Hotel, Airline, and Cruise ETF (CRUZ) aims to track the total return performance of the BlueStar Global Hotels, Airlines, and Cruises Index. This rules-based index comprises globally-listed stocks of companies that generate at least 50% of their revenues from the passenger airline, hotel and resort, or cruise industries, as determined by MV Index Solutions. Under normal circumstances, CRUZ invests at least 80% of its net assets, including borrowings for investment purposes, in these Travel Companies. The fund is non-diversified, focusing its investments on a specific sector to potentially capitalize on growth opportunities within the travel industry.
Delta Air Lines, Inc. provides scheduled air transportation for passengers and cargo in the United States and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Airline and Refinery. Its domestic network centered on core hubs in Atlanta, Minneapolis-St. Paul, Detroit, and Salt Lake City, as well as coastal hub positions in Boston, Los Angeles, New York-LaGuardia, New York-JFK, and Seattle; and international network centered on hubs and market presence in Amsterdam, Mexico City, London-Heathrow, Paris-Charles de Gaulle, and Seoul-Incheon. The company sells its tickets through various distribution channels, including delta.com and the Fly Delta app, reservations, online travel agencies, traditional brick and mortar, and other agencies. It also provides aircraft maintenance and engineering support, repair, and overhaul services; and vacation packages to third-party consumers, as well as aircraft charters, and management and programs. The company operates through a fleet of approximately 1,200 aircrafts. Delta Air Lines, Inc. was founded in 1924 and is based in Atlanta, Georgia.
Teck Resources Limited engages in exploring for, acquiring, developing, and producing natural resources in Asia, Europe, and North America. It operates through Steelmaking Coal, Copper, Zinc, Energy, and Corporate segments. The company's principal products include steelmaking coal; copper, gold, blended bitumen, lead, silver, molybdenum, zinc, and zinc concentrates; chemicals, fertilizers, and other metals. It also produces indium and germanium. In addition, the company holds interest in Frontier oil sands projects in the Athabasca region of Alberta; and owns interests in exploration and development projects in Australia, Chile, Ireland, Mexico, Peru, Turkey, and the United States. The company was formerly known as Teck Cominco Limited and changed its name to Teck Resources Limited in April 2009. Teck Resources Limited was founded in 1913 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
The iShares U.S. Technology ETF (IYW) seeks to track the investment results of the Russell 1000 Technology RIC 22.5/45 Capped Index, which measures the performance of the U.S. technology sector as defined by FTSE Russell. The fund invests at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its underlying index, offering broad exposure to U.S. technology companies. It employs a market-cap-weighted approach, which can lead to concentrated positions in major tech firms. The index caps individual securities at 22.5% and limits issuers exceeding 4.5% to a combined maximum of 45%, ensuring a balance between concentration and diversification. The index is reconstituted annually with quarterly reviews, and the fund is non-diversified.
Teradyne, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, sells, and supports automatic test equipment worldwide. The company operates through Semiconductor Test, System Test, Industrial Automation, and Wireless Test segments. The Semiconductor Test segment offers products and services for wafer level and device package testing in automotive, industrial, communications, consumer, smartphones, cloud computer and electronic game, and other applications. This segment also provides FLEX test platform systems; J750 test system to address the volume semiconductor devices; Magnum platform that tests memory devices, such as flash memory and DRAM; and ETS platform for semiconductor manufacturers, and assembly and test subcontractors in the analog/mixed signal markets. It serves integrated device manufacturers that integrate the fabrication of silicon wafers into their business; fabless companies that outsource the manufacturing of silicon wafers; foundries; and semiconductor assembly and test providers. The System Test segment offers defense/aerospace test instrumentation and systems; storage test systems; and circuit-board test and inspection systems. The Industrial Automation segment provides collaborative robotic arms, autonomous mobile robots, and advanced robotic control software for manufacturing, logistics, and light industrial customers. The Wireless Test segment provides test solutions for use in the development and manufacture of wireless devices and modules, smartphones, tablets, notebooks, laptops, peripherals, and Internet-of-Things devices under the LitePoint brand name. This segment also offers IQxel products for Wi-Fi and other standards; IQxstream solution for testing GSM, EDGE, CDMA2000, TD-SCDMA, WCDMA, HSPA+, LTE, and 5G technologies; IQcell, a multi-device cellular signaling test solution; IQgig test solution; and turnkey test software for wireless chipsets. Teradyne, Inc. was incorporated in 1960 and is headquartered in North Reading, Massachusetts.
Tuya Inc. develops Internet of Things (IoT) cloud platform worldwide. The company provides IoT Platform-as-a-Service that enables brands, original equipment manufacturers, and developers to develop, launch, manage, and monetize smart devices and services; industry Software-as-a-Service, which enables businesses to deploy, connect, and manage various types of smart devices. It also offers a wide range of cloud-based value-added services to businesses, developers, and end users to develop and manage IoT experiences. In addition, the company sells finished smart devices. It offers its solutions to smart home, smart business, healthcare, education, agriculture, outdoors and sport, and entertainment industries. The company was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Hangzhou, the People's Republic of China.
The Invesco Semiconductors ETF (PSI) aims to track the investment results of the Dynamic Semiconductor Intellidex® Index, investing at least 90% of its total assets in U.S. semiconductor companies primarily engaged in manufacturing semiconductors. This non-diversified, passively-managed fund employs a proprietary quantitative model to select and weight 30 semiconductor stocks based on factors like price momentum, earnings momentum, quality, management action, and value. PSI's strategy emphasizes smaller growth companies through a tier-weighting scheme, reducing mega-cap concentrations and evenly distributing investments across company sizes. The fund and its index are rebalanced and reconstituted quarterly in February, May, August, and November. Prior to August 28, 2023, it was known as the Invesco Dynamic Semiconductors ETF.
Marvell Technology, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, develops, and sells analog, mixed-signal, digital signal processing, and embedded and standalone integrated circuits. It offers a portfolio of Ethernet solutions, including controllers, network adapters, physical transceivers, and switches; single or multiple core processors; ASIC; and printer System-on-a-Chip products and application processors. The company also provides a range of storage products comprising storage controllers for hard disk drives (HDD) and solid-state drives that support various host system interfaces consisting of serial attached SCSI (SAS), serial advanced technology attachment (SATA), peripheral component interconnect express, non-volatile memory express (NVMe), and NVMe over fabrics; and fiber channel products, including host bus adapters, and controllers for server and storage system connectivity. It has operations in the United States, China, Malaysia, the Philippines, Thailand, Singapore, India, Israel, Japan, South Korea, Taiwan, and Vietnam. Marvell Technology, Inc. was incorporated in 1995 and is headquartered in Wilmington, Delaware.
PPG Industries, Inc. manufactures and distributes paints, coatings, and specialty materials worldwide. The company's Performance Coatings segment offers coatings, solvents, adhesives, sealants, sundries, and software for automotive and commercial transport/fleet repair and refurbishing, light industrial coatings, and specialty coatings for signs; and coatings, sealants, transparencies, transparent armor, adhesives, engineered materials, and packaging and chemical management services for commercial, military, regional jet, and general aviation aircraft. It also provides coatings and finishes for the protection of metals and structures, such as metal fabricators, heavy duty maintenance contractors, and manufacturers of ships, bridges, and rail cars; paints, wood stains, adhesives, and purchased sundries for painting and maintenance contractors, and consumers for decoration and maintenance of residential and commercial building structures; and paints, thermoplastics, pavement marking products, and other technologies for pavement marking. The company's Industrial Coatings segment offers coatings, adhesives and sealants, and metal pretreatments, as well as services and coatings applications for appliances, agricultural and construction equipment, consumer electronics, automotive parts and accessories, building products, kitchenware, and transportation vehicles and other finished products; and on-site coatings services. It also provides coatings for metal cans, closures, plastic tubes, and promotional and specialty packaging; amorphous precipitated silica for tire, battery separator, and other end-uses; TESLIN substrates for labels, e-passports, drivers' licenses, breathable membranes, and loyalty and identification cards; and organic light emitting diode materials, displays and lighting lens materials, optical lenses, color-change products, and photochromic dyes. The company was incorporated in 1883 and is headquartered in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania.
The Invesco Dorsey Wright Basic Materials ETF (PYZ) aims to track the investment results of the Dorsey Wright Basic Materials Technical Leaders Index, focusing on U.S. companies in the basic materials sector. These companies are primarily involved in producing raw materials such as paper, wood products, chemicals, construction materials, and mining and metals. The fund invests at least 90% of its total assets in the securities of the underlying index, which consists of at least 30 stocks selected and weighted based on price momentum, reflecting strong relative strength characteristics. PYZ employs a full replication indexing strategy, ensuring that it holds all the stocks in the index in proportion to their weightings. The fund is reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly, and investors should consider the all-in costs of holding the fund. Prior to August 28, 2023, the ETF was known as the Invesco DWA Basic Materials Momentum ETF.
Reliance Steel & Aluminum Co. operates as a diversified metal solutions provider and the metals service center company in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company distributes a line of approximately 100,000 metal products, including alloy, aluminum, brass, copper, carbon steel, stainless steel, titanium, and specialty steel products; and provides metals processing services to general manufacturing, non-residential construction, transportation, aerospace, energy, electronics and semiconductor fabrication, and heavy industries. It also distributes non-ferrous metals products and tubular building products; and manufactures specialty extruded metals, fabricated parts, and welded components. As of December 31, 2021, the company operated a network of approximately 315 locations in 40 states in the United States and 13 in other countries. It sells its products directly to original equipment manufacturers, which primarily include small machine shops and fabricators. The company was founded in 1939 and is headquartered in Los Angeles, California.
Oppein Home Group Inc. operates as a cabinetry manufacturer in Asia. The company offers kitchen and bathroom cabinets, wardrobes, interior doors, solid surfaces, kitchen electrical appliances and accessories, and home furniture, as well as other building materials. It sells its products and services to builders, contractors, project brokers, and building design companies. The company was formerly known as Guangzhou Optima Enterprise Co., Ltd and changed its name to Oppein Home Group Inc. in 2010. Oppein Home Group Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Guangzhou, China.
The First Trust Consumer Discretionary AlphaDEX® ETF (FXD) aims to outperform the US consumer discretionary sector by tracking the StrataQuant® Consumer Discretionary Index. This index, a modified equal-dollar weighted index, selects stocks from the Russell 1000® using the AlphaDEX® methodology, which employs value and growth screens to identify stocks with potential for positive alpha. FXD invests at least 90% of its net assets in these securities, resulting in significant mid-cap exposure and industry tilts, diverging from traditional market-like sector exposure. The fund's quasi-active selection process, reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly, appeals to investors seeking higher returns rather than pure sector exposure.
AutoNation, Inc., through its subsidiaries, operates as an automotive retailer in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Domestic, Import, and Premium Luxury. It offers a range of automotive products and services, including new and used vehicles; and parts and services, such as automotive repair and maintenance, and wholesale parts and collision services. The company also provides automotive finance and insurance products comprising vehicle services and other protection products, as well as arranges finance for vehicle purchases through third-party finance sources. As of December 31, 2021, it owned and operated 339 new vehicle franchises from 247 stores located primarily in metropolitan markets in the Sunbelt region. The company also owned and operated 57 AutoNation-branded collision centers, 9 AutoNation USA used vehicle stores, 4 AutoNation-branded automotive auction operations, and 3 parts distribution centers. AutoNation, Inc. was founded in 1991 and is headquartered in Fort Lauderdale, Florida.
Diamondback Energy, Inc., an independent oil and natural gas company, focuses on the acquisition, development, exploration, and exploitation of unconventional and onshore oil and natural gas reserves in the Permian Basin in West Texas. It focuses on the development of the Spraberry and Wolfcamp formations of the Midland basin; and the Wolfcamp and Bone Spring formations of the Delaware basin, which are part of the Permian Basin in West Texas and New Mexico. As of December 31, 2021, the company's total acreage position was approximately 524,700 gross acres in the Permian Basin; and estimated proved oil and natural gas reserves were 1,788,991 thousand barrels of crude oil equivalent. It also held working interests in 5,289 gross producing wells, as well as royalty interests in 6,455 additional wells. In addition, the company owns mineral interests approximately 930,871 gross acres and 27,027 net royalty acres in the Permian Basin and Eagle Ford Shale; and owns, operates, develops, and acquires midstream infrastructure assets, including 866 miles of crude oil gathering pipelines, natural gas gathering pipelines, and an integrated water system in the Midland and Delaware Basins of the Permian Basin. Diamondback Energy, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Midland, Texas.
The Invesco Dynamic Software ETF (PSJ) primarily invests at least 90% of its total assets in securities that are part of its underlying index, which includes companies significantly involved in future software development. These companies, spanning various market capitalizations and geographies, derive a substantial portion of their revenue from software-related technologies. The ETF is non-diversified and focuses on firms expected to benefit from long-term technological and societal trends. The index components are weighted based on their free-float market capitalization and revenue exposure to relevant subsectors, with quarterly rebalancing starting in March and an annual review in June. Prior to August 28, 2023, the fund was known as the Invesco Dynamic Software ETF with the ticker PSJ.
Iress Limited engages in the designing and developing software and services for the financial services industry in Australia, New Zealand, Asia, the United Kingdom, Europe, South Africa, and North America. It offers client management, business automation, portfolio data, research, financial planning tools, scaled advice journeys, digital client solutions, data-driven compliance and analytics, and regulatory obligations management solutions; and market data, trading interfaces, order and execution management, smart order routing, FIX services, portfolio management, securities lending, analytical tools, algorithmic trading, market making, CFD clearing, post trade solutions, and trading and market data APIs. The company also provides connectivity, client relationship management, wealth management, funds registry, digital advice, digital member portal, fund administration services, automated workflow, application processing, connectivity, mortgage comparison and advice, lender connectivity, quoting, comparison, and application processing solutions. It offers its solutions to institutional and independent advisory clients; institutional sell-side, retail, and online brokers; investment, fund, private client, and wealth managers; custodians; retail and investment platforms; superannuation funds; mortgage lenders and intermediaries; and insurance intermediaries. The company was formerly known as IRESS Market Technology Limited and changed its name to IRESS Limited in May 2012. Iress Limited was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Melbourne, Australia.
Greif, Inc. engages in the production and sale of industrial packaging products and services worldwide. It operates in three segments: Global Industrial Packaging; Paper Packaging & Services; and Land Management. The Global Industrial Packaging segment produces and sells industrial packaging products, including steel, fiber, and plastic drums; rigid and flexible intermediate bulk containers; closure systems for industrial packaging products; transit protection products; water bottles, and remanufactured and reconditioned industrial containers; and various services, such as container life cycle management, filling, logistics, warehousing, and other packaging services to chemicals, paints and pigments, food and beverage, petroleum, industrial coatings, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, mineral product, and other industries. This segment also offers flexible intermediate bulk containers and related services to the agriculture, construction, and food industries. The Paper Packaging & Services segment produces and sells containerboards, corrugated sheets and containers, and other corrugated and specialty products to customers in the packaging, automotive, food, and building products markets; and produces and sells coated and uncoated recycled paperboard, and recycled fiber. This segment's corrugated container products are used to ship various products, such as home appliances, small machinery, grocery products, automotive components, books, and furniture, as well as various other applications. The Land Management segment engages in harvesting and regeneration of timber properties; and sale of timberland and special use properties. As of October 31, 2021, this segment owned approximately 175,000 acres of timber properties in the southeastern United States. The company was formerly known as Greif Bros. Corporation and changed its name to Greif, Inc. in 2001. Greif, Inc. was founded in 1877 and is headquartered in Delaware, Ohio.
The Invesco MSCI Sustainable Future ETF (ERTH) aims to track the investment results of the MSCI Global Environment Select Index, investing at least 90% of its total assets in securities within this custom index. This index includes global companies that contribute to a more environmentally sustainable economy by efficiently using limited natural resources. ERTH focuses on firms deriving 50% or more of their revenue from six Environmental Impact themes: alternative energy, energy efficiency, green building, sustainable water, pollution prevention and control, and sustainable agriculture. Companies are also screened for ESG controversies and sustainable impact metrics. The fund is rebalanced quarterly and, prior to March 24, 2021, was known as the Invesco Cleantech ETF with the ticker PZD, tracking the Cleantech Index.
Digital Realty supports the world's leading enterprises and service providers by delivering the full spectrum of data center, colocation and interconnection solutions. PlatformDIGITALR, the company's global data center platform, provides customers a trusted foundation and proven Pervasive Datacenter Architecture PDxTM solution methodology for scaling digital business and efficiently managing data gravity challenges. Digital Realty's global data center footprint gives customers access to the connected communities that matter to them with more than 284 facilities in 48 metros across 23 countries on six continents.
Liberty Broadband Corporation engages in the communications businesses. It operates through GCI Holdings and Charter segments. The GCI Holdings segment provides a range of wireless, data, video, voice, and managed services to residential customers, businesses, governmental entities, and educational and medical institutions primarily in Alaska under the GCI brand. The Charter segment offers subscription-based video services comprising video on demand, high-definition television, and digital video recorder service; local and long-distance calling, voicemail, call waiting, caller ID, call forwarding, and other voice services, as well as international calling services; and Spectrum TV. It also provides internet services, including an in-home Wi-Fi product that provides customers with high-performance wireless routers and managed Wi-Fi services; advanced community Wi-Fi; mobile internet; and a security suite that offers protection against computer viruses and spyware. In addition, this segment offers internet access, data networking, fiber connectivity to cellular towers and office buildings, video entertainment, and business telephone services; advertising services on cable television networks and digital outlets; and operates regional sports and news networks. Liberty Broadband Corporation was incorporated in 2014 and is based in Englewood, Colorado.
The iShares U.S. Financial ETF (IYF) aims to track the investment results of the Russell 1000 Financials 40 Act 15/22.5 Daily Capped Index, which measures the performance of the U.S. financial sector. The fund invests at least 80% of its assets in the index's component securities, offering broad exposure to the top 95% of the U.S. financial market. IYF employs a market-cap-weighted approach with a capping methodology to ensure diversification, limiting individual securities to a maximum of 15% and the aggregate weight of issuers exceeding 4.5% to 22.5%. The index is rebalanced quarterly, providing a diversified portfolio specific to U.S. financial companies.
Kinsale Capital Group, Inc., a specialty insurance company, provides property and casualty insurance products in the United States. The company's commercial lines offerings include construction, small business, excess and general casualty, commercial property, allied health, life sciences, energy, environmental, health care, inland marine, public entity, and commercial insurance, as well as product, professional, and management liability insurance. It markets and sells its insurance products in all 50 states, the District of Columbia, the Commonwealth of Puerto Rico, and the U.S. Virgin Islands primarily through a network of independent insurance brokers. The company was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Richmond, Virginia.
Kelt Exploration Ltd., an oil and gas company, engages in the exploration, development, and production of crude oil and natural gas resources primarily in northwestern Alberta and northeastern British Columbia, Canada. The company markets its crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids production primarily to third party marketing companies. As of December 31, 2021, it had proved developed producing reserves of 43.9 million barrels of oil equivalent (BOE); total proved reserves of 134.1 million BOE; and total proved plus probable reserves of 254.1 million BOE. Kelt Exploration Ltd. was incorporated in 2012 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
The iShares U.S. Medical Devices ETF (IHI) aims to track the investment results of the Dow Jones U.S. Select Medical Equipment Index, focusing on the U.S. medical equipment sector. This non-diversified fund targets domestic companies involved in manufacturing and distributing medical devices, including MRI scanners, prosthetics, pacemakers, and X-ray machines. IHI employs a market-cap-weighted approach, rebalancing quarterly with a cap of 22.5% on any single company, and uses a sampling method, meaning it may not hold every security in the index. This niche sector fund provides exposure to the medical devices segment within the broader healthcare space.
Penumbra, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and markets medical devices in the United States and internationally. The company offers aspiration based thrombectomy systems and accessory devices, including revascularization device for mechanical thrombectomy, such as Penumbra System under the Penumbra RED, JET, ACE, 3D Revascularization Device, and Penumbra ENGINE brands, as well as components and accessories; neurovascular embolization coiling systems to treat patients with various sizes of aneurysms and other neurovascular lesions under the Penumbra Coil 400, POD400, PAC400, and Penumbra SMART Coil brand names; and neurovascular access systems designed to provide intracranial access for use in a range of neurovascular therapies under the Neuron, Neuron MAX, Select, BENCHMARK, BMX96, DDC, and PX SLIM brands. It also provides neurosurgical aspiration tools for the removal of tissue and fluids under the Artemis Neuro Evacuation Device brand; aspiration-based thrombectomy systems for vascular applications under the Indigo System brand; and detachable embolic coil systems for peripheral embolization under the Ruby Coil and Ruby LP brand names. In addition, the company offers microcatheter for the delivery of detachable coils and occlusion devices under the LANTERN brand; and detachable, microcatheter-deliverable occlusion devices designed primarily to occlude peripheral vessels under the POD (Penumbra Occlusion Device) brand, as well as immersive computer-based technologies and immersive therapeutics to promote health, motor function, and cognition under the Real Immersive System brand; and a complementary device for use with Ruby Coil and POD for vessel occlusion under the Packing Coil and Packing Coil LP brands. The company sells its products through direct sales organizations and distributors. Penumbra, Inc. was incorporated in 2004 and is headquartered in Alameda, California.
Canvest Environmental Protection Group Company Limited, an investment holding company, engages in the operation and management of waste-to-energy projects in the People's Republic of China. It also provides environmental hygiene and related services. As of December 31, 2021, the company had 35 operating, secured, announced, and managed projects; and a processing capacity of municipal solid waste of 51,990 tonnes. In addition, it provides municipal solid waste handling, human resources and administrative, transportation, cleaning and waste management, and consultancy services; and engages in the operation and management of smart car parking. The company was founded in 2003 and is based in Kowloon, Hong Kong. Canvest Environmental Protection Group Company Limited is a subsidiary of Best Approach Developments Limited.
The Invesco KBW Property & Casualty ETF (KBWP) aims to track the investment results of the KBW Nasdaq Property & Casualty Index, focusing on U.S. property and casualty insurance companies. The fund invests at least 90% of its total assets in securities within this modified market-cap-weighted index, which is rebalanced quarterly. While it does not provide broad exposure to the entire U.S. insurance sector, it includes significant holdings in reinsurance companies and underweights mega-cap insurance brokers and life & health insurance firms, favoring smaller entities. As a non-diversified fund, KBWP offers targeted exposure to this specific segment of the insurance market.
The Travelers Companies, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides a range of commercial and personal property, and casualty insurance products and services to businesses, government units, associations, and individuals in the United states and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Business Insurance, Bond & Specialty Insurance, and Personal Insurance. The Business Insurance segment offers workers' compensation, commercial automobile and property, general liability, commercial multi-peril, employers' liability, public and product liability, professional indemnity, marine, aviation, onshore and offshore energy, construction, terrorism, personal accident, and kidnap and ransom insurance products. This segment operates through select accounts, which serve small businesses; commercial accounts that serve mid-sized businesses; national accounts, which serve large companies; and national property and other that serve large and mid-sized customers, commercial trucking industry, and agricultural businesses, as well as markets and distributes its products through brokers, wholesale agents, and program managers. The Bond & Specialty Insurance segment provides surety, fidelity, management and professional liability, and other property and casualty coverages and related risk management services through independent agencies and brokers. The Personal Insurance segment offers property and casualty insurance covering personal risks, primarily automobile and homeowners insurance to individuals through independent agencies and brokers. The Travelers Companies, Inc. was founded in 1853 and is based in New York, New York.
