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Global
X S&P 500®
Covered Call ETF
NYSE
Arca: XYLD |
Global
X Dow 30®
Covered
Call ETF
NYSE
Arca: DJIA |
Global
X NASDAQ 100®
Covered Call ETF
NASDAQ:
QYLD |
Global
X Russell 2000 Covered Call & Growth ETF
NYSE
Arca: RYLG |
Global
X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF
NYSE
Arca: RYLD |
Global
X Information Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF
NYSE
Arca: TYLG |
Global
X Nasdaq 100®
Covered Call & Growth ETF
NASDAQ:
QYLG |
Global
X Dow 30®
Covered Call & Growth ETF
NYSE
Arca: DYLG |
Global
X S&P 500®
Covered Call & Growth ETF
NYSE
Arca: XYLG |
Global
X S&P 500 Quality Dividend Covered Call ETF
NYSE
Arca: QDCC |
Global
X NASDAQ 100®
Risk Managed Income ETF
NASDAQ:
QRMI |
Global
X MLP & Energy Infrastructure Covered Call ETF
NYSE
Arca: MLPD
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Global
X S&P 500®
Risk Managed Income ETF
NYSE
Arca: XRMI |
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Prospectus
March 1,
2025
The
Securities and Exchange Commission ("SEC") has not approved or disapproved these
securities or passed upon the adequacy of this Prospectus. Any representation to
the contrary is a criminal offense.
Shares
in a Fund (defined below) are not guaranteed or insured by the Federal Deposit
Insurance Corporation or any other agency of the U.S. Government, nor are shares
deposits or obligations of any bank. Such shares in a Fund involve investment
risks, including the loss of principal.
TABLE
OF CONTENTS
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FUND
SUMMARIES |
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ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDS |
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A
FURTHER DISCUSSION OF PRINCIPAL RISKS |
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A
FURTHER DISCUSSION OF OTHER RISKS |
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PORTFOLIO
HOLDINGS INFORMATION |
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FUND
MANAGEMENT |
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DISTRIBUTOR |
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BUYING
AND SELLING FUND SHARES |
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FREQUENT
TRADING |
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DISTRIBUTION
AND SERVICE PLAN |
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DIVIDENDS
AND DISTRIBUTIONS |
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INVESTMENTS
BY INVESTMENT COMPANIES |
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TAXES |
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DETERMINATION
OF NET ASSET VALUE |
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PREMIUM/DISCOUNT
AND SHARE INFORMATION |
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TOTAL
RETURN INFORMATION |
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INFORMATION
REGARDING THE INDICES AND THE INDEX PROVIDERS |
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OTHER
SERVICE PROVIDERS |
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ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION |
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FINANCIAL
HIGHLIGHTS |
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OTHER
INFORMATION |
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FUND
SUMMARIES
Global
X S&P 500®
Covered Call ETF
Ticker:
XYLD Exchange: NYSE Arca
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE
The
Global X S&P 500®
Covered Call ETF (the "Fund") seeks investment results that, before fees and
expenses, generally correspond to the performance of the Cboe S&P 500
BuyWrite Index (the "Underlying Index").
FEES AND
EXPENSES
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you
buy, hold, and sell shares (“Shares”) of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such
as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are
not reflected in the table and examples below.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment):
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Management
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0.60% |
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees: |
None |
Other
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0.00% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses: |
0.60% |
Example:
The following example is intended to help you
compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other
funds. This example does not take into account customary brokerage commissions
that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund in the secondary
market. The example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell
all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses
remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
these assumptions, your costs would be:
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One
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Three
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Five
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Ten
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$335 |
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Portfolio
Turnover:
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as
commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio).
A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may
result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs,
which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example,
affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's
portfolio turnover rate was 3.83% of the average value of its
portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES
The
Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the Cboe
S&P 500 BuyWrite Index (the "Underlying Index"). The Fund's 80% investment
policy is non-fundamental and requires 60 days prior written notice to
shareholders before it can be changed.
The
Underlying Index is comprised of two parts: (1) all the equity securities in the
S&P 500®
Index (the "Reference Index") in substantially similar weight as the Reference
Index; and (2) short (written) call options on up to 100% of the S&P
500®
Index.
The
Reference Index is a float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index
containing equity securities of 500 industrial, information technology, utility
and financial companies amongst other GICS®
sectors, regarded as generally representative of the U.S. stock market. A
float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index weights each index component
according to its market capitalization, using the number of shares that are
readily available for purchase on the open market.
The
Underlying Index measures the performance of a hypothetical portfolio that
employs a covered call strategy. A covered call strategy is generally considered
to be an investment strategy in which an investor buys a security, and sells (or
"writes") a call option on that security in an attempt to generate more income.
Each time the Fund writes a covered call option, the Fund receives a payment of
money from the investor who buys the option from the Fund, which is called the
premium. If the value of
the
Fund's call option that it has written declines because of a decline in the
value of the S&P 500 Index, the premium that the Fund received for writing
the covered call option offsets this loss to some extent.
