The Upside of a Volatility Fund

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The BTL has had a negative expectation of negative 3.62% over the past 10 years. It's performed particularly badly in the past year when the stock market's been going up so much. If you were an active trader in this, you would buy it whenever you thought the stock market was going to go down and then sell it again. The upside is you have something that goes up when the stock markets went down.

In this episode we analyze the AGFiQ US Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund ETF, ticker symbol BTAL, using David Stein's Ten Questions to Master Investing, which are:

1. What is it?
2. Is it an investment, a speculation, or a gamble?
3. What is the upside?
4. What is the downside?
5. Who is on the other side of the trade?
6. What is the investment vehicle?
7. What does it take to be successful?
8. Who is getting a cut?
9. How does it impact your portfolio?
10. Should you invest?

This fund analysis was suggested/requested by listener Javen S.

Additional Links:

BTAL Fact Sheet: AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund - - Fund Profile

BTAL Prospectus: AGFiQ Annual Prospectus

BTAL Correlation Matrix: Asset Correlations BTAL (portfoliovisualizer.com)

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