Bosideng International Holdings Limited researches, designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes branded down apparel products, original equipment manufacturing (OEM) products, and non-down apparel products in the People's Republic of China. The company operates through four segments: Down Apparels, OEM Management, Ladieswear Apparels, and Diversified Apparels. It engages in the business of sourcing and distributing branded down and ladieswear apparels; and non-seasonal apparels, including branded menswear, school uniform, and children's wear. The company provides down apparel products under the Bosideng, Snow Flying, Bengen, etc. brands; ladies wear products under the JESSIE, BUOU BUOU, KOREANO, and KLOVA brands; and school uniforms under the Sameite brand. It also offers network consulting and e-business of down and non-down apparel; logistics and storage services; and brand design and development services, as well as operates as an advertisement agency. As of March 31, 2022, it operated 462 ladieswear retail outlets; 364 self-operated retail outlets; and 98 retail outlets operated by third party distributors. Bosideng International Holdings Limited was founded in 1976 and is based in Central, Hong Kong.
The iShares North American Natural Resources ETF (IGE) aims to track the S&P North American Natural Resources Sector Index, focusing on U.S.-traded stocks of natural resource-related companies in the U.S. and Canada. The fund invests at least 80% of its assets in the index's component securities, with the remaining 20% potentially allocated to futures, options, swap contracts, cash, and cash equivalents. IGE's portfolio includes companies in the energy and materials sectors, such as oil, gas, consumable fuels, energy equipment, metals, mining, paper, forest products, construction materials, and packaging, while excluding the chemicals industry and steel sub-industry. The index undergoes semi-annual reconstitution, with quarterly rebalancing applying a 10% cap per company and ensuring that companies with weights over 4.5% do not collectively exceed 45%.
ConocoPhillips explores for, produces, transports, and markets crude oil, bitumen, natural gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), and natural gas liquids worldwide. It primarily engages in the conventional and tight oil reservoirs, shale gas, heavy oil, LNG, oil sands, and other production operations. The company's portfolio includes unconventional plays in North America; conventional assets in North America, Europe, Asia, and Australia; various LNG developments; oil sands assets in Canada; and an inventory of conventional and unconventional exploration prospects. ConocoPhillips was founded in 1917 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Tapestry, Inc. provides luxury accessories and branded lifestyle products in the United States, Japan, Greater China, and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Coach, Kate Spade, and Stuart Weitzman. It offers women's accessories, including handbags, such as wallets, money pieces, wristlets, and cosmetic cases; novelty accessories comprising address books, time management and travel accessories, sketchbooks, and portfolios; and key rings and charms. The company also provides bag collections, including business cases, computer bags, messenger-style bags, backpacks, and totes; small leather goods, such as wallets, card cases, travel organizers, and belts; and footwear, watches, fragrances, sunglasses, novelty accessories, and ready-to-wear for men. In addition, it offers women's footwear; sunglasses; bracelets, necklaces, rings, and earrings; fragrances and watches; women's seasonal lifestyle apparel collections, including outerwear and ready-to-wear, and cold weather accessories, which comprise gloves, scarves, and hats. Further, the company provides footwear items; and housewares and home accessories for kids, such as fashion bedding and tableware; and stationery and gifts. Additionally, it licenses rights to market and distribute its tech and soft accessories, jewelry, watches, eyewear, and fragrances under the Coach brand; and tableware and housewares, fashion beddings, tech accessories, watches, sleepwear, eyewear, stationery and gifts, and fragrances under the Kate Spade brand. As of July 2, 2022, the company operated through a network of 945 Coach stores, 398 Kate Spade stores, and 100 Stuart Weitzman stores. It sells its products through e-commerce sites and concession shop-in-shops, and wholesale customers, as well as through independent third-party distributors. The company was formerly known as Coach, Inc. and changed its name to Tapestry, Inc. in October 2017. Tapestry, Inc. was founded in 1941 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
The First Trust Health Care AlphaDEX ETF (FXH) seeks to achieve investment results that correspond to the StrataQuant® Health Care Index, focusing on large- and mid-cap U.S. health care companies. The fund invests at least 90% of its net assets in securities from the index, which is a modified equal-dollar weighted index derived from the Russell 1000® Index. Utilizing the AlphaDEX® selection methodology, FXH aims to generate positive alpha by selecting stocks based on growth and value factors. The ETF offers significant exposure to biotechnology and healthcare providers while underweighting pharmaceuticals, providing a smart beta approach that tilts away from big pharma. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly, ensuring a dynamic and responsive investment strategy.
Globus Medical, Inc., a medical device company, develops and commercializes healthcare solutions for patients with musculoskeletal disorders in the United States and internationally. It offers spine products, such as traditional fusion implants comprising pedicle screw and rod systems, plating systems, intervertebral spacers, and corpectomy devices for treating degenerative, deformity, tumors, and trauma conditions; treatment options for motion preservation technologies that consist of dynamic stabilization, total disc replacement, and interspinous distraction devices; interventional pain management solutions to treat vertebral compression fractures; and regenerative biologic products comprising of allografts and synthetic alternatives. The company also offers products for the treatment of orthopedic trauma, including fracture plates, compression screws, intramedullary nails, and external fixation systems; and hip and knee joint solutions, including modular hip stems and acetabular cups, as well as posterior stabilizing and cruciate retaining knee arthroplasty implants. In addition, it distributes human cell, tissue, and cellular and tissue-based products. Globus Medical, Inc. was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Audubon, Pennsylvania.
Zhejiang Supor Co., Ltd. researches, develops, manufactures, and sells cookware products and household appliances worldwide. The company's cookware products include pressure cookers, woks, frypans, pots, steamers, kettles, cookware sets, knives, spatulas, thermos and flasks, and kitchen gadgets, as well as vacuum food jars and pottery pots; and small kitchen electric appliances comprise electric rice cookers, induction hobs, soymilk makers, electric kettles, food preparation products, electric steamers, slow cookers, baking pans, bread makers, noodle makers, and actifry products. It also offers large kitchen appliances, including sets, range hoods, gas stoves, steam stoves, electric ovens, and sterilizers; and home and personal care appliances, such as vacuum cleaners, garment steamers, steam irons, and air purifiers, as well as sauce pans, steamers, thermal pots, crispers, juice extractors, electric chafing dish products, food processors, gas cookers, water purifiers, and dust cleaners. The company was founded in 1994 and is based in Hangzhou, China.
The Invesco S&P SmallCap Consumer D ETF (PSCD) aims to track the investment results of the S&P SmallCap 600 Capped Consumer Discretionary Index, investing at least 90% of its total assets in the index's securities. This index comprises US small-cap companies primarily engaged in providing cyclical consumer goods and services, such as household durables, leisure products, apparel, luxury goods, computers, electronics, automobiles, and hotel and restaurant services. The fund employs a market-cap-weighted approach, with constraints ensuring no single security exceeds 22.5% of the portfolio and the combined weight of securities over 4.5% allocation is capped at 45%. The index is rebalanced quarterly, ensuring alignment with its investment strategy.
Designer Brands Inc., together with its subsidiaries, designs, manufactures, and retails footwear and accessories for women, men, and kids primarily in North America. The company operates through three segments: U.S. Retail, Canada Retail, and Brand Portfolio. It provides dress, casual, and athletic footwear; and handbags. The company offers its products under the Vince Camuto, Louise et Cie, Jessica Simpson, Lucky, JLO Jenifer Lopez, and other brands. It also operates vincecamuto.com e-commerce site, as well as www.dsw.com, www.dsw.ca, and www.theshoecompany.ca websites; and a portfolio of banners, including DSW Designer Shoe Warehouse, The Shoe Company, and Shoe Warehouse. As of January 29, 2022, it operated 648 stores. Designer Brands Inc. was founded in 1991 and is based in Columbus, Ohio.
Corteva, Inc. operates in the agriculture business. It operates through two segments, Seed and Crop Protection. The Seed segment develops and supplies advanced germplasm and traits that produce optimum yield for farms. It offers trait technologies that enhance resistance to weather, disease, insects, and herbicides used to control weeds, as well as food and nutritional characteristics. This segment also provides digital solutions that assist farmer decision-making with a view to optimize product selection, and maximize yield and profitability. The Crop Protection segment offers products that protect against weeds, insects and other pests, and diseases, as well as enhances crop health above and below ground through nitrogen management and seed-applied technologies. This segment provides herbicides, insecticides, nitrogen stabilizers, and pasture and range management herbicides. It serves agricultural input industry. The company operates in the United States, Canada, Latin America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Corteva, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The iShares U.S. Consumer Focused E (IEDI) ETF is an actively managed fund that invests at least 80% of its net assets in U.S. listed common stocks of large-, mid-, and small-cap companies within the consumer discretionary spending sector. Utilizing a proprietary classification system driven by machine learning and text analysis, the fund redefines traditional sector boundaries, allowing companies to be classified into multiple sectors. IEDI targets increased exposure to firms with high U.S. Consumer Scores, which are based on consumer spending revenues and production of goods and services in the U.S. Holdings are market cap-weighted, and the fund is non-diversified. The sectors are reviewed quarterly, and the fund's name was changed from iShares Evolved US Discretionary Spending ETF on December 1, 2022.
Driven Brands Holdings Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides automotive services to retail and commercial customers in the United States, Canada, and internationally. The company offers various services, such as paint, collision, glass, vehicle repair, car wash, oil change, and maintenance services. It also distributes automotive parts, including radiators, air conditioning components, and exhaust products to automotive repair shops, auto parts stores, body shops, and other auto repair outlets; windshields and glass accessories through a network of distribution centers; and consumable products, such as oil filters and wiper blades, as well as provides training services to repair and maintenance, and paint and collision shops. The company sells its products and services under the Take 5 Oil Change, IMO, CARSTAR, ABRA, Fix Auto, Maaco, Meineke, Uniban, 1-800-Radiator & A/C, PH Vitres D'Autos, Spire Supply, and Automotive Training Institute names. As of December 25, 2021, it operated 4,412 company-operated, franchised, and independently-operated stores. Driven Brands Holdings Inc. was founded in 1972 and is headquartered in Charlotte, North Carolina.
Cenovus Energy Inc., together with its subsidiaries, develops, produces, and markets crude oil, natural gas liquids, and natural gas in Canada, the United States, and the Asia Pacific region. The company operates through Oil Sands, Conventional, Offshore, Canadian Manufacturing, U.S. Manufacturing, and Retail segments. The Oil Sands segment develops and produces bitumen and heavy oil in northern Alberta and Saskatchewan. This segments Foster Creek, Christina Lake, Sunrise, and Tucker oil sands projects, as well as Lloydminster thermal and conventional heavy oil assets The Conventional segment holds assets primarily located in Elmworth-Wapiti, Kaybob-Edson, Clearwater, and Rainbow Lake operating in Alberta and British Columbia, as well as interests in various natural gas processing facilities. The offshore segment engages in the exploration and development activities. The Canadian Manufacturing segment includes the owned and operated Lloydminster upgrading and asphalt refining complex, which upgrades heavy oil and bitumen into synthetic crude oil, diesel fuel, asphalt, and other ancillary products, as well as owns and operates the Bruderheim crude-by-rail terminal and two ethanol plants. The U.S. Manufacturing segment comprises the refining of crude oil to produce diesel, gasoline, jet fuel, asphalt, and other products. The Retail segment consists of marketing of its own and third-party refined petroleum products through retail, commercial, and bulk petroleum outlets, as well as wholesale channels. Cenovus Energy Inc. was founded in 2009 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
The VanEck Oil Services ETF (OIH) aims to replicate the performance of the MVIS® US Listed Oil Services 25 Index, investing at least 80% of its assets in securities within this benchmark. This market-cap-weighted index comprises 25 of the largest and most liquid U.S.-listed oil services companies, including small- and medium-cap firms and foreign entities listed on U.S. exchanges. OIH, a non-diversified fund, offers concentrated exposure with a strong bias towards U.S. firms, while a portion of its portfolio includes overseas investments. The fund underwent a transformation in 2011, transitioning from 'Oil HOLDRS' to a dynamic ETF under VanEck's management, with a strategy focused on capturing the largest players in the oil services sector. The index is rebalanced semi-annually to maintain its strategic focus.
RPC, Inc., through its subsidiaries, provides a range of oilfield services and equipment for the oil and gas companies involved in the exploration, production, and development of oil and gas properties. The company operates through Technical Services and Support Services segments. The Technical Services segment offers pressure pumping, fracturing, acidizing, cementing, downhole tools, coiled tubing, snubbing, nitrogen, well control, wireline, pump down, and fishing services that are used in the completion, production, and maintenance of oil and gas wells. The Support Services segment provides a range of rental tools for onshore and offshore oil and gas well drilling, completion, and workover activities. This segment also offers oilfield pipe inspection, and pipe management and storage services, as well as well control training and consulting services. The company operates in the United States, Africa, Canada, Argentina, China, Mexico, Eastern Europe, Latin America, the Middle East, and internationally. RPC, Inc. was founded in 1984 and is headquartered in Atlanta, Georgia.
Tesla, Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, leases, and sells electric vehicles, and energy generation and storage systems in the United States, China, and internationally. It operates in two segments, Automotive, and Energy Generation and Storage. The Automotive segment offers electric vehicles, as well as sells automotive regulatory credits; and non-warranty after-sales vehicle, used vehicles, retail merchandise, and vehicle insurance services. This segment also provides sedans and sport utility vehicles through direct and used vehicle sales, a network of Tesla Superchargers, and in-app upgrades; purchase financing and leasing services; services for electric vehicles through its company-owned service locations and Tesla mobile service technicians; and vehicle limited warranties and extended service plans. The Energy Generation and Storage segment engages in the design, manufacture, installation, sale, and leasing of solar energy generation and energy storage products, and related services to residential, commercial, and industrial customers and utilities through its website, stores, and galleries, as well as through a network of channel partners; and provision of service and repairs to its energy product customers, including under warranty, as well as various financing options to its solar customers. The company was formerly known as Tesla Motors, Inc. and changed its name to Tesla, Inc. in February 2017. Tesla, Inc. was incorporated in 2003 and is headquartered in Austin, Texas.
The First Trust Amex Biotech Index ETF (FBT) aims to replicate the performance of the NYSE Arca Biotechnology Index by investing at least 90% of its net assets in the index's securities. This equal-dollar weighted index comprises 30 leading biotechnology companies, offering exposure to firms involved in biological processes for product development and services. FBT's portfolio, reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly, provides a concentrated yet broad exposure to the biotech sector, potentially including pharmaceuticals and medical technology. The ETF's strategy ensures a diversified investment in the dynamic biotech industry, reflecting both price and yield movements before fees and expenses.
Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on discovering, developing, and commercializing novel therapeutics based on ribonucleic acid interference. The company's pipeline of investigational RNAi therapeutics focuses on genetic medicines, cardio-metabolic diseases, hepatic infectious diseases, and central nervous system (CNS)/ocular diseases. Its marketed products include ONPATTRO (patisiran), a lipid complex injection for the treatment of the polyneuropathy of hereditary transthyretin-mediated amyloidosis in adults; GIVLAARI for the treatment of adults with acute hepatic porphyria (AHP); and OXLUMO (lumasiran) for the treatment of primary hyperoxaluria type 1 (PH1). In addition, the company is developing givosiran for the treatment of adolescent patients with AHP; patisiran for the treatment of transthyretin amyloidosis, or ATTR amyloidosis, with cardiomyopathy; cemdisiran to treat complement-mediated diseases; ALN-AAT02 for the treatment of AAT deficiency-associated liver disease; ALN-HBV02 to treat chronic HBV infection; Zilebesiran to treat hypertension; and ALN-HSD to treat NASH. Further, it offers Fitusiran for the treatment of hemophilia and rare bleeding disorders, Inclisiran to treat hypercholesterolemia, lumasiran for the treatment of advanced PH1 and recurrent renal stones, and vutrisiran for the treatment of ATTR amyloidosis, which is in phase 3 clinical trial. Alnylam Pharmaceuticals, Inc. has strategic collaborations with Regeneron Pharmaceuticals, Inc. to discover, develop, and commercialize RNAi therapeutics for a range of diseases by addressing therapeutic targets expressed in the eye and CNS; and Sanofi Genzyme to discover, develop, and commercialize RNAi therapeutics. It also has license and collaboration agreements with Novartis AG; Vir Biotechnology, Inc.; Dicerna Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; Ionis Pharmaceuticals, Inc.; and PeptiDream, Inc. The company was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
BYD Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the research, development, manufacture, and sale of automobiles and related products in the People's Republic of China and internationally. It operates through three segments: Rechargeable Batteries and Photovoltaic Products; Mobile Handset Components, Assembly Service and Other Products; and Automobiles and Related Products and Other Products. The company offers internal combustion, hybrid, and battery-electric passenger vehicles; buses, coaches, and taxis; logistics, construction, and sanitation vehicles; and vehicles for warehousing, port, airport, and mining operations. It also manufactures and sells lithium-ion and nickel batteries, photovoltaic products, and iron batteries primarily for mobile phones, electric tools, and other portable electronic instruments; mobile handset components, such as housings and electronic components; medical protection products; and automobiles, and auto-related molds and components, as well as provides assembly, and automobiles leasing and after sales services. In addition, it offers rail transit equipment; solar batteries and arrays; and urban rail transportation services. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, China.
The Invesco Dorsey Wright Healthcare ETF (PTH) seeks to track the Dorsey Wright® Healthcare Technical Leaders Index, investing at least 90% of its assets in the index's securities. This index comprises at least 30 U.S. healthcare companies selected for their strong momentum characteristics, with a notable emphasis on the biotech and research sectors. PTH employs a full replication strategy and is reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly. Since its index change in 2014, the fund has shifted towards growth sectors, offering a unique, riskier alternative to traditional healthcare investments. Prior to August 28, 2023, it was known as the Invesco DWA Healthcare Momentum ETF.
Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd., a biopharmaceutical company, develops products candidates targeting neurological and neuropsychiatric diseases, and rare disorders in the United States. It offers NURTEC ODT (rimegepant) for the acute treatment of migraine, as well as developing Rimegepant for preventive treatment of migraine; Zavegepant that is in phase III clinical trials for acute and preventive treatment of migraine, as well as respiratory complications and non-migraine studies; and BHV-3100 for non-migraine indications. The company also offers Troriluzole for spinocerebellar ataxia and obsessive compulsive disorders, as well as Alzheimer diseases; BHV-0223, a product for amyotrophic lateral sclerosis; BHV-5000/5500 for neuropsychiatric indications; and Verdiperstat, a product for multiple system atrophy and amyotrophic lateral sclerosis. Biohaven Pharmaceutical Holding Company Ltd. has a collaboration agreement with Cove to facilitate telemedicine evaluation for migraine sufferers. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is headquartered in New Haven, Connecticut.
Bosideng International Holdings Limited researches, designs, develops, manufactures, markets, and distributes branded down apparel products, original equipment manufacturing (OEM) products, and non-down apparel products in the People's Republic of China. The company operates through four segments: Down Apparels, OEM Management, Ladieswear Apparels, and Diversified Apparels. It engages in the business of sourcing and distributing branded down and ladieswear apparels; and non-seasonal apparels, including branded menswear, school uniform, and children's wear. The company provides down apparel products under the Bosideng, Snow Flying, Bengen, etc. brands; ladies wear products under the JESSIE, BUOU BUOU, KOREANO, and KLOVA brands; and school uniforms under the Sameite brand. It also offers network consulting and e-business of down and non-down apparel; logistics and storage services; and brand design and development services, as well as operates as an advertisement agency. As of March 31, 2022, it operated 462 ladieswear retail outlets; 364 self-operated retail outlets; and 98 retail outlets operated by third party distributors. Bosideng International Holdings Limited was founded in 1976 and is based in Central, Hong Kong.
The SP Funds S&P Global REIT Sharia ETF (SPRE) aims to track the performance of the S&P Global All Equity REIT Shariah Capped Index, focusing on Shariah-compliant global REITs. This passively managed fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in index components, which include REIT securities from developed and emerging markets. These securities are screened for compliance with Islamic laws, ensuring lower debt levels, permissible income, and specific cash or asset levels, while excluding non-compliant activities like gambling, alcohol, and tobacco. The index is rebalanced and reconstituted monthly, providing a comprehensive, Sharia-compliant investment option in the global real estate sector.
Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. is a self-advised Maryland corporation focused on the acquisition, ownership and management of specialized properties leased to experienced, state-licensed operators for their regulated medical-use cannabis facilities. Innovative Industrial Properties, Inc. has elected to be taxed as a real estate investment trust, commencing with the year ended December 31, 2017.
The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. designs, manufactures, and markets railroad freight car equipment in North America, Europe, and South America. It operates through three segments: Manufacturing; Wheels, Repair & Parts; and Leasing & Services. The Manufacturing segment offers conventional railcars, such as covered hopper cars, boxcars, center partition cars, and bulkhead flat cars; tank cars; double-stack intermodal railcars; auto-max and multi-max products for the transportation of light vehicles; pressurized tank cars, non-pressurized tank cars, flat cars, coil cars, gondolas, sliding wall cars, and automobile transporter cars; and marine vessels. The Wheels, Repair & Parts segment provides wheel services, including reconditioning of wheels and axles, new axle machining and finishing, and downsizing; operates a railcar repair, refurbishment, and maintenance network; and reconditions and manufactures railcar cushioning units, couplers, yokes, side frames, bolsters, and various other parts, as well as produces roofs, doors, and associated parts for boxcars. The Leasing & Services segment offers operating leases and 'per diem' leases for a fleet of approximately 8,800 railcars; and management services comprising railcar maintenance management, railcar accounting services, fleet management and logistics, administration, and railcar remarketing. This segment owns or provides management services to a fleet of approximately 444,000 railcars for railroads, shippers, carriers, institutional investors, and other leasing and transportation companies. The company serves railroads, leasing companies, financial institutions, shippers, carriers, and transportation companies. The Greenbrier Companies, Inc. was founded in 1974 and is headquartered in Lake Oswego, Oregon.
The First Trust NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy ETF (QCLN) aims to replicate the performance of the NASDAQ Clean Edge Green Energy Index, investing at least 90% of its net assets in the index's securities. This non-diversified fund focuses on US-listed companies across small, mid, and large capitalizations within the clean energy sector. The ETF includes firms involved in advanced materials, energy intelligence, energy storage and conversion, and renewable electricity generation, such as solar, wind, and geothermal. As the classification of clean energy can be subjective, potential investors are encouraged to review the fund's portfolio to ensure alignment with their clean energy criteria.
Itron, Inc., a technology and service company, provides end-to-end solutions that help manage operations in the energy, water, and smart city space worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Device Solutions, Networked Solutions, and Outcomes. The Device Solutions segment offers hardware products that are used for measurement, control, or sensing. The Networked Solutions segment provides a combination of communicating devices, such as smart meters, modules, endpoints, and sensors; network infrastructure; and associated application software for acquiring and transporting application-specific data. The Outcomes segment offers value-added, enhanced software and services for managing, organizing, analyzing, and interpreting data to enhance decision making, maximize operational profitability, drive resource efficiency, and deliver results for consumers, utilities, and smart cities. In addition, it offers implementation, project management, installation, consulting, and post-sale maintenance support services, as well as cloud and software-as-a-service; and extended or customer-specific warranties. It offers its products and services under the Itron brand. The company markets its products directly through its sales force, as well as through indirect sales force consisting of distributors, sales representatives, partners, and meter manufacturer representatives to utilities and municipalities. Itron, Inc. was incorporated in 1977 and is headquartered in Liberty Lake, Washington.
Tractor Supply Company operates as a rural lifestyle retailer in the United States. The company offers a selection of merchandise, including equine, livestock, pet, and small animal products necessary for their health, care, growth, and containment; hardware, truck, towing, and tool products; seasonal products, such as heating products, lawn and garden items, power equipment, gifts, and toys; work/recreational clothing and footwear; and maintenance products for agricultural and rural use. It provides its products under the 4health, Producer's Pride, American Farmworks, Red Shed, Bit & Bridle, Redstone, Blue Mountain, Retriever, C.E. Schmidt, Ridgecut, Countyline, Royal Wing, Dumor, Strive, Groundwork, Traveller, Huskee, Treeline, JobSmart, TSC Tractor Supply Co, Paws & Claws, and Untamed brands. As of June 25, 2022, it operated 2,016 Tractor Supply stores in 49 states; and 178 Petsense stores in 23 states. The company operates its retail stores under the Tractor Supply Company, Del's Feed & Farm Supply, and Petsense names; and operates websites under the TractorSupply.com and Petsense.com names. It sells its products to recreational farmers, ranchers, and others. The company was founded in 1938 and is based in Brentwood, Tennessee.
The Invesco S&P SmallCap Financials ETF (PSCF) aims to track the performance of the S&P SmallCap 600® Capped Financials & Real Estate Index, investing at least 90% of its assets in the index's securities. This index, compiled by S&P Dow Jones Indices, targets small-cap U.S. companies in the financials and real estate sectors, as defined by the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). PSCF's market-cap-weighted approach, with a capping methodology, ensures diversified exposure, focusing on small- and micro-cap stocks, which differentiates it from the large-cap-dominated financial sector. The fund includes financial services and real estate investment trusts (REITs) and is rebalanced quarterly, offering a unique growth-oriented perspective in a rapidly changing market.
Stewart Information Services Corporation, through its subsidiaries, provides title insurance and real estate transaction related services. The company operates in two segments, Title, and Ancillary Services and Corporate. The Title segment is involved in searching, examining, closing, and insuring the condition of the title to real property. This segment also offers home and personal insurance services; services for tax-deferred exchanges; and digital customer engagement platform services. The Ancillary Services and Corporate segment provides appraisal management, online notarization and closing, credit and real estate information, and search and valuation services to the mortgage industry. The company offers its products and services through its directly owned policy-issuing offices, network of independent agencies, and other businesses within the company. It serves homebuyers and sellers, residential and commercial real estate professionals, title agencies, real estate attorneys and investors, and home builders, as well as mortgage lenders, servicers, brokers, and investors. The company operates in the United States, Canada, the United Kingdom, and Australia. Stewart Information Services Corporation was founded in 1893 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
ANSYS, Inc. develops and markets engineering simulation software and services worldwide. It offers ANSYS Workbench, a framework upon which its multiphysics engineering simulation technologies are built and enables engineers to simulate the interactions between structures, heat transfer, fluids, electronics, and optical elements in a unified engineering simulation environment; high-performance computing product suite; power analysis and optimization software suite that manages the power budget, power delivery integrity, and power-induced noise in an electronic design; and structural analysis product suite that provides simulation tools for product design and optimization. The company also provides electronics product suite that offers field simulation software for designing electronic and electromechanical products; SCADE product suite, a solution for embedded software simulation, code production, and automated certification; fluids product suite that enables modeling of fluid flow and other related physical phenomena; Ansys Granta products to give access to material intelligence; photonic design and simulation tools; and optical sensor and closed-loop, and real-time simulation, as well as safety-certified embedded software solutions. In addition, the company provides Discovery product family for use in the simulation of product design; and academic product suite used in research and teaching settings, which allows students to become familiar with its simulation software. It serves engineers, designers, researchers, and students in the aerospace and defense, automotive transportation and mobility, construction, consumer products, energy, healthcare, high-tech, industrial equipment, materials and chemical processing, and sports industries. The company was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in Canonsburg, Pennsylvania.
The Direxion Daily Retail Bull 3X ETF (RETL) seeks to achieve 300% of the daily performance of the S&P Retail Select Industry Index, focusing on U.S. retail stocks. It invests at least 80% of its net assets in financial instruments like swap agreements and ETFs that track the index, providing 3X daily leveraged exposure. The index is a modified equal-weighted measure of stocks in the GICS retail sub-industry, with a tendency to overweight sectors such as apparel, auto-parts, and specialty retailers, while underweighting department stores. As a non-diversified, short-term tactical instrument, RETL is not suited for long-term holding due to potential deviations from its 3X target over time. Trading costs are significant, and the fund's exposure may include unexpected sectors like oil & gas refining.
GameStop Corp., a specialty retailer, provides games and entertainment products through its e-commerce properties and various stores in the United States, Canada, Australia, and Europe. The company sells new and pre-owned gaming platforms; accessories, such as controllers, gaming headsets, virtual reality products, and memory cards; new and pre-owned gaming software; and in-game digital currency, digital downloadable content, and full-game downloads. It also sells collectibles comprising licensed merchandise primarily related to the gaming, television, and movie industries, as well as pop culture themes. As of January 29, 2022, the company operated 4,573 stores and ecommerce sites under the GameStop, EB Games, and Micromania brands; and 50 pop culture themed stores that sell collectibles, apparel, gadgets, electronics, toys, and other retail products under the Zing Pop Culture brand, as well as offers Game Informer, a print and digital video game publication featuring reviews of new releases, previews of the big titles on the horizon, and coverage of the latest developments in the gaming industry. The company was formerly known as GSC Holdings Corp. GameStop Corp. was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Grapevine, Texas.
Eni S.p.A. engages in the exploration, development, and production of crude oil and natural gas. It operates through Exploration & Production; Global Gas & LNG Portfolio; Refining & Marketing and Chemicals; Plenitude and Power; and Corporate and Other activities segments. The Exploration & Production segment is involved in the research, development, and production of oil, condensates and natural gas; and forestry conservation and CO2 capture and storage projects. The Global Gas & LNG Portfolio segment engages in the supply and wholesale of natural gas by pipeline, international transport; and purchase and marketing of LNG. The Refining & Marketing and Chemicals segment is involved in the processing, supply, distribution, and marketing of fuels and chemicals. The Eni gas e luce, Power & Renewables segment engages in the retail sales of gas, electricity, and related activities, as well as in the production and wholesale of electricity produced by thermoelectric and renewable plants. As of December 31, 2021, it had net proved reserves of 6,628 million barrels of oil equivalent; and installed operational capacity of 4.5 GW. The company was founded in 1953 and is headquartered in Rome, Italy.
The Invesco Nasdaq Internet ETF (PNQI) aims to track the investment results of the Nasdaq CTA Internet IndexSM, focusing on companies engaged in Internet-related businesses listed on major US exchanges such as the NYSE, NYSE American, Cboe, and Nasdaq. The fund invests at least 90% of its total assets in the securities comprising the underlying index, which includes a diverse range of US-listed Internet companies, such as software firms, search engines, web hosting, web design, and internet retail commerce entities. To manage exposure, the index caps the five highest-ranked securities at 8% and others at 4%, with quarterly rebalancing starting in February. As a non-diversified fund, PNQI offers targeted exposure to the dynamic internet sector.
Criteo S.A., a technology company, provides marketing and monetization services on the open Internet in North and South America, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. The company's Criteo Shopper Graph, which derives clients' proprietary commerce data, such as transaction activity on their digital properties. Its Criteo AI Engine solutions include lookalike finder, recommendation, and predictive bidding algorithms; bidding engine that executes campaigns based on certain objectives set by its clients; dynamic creative optimization+, which assembles customized creative advertising content by optimizing each individual creative component in the advertisement; software systems and processes, which enable data synchronization, storage, and analysis of distributed computing infrastructure in various geographies; and experimentation platform, an offline/online testing platform to enhance the capabilities and effectiveness of prediction models. The company also provides Criteo Marketing Solutions that allow commerce companies to address various marketing goals by engaging their consumers with personalized ads across the web, mobile, and offline store environments; and Criteo Retail Media solutions, which allows retailers to generate advertising revenues from consumer brands, and/or to drive sales for themselves, by monetizing their data and audiences through personalized ads, either on their own digital property or on the open Internet. In addition, it offers real-time access to advertising inventory through its publisher partners; consulting services to companies in distance sales; and business intelligence and analytics services. It serves companies in digital retail, travel, and classifieds industries. Criteo S.A. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Paris, France.
Boliden AB (publ) engages in the exploring, extracting, and processing of base metals and precious metals in Sweden, other Nordic region, Germany, the United Kingdom, the rest of Europe, North America, and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Business Area Mines and Business Area Smelters. It explores for copper, zinc, nickel, lead, gold, silver, cobalt, tellurium, platinum, and palladium deposits. The company operates the Aitik, the Boliden Area, and Garpenberg mines in Sweden; the Tara mine in Ireland; and the Kevitsa mines in Finland. Its products include zinc and lead ingot, copper cathode, gold bar, and silver granule, and other products, such as sulphuric acid; copper, lead, nickel, and zinc concentrates; and by-products, including copper sulphate, zinc clinker, iron sand, copper telluride, selenium, nickel matte, and crude nickel sulphate, as well as palladium, platinum, rhodium, iridium, ruthenium, and osmium concentrates. The company sells its metals primarily to industrial customers, as well as construction, electronics, and automotive industries; and paper manufacturers. Boliden AB (publ) was founded in 1924 and is headquartered in Stockholm, Sweden.
The iShares U.S. Tech Breakthrough ETF (TECB) seeks to track the investment results of the NYSE® FactSet® U.S. Tech Breakthrough IndexTM, focusing on U.S.-listed companies engaged in cutting-edge research and development across five thematic segments: robotics and artificial intelligence, cyber security, cloud and data tech, financial technology, and genomics and immunology. The ETF invests at least 80% of its assets in the index's component securities or similar investments. TECB employs a modified market cap weighting, with a minimum segment weight of 10% and a maximum individual security weight of 4%. The index is reconstituted annually and rebalanced semiannually, using automated semantic search algorithms to identify supply chain relationships, particularly in the Genomics and Immuno Biopharmaceutical segment, ensuring a dynamic and innovative portfolio.
CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. provides cloud, mobile, AI, telematics, hyperscale technologies, and applications for the property and casualty insurance economy. It SaaS platform digitizes mission-critical AI-enabled workflows, facilitates commerce, and connects businesses across the insurance economy, including insurance carriers, collision repairers, parts suppliers, automotive manufactures, financial institution, and others. The company offers CCC Insurance solutions, including CCC workflow, CCC estimating, CCC total loss, CCC AI and analytics, and CCC casualty; CCC Repair solutions, such as CCC network management, CCC repair workflow, and CCC repair quality; CCC Other Ecosystem solutions, comprising CCC parts solutions, CCC automotive manufacturer solutions, CCC lender solutions, and CCC payments; and CCC International solutions. CCC Intelligent Solutions Holdings Inc. was founded in 1980 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
CF Industries Holdings, Inc. manufactures and sells hydrogen and nitrogen products for energy, fertilizer, emissions abatement, and other industrial activities worldwide. Its principal products include anhydrous ammonia, granular urea, urea ammonium nitrate, and ammonium nitrate products. The company also offers diesel exhaust fluid, urea liquor, nitric acid, and aqua ammonia products; and compound fertilizer products with nitrogen, phosphorus, and potassium. It primarily serves cooperatives, independent fertilizer distributors, traders, wholesalers, and industrial users. The company was founded in 1946 and is headquartered in Deerfield, Illinois.
The Real Estate Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLRE) aims to mirror the performance of the Real Estate Select Sector Index, investing at least 95% of its assets in the index's securities, which are identified as real estate companies by the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS®). Launched in October 2015, XLRE emerged from the division of the GICS financial sector into financials and real estate, with the latter excluding mortgage REITs. This ETF tracks a market-cap-weighted index of REITs and real estate stocks from the S&P 500, maintaining a concentrated portfolio primarily of large-cap stocks. The index is rebalanced quarterly, and the fund is non-diversified, focusing on delivering investment results that align with the price and yield performance of its underlying securities.
VICI Properties is an experiential real estate investment trust that owns one of the largest portfolios of market-leading gaming, hospitality and entertainment destinations, including the world-renowned Caesars Palace. VICI Properties' national, geographically diverse portfolio consists of 29 gaming facilities comprising over 48 million square feet and features approximately 19,200 hotel rooms and more than 200 restaurants, bars and nightclubs. Its properties are leased to industry leading gaming and hospitality operators, including Caesars Entertainment, Inc., Century Casinos Inc., Hard Rock International, JACK Entertainment and Penn National Gaming, Inc. VICI Properties also owns four championship golf courses and 34 acres of undeveloped land adjacent to the Las Vegas Strip. VICI Properties' strategy is to create the nation's highest quality and most productive experiential real estate portfolio.
Stepan Company, together with its subsidiaries, produces and sells specialty and intermediate chemicals to other manufacturers for use in various end products. It operates through three segments: Surfactants, Polymers, and Specialty Products. The Surfactants segment offers surfactants that are used as principal ingredients in consumer and industrial cleaning products, including detergents for washing clothes, dishes, carpets, and floors and walls, as well as shampoos and body washes; and other applications, such as fabric softeners, germicidal quaternary compounds, disinfectants, and lubricating ingredients. Its surfactants are also used in various applications, including emulsifiers for spreading agricultural products; and industrial applications comprising latex systems, plastics, and composites. The Polymers segment provides polyurethane polyols that are used in the manufacture of rigid foam for thermal insulation in the construction industry, as well as a base raw material for coatings, adhesives, sealants, and elastomers (CASE); polyester resins, including liquid and powdered products, which are used in CASE applications; and phthalic anhydride that is used in unsaturated polyester resins, alkyd resins, and plasticizers for applications in construction materials, as well as components of automotive, boating, and other consumer products. The Specialty Products segment offers flavors, emulsifiers, and solubilizers for use in food, flavoring, nutritional supplement, and pharmaceutical applications. It serves in the United States, France, Poland, the United Kingdom, Brazil, Mexico, and internationally. Stepan Company was founded in 1932 and is headquartered in Northbrook, Illinois.
The Vanguard Health Care Fund Admir (VGHAX) seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing at least 80% of its assets in stocks of companies primarily involved in the health care industry. This includes pharmaceutical firms, medical supply companies, and operators of hospitals and other health care facilities. Additionally, the fund considers companies engaged in medical, diagnostic, biochemical, and other research and development activities. Up to 50% of its assets may be allocated to foreign stocks, providing a global perspective on health care investments. As a non-diversified fund, VGHAX focuses on a concentrated portfolio to capitalize on growth opportunities within the health care sector.
Waters Corporation, a specialty measurement company, provides analytical workflow solutions in Asia, the Americas, and Europe. It operates through two segments, Waters and TA. The company designs, manufactures, sells, and services high and ultra-performance liquid chromatography, as well as mass spectrometry (MS) technology systems and support products, including chromatography columns, other consumable products, and post-warranty service plans. It also designs, manufactures, sells, and services thermal analysis, rheometry, and calorimetry instruments; and develops and supplies software-based products that interface with its instruments, as well as other manufacturers' instruments. Its MS technology instruments are used in drug discovery and development comprising clinical trial testing, the analysis of proteins in disease processes, nutritional safety analysis, and environmental testing. The company offers thermal analysis, rheometry, and calorimetry instruments for use in predicting the suitability and stability of fine chemicals, pharmaceuticals, water, polymers, metals, and viscous liquids for various industrial, consumer good, and healthcare products, as well as for life science research. Its products are used by life science, pharmaceutical, biochemical, industrial, nutritional safety, environmental, academic, and governmental customers working in research and development, quality assurance, and other laboratory applications. Waters Corporation was founded in 1958 and is headquartered in Milford, Massachusetts.
Whirlpool Corporation manufactures and markets home appliances and related products. It operates through four segments: North America; Europe, Middle East and Africa; Latin America; and Asia. The company's principal products include refrigerators, freezers, ice makers, and refrigerator water filters; laundry appliances and related laundry accessories; cooking and other small domestic appliances; and dishwasher appliances and related accessories, as well as mixers. It markets and distributes its products primarily under the Whirlpool, Maytag, KitchenAid, JennAir, Amana, Roper, Affresh, Gladiator, Swash, everydrop, Speed Queen, Hotpoint, Bauknecht, Indesit, Ignis, Privileg, Consul, Eslabon de Lujo, Brastemp, Acros, Ariston, Diqua, and Royalstar brands. The company sells its products to retailers, distributors, dealers, builders, and other manufacturers, as well as directly to consumers. Whirlpool Corporation was founded in 1911 and is headquartered in Benton Harbor, Michigan.
The Range Cancer Therapeutics ETF (CNCR) tracks the Range Oncology Therapeutics Index, focusing on U.S. exchange-listed pharmaceutical and biotechnology stocks or ADRs with market capitalizations over $250 million. Established in 2023 by Range Fund Holdings, the ETF invests at least 80% of its assets in the index's component securities. CNCR offers equal-weighted exposure to companies developing or selling oncology drugs, highlighting smaller firms with growth potential. This specialized fund appeals to investors interested in the cancer therapeutics sector. Previously known as the Loncar Cancer Immunotherapy ETF, CNCR expanded its scope by merging with the Loncar China BioPharma ETF in October 2023, enhancing its exposure to Chinese markets.
Replimune Group, Inc., a biotechnology company, develops oncolytic immuno-gene therapies to treat cancer. It uses its proprietary Immunotherapy platform to design and develop product candidates that are intended to activate the immune system against cancer. The company's lead product candidate is RP1, a selectively replicating version of herpes simplex virus 1, which is in Phase I/II clinical trials for a range of solid tumors; and that is in Phase II clinical trials for patients with cutaneous squamous cell carcinoma. It is also developing RP2, which is in Phase I clinical trials for an anti-CTLA-4 antibody-like protein in order to block the inhibition of the immune response otherwise caused by CTLA-4; and RP3 that is in Phase I clinical trials to express immune-activating proteins that stimulate T cells. Replimune Group, Inc. was founded in 2015 and is headquartered in Woburn, Massachusetts.
Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells tires in the People's Republic of China. It offers passenger car, SUV, winter, truck and bus, and specialty tires. The company also exports its products to approximately 173 countries, such as Europe, the Middle East, Americas, Africa, and the Asia-Pacific. Shandong Linglong Tyre Co., Ltd. was founded in 1975 and is based in Zhaoyuan, the People's Republic of China.
The First Trust Nasdaq Oil & Gas ETF (FTXN) aims to replicate the performance of the Nasdaq US Smart Oil & Gas Index by investing at least 90% of its net assets in the index's securities. This non-diversified fund focuses on 50 U.S. oil and gas companies selected for their liquidity. These companies are involved in various industry activities, including exploration, production, drilling, distribution, and sales. The stocks are ranked and weighted based on three factors: strong growth, attractive value, and low volatility. No single stock can exceed 8% of the total holdings. The index undergoes annual reconstitution and quarterly rebalancing to maintain its strategic focus.
Chesapeake Energy Corporation, an independent exploration and production company, engages in the acquisition, exploration, and development of properties for the production of oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids from underground reservoirs in the United States. The company holds interests in natural gas resource plays in the Marcellus Shale in the northern Appalachian Basin in Pennsylvania and the Haynesville/Bossier Shales in northwestern Louisiana; and the liquids-rich resource play in the Eagle Ford Shale in South Texas. As of December 31, 2021, it owned interests in approximately 8,200 gross productive wells, including 6,500 wells with working interest and 1,700 wells with an overriding or royalty interest; and had estimated proved reserves of 661 million barrels of oil equivalent. The company was founded in 1989 and is headquartered in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma.
TAL Education Group provides K-12 after-school tutoring services in the People's Republic of China. The company offers tutoring services to K-12 students covering various academic subjects, including mathematics, physics, chemistry, biology, history, geography, political science, English, and Chinese. It provides tutoring services primarily through small-class services under the Xueersi, Xueersi Online School, First Leap, Tipaipai, Xiaohou AI, Xiaohoucode, Aiqidao, Mamabang, Kaoyanbang, and Shunshunliuxue brand names; and personalized premium services under Izhikang name. The company also operates jzb.com, an online education platform; provides investment management and consulting services; develops and sells software and networks, as well as related consulting services; and sells educational materials and products. TAL Education Group was founded in 2003 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.
The iShares U.S. Tech Independence ETF (IETC) is an actively managed fund that invests at least 80% of its net assets in U.S. listed common stocks of large-, mid-, and small-cap technology companies. Utilizing a proprietary classification system driven by machine learning and text analysis, the fund redefines the traditional information technology sector into an evolved sector, including tech-related firms in infrastructure and security. This market cap-weighted fund targets increased exposure to companies with high Technology Independence Scores, emphasizing technological capabilities, revenues, and production in the U.S. and select global markets. As part of the iShares sector suite, IETC offers a forward-looking approach by allowing companies to be classified into multiple sectors, with quarterly reviews to adapt to market changes. The fund, non-diversified and previously known as iShares Evolved US Technology ETF until December 1, 2022, may not mirror traditional IT sector returns but aims to capture the dynamic nature of tech evolution.
MongoDB, Inc. provides general purpose database platform worldwide. The company offers MongoDB Enterprise Advanced, a commercial database server for enterprise customers to run in the cloud, on-premise, or in a hybrid environment; MongoDB Atlas, a hosted multi-cloud database-as-a-service solution; and Community Server, a free-to-download version of its database, which includes the functionality that developers need to get started with MongoDB. It also provides professional services comprising consulting and training. The company was formerly known as 10gen, Inc. and changed its name to MongoDB, Inc. in August 2013. MongoDB, Inc. was incorporated in 2007 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
CECEP Wind-power Corporation Co.,Ltd. develops, invests in, manages, constructs, operates, and maintains wind power generation projects primarily in China. As of December 31, 2021, it had an installed capacity of 4.2942 million kilowatts. CECEP Wind-power Corporation Co.,Ltd. was founded in 2006 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.
The Range Cancer Therapeutics ETF (CNCR) tracks the Range Oncology Therapeutics Index, focusing on U.S. exchange-listed pharmaceutical and biotechnology stocks or ADRs with market capitalizations over $250 million. Established in 2023 by Range Fund Holdings, the ETF invests at least 80% of its assets in the index's component securities. CNCR offers equal-weighted exposure to companies developing or selling oncology drugs, highlighting smaller firms with growth potential. This specialized fund appeals to investors interested in the cancer therapeutics sector. Previously known as the Loncar Cancer Immunotherapy ETF, CNCR expanded its scope by merging with the Loncar China BioPharma ETF in October 2023, enhancing its exposure to Chinese markets.
Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc., a clinical-stage biopharmaceutical company, develops therapies for the treatment of cancer. Its lead product candidates are SNDX-5613, which is in phase 1/2 clinical trial targeting the binding interaction of Menin with the mixed lineage leukemia 1 protein for the treatment of MLL-rearranged (MLLr) and nucleophosmin 1 mutant acute myeloid leukemia (NPM1c AML); and SNDX-6352 or axatilimab, a monoclonal antibody that blocks the colony stimulating factor 1, or CSF-1 receptor for the treatment of patients with chronic graft versus host disease (cGVHD). The company is also developing Entinostat. It also has collaborative research and development agreement with National Cancer Institute; a clinical trial agreement with Eastern Cooperative Oncology Group; and a license agreement with Kyowa Hakko Kirin Co., Ltd. Syndax Pharmaceuticals, Inc. was incorporated in 2005 and is headquartered in Waltham, Massachusetts.Massachusetts.
Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the research, development, manufacture, and sale of vehicles and motorcycles, and parts and components; and provision of commercial and financial services in Mainland China and internationally. The company operates through two segments, Vehicles and Related Operations, and Others. It offers large to medium sized passenger vehicles, light and heavy trucks, construction vehicles, and energy vehicles; motorcycles comprising standard motorcycles, sport bikes, scooters, etc.; and auto-parts and components, including engines, gearboxes, car seats, micro motors, shifters, electric controllers, and interior and exterior decorations. The company also provides financial investment, insurance, insurance brokerage, financial leasing, automobile credit, and other related services; and engages in the businesses of vehicle sales, logistics, international trading, second-hand vehicles, end-of-life vehicles disassembling, resources recycling, supporting services, digitalization and mobility transportation services, etc. In addition, it offers investment management services; and engages in the trade of steel. The company was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in Guangzhou, the People's Republic of China. Guangzhou Automobile Group Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of Guangzhou Automobile Industry Group Co., Ltd.
The Range Cancer Therapeutics ETF (CNCR) tracks the Range Oncology Therapeutics Index, focusing on U.S. exchange-listed pharmaceutical and biotechnology stocks or ADRs with market capitalizations over $250 million. Established in 2023 by Range Fund Holdings, the ETF invests at least 80% of its assets in the index's component securities. CNCR offers equal-weighted exposure to companies developing or selling oncology drugs, highlighting smaller firms with growth potential. This specialized fund appeals to investors interested in the cancer therapeutics sector. Previously known as the Loncar Cancer Immunotherapy ETF, CNCR expanded its scope by merging with the Loncar China BioPharma ETF in October 2023, enhancing its exposure to Chinese markets.
2seventy bio, Inc., a cell and gene therapy company, focuses on the research, development, and commercialization of treatments for cancer in the United States. Its products pipeline includes idecabtagene vicleucel; ide-cel or Abecma and bb21217; and CAR-T cell product candidates for the treatment of multiple myeloma. 2seventy bio, Inc. has a collaboration arrangement with Bristol-Myers Squibb Company. The company was incorporated in 2021 and is headquartered in Cambridge, Massachusetts.
Sailun Group Co., Ltd. researches and develops, produces, sells, and services tires in China. It provides car, SUV, LTR, winter, explosion-proof, and racing tires; truck and bus tires; and industrial, construction machinery, mining, and other tires. The company was formerly known as Sailun Jinyu Group Co., Ltd. Sailun Group Co., Ltd. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Qingdao, China.
The iShares Global Consumer Staples ETF (KXI) seeks to track the S&P Global 1200 Consumer Staples (Sector) Capped IndexTM, investing at least 80% of its assets in the index's component securities and similar investments. The index, which measures the performance of global equities in the consumer staples sector, is market-cap-weighted and draws from a universe of 1,200 global stocks selected by S&P. KXI's portfolio is rebalanced quarterly and features a capped version of the index, limiting single positions to 10% and aggregate positions over 4.5% to 22.5% total, which is more restrictive than typical 25/50 caps. The fund may also allocate up to 20% of its assets to futures, options, swap contracts, cash, and cash equivalents, providing a diversified exposure to the consumer staples sector.
Archer-Daniels-Midland Company procures, transports, stores, processes, and merchandises agricultural commodities, products, and ingredients in the United States, Switzerland, Cayman Islands, Brazil, Mexico, the United Kingdom, and internationally. The company operates through three segments: Ag Services and Oilseeds, Carbohydrate Solutions, and Nutrition. It procures, stores, cleans, and transports agricultural raw materials, such as oilseeds, corn, wheat, milo, oats, and barley. The company also engages in the agricultural commodity and feed product import, export, and distribution; and structured trade finance activities. In addition, it offers vegetable oils and protein meals; ingredients for the food, feed, energy, and industrial customers; crude vegetable oils, salad oils, margarine, shortening, and other food products; and partially refined oils to produce biodiesel and glycols for use in chemicals, paints, and other industrial products. Further, the company provides peanuts, peanut-derived ingredients, and cotton cellulose pulp; sweeteners, corn and wheat starches, syrup, glucose, wheat flour, and dextrose; alcohol and other food and animal feed ingredients; ethyl alcohol and ethanol; corn gluten feed and meal; distillers' grains; and citric acids. Additionally, the company provides natural flavors, flavor systems, natural colors, proteins, emulsifiers, soluble fiber, polyols, hydrocolloids, and natural health and nutrition products, including probiotics, prebiotics, enzymes, and botanical extracts; and other specialty food and feed ingredients; edible beans; formula feeds, and animal health and nutrition products; and contract and private label pet treats and foods. It also offers futures commission merchant; commodity brokerage services; cash margins and securities pledged to commodity exchange clearinghouses; and cash pledged as security under certain insurance arrangements. The company was founded in 1902 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Independent Bank Corp. operates as the bank holding company for Rockland Trust Company that provides commercial banking products and services to individuals and small-to-medium sized businesses primarily in Massachusetts. The company accepts interest checking, money market, and savings accounts, as well as demand deposits and time certificates of deposit. It also offers commercial and industrial, commercial real estate and construction, small business, consumer real estate, and personal loans. In addition, the company provides investment management and trust services to individuals, institutions, small businesses, and charitable institutions; Internet and mobile banking services, as well as estate settlement, financial planning, tax services, and other services; automated teller machine and debit cards; and mutual fund and unit investment trust shares, general securities, fixed and variable annuities, and life insurance products. As of December 31, 2021, it operates one hundred nineteen retail branches, two limited-service retail branches, and one mobile branch located within Barnstable, Bristol, Dukes, Essex, Middlesex, Nantucket, Norfolk, Plymouth, Suffolk, and Worcester counties in Eastern Massachusetts. The company was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in Rockland, Massachusetts.
The Global X Copper Miners ETF (COPX) aims to deliver investment results that align with the Solactive Global Copper Miners Total Return Index, focusing on the global copper mining industry. It invests at least 80% of its assets in securities of the underlying index, including ADRs and GDRs. COPX offers a pure-play exposure to copper by tracking a market-cap-weighted index, which ranks companies based on their average daily trading volume over three months. While it is a global fund, it has significant North American exposure. The index is rebalanced semi-annually, and the fund is non-diversified, providing broad equity exposure to the copper mining sector.
Ero Copper Corp., a base metals mining company, engages in the exploration, development, and production of mining projects in Brazil. It engages in the production and sale of copper concentrate from the MCSA Mining Complex located within the Curaçá Valley, northeastern Bahia state, as well as gold and silver byproducts. The company also holds a 100% interest in the Boa Esperança property, a copper development project located within southeastern Pará state; and NX Gold property located in Mato Grosso state. Ero Copper Corp. was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Vancouver, Canada.
T-Mobile US, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, provides mobile communications services in the United States, Puerto Rico, and the United States Virgin Islands. The company offers voice, messaging, and data services to 108.7 million customers in the postpaid, prepaid, and wholesale markets. It also provides wireless devices, including smartphones, wearables, and tablets and other mobile communication devices, as well as wireless devices and accessories. In addition, the company offers services, devices, and accessories under the T-Mobile and Metro by T-Mobile brands through its owned and operated retail stores, T-Mobile app and customer care channels, and its websites. It also sells its devices to dealers and other third-party distributors for resale through independent third-party retail outlets and various third-party websites. As of December 31, 2021, it operated approximately 102,000 macro cell and 41,000 small cell/distributed antenna system sites. The company was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Bellevue, Washington.
The Invesco Oil & Gas Services ETF (PXJ) aims to track the investment results of the Dynamic Oil Services Intellidex® Index, investing at least 90% of its assets in U.S. companies that support oil and gas operations. This non-diversified fund offers concentrated exposure to 30 stocks, selected through a multi-factor methodology focusing on price momentum, earnings momentum, quality, management action, and value. The index employs a tiered weighting scheme, creating a small-cap tilt and reducing mega-cap concentration, while historically underweighting oil and gas transportation services. PXJ is rebalanced and reconstituted quarterly in February, May, August, and November. Prior to August 28, 2023, it was known as the Invesco Dynamic Oil & Gas Services ETF.
Select Energy Services, Inc., an oilfield services company, provides water management and chemical solutions to the onshore oil and gas industry in the United States. The company operates through three segments: Water Services, Water Infrastructure, and Oilfield Chemicals. The Water Services segment provides water-related services, including water transfer, flow back and well testing, water containment, fluids hauling, water monitoring, and water network automation; technology solutions comprising hydrographic mapping, water volume and quality monitoring, remote pit and tank monitoring, leak detection, asset and fuel tracking, and automated-equipment services, as well as various on-site rental equipment and workforce accommodation services. The Water Infrastructure segment develops, builds, and operates semi-permanent and permanent pipeline infrastructure solutions to support oil and gas well development. The Oilfield Chemicals segment develops, manufactures, and provides a suite of chemicals, water treatment solutions, and services used in hydraulic fracturing, stimulation, cementing, production, pipelines, and well completions, including polymers, viscosity, crosslinkers, friction reducers, surfactants, buffers, breakers, and other chemical technologies to pressure pumping service companies. This segment also offers production chemical solutions for underperforming wells and ancillary oilfield services comprising corrosion and scale monitoring, chemical inventory management, well failure analysis, and lab services. Select Energy Services, Inc. was incorporated in 2016 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
BrightSpire Capital, Inc. operates as a commercial real estate (CRE) credit real estate investment trust in the United States. It focuses on originating, acquiring, financing, and managing a portfolio of CRE senior mortgage loans, mezzanine loans, preferred equity, debt securities, and net leased properties. The company qualifies as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes. The company was formerly known as Colony Credit Real Estate, Inc. and changed its name to BrightSpire Capital, Inc. in June 2021. BrightSpire Capital, Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
The VanEck Biotech ETF (BBH) seeks to replicate the performance of the MVIS® US Listed Biotech 25 Index, investing at least 80% of its assets in securities within this benchmark. The fund targets the 25 largest biotech firms globally, focusing on U.S. exchange-listed companies, including medium-cap and foreign entities. It employs a market-cap-weighted approach, capping issuers at 20% to manage concentration risk, though it remains non-diversified. The index, reviewed semi-annually, encompasses firms engaged in genetic research, drug development, and diagnostic equipment, excluding pharmacies. BBH offers a concentrated exposure to the biotech sector, dominated by U.S. companies.
Cytokinetics, Incorporated, a late-stage biopharmaceutical company, focuses on discovering, developing, and commercializing muscle activators and inhibitors as potential treatments for debilitating diseases. The company develops small molecule drug candidates primarily engineered to impact muscle function and contractility. Its drug candidates include omecamtiv mecarbil, a novel cardiac myosin activator that is in Phase III clinical trial in patients with heart failure; and reldesemtiv, a skeletal muscle troponin activator, which is in Phase III clinical trial to treat amyotrophic lateral sclerosis and spinal muscular atrophy. The company also develops CK-136, a novel cardiac troponin activator that is in Phase I clinical trial; aficamten, a novel cardiac myosin inhibitor, which is in Phase III clinical trial for the treatment of patients with symptomatic obstructive hypertrophic cardiomyopathy; and CK-3772271, a small molecule cardiac myosin inhibitor that is in Phase I clinical trial. Cytokinetics, Incorporated has a strategic alliance with Astellas Pharma Inc. The company was incorporated in 1997 and is headquartered in South San Francisco, California.
Sailun Group Co., Ltd. researches and develops, produces, sells, and services tires in China. It provides car, SUV, LTR, winter, explosion-proof, and racing tires; truck and bus tires; and industrial, construction machinery, mining, and other tires. The company was formerly known as Sailun Jinyu Group Co., Ltd. Sailun Group Co., Ltd. was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Qingdao, China.
The Vanguard Materials ETF (VAW) seeks to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Materials 25/50, employing an indexing investment approach. This ETF provides broad exposure to the U.S. materials sector, encompassing large, mid-size, and small companies classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). It includes firms involved in manufacturing chemicals, construction materials, glass, paper, forest products, packaging products, as well as metals, minerals, and mining. The fund aims to replicate the index by investing substantially all of its assets in the constituent stocks, maintaining their respective index weightings. Although non-diversified, it adheres to certain investment limits for regulated investment companies (RICs) to ensure some level of diversification. The index is rebalanced quarterly to reflect market changes.
Vulcan Materials Company, together with its subsidiaries, produces and supplies construction aggregates primarily in the United States. It operates through four segments: Aggregates, Asphalt, Concrete, and Calcium. The Aggregates segment provides crushed stones, sand and gravel, sand, and other aggregates; and related products and services that are applied in construction and maintenance of highways, streets, and other public works, as well as in the construction of housing and commercial, industrial, and other nonresidential facilities. The Asphalt Mix segment offers asphalt mix in Alabama, Arizona, California, New Mexico, Tennessee, and Texas, as well as engages in the asphalt construction paving activity in Alabama, Tennessee, and Texas. The Concrete segment provides ready-mixed concrete in California, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia, and Washington D.C. The Calcium segment mines, produces, and sells calcium products for the animal feed, plastics, and water treatment industries. The company was formerly known as Virginia Holdco, Inc. and changed its name to Vulcan Materials Company. Vulcan Materials Company was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.
PDD Holdings Inc., a multinational commerce group, owns and operates a portfolio of businesses. It operates Pinduoduo, an e-commerce platform that offers products in various categories, including agricultural produce, apparel, shoes, bags, mother and childcare products, food and beverage, electronic appliances, furniture and household goods, cosmetics and other personal care, sports and fitness items and auto accessories; and Temu, an online marketplace. It focuses on bringing businesses and people into the digital economy. The company was formerly known as Pinduoduo Inc. and changed its name to PDD Holdings Inc. in February 2023. The company was incorporated in 2015 and is based in Dublin, Ireland.
The iShares Global Comm Services ETF (IXP) seeks to track the investment results of the S&P Global 1200 Communication Services 4.5/22.5/45 Capped IndexTM, focusing on global equities within the communication services sector. The fund invests at least 80% of its assets in the index's component securities and similar investments. IXP employs a market-cap-weighted strategy, drawing from a universe of 1,200 global stocks selected by S&P. The index, which was updated on June 24, 2019, implements a capping mechanism at quarterly rebalances, limiting single positions to 22.5% and aggregate positions over 4.5% to 45% of the total. This non-diversified fund leverages the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS) for stock selection, which significantly influences its returns.
Charter Communications, Inc. operates as a broadband connectivity and cable operator company serving residential and commercial customers in the United States. The company offers subscription-based video services, including video on demand, high-definition television, digital video recorder, pay-per-view services. It provides Internet services, such as security suite that protects computers from viruses and spyware, and threats from malicious actors; in-home WiFi, which provides customers with high performance wireless routers to enhance their in-home wireless Internet experience; out-of-home WiFi; and Spectrum WiFi services, as well as video services. The company also offers voice communications services using voice over Internet protocol technology; and broadband communications solutions, such as Internet access, data networking, fiber connectivity, video entertainment, and business telephone services to cellular towers and office buildings for business and carrier organizations. In addition, it provides mobile services; offers video programming, static IP and business WiFi, email and security, and multi-line telephone services, as well as Web-based service management; sells local advertising across various platforms for networks, such as TBS, CNN, and ESPN; sells advertising inventory to local sports and news channels; and offers Audience App for optimizes linear inventory. Further, the company offers communications products and managed service solutions; data connectivity services to mobile and wireline carriers on a wholesale basis; and owns and operates regional sports and news networks. It serves approximately 32 million customers in 41 states. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Stamford, Connecticut.
Sylvamo Corporation produces and supplies printing paper in Latin America, Europe, and North America. The company offers uncoated freesheet for paper products, such as cutsize and offset paper; and markets pulp, aseptic, and liquid packaging board, as well as coated unbleached kraft papers. It also produces hardwood pulp, including bleached hardwood kraft and bleached eucalyptus kraft; bleached softwood kraft; and bleached chemi-thermomechanical pulp. The company distributes its products through a variety of channels, including merchants and distributors, office product suppliers, e-commerce, retailers, and dealers. It also sells directly to converters that produce envelopes, forms, and other related products. The company was founded in 1898 and is headquartered in Memphis, Tennessee.
The Invesco Water Resources ETF (PHO) aims to track the investment results of the NASDAQ OMX U.S. Water Index, focusing on U.S.-listed companies that develop products to conserve and purify water for residential, commercial, and industrial use. The fund invests at least 90% of its total assets in securities within the underlying index, which includes common stocks, ordinary shares, ADRs, shares of beneficial interest, and tracking stocks. PHO is a non-diversified, water-themed ETF that emphasizes participation in the Green Economy, as determined by SustainableBusiness.com LLC. The index is modified liquidity-weighted, with a cap of 8% on no more than five companies, and the remaining holdings distributed equally. It is reconstituted annually in April and rebalanced quarterly, ensuring a dynamic and responsive investment strategy.
Xylem Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the design, manufacture, and servicing of engineered products and solutions for the water and wastewater applications in the United States, Europe, the Asia Pacific, and internationally. It operates through three segments: Water Infrastructure, Applied Water, and Measurement & Control Solutions. The Water Infrastructure segment offers various products, including water, storm water, and wastewater pumps; controls and systems; filtration, disinfection, and biological treatment equipment; and mobile dewatering equipment under the Flygt, Godwin, Wedeco, Sanitaire, Leopold, Wedeco, and Xylem Vue brand names for the transportation and treatment of water. The Applied Water segment provides pumps, valves, heat exchangers, controls, and dispensing equipment systems under the Goulds Water Technology, Bell & Gossett, A-C Fire Pump, Standard Xchange, Lowara, Jabsco, Xylem Vue and Flojet brand names for residential and commercial building services, and industrial water applications. The Measurement & Control Solutions segment provides smart meters, networked communication devices, and measurement and control technologies, as well as critical infrastructure technologies. It also offers software and services, including cloud-based analytics, remote monitoring and data management, leak detection, condition assessment, asset management, and pressure monitoring solutions, as well as testing equipment and managed services. This segment sells its products under the Pure, Sensus, Smith Blair, WTW, Xylem Vue, and YSI brand names. The company markets and sells its products through a network of direct sales force, resellers, distributors, and value-added solution providers. Xylem Inc. was formerly known as ITT WCO, Inc. and changed its name to Xylem Inc. in May 2011. The company. was incorporated in 2011 and is headquartered in Rye Brook, New York.
Bethel Automotive Safety Systems Co., Ltd develops, manufactures, and sells vehicle braking systems for commercial vehicles in China. The company offers front and rear disc brakes, drum brakes, rear integrated parking brakes, brake master cylinders, vacuum boosters, cast aluminum steering knuckles, electronic parking systems, anti-lock braking systems (ABS), vehicle stability control systems, brake assemblies, brake caliper assemblies, air pressure ABS, pneumatic disc brakes, and pressure casting aluminum alloy products. Bethel Automotive Safety Systems Co., Ltd was founded in 2004 and is based in Wuhu, China.
The iShares U.S. Real Estate ETF (IYR) aims to track the investment results of the Dow Jones U.S. Real Estate Capped Index, which measures the performance of the U.S. real estate sector. The fund invests at least 80% of its assets in the index's component securities and similar investments. As one of the first U.S. real estate ETFs, IYR captures a broad spectrum of the real estate market, including REITs and companies involved in real estate development, management, or ownership. It employs a market-cap-weighted approach and applies a capping methodology during quarterly rebalances to limit the weight of any single issuer to 10% and the aggregate weight of issuers exceeding 4.50% to 22.50%. Distributions from the fund are taxed as ordinary income.
Iron Mountain Incorporated (NYSE: IRM), founded in 1951, is the global leader for storage and information management services. Trusted by more than 225,000 organizations around the world, and with a real estate network of more than 90 million square feet across approximately 1,450 facilities in approximately 50 countries, Iron Mountain stores and protects billions of valued assets, including critical business information, highly sensitive data, and cultural and historical artifacts. Providing solutions that include secure records storage, information management, digital transformation, secure destruction, as well as data centers, cloud services and art storage and logistics, Iron Mountain helps customers lower cost and risk, comply with regulations, recover from disaster, and enable a more digital way of working.
China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited, an investment holding company, produces and distributes dairy products in the People's Republic of China and internationally. The company operates through four segments: Liquid Milk Products, Ice Cream Products, Milk Powder Products, and Others. The Liquid Milk Products segment produces and distributes ultra-high temperature milk, milk beverages, fresh milk, and yogurt. The Ice Cream Products segment produces and distributes ice cream. The Milk Powder Products segment produces and distributes milk powder. The Others segment engages in the provision of cheese and plant-based nutrition products, as well as trading business. It also offers organic food and formula products for babies and toddlers. The company offers its dairy products under the MENGNIU brand. China Mengniu Dairy Company Limited was founded in 1999 and is based in Causeway Bay, Hong Kong.
The iShares U.S. Industrials ETF (IYJ) aims to track the investment results of the Russell 1000 Industrials 40 Act 15/22.5 Daily Capped Index, which measures the performance of the U.S. industrials sector. The fund invests at least 80% of its assets in the index's component securities, focusing on large- and mid-cap stocks. IYJ employs a market cap-weighted approach and uses representative sampling rather than full replication. The index applies regulatory capping at each quarterly rebalance, limiting single issuer weights to 15% and the aggregate weight of companies exceeding 4.5% to 22.5%. This passively managed ETF provides diversified exposure to industrial companies classified by the ICB framework within the Russell 1000.
Tetra Tech, Inc. provides consulting and engineering services worldwide. The company operates through two segments Government Services Group (GSG) and Commercial/International Services Group (CIG). The GSG segment offers early data collection and monitoring, data analysis and information management, science and engineering applied research, engineering design, project management, and operations and maintenance services; and climate change and energy management consulting, as well as greenhouse gas inventory assessment, certification, reduction, and management services. This segment serves federal, state, and local governments, and development agencies in water resources analysis and water management, environmental monitoring, data analytics, government consulting, waste management, and a range of civil infrastructure master planning and engineering design markets. The CIG segment provides early data collection and monitoring, data analysis and information management, feasibility studies and assessments, science and engineering applied research, engineering design, project management, and operations and maintenance services. This segment serves natural resources, energy, and utilities markets, as well as sustainable infrastructure master planning and engineering design markets. Tetra Tech, Inc. was founded in 1966 and is headquartered in Pasadena, California.
Baidu, Inc. offers internet search services in China. It operates through Baidu Core and iQIYI segments. The company offers Baidu App to access search, feed, and other services using mobile devices; Baidu Search to access its search and other services; Baidu Feed that provides users with personalized timeline based on their demographics and interests; Baidu Health that helps users to find the doctor and hospital for healthcare needs; and Haokan, a short video app. It also provides Baidu Knows, an online community where users can ask questions to other users; Baidu Wiki; Baidu Experience; Baidu Post; Baidu Wenku; Baidu Maps, a voice-enabled mobile app that provides travel-related services; Baidu Drive; Baijiahao; and DuerOS, a smart assistant platform. In addition, it offers online marketing services, which include pay for performance, an auction-based services that allow customers to bid for priority placement of paid sponsored links and reach users who search for information related to their products or services; other marketing services that include display-based marketing services and other online marketing services based on performance criteria other than cost per click; mobile ecosystem, a portfolio of apps, including Baidu App, Haokan, and Baidu Post; various cloud services and solutions, such as platform as a service, software as a service, and infrastructure as a service; self-driving services, including maps, automated valet parking, navigation pilot, electric vehicles, and robotaxi fleets, as well as Xiaodu smart devices. Further, the company provides iQIYI, an online entertainment service, including original and licensed content; other video content and membership; and online advertising services. Baidu, Inc. has strategic partnership with Zhejiang Geely Holding Group. The company was formerly known as Baidu.com, Inc. Baidu, Inc. was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.
The Vanguard Real Estate ETF (VNQ) aims to provide a high level of income and moderate long-term capital appreciation by tracking the MSCI US Investable Market Real Estate 25/50 Index. This index measures the performance of publicly traded equity REITs and other real estate-related investments in the United States. VNQ invests substantially all of its assets in the stocks that comprise the index, maintaining each stock's proportionate weighting. The fund is non-diversified and exhibits a sector bias towards commercial REITs over specialized REITs. Despite monthly disclosure of holdings, which is a minor inconvenience, VNQ is known for its efficient portfolio management, sometimes resulting in costs lower than its stated expense ratio. Distributions are taxed as ordinary income, aligning with typical REIT ETFs.
Global Medical REIT Inc. is net-lease medical office REIT that acquires purpose-built specialized healthcare facilities and leases those facilities to strong healthcare systems and physician groups with leading market share.
Corteva, Inc. operates in the agriculture business. It operates through two segments, Seed and Crop Protection. The Seed segment develops and supplies advanced germplasm and traits that produce optimum yield for farms. It offers trait technologies that enhance resistance to weather, disease, insects, and herbicides used to control weeds, as well as food and nutritional characteristics. This segment also provides digital solutions that assist farmer decision-making with a view to optimize product selection, and maximize yield and profitability. The Crop Protection segment offers products that protect against weeds, insects and other pests, and diseases, as well as enhances crop health above and below ground through nitrogen management and seed-applied technologies. This segment provides herbicides, insecticides, nitrogen stabilizers, and pasture and range management herbicides. It serves agricultural input industry. The company operates in the United States, Canada, Latin America, the Asia Pacific, Europe, the Middle East, and Africa. Corteva, Inc. was incorporated in 2018 and is headquartered in Indianapolis, Indiana.
The Invesco S&P Global Water Index ETF (CGW) aims to track the performance of the S&P Global Water Index, investing at least 90% of its assets in securities within the index, including ADRs and GDRs. This non-diversified fund focuses on the largest global companies in water-related sectors, such as utilities, infrastructure, and equipment. The index, compiled and maintained by the provider, targets 100 constituents, selecting the top 25 companies from water equipment & materials and water utilities & infrastructure clusters based on exposure scores. Companies are market-cap-weighted, with exposure score caps of 10% and 5%, and the index rebalances semi-annually.
Lindsay Corporation, together with its subsidiaries, provides water management and road infrastructure products and services in the United States and internationally. The company operates in two segments, Irrigation and Infrastructure. The Irrigation segment manufactures and markets center pivot, lateral move irrigation systems, and irrigation controls under the Zimmatic brand; hose reel travelers under the Perrot and Greenfield brands; and chemical injection systems, variable rate irrigation systems, flow meters, weather stations, soil moisture sensors, and remote monitoring and control systems under the GrowSmart brand. It also offers repair and replacement parts for its irrigation systems and controls; global positioning system positioning and guidance, variable rate irrigation, wireless irrigation management, irrigation scheduling, and smartphone applications; and industrial Internet of Things technology solutions, data acquisition and management systems, and custom electronic equipment for applications under the Elecsys brand. The Infrastructure segment provides Quickchange moveable barrier systems that help in highway reconstruction, paving and resurfacing, road widening, median and shoulder construction, and tunnels and bridge repairs; and re-directive and non-re-directive crash cushions, which are used to enhance highway safety at locations, such as toll booths, freeway off-ramps, medians and roadside barrier ends, bridge supports, utility poles, and other fixed roadway hazards. It also offers specialty barrier products; road marking and road safety equipment; and railroad signals and structures, and diameter steel tubing products, as well as outsourced manufacturing and production services for other companies. The company serves departments of transportation, municipal transportation road agencies, roadway contractors, subcontractors, distributors, and dealers. Lindsay Corporation was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Omaha, Nebraska.
Polaris Inc. designs, engineers, manufactures, and markets power sports vehicles worldwide. It operates through three segments: Off-Road, On-Road and Marine. The company offers off-road vehicles (ORVs), including all-terrain vehicles and side-by-side vehicles; snowmobiles and snow bikes conversion kit systems; motorcycles; and low emission, light duty hauling, passenger, and industrial vehicles. It also provides quadricycles and moto-roadsters; ORV accessories comprising winches, bumper, plows, racks, wheels and tires, pull-behinds, cab systems, lighting and audio systems, cargo box accessories, tracks, and oil; snowmobile accessories, which include covers, traction products, electric starters, reverse kits, tracks, bags, windshields, oil, and lubricants; and motorcycle accessories, such as saddle bags, handlebars, backrests, exhausts, windshields, seats, oil, and various chrome accessories. In addition, the company offers gear and apparel, such as helmets, jackets, gloves, pants, hats, goggles, boots, bibs, and leathers; and pontoon and deck boats. The company provides its products through dealers and distributors, and online; and aftermarket parts, garments, and accessories through 101 brick-and-mortar retail centers, call centers, and e-commerce sites. The company was formerly known as Polaris Industries Inc. Polaris Inc. was founded in 1954 and is headquartered in Medina, Minnesota.
The Vanguard Real Estate Index Fund (VGSNX) aims to provide a high level of income and moderate long-term capital appreciation by tracking the MSCI US Investable Market Real Estate 25/50 Index. This index measures the performance of publicly traded equity REITs and other real estate-related investments. The fund achieves this by investing all, or substantially all, of its assets directly or indirectly through a wholly owned subsidiary, which is a registered investment company, in the stocks that comprise the index. Each stock is held in approximately the same proportion as its index weighting. As a non-diversified fund, VGSNX focuses its investments in a specific sector, which may involve higher risk compared to diversified funds.
Getty Realty Corp. is the leading publicly traded real estate investment trust in the United States specializing in the ownership, leasing and financing of convenience store and gasoline station properties. As of September 30, 2020, the Company owned 896 properties and leased 58 properties from third-party landlords in 35 states across the United States and Washington, D.C.
BYD Company Limited, together with its subsidiaries, engages in the research, development, manufacture, and sale of automobiles and related products in the People's Republic of China and internationally. It operates through three segments: Rechargeable Batteries and Photovoltaic Products; Mobile Handset Components, Assembly Service and Other Products; and Automobiles and Related Products and Other Products. The company offers internal combustion, hybrid, and battery-electric passenger vehicles; buses, coaches, and taxis; logistics, construction, and sanitation vehicles; and vehicles for warehousing, port, airport, and mining operations. It also manufactures and sells lithium-ion and nickel batteries, photovoltaic products, and iron batteries primarily for mobile phones, electric tools, and other portable electronic instruments; mobile handset components, such as housings and electronic components; medical protection products; and automobiles, and auto-related molds and components, as well as provides assembly, and automobiles leasing and after sales services. In addition, it offers rail transit equipment; solar batteries and arrays; and urban rail transportation services. The company was founded in 1995 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, China.
The First Trust Indxx Metaverse ETF (ARVR) aims to replicate the performance of the Indxx Metaverse Index, investing at least 80% of its net assets in securities within the index. This non-diversified fund targets companies globally that are integral to the Metaverse, focusing on those generating at least 50% of their revenue from five key sub-themes: IP & Contents, Platforms, Payment, Optics & Display, and Semiconductor, Hardware & 5G. The portfolio, comprising 50 companies selected by market-cap, is weighted using revenue thresholds, favoring firms with higher Metaverse-related revenue. Stocks are equally weighted, capped at 2%, and adjusted for market-cap, with the index rebalanced quarterly and reconstituted semi-annually.
NVIDIA Corporation provides graphics, and compute and networking solutions in the United States, Taiwan, China, and internationally. The company's Graphics segment offers GeForce GPUs for gaming and PCs, the GeForce NOW game streaming service and related infrastructure, and solutions for gaming platforms; Quadro/NVIDIA RTX GPUs for enterprise workstation graphics; vGPU software for cloud-based visual and virtual computing; automotive platforms for infotainment systems; and Omniverse software for building 3D designs and virtual worlds. Its Compute & Networking segment provides Data Center platforms and systems for AI, HPC, and accelerated computing; Mellanox networking and interconnect solutions; automotive AI Cockpit, autonomous driving development agreements, and autonomous vehicle solutions; cryptocurrency mining processors; Jetson for robotics and other embedded platforms; and NVIDIA AI Enterprise and other software. The company's products are used in gaming, professional visualization, datacenter, and automotive markets. NVIDIA Corporation sells its products to original equipment manufacturers, original device manufacturers, system builders, add-in board manufacturers, retailers/distributors, independent software vendors, Internet and cloud service providers, automotive manufacturers and tier-1 automotive suppliers, mapping companies, start-ups, and other ecosystem participants. It has a strategic collaboration with Kroger Co. NVIDIA Corporation was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
Balchem Corporation develops, manufactures, and markets specialty performance ingredients and products for the nutritional, food, pharmaceutical, animal health, medical device sterilization, plant nutrition, and industrial markets in the United States and internationally. It operates through three segments: Human Nutrition & Health, Animal Nutrition & Health, and Specialty Products. The Human Nutrition & Health segment supplies ingredients in the food and beverage industry. Its products include spray dried and emulsified powders, extrusion and agglomeration, blended lipid systems, liquid flavor delivery systems, juice and dairy bases, chocolate systems, and cereal systems, as well as ice cream bases and variegates. This segment also offers microencapsulation solutions for various applications; and human grade choline nutrients and mineral amino acid chelated products for nutrition and health applications. The Animal Nutrition & Health segment provides microencapsulated products to enhance health and milk production, and delivering nutrient supplements in ruminant animals; chelation technology, which offers enhanced nutrient absorption for various species of production and companion animals; and choline chloride, a nutrient for monogastric animal health. The Specialty Products segment offers ethylene oxide primarily for use in the health care industry; and single use canisters with ethylene oxide for sterilizing re-usable devices. This segment also markets and sells propylene oxide, a fumigant to aid in the control of insects and microbiological spoilage, as well as to reduce bacterial and mold contamination in shell and processed nut meats, processed spices, cacao beans, cocoa powder, raisins, figs, and prunes; and chelated minerals for high value crops. The company sells its products through sales force, independent distributors, and sales agents. Balchem Corporation was incorporated in 1967 and is headquartered in New Hampton, New York.
The Invesco S&P SmallCap Utilities ETF (PSCU) aims to track the S&P SmallCap 600® Capped Utilities & Communication Services Index, investing at least 90% of its assets in the index's securities. This index, compiled by S&P Dow Jones Indices, measures the performance of small-cap U.S. companies in the utilities and communication services sectors, as defined by the Global Industry Classification Standard. PSCU offers concentrated exposure to small-cap utilities and telecom services, differing from broader utilities ETFs by typically overweighting small natural gas utilities and underweighting large-cap-dominated electric utilities. As a non-diversified fund, PSCU's focused portfolio results in performance that can significantly diverge from typical large-cap utility ETFs.
QuinStreet, Inc., an online performance marketing company, provides customer acquisition services for its clients in the United States and internationally. The company offers online marketing services, such as qualified clicks, leads, calls, applications, and customers through its websites or third-party publishers. It serves financial and home services industries. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is headquartered in Foster City, California.
Vipshop Holdings Limited operates online platforms for various brands in the People's Republic of China. It operates in Vip.com, Shan Shan Outlets, and Others segments. The company offers women's apparel, such as casual wear, jeans, dresses, outerwear, lingerie, pajamas, and maternity clothes; men's apparel comprising casual and smart-casual T-shirts, polo shirts, jackets, pants, and underwear; and skin care and cosmetic products, including cleansers, lotions, face and body creams, face masks, sunscreen, foundations, lipsticks, eye shadows, and other cosmetics-related items. It also provides shoes and bags, which comprises casual and formal shoes, purses, satchels, luggage, duffel bags, and wallets; handbags; apparel, gears and accessories, furnishings and decor, toys, and games for boys, girls, infants, and toddlers; sportswear, sports gear, and footwear for various sporting activities; home furnishings, such as bed and bath products, home decor, kitchen and tabletop items, and home appliances; and consumer electronic products. In addition, the company offers food and snacks, beverages, fresh produce, and pet goods; beauty products; and internet finance services, including consumer and supplier financing, and microcredit. Vipshop Holdings Limited provides its branded products through its vip.com and vipshop.com online platforms, as well as through its internet website and cellular phone application. Further, it offers warehousing, logistics, product procurement, research and development, technology development, and consulting services; software development and information technology support solutions; and supply chain services. Vipshop Holdings Limited was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in Guangzhou, the People's Republic of China.
The Vanguard Energy Index Fund Admiral (VENAX) is an ETF that seeks to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Energy 25/50. It employs an indexing investment approach, focusing on stocks of large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies within the energy sector, as classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). The fund aims to replicate the target index by investing substantially all of its assets in the stocks that comprise the index, maintaining each stock in approximately the same proportion as its index weighting. As a non-diversified fund, VENAX concentrates its investments within the energy sector, offering investors exposure to a broad range of U.S. energy companies.
Weatherford International plc, an energy services company, provides equipment and services for the drilling, evaluation, completion, production, and intervention of oil, geothermal, and natural gas wells worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Western Hemisphere and Eastern Hemisphere. It offers artificial lift systems, including reciprocating rod, progressing cavity pumping, gas, hydraulic, plunger, and hybrid lift systems, as well as related automation and control systems; pressure pumping and reservoir stimulation services, such as acidizing, fracturing, cementing, and coiled-tubing intervention; and drill stem test tools, surface well testing, and multiphase flow measurement services. The company also provides safety, downhole reservoir monitoring, flow control, and multistage fracturing systems, as well as sand-control technologies, and production and isolation packers; liner hangers to suspend a casing string in high-temperature and high-pressure wells; cementing products, including plugs, float and stage equipment, and torque-and-drag reduction technology for zonal isolation; and pre-job planning and installation services. In addition, it offers directional drilling services, and logging and measurement services while drilling; services related to rotary-steerable systems, high-temperature and high-pressure sensors, drilling reamers, and circulation subs; rotating control devices and advanced automated control systems, as well as closed-loop drilling, air drilling, managed-pressure drilling, and underbalanced drilling services; open hole and cased-hole logging services; and intervention and remediation services. Further, the company provides tubular handling, management, and connection services; and re-entry, fishing, wellbore cleaning, and well abandonment services, as well as patented bottom hole, tubularhandling equipment, pressure-control equipment, and drill pipe and collars. The company was incorporated in 1972 and is based in Houston, Texas.
Oppein Home Group Inc. operates as a cabinetry manufacturer in Asia. The company offers kitchen and bathroom cabinets, wardrobes, interior doors, solid surfaces, kitchen electrical appliances and accessories, and home furniture, as well as other building materials. It sells its products and services to builders, contractors, project brokers, and building design companies. The company was formerly known as Guangzhou Optima Enterprise Co., Ltd and changed its name to Oppein Home Group Inc. in 2010. Oppein Home Group Inc. was founded in 1994 and is headquartered in Guangzhou, China.
The SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE) aims to replicate the performance of the S&P Regional Banks Select Industry Index, which is part of the broader S&P Total Market Index. Utilizing a sampling strategy, KRE invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities within this index, focusing on U.S. regional banking stocks. The ETF employs an equal-weighting approach, which mitigates single stock risk by ensuring smaller names are not overshadowed by large-cap stocks. This strategy allows for significant changes in holdings during quarterly rebalances, ensuring the fund remains aligned with market-cap and liquidity requirements.
Stellar Bancorp, Inc. operates as the bank holding company that provides a range of commercial banking services primarily to small and medium-sized businesses, professionals, and individual customers. It accepts deposit products, including checking accounts, commercial accounts, money market accounts, savings accounts, and other time deposits; and certificates of deposit. The company's loan portfolio comprises commercial and industrial loans; commercial real estate loans, including multi-family residential loans; commercial real estate construction and land development loans; residential real estate loans, such as 1-4 family residential mortgage loans; residential construction loans; and consumer and other loans. In addition, it offers automated teller machine services, drive-through services, and depository facilities; mobile banking services; and telephone, mail, and Internet banking services. Further, the company provides safe deposit boxes, debit cards, cash management and wire transfer services, night depository services, direct deposits, cashier's checks, and letters of credit. It has locations in the Southeast region, including Houston, The Woodlands, Sugar Land, Beaumont, and Port Arthur, as well as Dallas. The company was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
Nintendo Co., Ltd. engages in the development, manufacture, and sale of home entertainment products. The company is headquartered in Kyoto-Shi, Kyoto-Fu and currently employs 5,944 full-time employees. The firm's main products include game machines such as portable and console game machines and software, as well as trump and Carta (Japanese-style playing cards). The console game machines are hardware and software for mobile games and home console games, developed by the Company and its affiliates, manufactured mainly by the Company, and sold mainly by the affiliates overseas.
The SPDR S&P Insurance ETF (KIE) aims to replicate the performance of the S&P Insurance Select Industry Index by employing a sampling strategy, investing at least 80% of its assets in the index's securities. This index, part of the S&P Total Market Index, focuses on the insurance sector. KIE uniquely tracks an equal-weighted index of insurance companies, as defined by GICS, which results in a distinct portfolio compared to other funds in the segment. It strategically underweights property and casualty insurance while overweighting reinsurance companies, thereby reducing concentration risk in this top-heavy sector. This ETF offers investors unconventional exposure to the insurance industry, appealing to those seeking diversified and balanced investment opportunities.
Arch Capital Group Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, provides insurance, reinsurance, and mortgage insurance products worldwide. The company's Insurance segment offers primary and excess casualty coverages; loss sensitive primary casualty insurance programs; collateral protection, debt cancellation, and service contract reimbursement products; directors' and officers' liability, errors and omissions liability, employment practices and fiduciary liability, crime, professional indemnity, and other financial related coverages; medical professional and general liability insurance coverages; and workers' compensation and umbrella liability, as well as commercial automobile and inland marine products. It also provides property, energy, marine, and aviation insurance; travel insurance; accident, disability, and medical plan insurance coverages; captive insurance programs; employer's liability; and contract and commercial surety coverages. This segment markets its products through a group of licensed independent retail and wholesale brokers. Its Reinsurance segment provides casualty reinsurance for third party liability and workers' compensation exposures; marine and aviation; surety, accident and health, workers' compensation catastrophe, agriculture, trade credit, and political risk products; reinsurance protection for catastrophic losses, and personal lines and commercial property exposures; life reinsurance; casualty clash; and risk management solutions. This segment markets its reinsurance products through brokers. The company's Mortgage segment offers direct mortgage insurance and mortgage reinsurance. The company was incorporated in 1995 and is based in Pembroke, Bermuda.
Antero Resources Corporation, an independent oil and natural gas company, acquires, explores for, develops, and produces natural gas, natural gas liquids, and oil properties in the United States. As of December 31, 2021, it had approximately 502,000 net acres in the Appalachian Basin; and 174,000 net acres in the Upper Devonian Shale. The company also owned and operated 494 miles of gas gathering pipelines in the Appalachian Basin; and 21 compressor stations. It had estimated proved reserves of 17.7 trillion cubic feet of natural gas equivalent, including 10.2 trillion cubic feet of natural gas; 718 million barrels of assumed recovered ethane; 501 million barrels of primarily propane, isobutane, normal butane, and natural gasoline; and 36 million barrels of oil. The company was formerly known as Antero Resources Appalachian Corporation and changed its name to Antero Resources Corporation in June 2013. Antero Resources Corporation was founded in 2002 and is headquartered in Denver, Colorado.
The First Trust S&P REIT Index Fund (FRI) aims to replicate the performance of the S&P United States REIT Index by investing at least 90% of its net assets in the index's securities. This market-cap-weighted index captures the US real estate market comprehensively, encompassing a diverse array of publicly-traded Real Estate Investment Trusts (REITs) across various sub-sectors, including commercial, residential, hotels, and hospitals, while excluding timber, mortgage, and mortgage-backed REITs. FRI's broad holdings reflect its strategy to cover the full spectrum of market caps, offering investors exposure to the ownership and operation of real estate in the United States. The index is reviewed annually, with quarterly additions for IPOs, ensuring it remains current and reflective of the market.
Regency Centers is the preeminent national owner, operator, and developer of shopping centers located in affluent and densely populated trade areas. Our portfolio includes thriving properties merchandised with highly productive grocers, restaurants, service providers, and best-in-class retailers that connect to their neighborhoods, communities, and customers. Operating as a fully integrated real estate company, Regency Centers is a qualified real estate investment trust (REIT) that is self-administered, self-managed, and an S&P 500 Index member.
Rio Tinto Group engages in exploring, mining, and processing mineral resources worldwide. The company operates through Iron Ore, Aluminium, Copper, and Minerals Segments. The Iron Ore segment engages in the iron ore mining, and salt and gypsum production in Western Australia. The Aluminum segment is involved in bauxite mining; alumina refining; and aluminium smelting. The Copper segment engages in mining and refining of copper, gold, silver, molybdenum, and other by-products and exploration activities. The Minerals segment is involved in mining and processing of borates, titanium dioxide feedstock, and iron concentrate and pellets; diamond mining, sorting, and marketing; and development projects for battery materials, such as lithium. It also owns and operates open pit and underground mines; and refineries, smelters, processing plants and power, and shipping facilities. Rio Tinto Group was founded in 1873 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
The ARK Israel Innovative Technology ETF (IZRL) aims to closely track the ARK Israeli Innovation Index, investing at least 80% of its assets in securities within the index. This non-diversified fund focuses on Israeli companies that are incorporated or domiciled in Israel, offering exposure to sectors such as genomics, healthcare, biotechnology, industrials, manufacturing, and IT. The index is equally weighted, providing greater exposure to smaller companies and is rebalanced quarterly. Unlike other funds, IZRL specifically targets companies driving disruptive innovation in areas like health technology, communications, and technology services, ensuring a concentrated focus on Israel's burgeoning tech sector.
Oddity Tech Ltd., together with its subsidiaries, operates as a consumer-tech company worldwide. The company provides beauty and wellness products utilizing its PowerMatch technology. It builds and scales digital-first brands to disrupt the offline-dominated beauty and wellness industries. The company offers products for face and complexion, eyes and brows, lips, and skin care under the IL MAKIAGE brand; and hair and skin care products under the SpoiledChild brand. The company was incorporated in 2013 and is based in Tel Aviv-Jaffa, Israel.
Vulcan Materials Company, together with its subsidiaries, produces and supplies construction aggregates primarily in the United States. It operates through four segments: Aggregates, Asphalt, Concrete, and Calcium. The Aggregates segment provides crushed stones, sand and gravel, sand, and other aggregates; and related products and services that are applied in construction and maintenance of highways, streets, and other public works, as well as in the construction of housing and commercial, industrial, and other nonresidential facilities. The Asphalt Mix segment offers asphalt mix in Alabama, Arizona, California, New Mexico, Tennessee, and Texas, as well as engages in the asphalt construction paving activity in Alabama, Tennessee, and Texas. The Concrete segment provides ready-mixed concrete in California, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia, and Washington D.C. The Calcium segment mines, produces, and sells calcium products for the animal feed, plastics, and water treatment industries. The company was formerly known as Virginia Holdco, Inc. and changed its name to Vulcan Materials Company. Vulcan Materials Company was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.
The Invesco S&P SmallCap Financials ETF (PSCF) aims to track the performance of the S&P SmallCap 600® Capped Financials & Real Estate Index, investing at least 90% of its assets in the index's securities. This index, compiled by S&P Dow Jones Indices, targets small-cap U.S. companies in the financials and real estate sectors, as defined by the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). PSCF's market-cap-weighted approach, with a capping methodology, ensures diversified exposure, focusing on small- and micro-cap stocks, which differentiates it from the large-cap-dominated financial sector. The fund includes financial services and real estate investment trusts (REITs) and is rebalanced quarterly, offering a unique growth-oriented perspective in a rapidly changing market.
Hannon Armstrong Sustainable Infrastructure Capital, Inc. provides capital and services to the energy efficiency, renewable energy, and other sustainable infrastructure markets in the United States. The company's projects include building or facility that reduce energy usage or cost through the use of solar generation and energy storage or energy efficiency improvements, including heating, ventilation, and air conditioning systems (HVAC), as well as lighting, energy controls, roofs, windows, building shells, and/or combined heat and power systems. It also focuses in the areas of grid connected projects that deploy cleaner energy sources, such as solar and wind to generate power; and other sustainable infrastructure projects, including upgraded transmission or distribution systems, water and storm water infrastructures, and other projects. The company qualifies as a real estate investment trust for U.S. federal income tax purposes. It generally would not be subject to federal corporate income taxes if it distributes at least 90% of its taxable income to its stockholders. The company was founded in 1981 and is headquartered in Annapolis, Maryland.
Nongfu Spring Co., Ltd. produces and markets packaged drinking water and beverage products primarily in Mainland China. It operates through five segments: Water Products, Ready-To-Drink Tea Products, Functional Drinks Products, Juice Beverage Products, and Other Products. The company also offers tea beverage products; functional drink products; fruit juice products; and other beverage products, such as soda water beverages, sparkling flavored beverages, coffee beverages, and plant-based yogurt products, as well as agricultural products comprising fresh fruits. In addition, it provides supply chain management services. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Hangzhou, China. Nongfu Spring Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of Yangshengtang Co., Ltd.
The SPDR Select Sector Fund - Financial (XLF) aims to mirror the performance of the Financial Select Sector Index by investing at least 95% of its assets in the index's securities. This index comprises companies classified as financials by the Global Industry Classification Standard, including sectors such as financial services, insurance, banks, capital markets, mortgage REITs, and consumer finance. XLF is a non-diversified, cap-weighted ETF that focuses on large-cap financial stocks within the S&P 500, providing efficient exposure to major U.S. financial institutions while excluding small-cap stocks. Notably, in September 2016, XLF spun off its real estate holdings, reflecting a GICS reclassification that elevated real estate to a separate sector, thus refining its focus on financials.
Aon plc, a professional services firm, provides advice and solutions to clients focused on risk, retirement, and health worldwide. It offers commercial risk solutions, including retail brokerage, cyber, and global risk consulting solutions, as well as acts as a captives management; and health solutions, such as health and benefits brokerages, and health care exchanges. The company also provides treaty and facultative reinsurance, as well as insurance-linked securities, capital raising, strategic advice, restructuring, and mergers and acquisitions services; and corporate finance advisory services and capital markets solutions products. In addition, it offers strategic design consulting services on their retirement programs, actuarial services, and risk management services; advice services on developing and maintaining investment programs across a range of plan types, including defined benefit plans, defined contribution plans, endowments, and foundations for public and private companies, and other institutions; and advice and solutions that help clients in risk, health, and wealth through commercial risk, reinsurance, health, and wealth solutions. Further, the company offers CoverWallet; Affinity; Aon Inpoint; CoverWallet; and ReView services. Aon plc was founded in 1919 and is headquartered in Dublin, Ireland.
Tourmaline Oil Corp. acquires, explores for, develops, and produces oil and natural gas properties in the Western Canadian Sedimentary Basin. It holds interests in properties located in the Alberta Deep Basin, Northeast British Columbia Montney, and the Peace River High Triassic oil complex. The company was incorporated in 2008 and is headquartered in Calgary, Canada.
The Vanguard Communication Services ETF (VOX) aims to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Index (IMI)/Communication Services 25/50 by employing an indexing investment approach. This fund invests in a market-cap-weighted index of U.S. companies within the communication services sector, as defined by the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). It includes a diverse range of stocks from large, mid-size, and small companies, covering traditional telecoms, media, and internet services. Notably, the fund is concentrated in major companies like Alphabet, Facebook, and Verizon, yet it captures stocks across all capitalizations. VOX is non-diversified and discloses its holdings monthly, with the index reviewed and rebalanced quarterly.
Shenandoah Telecommunications Company, together with its subsidiaries, provides a range of broadband communication services and cell tower colocation space in the Mid-Atlantic portion of the United States. Its Broadband segment offers broadband, video, and voice services to residential and commercial customers in Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Kentucky, via hybrid fiber coaxial cable under the Shentel brand, fiber optic services under the Glo Fiber brand, and fixed wireless network services under the Beam brand name. This segment leases fiber and provides Ethernet and wavelength fiber optic services. In addition, the company offers voice and digital subscriber line telephone services. The company's Tower segment owns 220 cell towers and leases colocation space on the towers. Shenandoah Telecommunications Company was founded in 1902 and is based in Edinburg, Virginia.
Longchen Paper & Packaging Co., Ltd. engages in the manufacturing, processing, and trading of paper raw materials in Taiwan and Mainland China. It manufactures, processes, and sells paper, paperboard, paper products, novel packaging materials, cartons and paper boxes, package printed, and cogeneration products. The company also manufactures, prints, processes, and trades in corrugated containers; and recycles and sells wastepaper. In addition, it engages in the recycling/renewal of energy and resources, including turnkey design, trial-run, and operation of cogeneration and incinerator systems. Further, the company is involved general investment; wholesale, import, and export of packaging materials, paper products, electronic products, and hardware; provision of consulting services, market information, and investment strategies for investors; and sewage treatment. Additionally, it offers prints for packaging and decoration, and color-printed paper cartons; and manufactures and sells cartons, pearl wool and foam, etc. The company was formerly known as Long Chen Paper Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Longchen Paper & Packaging Co., Ltd. in June 2019. Longchen Paper & Packaging Co., Ltd. was incorporated in 1978 and is based in Changhua, Taiwan.
The ProShares Ultra Real Estate ETF (URE) seeks to achieve daily investment results that correspond to two times (2x) the daily performance of the S&P Real Estate Select Sector Index, a market cap-weighted index representing the real estate sector of the S&P 500. Managed by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC, the fund provides leveraged exposure to large US real estate companies, including REITs. URE is designed primarily for short-term trading due to its daily compounding and rebalancing, which can complicate long-term returns. The fund is non-diversified and underwent a change in its underlying index from the Dow Jones US Real Estate Index to its current index on March 17, 2023.
Welltower Inc. (NYSE:WELL), an S&P 500 company headquartered in Toledo, Ohio, is driving the transformation of health care infrastructure. The Company invests with leading seniors housing operators, post-acute providers and health systems to fund the real estate infrastructure needed to scale innovative care delivery models and improve people's wellness and overall health care experience. Welltower, a real estate investment trust (REIT), owns interests in properties concentrated in major, high-growth markets in the United States, Canada and the United Kingdom, consisting of seniors housing and post-acute communities and outpatient medical properties.
Alibaba Group Holding Limited, through its subsidiaries, provides technology infrastructure and marketing reach to help merchants, brands, retailers, and other businesses to engage with their users and customers in the People's Republic of China and internationally. The company operates through seven segments: China Commerce, International Commerce, Local Consumer Services, Cainiao, Cloud, Digital Media and Entertainment, and Innovation Initiatives and Others. It operates Taobao Marketplace, a social commerce platform; Tmall, a third-party online and mobile commerce platform for brands and retailers; Alimama, a monetization platform; 1688.com and Alibaba.com, which are online wholesale marketplaces; AliExpress, a retail marketplace; Lazada, Trendyol, and Daraz that are e-commerce platforms; Freshippo, a self-operated retail chain; and Tmall Global, an import e-commerce platform. The company also operates Taoxianda, an online-offline integration service for FMCG brands and third-party grocery retail partners; Cainiao Network logistic services platform; Ele.me, an on-demand delivery and local services platform; Koubei, a restaurant and local services guide platform; and Fliggy, an online travel platform. In addition, it offers pay-for-performance, in-feed, and display marketing services; and Taobao Ad Network and Exchange, a real-time online bidding marketing exchange. Further, the company provides elastic computing, storage, network, security, database and big data, and IoT services. Additionally, it operates Youku, an online video platform; Alibaba Pictures and other content platforms that provide online videos, films, live events, news feeds, literature, music, and others; Amap, a mobile digital map, navigation, and real-time traffic information app; DingTalk, a business efficiency mobile app; and Tmall Genie smart speaker. The company was incorporated in 1999 and is based in Hangzhou, the People's Republic of China.
The Simplify Exchange Traded Funds (SURI) is an actively managed, non-diversified ETF that seeks long-term capital growth by concentrating over 25% of its net assets in the biotechnology, pharmaceuticals, healthcare technology, and life science tools and services industries. Utilizing an opportunistic multi-asset strategy, SURI invests in a diverse range of securities, including common and preferred stocks, convertible bonds, structured notes, corporate notes and bonds, and ETFs. The fund targets equity and debt securities without restrictions on currency, issuer capitalization, or country, and considers small- and mid-cap companies. The management team evaluates the scientific potential and profitability of issuers to identify attractive investment opportunities. Additionally, SURI may allocate up to 20% of its assets in derivatives to enhance exposure and hedge against market declines, while maintaining cash and cash-like instruments as collateral.
Cybin Inc., a biopharmaceutical company, focuses on developing psychedelic-based therapeutics. The company's development pipeline includes CYB003, a deuterated psilocybin analog to treat major depressive and alcohol use disorders; CYB004, a deuterated dimethyltryptamine for treating anxiety disorders; and CYB005, a phenethylamine derivative to treat neuroinflammation. It has also developed EMBARK, a psychedelic-assisted psychotherapy. The company is headquartered in Toronto, Canada.
Changzhou Xingyu Automotive Lighting Systems Co.,Ltd. engages in the research and development, manufacture, and sale of automotive lamps in China. It develops and offers digital lighting, interior RGB ambient lighting, foled lighting technology, and front and rear lamp controller. The company was founded in 1993 and is based in Changzhou, China.
The Vanguard Consumer Staples ETF (VDC) aims to track the performance of the MSCI US Investable Market Index/Consumer Staples 25/50, which includes large, mid-size, and small U.S. companies in the consumer staples sector, as classified by GICS. Utilizing an indexing investment approach, the fund seeks to replicate the index by investing substantially all of its assets in the constituent stocks, maintaining their market-cap-weighted proportions. While the fund is non-diversified, the index applies diversification limits to comply with the US Internal Revenue Code, ensuring no single issuer exceeds 25% of the fund's value and that issuers with over 5% do not collectively surpass 50% of total assets. The index is rebalanced quarterly to maintain its structure.
The Kroger Co. operates as a retailer in the United States. The company operates combination food and drug stores, multi-department stores, marketplace stores, and price impact warehouses. Its combination food and drug stores offer natural food and organic sections, pharmacies, general merchandise, pet centers, fresh seafood, and organic produce; and multi-department stores provide apparel, home fashion and furnishings, outdoor living, electronics, automotive products, and toys. The company's marketplace stores offer full-service grocery, pharmacy, health and beauty care, and perishable goods, as well as general merchandise, including apparel, home goods, and toys; and price impact warehouse stores provide grocery, and health and beauty care items, as well as meat, dairy, baked goods, and fresh produce items. It also manufactures and processes food products for sale in its supermarkets and online; and sells fuel through 1,613 fuel centers. As of January 29, 2022, the company operated 2,726 supermarkets under various banner names in 35 states and the District of Columbia. The Kroger Co. was founded in 1883 and is based in Cincinnati, Ohio.
DoubleVerify Holdings, Inc. provides a software platform for digital media measurement, data, and analytics in the United States and internationally. Its solutions provide advertisers unbiased data analytics that enable advertisers to increase the effectiveness, quality and return on their digital advertising investments. The company's solutions include DV Authentic Ad, a metric of digital media quality, which evaluates the existence of fraud, brand safety, viewability, and geography for each digital ad; DV Authentic Attention solution that provides exposure and engagement predictive analytics to drive campaign performance; and Custom Contextual solution, which allows advertisers to match their ads to relevant content to maximize user engagement and drive campaign performance. Its solutions also comprise DV Publisher suite, a solution for digital publishers to manage revenue and increase inventory yield by improving video delivery, identifying lost or unfilled sales, and aggregate data across all inventory sources; and DV Pinnacle, a service and analytics platform user interface that allows its customers to adjust and deploy controls for their media plan and track campaign performance metrics across channels, formats, and devices. The company's software solutions are integrated in the digital advertising ecosystem, including programmatic platforms, connected TV, social media channels, and digital publishers. It serves brands, publishers, and other supply-side customers covering various industry verticals, including consumer packaged goods, financial services, telecommunications, technology, automotive, and healthcare. The company was founded in 2008 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
The Invesco Dorsey Wright Utilities ETF (PUI) aims to track the Dorsey Wright Utilities Technical Leaders Index, focusing on U.S. utilities firms selected and weighted by price momentum. The fund invests at least 90% of its total assets in securities within the underlying index, which comprises a minimum of 30 utilities sector companies exhibiting strong relative strength characteristics. Utilizing a full replication indexing strategy, PUI invests in all index stocks proportionally, offering a concentrated, momentum-based portfolio that potentially carries lower market risk compared to traditional utilities exposure. The ETF is reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly, and prior to August 28, 2023, it was known as the Invesco DWA Utilities Momentum ETF. Investors should consider the all-in costs of holding the fund.
FirstEnergy Corp., through its subsidiaries, generates, transmits, and distributes electricity in the United States. It operates through Regulated Distribution and Regulated Transmission segments. The company owns and operates coal-fired, nuclear, hydroelectric, natural gas, wind, and solar power generating facilities. It operates 24,074 circuit miles of overhead and underground transmission lines; and electric distribution systems, including 273,295 miles of overhead pole line and underground conduit carrying primary, secondary, and street lighting circuits. The company serves approximately 6 million customers in Ohio, Pennsylvania, West Virginia, Maryland, New Jersey, and New York. FirstEnergy Corp. was incorporated in 1996 and is headquartered in Akron, Ohio.
Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Corp.,Ltd. manufactures and sells commercial vehicles, passenger vehicles, and powertrains in the People's Republic of China and internationally. It offers heavy, medium, light, and mini trucks; MPVs; SUVs; cars; buses and coaches, special-purpose chassis; gearboxes; engines; and axle and other core components, as well as electric vehicles. The company provides its products under the Refine, JAC iEV, Shuailing, Junling, Kangling, Gallop, Heyue, Sunray, and GreenJet brand names. It exports its products to 80 countries worldwide. The company was formerly known as Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Corp.,Ltd. in November 2016. Anhui Jianghuai Automobile Group Corp.,Ltd. was founded in 1964 and is based in Hefei, the People's Republic of China..
The First Trust Nasdaq Oil & Gas ETF (FTXN) aims to replicate the performance of the Nasdaq US Smart Oil & Gas Index by investing at least 90% of its net assets in the index's securities. This non-diversified fund focuses on 50 U.S. oil and gas companies selected for their liquidity. These companies are involved in various industry activities, including exploration, production, drilling, distribution, and sales. The stocks are ranked and weighted based on three factors: strong growth, attractive value, and low volatility. No single stock can exceed 8% of the total holdings. The index undergoes annual reconstitution and quarterly rebalancing to maintain its strategic focus.
ChampionX Corporation provides chemistry solutions, and engineered equipment and technologies to oil and gas companies worldwide. The company's Production Chemical Technologies segment offers onshore and offshore chemical solutions, such as corrosion inhibitors, scale inhibitors, emulsion breakers, and biocides to oil and natural gas production and midstream markets to manage and control corrosion, oil and water separation, flow assurance, sour gas treatment, and water-related issues. The company's Production & Automation Technologies segment provides artificial lift equipment, end-to-end automation and digital solutions, and other production equipment, including electrical submersible pumping systems, gas lift systems, jet pumps, multiplex surface pumps, plunger lift equipment, progressive cavity pumping systems, downhole rod lift systems, emissions monitoring solutions, chemical injection systems, flow control valves, and gauges under the Harbison-Fischer, Norris, Alberta Oil Tool, Oil Lift Technology, PCS Ferguson, Pro-Rod, Upco, Unbridled ESP, Norriseal-Wellmark, Quartzdyne, Spirit, Theta, Timberline, and Windrock brands. The company's Drilling Technologies segment offers polycrystalline diamond cutter inserts, bearings, valves, and mining tools under the US Synthetic brand for use in oil and gas drill bits, renewable energy applications, mixers, and agitators; and high-density ceramic roof bolt mining tools for underground mining operations. The company's Reservoir Chemical Technologies segment provides chemistry-oriented solutions and technologies for well drilling, cementing, fracturing, acidizing, and other well interventions, as well as fracturing fluid packages, drilling and cement additives, and products for acidizing activities. ChampionX Corporation is headquartered in The Woodlands, Texas.
Shenzhen Kedali Industry Co., Ltd. produces and sells lithium battery precision and automotive structural parts. The company also provides auto parts assembly services. Its products are used in various industries, such as automobiles and new energy vehicles, portable communications and electronic products, power tools, and energy storage power stations. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Shenzhen, China.
The Invesco Global Clean Energy ETF (PBD) aims to track the WilderHill New Energy Global Innovation Index, investing at least 90% of its assets in securities within the index, including ADRs and GDRs. The index primarily consists of companies focused on cleaner energy technologies, conservation, efficiency, and renewable energy advancement. PBD is passively managed but resembles an active strategy by selecting companies with high capital appreciation potential, emphasizing pure-play small- and mid-cap firms. The fund is globally diversified, with half its assets invested internationally, and caps its largest holdings at 5%. The index is rebalanced and reconstituted quarterly, ensuring a dynamic and diversified portfolio.
NIO Inc. designs, develops, manufactures, and sells smart electric vehicles in China. It offers five and six-seater electric SUVs, as well as smart electric sedans. The company also offers power solutions, including Power Home, a home charging solution; Power Swap, a battery swapping service; Power Charger and Destination Charger; Power Mobile, a mobile charging service through charging vans; Power Map, an application that provides access to a network of public chargers and their real-time information; and One Click for Power valet service. In addition, it provides repair, maintenance, and bodywork services through its NIO service centers and authorized third-party service centers; statutory and third-party liability insurance, and vehicle damage insurance through third-party insurers; repair and routine maintenance; roadside assistance; courtesy vehicle services; data packages; and auto financing and financial leasing services. Further, the company involved in the provision of energy and service packages to its users; design and technology development activities; manufacture of e-powertrains, battery packs, and components; and sales and after sales management activities. Additionally, it offers NIO Certified, a used vehicle inspection, evaluation, acquisition, and sales service. The company was formerly known as NextEV Inc. and changed its name to NIO Inc. in July 2017. NIO Inc. was incorporated in 2014 and is headquartered in Shanghai, China.
Greif, Inc. engages in the production and sale of industrial packaging products and services worldwide. It operates in three segments: Global Industrial Packaging; Paper Packaging & Services; and Land Management. The Global Industrial Packaging segment produces and sells industrial packaging products, including steel, fiber, and plastic drums; rigid and flexible intermediate bulk containers; closure systems for industrial packaging products; transit protection products; water bottles, and remanufactured and reconditioned industrial containers; and various services, such as container life cycle management, filling, logistics, warehousing, and other packaging services to chemicals, paints and pigments, food and beverage, petroleum, industrial coatings, agriculture, pharmaceuticals, mineral product, and other industries. This segment also offers flexible intermediate bulk containers and related services to the agriculture, construction, and food industries. The Paper Packaging & Services segment produces and sells containerboards, corrugated sheets and containers, and other corrugated and specialty products to customers in the packaging, automotive, food, and building products markets; and produces and sells coated and uncoated recycled paperboard, and recycled fiber. This segment's corrugated container products are used to ship various products, such as home appliances, small machinery, grocery products, automotive components, books, and furniture, as well as various other applications. The Land Management segment engages in harvesting and regeneration of timber properties; and sale of timberland and special use properties. As of October 31, 2021, this segment owned approximately 175,000 acres of timber properties in the southeastern United States. The company was formerly known as Greif Bros. Corporation and changed its name to Greif, Inc. in 2001. Greif, Inc. was founded in 1877 and is headquartered in Delaware, Ohio.
The First Trust Financials AlphaDEX ETF (FXO) seeks to deliver investment results that align with the StrataQuant® Financials Index, focusing on large- and mid-cap U.S. financial stocks. The fund invests at least 90% of its net assets in securities from the Russell 1000® Index, employing the AlphaDEX® selection methodology to identify stocks that may generate positive alpha. This approach uses a multi-factor, quant-based model to select outperforming stocks on a risk-adjusted basis, which are then tiered and equal-weighted, resulting in a mid-cap bias and occasional sector tilts, including non-financials. The index is reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly, aiming to outperform traditional passive indices.
Northern Trust Corporation, a financial holding company, provides wealth management, asset servicing, asset management, and banking solutions for corporations, institutions, families, and individuals worldwide. It operates in two segments, Asset Servicing and Wealth Management. The Asset Servicing segment offers asset servicing and related services, including custody, fund administration, investment operations outsourcing, investment management, investment risk and analytical services, employee benefit services, securities lending, foreign exchange, treasury management, brokerage services, transition management services, banking, and cash management services. This segment serves corporate and public retirement funds, foundations, endowments, fund managers, insurance companies, sovereign wealth funds, and other institutional investors. The Wealth Management segment offers trust, investment management, custody, and philanthropic; financial consulting; guardianship and estate administration; family business consulting; family financial education; brokerage services; and private and business banking services. This segment serves high-net-worth individuals and families, business owners, executives, professionals, retirees, and established privately held businesses. The company also provides asset management services, such as active and passive equity; active and passive fixed income; cash management; alternative asset classes comprising private equity and hedge funds of funds; and multi-manager advisory services and products through separately managed accounts, bank common and collective funds, registered investment companies, exchange traded funds, non-U.S. collective investment funds, and unregistered private investment funds. In addition, it offers overlay and other risk management services. Northern Trust Corporation was founded in 1889 and is headquartered in Chicago, Illinois.
Diamondback Energy, Inc., an independent oil and natural gas company, focuses on the acquisition, development, exploration, and exploitation of unconventional and onshore oil and natural gas reserves in the Permian Basin in West Texas. It focuses on the development of the Spraberry and Wolfcamp formations of the Midland basin; and the Wolfcamp and Bone Spring formations of the Delaware basin, which are part of the Permian Basin in West Texas and New Mexico. As of December 31, 2021, the company's total acreage position was approximately 524,700 gross acres in the Permian Basin; and estimated proved oil and natural gas reserves were 1,788,991 thousand barrels of crude oil equivalent. It also held working interests in 5,289 gross producing wells, as well as royalty interests in 6,455 additional wells. In addition, the company owns mineral interests approximately 930,871 gross acres and 27,027 net royalty acres in the Permian Basin and Eagle Ford Shale; and owns, operates, develops, and acquires midstream infrastructure assets, including 866 miles of crude oil gathering pipelines, natural gas gathering pipelines, and an integrated water system in the Midland and Delaware Basins of the Permian Basin. Diamondback Energy, Inc. was founded in 2007 and is headquartered in Midland, Texas.
The First Trust S-Network Electric ETF (CARZ) seeks to replicate the performance of the S-Network Electric & Future Vehicle Ecosystem Index, investing at least 90% of its net assets in common stocks and depositary receipts within the index. This non-diversified fund targets companies listed on major stock exchanges that are involved in electric and autonomous vehicle manufacturing, enabling technologies, and materials essential for these vehicles. CARZ provides exposure to future automotive technology, selecting the top 100 securities by market-cap and weighting them by float-adjusted market capitalization, with a single security cap of 4.5%. Prior to January 26, 2022, the fund was known as the First Trust NASDAQ Global Auto Index Fund, focusing on global automobile manufacturers.
ILJIN Materials Co., Ltd. produces and sells elecfoils in Korea and internationally. Its elecfoils are used as core material for electronic products. The company offers I2B that creates the anode current collector of lithium secondary battery; and IHT, a high bending low illuminance elecfoil for FPCB; and UTC, a very thin elecfoil developed suitable for microcircuiting, high density, high integration, and high multilayering of PCBs. The company also provides I2K, an elecfoil used as a negative electrode collector for small lithium secondary batteries; VLP, a special elecfoil with low illuminance and high strength characteristics used for integrated circuit packaging substrates for semiconductor mounting; ICS, a general-purpose product used as the main material for printed circuit board and copper clad laminate; and I2S to expand the capacity of the secondary battery. In addition, it offers ISS a higher tensile item that is being considered for application of next-generation secondary batteries; HVLP elecfoil suitable for high-speed transmission; and TRT/HRT elecfoils used for base station antennas. The company was formerly known as Iljin Elecfoil Co., Ltd. and changed its name to ILJIN Materials Co., Ltd. in 2010. ILJIN Materials Co., Ltd. was founded in 1987 and is headquartered in Seoul, South Korea.
The Sherwin-Williams Company develops, manufactures, distributes, and sells paints, coatings, and related products to professional, industrial, commercial, and retail customers. It operates through three segments: The Americas Group, Consumer Brands Group, and Performance Coatings Group. The Americas Group segment offers architectural paints and coatings, and protective and marine products, as well as OEM product finishes and related products for architectural and industrial paint contractors, and do-it-yourself homeowners. The Consumer Brands Group segment supplies a portfolio of branded and private-label architectural paints, stains, varnishes, industrial products, wood finishes products, wood preservatives, applicators, corrosion inhibitors, aerosols, caulks, and adhesives to retailers and distributors. The Performance Coatings Group segment develops and sells industrial coatings for wood finishing and general industrial applications, automotive refinish products, protective and marine coatings, coil coatings, packaging coatings, and performance-based resins and colorants. It serves retailers, dealers, jobbers, licensees, and other third-party distributors through its branches and direct sales staff, as well as through outside sales representatives. The company has operations primarily in the North and South America, the Caribbean, Europe, Asia, and Australia. As of February 17, 2022, it operated approximately 5,000 company-operated stores and facilities. The Sherwin-Williams Company was founded in 1866 and is headquartered in Cleveland, Ohio.
The SPDR S&P Transportation ETF (XTN) aims to mirror the performance of the S&P Transportation Select Industry Index by employing a sampling strategy, investing at least 80% of its assets in the index's securities. This index, a segment of the S&P Total Market Index, is equal-weighted to mitigate high concentration risks and includes U.S. stocks from sub-industries such as air freight & logistics, airlines, airport services, highways & rail tracks, marine, marine ports & services, railroads, and trucking. Eligible securities must meet specific liquidity and capitalization criteria, and the index is rebalanced quarterly to maintain its structure.
Kirby Corporation operates domestic tank barges in the United States. Its Marine Transportation segment provides marine transportation service and towing vessel transporting bulk liquid product, as well as operates tank barge throughout the Mississippi River System, on the Gulf Intracoastal Waterway, coastwise along three United States coasts, and in Alaska and Hawaii. It also transport petrochemical, black oil, refined petroleum product, and agricultural chemicals by tank barge; and operates offshore dry-bulk barge and tugboat unit that are engaged in the offshore transportation of dry-bulk cargo in the United States coastal trade. As of December 31, 2021, it owned and operated 1,025 inland tank barge, approximately 255 inland towboat, 31 coastal tank barge, 29 coastal tugboat, 4 offshore dry-bulk cargo barge, 4 offshore tugboat, and 1 docking tugboat. Its Distribution and Services segment sells after-market service and genuine replacement part for engine, transmission, reduction gear, electric motor, drive, and control, electrical distribution and control system, energy storage battery system, and related oilfield service equipment; rebuild component parts or diesel engine, transmission and reduction gear, and related equipment used in oilfield service, marine, power generation, on-highway, and other industrial applications; rents generator, industrial compressor, high capacity lift truck, and refrigeration trailer; and manufactures and remanufactures oilfield service equipment, including pressure pumping unit, as well as manufacturers electric power generation equipment, specialized electrical distribution and control equipment, and high capacity energy storage/battery systems for oilfield customer. It serves to various companies and the United States government. The company was formerly known as Kirby Exploration Company, Inc. and changed its name to Kirby Corporation in 1990. Kirby Corporation was founded in 1921 and is headquartered in Houston, Texas.
NetEase, Inc. provides online services focusing on diverse content, community, communication, and commerce in the Peoples' Republic of China and internationally. The company operates in three segments: Online Game Services, Youdao, Cloud Music, and Innovative Businesses and Others. It develops and operates PC and mobile games, as well as offers games licensed from other game developers. The company's products and services include Youdao Dictionary, an online knowledge tool; Youdao Translation, a tool specifically designed to support translation needs of business and leisure travelers; U-Dictionary, an online dictionary and translation app; Youdao Kids' Dictionary, a smart and fun tool; smart devices, such as Youdao Dictionary Pen, Youdao Listening Pod, Youdao Smart Lamp, Youdao Pocket Translator, and Youdao Super Dictionary; online courses; interactive learning apps; enterprise services, such as Youdao Smart Learning Terminal, a device that automates paper-based homework processing and provides learning diagnosis through artificial intelligence technology at schools; and Youdao Smart Cloud, a cloud-based platform that allows third-party app developers, smart device brands and manufacturers to access advanced optical character recognition capabilities and neural machine translation engine. Its products and services also include NetEase Cloud Music, a music streaming platform; Yanxuan, an e-commerce platform, which sells private label products, including consumer electronics, food, apparel, homeware, kitchenware, and other general merchandise; NetEase Media, an internet media platform; NetEase Mail, an email service; NetEase CC Live streaming, a live streaming platform with a focus on game broadcasting; and NetEase Pay, a payment platform. The company was formerly known as NetEase.com, Inc. and changed its name to NetEase, Inc. in March 2012. NetEase, Inc. was founded in 1997 and is headquartered in Hangzhou, the People's Republic of China.
The Invesco Leisure and Entertainment ETF (PEJ) seeks to track the investment results of the Dynamic Leisure & Entertainment Intellidex® Index, investing at least 90% of its total assets in U.S. leisure and entertainment companies. These companies are primarily involved in the design, production, or distribution of goods and services within the industry. PEJ employs a multi-factor, tiered equal-weighted approach, selecting stocks based on criteria such as price momentum, earnings momentum, quality, management action, and value. This strategy includes about 30 stocks, notably incorporating restaurant chains often excluded by similar funds. The ETF is non-diversified and rebalances quarterly in February, May, August, and November. Prior to August 28, 2023, it was known as the Invesco Dynamic Leisure & Entertainment ETF.
Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd. operates as a cruise company worldwide. The company operates cruises under the Royal Caribbean International, Celebrity Cruises, Azamara, and Silversea Cruises brands, which comprise a range of itineraries that call on approximately 1,000 destinations. As of February 25, 2022, it operated 61 ships. The company was founded in 1968 and is headquartered in Miami, Florida.
Deere & Company manufactures and distributes various equipment worldwide. The company operates through four segments: Production and Precision Agriculture, Small Agriculture and Turf, Construction and Forestry, and Financial Services. The Production and Precision Agriculture segment provides mid-size tractors, combines, cotton pickers and strippers, sugarcane harvesters, harvesting front-end equipment, sugarcane loaders, pull-behind scrapers, and tillage and seeding equipment, as well as application equipment, including sprayers and nutrient management, and soil preparation machinery for grain growers. The Small Agriculture and Turf segment offers utility tractors, and related loaders and attachments; turf and utility equipment, including riding lawn equipment, commercial mowing equipment, golf course equipment, and utility vehicles, as well as implements for mowing, tilling, snow and debris handling, aerating, residential, commercial, golf, and sports turf care applications; other outdoor power products; and hay and forage equipment. This segment also resells products from other manufacturers. It serves dairy and livestock producers, crop producers, and turf and utility customers. The Construction and Forestry segment provides a range of backhoe loaders, crawler dozers and loaders, four-wheel-drive loaders, excavators, motor graders, articulated dump trucks, landscape and skid-steer loaders, milling machines, pavers, compactors, rollers, crushers, screens, asphalt plants, log skidders, log feller bunchers, log loaders and forwarders, log harvesters, and attachments; and roadbuilding equipment. The Financial Services segment finances sales and leases agriculture and turf, and construction and forestry equipment. It also offers wholesale financing to dealers of the foregoing equipment; and extended equipment warranties, as well as finances retail revolving charge accounts. Deere & Company was founded in 1837 and is headquartered in Moline, Illinois.
The Invesco Dorsey Wright Basic Materials ETF (PYZ) aims to track the investment results of the Dorsey Wright Basic Materials Technical Leaders Index, focusing on U.S. companies in the basic materials sector. These companies are primarily involved in producing raw materials such as paper, wood products, chemicals, construction materials, and mining and metals. The fund invests at least 90% of its total assets in the securities of the underlying index, which consists of at least 30 stocks selected and weighted based on price momentum, reflecting strong relative strength characteristics. PYZ employs a full replication indexing strategy, ensuring that it holds all the stocks in the index in proportion to their weightings. The fund is reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly, and investors should consider the all-in costs of holding the fund. Prior to August 28, 2023, the ETF was known as the Invesco DWA Basic Materials Momentum ETF.
Freeport-McMoRan Inc. engages in the mining of mineral properties in North America, South America, and Indonesia. The company primarily explores for copper, gold, molybdenum, silver, and other metals, as well as oil and gas. Its assets include the Grasberg minerals district in Indonesia; Morenci, Bagdad, Safford, Sierrita, and Miami in Arizona; Tyrone and Chino in New Mexico; and Henderson and Climax in Colorado, North America, as well as Cerro Verde in Peru and El Abra in Chile. The company also operates a portfolio of oil and gas properties primarily located in offshore California and the Gulf of Mexico. As of December 31, 2021, it operated approximately 135 wells. The company was formerly known as Freeport-McMoRan Copper & Gold Inc. and changed its name to Freeport-McMoRan Inc. in July 2014. Freeport-McMoRan Inc. was incorporated in 1987 and is headquartered in Phoenix, Arizona.
Ningbo Joyson Electronic Corp. researches, develops, and manufactures automotive components in China, and internationally. It offers automotive safety products; driver control systems, air conditioning control systems, electronic control units, and sensor systems; new energy vehicle power control units; and smart car link products. The company was founded in 2004 and is headquartered in Ningbo, China.
The Columbia Research Enhanced Emer ETF (ECON) seeks to closely correspond to the performance of the Beta Advantage® Research Enhanced Solactive Emerging Economies Index by investing at least 80% of its net assets in equity securities of large- and mid-cap companies located in emerging market countries. The fund employs a rules-based strategic beta approach, selecting approximately 325 to 400 securities based on quality, value, and catalyst factors, and weights them by free-float market capitalization. This strategy aims to achieve a stronger total return compared to broader emerging market indices. The ETF undergoes semi-annual reconstitution in May and November. Previously known as the Columbia Emerging Markets Consumer ETF, ECON has evolved from tracking a consumer-focused index to its current comprehensive emerging markets strategy.
Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V., through its subsidiaries, operates as a bottler of Coca-Cola trademark beverages. The company produces, markets, and distributes Coca-Cola trademark beverages in Mexico, Guatemala, Nicaragua, Costa Rica, Panama, Colombia, Venezuela, Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay. It also operates small-box retail chain stores in Mexico, Colombia, Peru, Chile, and Brazil under the OXXO name; retail service stations for fuels, motor oils, lubricants, and car care products under the OXXO GAS name in Mexico; and drugstores in Chile, Colombia, Ecuador, and Mexico under the Cruz Verde, Fybeca, SanaSana, YZA, La Moderna, and Farmacon names. In addition, the company is involved in the production and distribution of chillers, commercial refrigeration equipment, plastic boxes, food processing, and preservation and weighing equipment; and provision of logistic transportation, distribution and maintenance, point-of-sale refrigeration, and plastics solutions, as well as distribution platform for cleaning products and consumables. As of December 31, 2021, it operated 20,431 OXXO stores; 3,652 drugstores; and 567 OXXO GAS service stations. Fomento Económico Mexicano, S.A.B. de C.V. was founded in 1890 and is based in Monterrey, Mexico.
Northwest Natural Holding Company, through its subsidiary, Northwest Natural Gas Company, provides regulated natural gas distribution services to residential, commercial, industrial, and transportation customers in Oregon and Southwest Washington. The company also operates 5.7 billion cubic feet of the Mist gas storage facility contracted to other utilities and third-party marketers; offers natural gas asset management services; and operates an appliance retail center. In addition, it engages in the gas storage, water, non-regulated renewable natural gas, and other investments and activities. The company provides natural gas service through approximately 786,000 meters in Oregon and southwest Washington; and water services to a total of approximately 80,000 people through approximately 33,000 water and wastewater connections in the Pacific Northwest and Texas. Northwest Natural Holding Company was founded in 1859 and is headquartered in Portland, Oregon.
The Amplify Transformational Data Sharing ETF (BLOK) is an actively managed fund aiming for total return by investing at least 80% of its net assets in the equity securities of companies engaged in developing and utilizing transformational data sharing technologies, with a strong focus on blockchain technology. This technology, which underpins Bitcoin, is a distributed ledger system that records transactions and tracks assets. BLOK's portfolio is globally diversified, including non-U.S. equities and depositary receipts, and is divided into core companies, which make up 70% of the portfolio and derive direct revenue from these technologies, and secondary companies, comprising 30%, which are partners or investors in such firms. The fund's active management allows for selection across various countries and industries.
Advanced Micro Devices, Inc. operates as a semiconductor company worldwide. The company operates in two segments, Computing and Graphics; and Enterprise, Embedded and Semi-Custom. Its products include x86 microprocessors as an accelerated processing unit, chipsets, discrete and integrated graphics processing units (GPUs), data center and professional GPUs, and development services; and server and embedded processors, and semi-custom System-on-Chip (SoC) products, development services, and technology for game consoles. The company provides processors for desktop and notebook personal computers under the AMD Ryzen, AMD Ryzen PRO, Ryzen Threadripper, Ryzen Threadripper PRO, AMD Athlon, AMD Athlon PRO, AMD FX, AMD A-Series, and AMD PRO A-Series processors brands; discrete GPUs for desktop and notebook PCs under the AMD Radeon graphics, AMD Embedded Radeon graphics brands; and professional graphics products under the AMD Radeon Pro and AMD FirePro graphics brands. It also offers Radeon Instinct, Radeon PRO V-series, and AMD Instinct accelerators for servers; chipsets under the AMD trademark; microprocessors for servers under the AMD EPYC; embedded processor solutions under the AMD Athlon, AMD Geode, AMD Ryzen, AMD EPYC, AMD R-Series, and G-Series processors brands; and customer-specific solutions based on AMD CPU, GPU, and multi-media technologies, as well as semi-custom SoC products. It serves original equipment manufacturers, public cloud service providers, original design manufacturers, system integrators, independent distributors, online retailers, and add-in-board manufacturers through its direct sales force, independent distributors, and sales representatives. The company was incorporated in 1969 and is headquartered in Santa Clara, California.
Packaging Corporation of America manufactures and sells containerboard and corrugated packaging products in the United States. The company operates through Packaging and Paper segments. The Packaging segment offers various containerboard and corrugated packaging products, such as conventional shipping containers used to protect and transport manufactured goods; multi-color boxes and displays that help to merchandise the packaged product in retail locations; and honeycomb protective packaging products, as well as packaging for meat, fresh fruit and vegetables, processed food, beverages, and other industrial and consumer products. This segment sells its corrugated products through a direct sales and marketing organization, independent brokers, and distribution partners. The Paper segment manufactures and sells commodity and specialty papers, as well as communication papers, including cut-size office papers, and printing and converting papers. This segment sells white papers through its sales and marketing organization. Packaging Corporation of America was founded in 1867 and is headquartered in Lake Forest, Illinois.
The VanEck Uranium and Nuclear ETF (NLR) aims to replicate the performance of the MVIS® Global Uranium & Nuclear Energy Index, investing at least 80% of its assets in securities within this benchmark. The fund focuses on companies in the global nuclear energy sector, including uranium miners and industrial conglomerates, with eligible firms deriving at least 50% of their revenue from nuclear energy. NLR's portfolio is market-cap-weighted, with individual holdings capped at 8%, and is reviewed quarterly. It has a large-cap tilt, heavily overweighting utilities, and is primarily concentrated in the US and Japan, with limited exposure to other nuclear industry leaders like Canada and France. The fund is non-diversified, offering a narrow yet strategic focus on the nuclear energy industry.
BWX Technologies, Inc. manufactures and sells nuclear components in the United States, Canada, and internationally. It operates in three segments: Nuclear Operations Group, Nuclear Power Group, and Nuclear Services Group. The Nuclear Operations Group segment provides precision naval and critical nuclear components, reactors, nuclear fuel, and assemblies for the United States Department of Energy/National Nuclear Security Administration's Naval Nuclear Propulsion Program and other uses; missile launch tubes for United States Navy submarines; close-tolerance and equipment for nuclear applications; and converts Cold War-era government stockpiles of high-enriched uranium, as well as receives, stores, characterizes, dissolves, recovers, and purifies uranium-bearing materials; supplies research reactor fuel elements for colleges, universities, and national laboratories; and components for defense applications. The Nuclear Power Group segment offers commercial nuclear steam generators, nuclear fuel, fuel handling systems, pressure vessels, reactor components, heat exchangers, tooling delivery systems, and containers; engineering and in-plant services for nuclear power plants; designs, manufactures, commissions, and services nuclear power generation equipment; in-plant inspection, maintenance, and modification services, as well as non-destructive examination and tooling/repair solutions; and supplies medical radioisotopes and radiopharmaceuticals for research, diagnostic, and therapeutic uses. The Nuclear Services Group segment provides nuclear materials processing, environmental site restoration, and management and operating services; develops technology for nuclear power sources application; and designs, engineers, licenses, and manufactures nuclear reactors. The company was formerly known as The Babcock & Wilcox Company and changed its name to BWX Technologies, Inc. in June 2015. BWX Technologies, Inc. was founded in 1867 and is headquartered in Lynchburg, Virginia.
The Liberty SiriusXM Group, through its subsidiaries, engages in the entertainment business in the United States and Canada. It features music, sports, entertainment, comedy, talk, news, traffic, weather channels, podcast, and infotainment services through proprietary satellite radio systems, as well as streamed through applications for mobile and home devices, and other consumer electronic equipment. It also offers connected vehicle services; a suite of data services that include graphical weather, fuel prices, sports schedules and scores, and movie listings; and traffic information services, which provide information as to road closings, traffic flow and incident data to consumers with compatible in-vehicle navigation systems, and real-time weather services in vehicles, boats, and planes. In addition, the company operates a music, comedy, and podcast streaming platform. Further, it offers ad-supported radio services; Pandora Plus, a radio subscription service; and Pandora Premium, an on-demand subscription service. Additionally, the company distributes satellite radios through automakers and retailers, as well as through its website. As of December 31, 2021, it served approximately 34.0 million subscribers through Sirius XM and approximately 6.4 million subscribers through Pandora. The Liberty SiriusXM Group is headquartered in Englewood, Colorado. The Liberty SiriusXM Group is a subsidiary of Liberty Media Corporation.
The SPDR FactSet Innovative Technology ETF (XITK) aims to deliver investment results that correspond to the total return performance of the FactSet Innovative Technology Index. This index includes U.S.-listed stocks and American Depository Receipts of technology and technology-related companies, particularly those in the most innovative segments of the technology sector and the electronic media sub-sector. XITK invests at least 80% of its total assets in these securities, focusing on companies that derive at least 50% of their revenue from information technology services, hardware and software manufacturing, electronic components, and electronic media. To qualify, companies must demonstrate top quartile revenue growth over one and three years, reflecting their innovative nature. The fund's constituents are equally weighted, and the index is reconstituted annually in December.
ASGN Incorporated provides information technology services and professional solutions in the technology, digital, and creative fields for commercial and government sectors in the United States. It operates through two segments: Commercial and Federal Government. The Commercial Segment provides consulting, creative digital marketing, and permanent placement services primarily to Fortune 1000 and mid-market clients. This segment also offers workforce mobilization, modern enterprise, and digital innovation IT consulting services; and cloud, data and analytics, and digital transformation solutions. The Federal Government Segment provides mission-critical solutions to the department of defense, intelligence agencies, and civilian agencies. This segment offers cloud, cybersecurity, artificial intelligence, machine learning, application and IT modernization, and science and engineering solutions. The company was formerly known as On Assignment, Inc. and changed its name to ASGN Incorporated in April 2018. ASGN Incorporated was incorporated in 1985 and is based in Glen Allen, Virginia.
Shell plc operates as an energy and petrochemical company Europe, Asia, Oceania, Africa, the United States, and Rest of the Americas. The company operates through Integrated Gas, Upstream, Marketing, Chemicals and Products, and Renewables and Energy Solutions segments. It explores for and extracts crude oil, natural gas, and natural gas liquids; markets and transports oil and gas; produces gas-to-liquids fuels and other products; and operates upstream and midstream infrastructure to deliver gas to market. The company also markets and trades natural gas, liquefied natural gas (LNG), crude oil, electricity, carbon-emission rights; and markets and sells LNG as a fuel for heavy-duty vehicles. In addition, it trades in and refines crude oil and other feed stocks, such as low-carbon fuels, lubricants, bitumen, sulphur, gasoline, diesel, aviation fuel, and marine fuel; produces and sells petrochemicals for industrial use; and manages oil sands activities. Further, the company produces base chemicals comprising ethylene, propylene, and aromatics, as well as intermediate chemicals, such as styrene monomer, propylene oxide, solvents, detergent alcohols, ethylene oxide, and ethylene glycol. Additionally, it generates electricity through wind and solar resources; produces and sells hydrogen; and provides electric vehicle charging services. The company was formerly known as Royal Dutch Shell plc and changed its name to Shell plc in January 2022. Shell plc was founded in 1907 and is headquartered in London, the United Kingdom.
The iShares U.S. Infrastructure ETF (IFRA) seeks to track the NYSE® FactSet U.S. Infrastructure Index, focusing on U.S.-listed companies with significant infrastructure exposure and potential benefits from domestic infrastructure activities. The fund invests at least 80% of its assets in the index's component securities and similar investments, while up to 20% may be allocated to futures, options, swaps, cash, and other securities to aid in tracking the index. IFRA's index includes companies deriving at least half of their revenue from the U.S., categorized as infrastructure enablers or asset owners/operators, each receiving equal weight. The ETF is reconstituted annually and rebalanced quarterly, offering a unique approach to infrastructure investment.
MasTec, Inc., an infrastructure construction company, provides engineering, building, installation, maintenance, and upgrade services for communications, energy, utility, and other infrastructure primarily in the United States and Canada. It operates through Communications, Clean Energy and Infrastructure, Oil and Gas, Power Delivery, and Other segments. The company builds underground and overhead distribution systems, including trenches, conduits, cell towers, cable, and power lines, which provide wireless and wireline/fiber communications; clean energy infrastructure comprising renewable energy; natural gas, product transport; electrical and gas transmission, and distribution systems; heavy industrial plants; compressor and pump stations, and treatment plants; water and sewer infrastructure, including water pipelines; and other civil construction infrastructure. It also installs electrical and other gas distribution and transmission systems, power generation facilities, buried and aerial fiber optic and other cables, as well as home automation and energy management solutions. In addition, the company offers maintenance and upgrade support services comprising maintenance of customers' distribution facilities, networks, and infrastructure, including communications, power generation, pipeline, electrical distribution and transmission, and heavy civil infrastructure; service restoration for natural disasters and accidents; and routine replacements and upgrades to overhauls. Its customers include public and private energy providers, pipeline operators, wireless and wireline/fiber service providers, broadband operators, install-to-the-home service providers, and government entities. MasTec, Inc. was founded in 1929 and is headquartered in Coral Gables, Florida.
New Oriental Education & Technology Group Inc. provides private educational services under the New Oriental brand in the People's Republic of China. It operates through K-12 AST, Test Preparation and Other Courses; Online Education; and Others segments. The company offers test preparation courses to students taking language and entrance exams used by educational institutions in the United States, the People's Republic of China, and the Commonwealth countries; and after-school tutoring courses for middle and high school students to enhance their exam scores, as well as for children to teach English. It also provides language training courses, including English, as well as other foreign languages, such as German, Japanese, French, Korean, Italian, and Spanish; operates a full-time private primary and secondary school in Yangzhou seeking a full curriculum with a focus on English; develops and edits educational materials for language training and test preparation; and offers online education programs that include college, K-12, and pre-school education. In addition, the company offers overseas studies consulting and overseas study tour services. As of May 31, 2021, it offered educational programs, services, and products to students through a network of 122 schools, 1,547 learning centers, and 11 bookstores, as well as through its online learning platforms. The company was founded in 1993 and is headquartered in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.
The SPDR S&P Regional Banking ETF (KRE) aims to replicate the performance of the S&P Regional Banks Select Industry Index, which is part of the broader S&P Total Market Index. Utilizing a sampling strategy, KRE invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities within this index, focusing on U.S. regional banking stocks. The ETF employs an equal-weighting approach, which mitigates single stock risk by ensuring smaller names are not overshadowed by large-cap stocks. This strategy allows for significant changes in holdings during quarterly rebalances, ensuring the fund remains aligned with market-cap and liquidity requirements.
Northwest Bancshares, Inc. operates as the holding company for Northwest Bank, a state-chartered savings bank that provides personal and business banking solutions. The company accepts various deposits, including checking, savings, money market deposit, term certificate, and individual retirement accounts. It also offers loan products comprising one-to-four-family residential real estate loans and loans collateralized by multi-family residential and commercial real estate; commercial business loans; and consumer loans, including automobile loans, sales finance loans, unsecured personal loans, credit card loans, and loans secured by deposit accounts. The company also offers investment management and trust services. As of December 31, 2021, it operated 170 community-banking locations in Pennsylvania, Western New York, Eastern Ohio, and Indiana. Northwest Bancshares, Inc. was founded in 1896 and is headquartered in Columbus, Ohio.
Sharp Corporation manufactures and sells telecommunication equipment, electric and electronic application equipment, and electronic components in Japan, China, and internationally. It operates through five segments: Smart Life, 8K Ecosystem, ICT, Display Device, and Electronic Device. The Smart Life segment offers refrigerators, superheated steam ovens, microwave ovens, small cooking appliances, air conditioners, washing machines, vacuum cleaners, air purifiers, fans, dehumidifiers, humidifiers, electric heating equipment, plasma cluster ion generators, beauty equipment, electronic dictionaries, calculators, telephones, network control units, solar cells, storage batteries etc. The 8K Ecosystem segment provides TVs, Blu-ray disc recorders, audio equipment, multi-function printers, information displays, business projectors, POS system equipment, FA equipment, options/consumables, software, masks etc. The ICT segment offers mobile phones, personal computers, tablet devices, routers etc. The Display Device segments provides display modules, in-vehicle cameras etc. The Electronic Device segment offers camera modules, sensor modules, proximity sensors, dust sensors, wafer foundry, CMOS / CCD sensors, semiconductor lasers etc. The company was formerly known as Hayakawa Electric Industry Co., Ltd. and changed its name to Sharp Corporation in January 1970. Sharp Corporation was founded in 1912 and is headquartered in Sakai, Japan.
ARKX, the ARK Space Exploration & Innovation ETF, is an actively-managed fund focused on long-term capital growth by investing at least 80% of its assets in domestic and foreign equity securities of companies engaged in space exploration and innovation. The fund targets global companies that lead, enable, or benefit from technologically advanced products and services beyond Earth's surface. It includes sectors like orbital and suborbital aerospace, enabling technologies, and industries benefiting from aerospace activities, such as agriculture, GPS, and imaging. ARKX typically holds a concentrated portfolio of 40 to 55 securities, selected through a proprietary methodology that integrates top-down economic analysis, bottom-up fundamental and quantitative metrics, and ESG considerations. As a non-diversified ETF, it offers a unique investment opportunity in the burgeoning space exploration industry.
JD Logistics Inc., an investment holding company, provides supply chain solutions and logistics services in the People's Republic of China. The company offers warehousing and distribution, express and freight delivery; bulky item, cold chain, and cross-border logistics; and domestic and international transportation and delivery services. It also provides value-added services, such as installment, after-sales and maintenance, logistics technology, and advertising services. The company serves fast-moving consumer goods, home appliances and home furniture, apparel, 3C, automotive, and fresh produce industries. JD Logistics Inc. was incorporated in 2021 and is based in Beijing, the People's Republic of China.
PG&E Corporation, through its subsidiary, Pacific Gas and Electric Company, engages in the sale and delivery of electricity and natural gas to customers in northern and central California, the United States. It generates electricity using nuclear, hydroelectric, fossil fuel-fired, fuel cell, and photovoltaic sources. As of December 31, 2021, the company owns and operates approximately 18,000 circuit miles of interconnected transmission lines; 33 electric transmission substations, approximately 108,000 circuit miles of distribution lines, 67 transmission switching substations, and 753 distribution substations; and natural gas transmission, storage, and distribution system consisting of approximately 43,800 miles of distribution pipelines, approximately 6,200 miles of backbone and local transmission pipelines, and various storage facilities. It serves residential, commercial, industrial, and agricultural customers, as well as natural gas-fired electric generation facilities. The company was incorporated in 1905 and is headquartered in San Francisco, California.
The iShares U.S. Consumer Staples ETF (IYK) aims to track the investment results of the Russell 1000 Consumer Staples RIC 22.5/45 Capped Index, which measures the performance of the U.S. consumer staples sector. This sector includes companies that manufacture, distribute, and retail food, beverages, non-durable household goods, and drug-retailing, as well as agriculture-related businesses. The fund invests at least 80% of its assets in the index's component securities, which are selected and weighted based on market capitalization. The ETF is non-diversified, with individual securities capped at 22.5% and the aggregate weight of companies exceeding 4.5% capped at 45% during quarterly rebalances. Prior to September 20, 2021, IYK tracked the Dow Jones U.S. Consumer Goods Index and was known as the iShares U.S. Consumer Goods ETF.
WK Kellogg Co operates as a food company in the United States, Canada, and the Caribbean. It offers ready-to-eat cereal products primarily under the Frosted Flakes, Special K, Froot Loops, Raisin Bran, Frosted Mini-Wheats, and Kashi brands. The company was formerly known as North America Cereal Co. and changed its name to WK Kellogg Co in March 2023. The company was incorporated in 2022 and is based in Battle Creek, Michigan.
Badger Meter, Inc. manufactures and markets flow measurement, quality, control, and communication solutions in the United States, Asia, Canada, Europe, Mexico, the Middle East, and internationally. It offers mechanical or static water meters, and related radio and software technologies and services to municipal water utilities. The company also provides flow instrumentation products, including meters, valves, and other sensing instruments to measure and control fluids going through a pipe or pipeline, including water, air, steam, oil, and other liquids and gases to original equipment manufacturers as the primary flow measurement device within a product or system, as well as through manufacturers' representatives. Its flow instrumentation products are used in water/wastewater, heating, ventilating and air conditioning, and corporate sustainability markets. In addition, the company offers ORION Migratable for automatic meter reading; ORION (SE) for traditional fixed network applications; and ORION Cellular for infrastructure-free fixed network meter reading solution, as well as BEACON advanced metering analytics, a secure cloud-hosted software suite that establishes alerts for specific conditions and allows consumer engagement tools that permit end water customers to view and manage their water usage activity. It also serves water utilities, industrial, and other industries. The company sells its products directly, as well as through resellers and representatives. Badger Meter, Inc. was incorporated in 1905 and is headquartered in Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
The iShares Expanded Tech-Software ETF (IGV) seeks to track the S&P North American Expanded Technology Software Index, investing at least 80% of its assets in the index's component securities. This market-cap-weighted index includes U.S.-traded stocks from the software industry and select companies from the interactive home entertainment and interactive media and services sub-industries in the U.S. and Canada. The fund caps individual security weights at 8.5% to ensure diverse exposure, particularly favoring smaller, growth-oriented software companies over tech giants. Canadian firms are included but represent a minor portion of the portfolio. The ETF is non-diversified and reviews its holdings semiannually, with weight capping applied quarterly. This approach offers investors targeted exposure to the North American software sector while managing concentration risks.
Bill.com Holdings, Inc. provides cloud-based software that simplifies, digitizes, and automates back-office financial operations for small and midsize businesses worldwide. The company provides software-as-a-service, cloud-based payments, and spend management products, which allow users to automate accounts payable and accounts receivable transactions, as well as enable users to connect with their suppliers and/or customers to do business, eliminate expense reports, manage cash flows, and improve office efficiency. It also offers onboarding implementation support, and ongoing support and training services. The company serves accounting firms, financial institutions, and software companies. Bill.com Holdings, Inc. was incorporated in 2006 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
Vulcan Materials Company, together with its subsidiaries, produces and supplies construction aggregates primarily in the United States. It operates through four segments: Aggregates, Asphalt, Concrete, and Calcium. The Aggregates segment provides crushed stones, sand and gravel, sand, and other aggregates; and related products and services that are applied in construction and maintenance of highways, streets, and other public works, as well as in the construction of housing and commercial, industrial, and other nonresidential facilities. The Asphalt Mix segment offers asphalt mix in Alabama, Arizona, California, New Mexico, Tennessee, and Texas, as well as engages in the asphalt construction paving activity in Alabama, Tennessee, and Texas. The Concrete segment provides ready-mixed concrete in California, Maryland, New Jersey, New York, Oklahoma, Pennsylvania, Texas and Virginia, and Washington D.C. The Calcium segment mines, produces, and sells calcium products for the animal feed, plastics, and water treatment industries. The company was formerly known as Virginia Holdco, Inc. and changed its name to Vulcan Materials Company. Vulcan Materials Company was founded in 1909 and is headquartered in Birmingham, Alabama.
The Vanguard Health Care Fund Admir (VGHAX) seeks long-term capital appreciation by investing at least 80% of its assets in stocks of companies primarily involved in the health care industry. This includes pharmaceutical firms, medical supply companies, and operators of hospitals and other health care facilities. Additionally, the fund considers companies engaged in medical, diagnostic, biochemical, and other research and development activities. Up to 50% of its assets may be allocated to foreign stocks, providing a global perspective on health care investments. As a non-diversified fund, VGHAX focuses on a concentrated portfolio to capitalize on growth opportunities within the health care sector.
Danaher Corporation designs, manufactures, and markets professional, medical, industrial, and commercial products and services worldwide. The company operates through three segments: Life Sciences, Diagnostics, and Environmental & Applied Solutions. The Life Sciences segment provides mass spectrometers; flow cytometry, genomics, lab automation, centrifugation, particle counting and characterization; microscopes; genomics consumables; and Gene and Cell Therapy. This segment also offers bioprocess technologies, consumables, and services; and filtration, separation, and purification technologies to the pharmaceutical and biopharmaceutical, food and beverage, medical, and life sciences companies, as well as universities, medical schools and research institutions, and various industrial manufacturers. The Diagnostics segment provides chemistry, immunoassay, microbiology, and automation systems, as well as hematology, molecular, acute care, and pathology diagnostics products. This segment offers clinical instruments, reagents, consumables, software, and services for hospitals, physicians' offices, reference laboratories, and other critical care settings. The Environmental & Applied Solutions segment offers instrumentation, consumables, software, services, and disinfection systems to analyze, treat, and manage ultra-pure, potable, industrial, waste, ground, source, and ocean water in residential, commercial, industrial, and natural resource applications. This segment also provides instruments, software, services, and consumables for various color and appearance management, packaging design and quality management, packaging converting, printing, marking, coding, and traceability applications for consumer, pharmaceutical, and industrial products. The company was formerly known as Diversified Mortgage Investors, Inc. and changed its name to Danaher Corporation in 1984. Danaher Corporation was founded in 1969 and is headquartered in Washington, the District of Columbia.
Ross Stores, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, operates off-price retail apparel and home fashion stores under the Ross Dress for Less and dd's DISCOUNTS brand names. Its stores primarily offer apparel, accessories, footwear, and home fashions. The company's Ross Dress for Less stores sell its products at department and specialty stores primarily to middle income households; and dd's DISCOUNTS stores sell its products at department and discount stores for households with moderate income. As of July 5, 2022, it operated approximately 1,950 stores under the Ross Dress for Less and dd's DISCOUNTS name in 40 states, the District of Columbia, and Guam. Ross Stores, Inc. was incorporated in 1957 and is headquartered in Dublin, California.
The SPDR S&P Insurance ETF (KIE) aims to replicate the performance of the S&P Insurance Select Industry Index by employing a sampling strategy, investing at least 80% of its assets in the index's securities. This index, part of the S&P Total Market Index, focuses on the insurance sector. KIE uniquely tracks an equal-weighted index of insurance companies, as defined by GICS, which results in a distinct portfolio compared to other funds in the segment. It strategically underweights property and casualty insurance while overweighting reinsurance companies, thereby reducing concentration risk in this top-heavy sector. This ETF offers investors unconventional exposure to the insurance industry, appealing to those seeking diversified and balanced investment opportunities.
Old Republic International Corporation, through its subsidiaries, engages in the insurance underwriting and related services business primarily in the United States and Canada. The company operates through three segments: General Insurance, Title Insurance, and the Republic Financial Indemnity Group Run-off Business. The General Insurance segment offers automobile extended warranty, aviation, commercial automobile, commercial multi-peril, commercial property, general liability, home warranty, inland marine, travel accident, and workers' compensation insurance products; and financial indemnity products for specialty coverages, including errors and omissions, fidelity, guaranteed asset protection, and surety. This segment provides its insurance products to businesses, government, and other institutions in transportation, commercial construction, healthcare, education, retail and wholesale trade, forest products, energy, general manufacturing, and financial services industries. The Title Insurance segment offers lenders' and owners' title insurance policies to real estate purchasers and investors based upon searches of the public records. This segment also provides escrow closing and construction disbursement services; and real estate information products, national default management services, and various other services pertaining to real estate transfers and loan transactions. The Republic Financial Indemnity Group Run-off Business segment offers private mortgage insurance coverage that protects mortgage lenders and investors from default related losses on residential mortgage loans made primarily to homebuyers. The company was founded in 1923 and is based in Chicago, Illinois.
CVR Energy, Inc., together with its subsidiaries, engages in the petroleum refining and nitrogen fertilizer manufacturing activities in the United States. It operates in two segments, Petroleum and Nitrogen Fertilizer. The Petroleum segment refines and markets gasoline, diesel fuel, and other refined products. It also owns and operates a coking medium-sour crude oil refinery in southeast Kansas; and a crude oil refinery in Wynnewood, Oklahoma, as well as supporting logistics assets. This segment primarily serves retailers, railroads, farm co-operatives, and other refiners/marketers. The Nitrogen Fertilizer segment owns and operates a nitrogen fertilizer plant in North America that utilizes a pet coke gasification process to produce nitrogen fertilizer products; and a nitrogen fertilizer facility in East Dubuque, Illinois that produces nitrogen fertilizers in the form of ammonia and urea ammonium nitrate (UAN). It primarily markets UAN products to agricultural customers; and ammonia products to agricultural and industrial customers. The company was founded in 1906 and is headquartered in Sugar Land, Texas. CVR Energy, Inc. is a subsidiary of Icahn Enterprises L.P.
The Simplify Health Care ETF (PINK) is an actively managed fund focused on long-term capital growth by investing at least 80% of its assets in U.S. health care companies classified under the Global Industry Classification Standard. Typically comprising 50 to 100 companies, PINK targets firms developing innovative medicines and those enhancing cost efficiency and quality in health care systems. The fund includes diverse sub-industries such as biotech, medtech, and gene therapy, employing a fundamental, bottom-up analysis with a focus on growth, though it may adapt to a value approach based on market conditions. Notably, PINK adopts a socially responsible investment strategy by donating 100% of its net profit, derived from its annual management fee, to the Susan G. Komen Breast Cancer Foundation, without influencing its investment decisions.
Insulet Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells insulin delivery systems for people with insulin-dependent diabetes. It offers Omnipod System, a self-adhesive disposable tubeless Omnipod device that is worn on the body for up to three days at a time, as well as its wireless companion, the handheld personal diabetes manager. The company sells its products primarily through independent distributors and pharmacy channels, as well as directly in the United States, Canada, Europe, the Middle East, and Australia. Insulet Corporation was incorporated in 2000 and is headquartered in Acton, Massachusetts.
Beiqi Foton Motor Co., Ltd. manufactures and sells commercial vehicles worldwide. The company offers passenger vehicles, such as vans, pickups, and SUVs; light-duty trucks; medium and heavy-duty trucks; buses and coaches; and mini trucks and special vehicles. It also provides total care, parts, and financing services. In addition, the company exports its products. The company was founded in 1996 and is headquartered in Beijing, China.
The Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight Technology ETF (RSPT) aims to track the investment results of the S&P 500® Equal Weight Information Technology Index, focusing on the information technology sector. The fund invests at least 90% of its total assets in securities that comprise this underlying index. This index includes all companies within the S&P 500® that are classified under the information technology services sector, as defined by the Global Industry Classification Standard (GICS). By employing an equal-weight strategy, the ETF provides diversified exposure to the technology sector, ensuring that each component has an equal impact on the fund's performance, thus reducing concentration risk typically associated with market-cap-weighted indices.
Western Digital Corporation develops, manufactures, and sells data storage devices and solutions in the United States, China, Hong Kong, Europe, the Middle East, Africa, rest of Asia, and internationally. It offers client devices, including hard disk drives (HDDs) and solid state drives (SSDs) for computing devices, such as desktop and notebook personal computers (PCs), smart video systems, gaming consoles, and set top boxes; flash-based embedded storage products for mobile phones, tablets, notebook PCs, and other portable and wearable devices, as well as automotive, Internet of Things, industrial, and connected home applications; and flash-based memory wafers. The company also provides data center devices and solutions comprising enterprise helium hard drives; enterprise SSDs consisting of flash-based SSDs and software solutions for use in enterprise servers, online transactions, data analysis, and other enterprise applications; data center solutions for data storage systems and tiered storage models; and data storage platforms. In addition, it offers client solutions, such as external HDD storage products in mobile and desktop form; client portable SSDs; removable cards that are used in consumer devices comprising mobile phones, tablets, imaging systems, and cameras and smart video systems; universal serial bus flash drives for use in the computing and consumer markets; and wireless drive products used in-field back up of created content, as well as wireless streaming of high-definition movies, photos, music, and documents to tablets, smartphones, and PCs. The company sells its products under the G-Technology, SanDisk, and WD brands to original equipment manufacturers, distributors, dealers, resellers, and retailers. Western Digital Corporation was founded in 1970 and is headquartered in San Jose, California.
BrightSpire Capital, Inc. operates as a commercial real estate (CRE) credit real estate investment trust in the United States. It focuses on originating, acquiring, financing, and managing a portfolio of CRE senior mortgage loans, mezzanine loans, preferred equity, debt securities, and net leased properties. The company qualifies as a real estate investment trust for federal income tax purposes. The company was formerly known as Colony Credit Real Estate, Inc. and changed its name to BrightSpire Capital, Inc. in June 2021. BrightSpire Capital, Inc. was incorporated in 2017 and is headquartered in New York, New York.
The Fidelity MSCI Energy Index ETF (FENY) aims to mirror the performance of the MSCI USA IMI Energy 25/50 Index, representing the U.S. energy sector. It invests at least 80% of its assets in securities from this index, using a sampling strategy that may not include all index securities but ensures a similar investment profile. FENY's portfolio is heavily weighted towards its top holdings, with significant allocations in oil, gas, coal, and renewables. As part of Fidelity's entry into the U.S. sector ETF market, FENY features a capped index version since December 1, 2020, limiting issuers with over 5% weight to 50% of total assets. The fund is non-diversified and rebalances quarterly.
Valaris Limited provides offshore contract drilling services to the international oil and gas industry. The company owns an offshore drilling rig fleet of 56 rigs, which include 11 drillships, 4 dynamically positioned semisubmersible rigs, 1 moored semisubmersible rig, and 40 jackup rigs. It serves international, government-owned, and independent oil and gas companies in the Gulf of Mexico, the North Sea, the Middle East, West Africa, Australia, and Southeast Asia. The company was incorporated in 2009 and is based in Hamilton, Bermuda.
Zhejiang China Commodities City Group Co., Ltd., through its subsidiaries, engages in the development, management, operation, and service of an online trading platform in China. It operates through Market Operation, Commodity Sales, Hotel Service, Exhibition Advertising, and Other Service segments. The company collects business space usage fees; rents office and auxiliary buildings; trades in commodities; operates hotels, including room accommodation, catering services, and other business activities; and provides market-related supporting services. In addition, it is involved in the design, production, publishing, and agency advertising business. The company was incorporated in 1993 and is headquartered in Yiwu, China. Zhejiang China Commodities City Group Co., Ltd. is a subsidiary of Yiwu China Commodities City Holdings Limited.