The
premium paid by the buyer of the option provides income in addition to the
security's dividends or other distributions. The Underlying Index consists of
long positions in companies in the Reference Index and a single at-the-money
call option written on the S&P 500 Index. An "at-the-money" call option is a
call option with a strike price that is near to the market price of the
underlying asset (in this case, the market price of a share of the S&P 500
Index). These options are written (sold) systematically on the monthly option
writing date of the Underlying Index.
Generally,
in return for the option premium, the Fund gives the purchaser of the call
option either (1) the right to buy the security from the Fund at a specified
exercise (or "strike") price, or (2) the right to receive a cash payment equal
to any positive difference between the value of the security and the exercise
price on or before the expiration date of the option. The Fund writes options
that are the second variety such that the options give the option purchasers the
rights to receive cash payments equal to any positive differences between the
values of the securities and the exercise prices on the expiration dates of the
options. The Fund writes a single "at-the-money" call option, which is when the
strike price is near to the market price of the underlying asset, as determined
on the monthly option writing date of the Underlying Index in accordance with
the Underlying Index methodology. The Fund's covered call options may partially
protect the Fund from a decline in the price of the Reference Index through
means of the premiums received by the Fund. However, when the equity market is
rallying rapidly, the Underlying Index is expected to underperform the Reference
Index.
There
can be no assurance, however, that the Underlying Index will perform as
expected. The options in the Underlying Index will be traded on national options
exchanges. Long positions in the equity securities of the Underlying Index are,
in accordance with the Underlying Index's methodology, indexed to the Reference
Index, which includes rebalancing quarterly for share updates and on an
as-needed basis to account for corporate actions and market developments.
Options positions in the Underlying Index are written on up to 100% of the
S&P 500 Index and are rebalanced monthly, as well as on an as-needed basis
to account for corporate actions and market developments. As of
December 31, 2024, the S&P 500 Index included common stocks of
companies with a market capitalization range of between approximately $6.1
billion and $3.8 trillion.
The
Underlying Index is sponsored by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (the "Index
Provider"), which is an organization that is independent of, and unaffiliated
with, the Fund and Global X Management Company LLC, the investment adviser for
the Fund (the "Adviser"). The Index Provider maintains and publishes or
designates a third-party index calculation agent to publish information
regarding the market value of the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser uses a "passive" or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund's
investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to
"outperform" the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive
positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.
The
Fund generally will use a replication strategy. A replication strategy is an
indexing strategy that involves investing in the securities of the Underlying
Index in approximately the same proportions as in the Underlying Index. However,
the Fund may utilize a representative sampling strategy with respect to the
Underlying Index when a replication strategy might be detrimental to
shareholders, such as when there are practical difficulties or substantial costs
involved in compiling a portfolio of equity securities to follow the Underlying
Index, in instances in which a security in the Underlying Index becomes
temporarily illiquid, unavailable or less liquid, or as a result of legal
restrictions or limitations (such as tax diversification requirements) that
apply to the Fund but not the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund's performance
and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses, will exceed 95%. A
correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect correlation. If the Fund
uses a replication strategy, it can be expected to have greater correlation to
the Underlying Index than if it uses a representative sampling
strategy.
The
Fund concentrates its investments (i.e.,
hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of
industries to approximately the same extent that the Underlying Index is
concentrated. As of December 31, 2024, the Underlying Index had significant
exposure to the information technology
sector.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL
RISKS
As with any
investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the
Fund’s performance could trail that of other investments. There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and it is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency, the Adviser or any of its affiliates. The
Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely
affect the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and ability to meet its investment objective, as well as other risks that are
described in greater detail in the Additional
Information About the Funds
section of the Fund's Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information
(“SAI”).
Asset
Class Risk:
Securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or otherwise held in the
Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities
markets, a particular securities market or other asset classes.
Derivatives
Risk: The Fund will invest in options, a type of derivative instrument.
Derivatives can be more sensitive to changes in interest rates or to sudden
fluctuations in market prices than conventional securities, which can result in
greater losses for the Fund. In addition, the prices of the derivative
instruments and the prices of underlying securities, interest rates or
currencies they are designed to reflect may not move together as expected. A
risk of the Fund’s use of derivatives is that the fluctuations in their values
may not correlate perfectly with the relevant reference index. Derivatives are
usually traded on margin, which may subject the Fund to margin calls. Margin
calls may force the Fund to liquidate assets. If a counterparty to an options
contract entered into by the Fund becomes bankrupt or fails to perform its
obligations, or if any collateral posted by the counterparty for the benefit of
the Fund is insufficient or there are delays in the Fund’s ability to access
such collateral, the value of an investment in the Fund may decline. Further,
the market for certain investments, such as options contracts, may become
illiquid under adverse market or economic conditions independent of any specific
adverse changes in the conditions of a particular issuer. If the Fund needed to
sell a large block of illiquid securities to meet shareholder redemption request
or to raise cash, these sales could further reduce the securities’ prices and
adversely affect performance of the Fund.
Equity
Securities Risk: Equity securities are subject to
changes in value, and their values may be more volatile than other asset
classes, as a result of such factors as a company’s business performance,
investor perceptions, stock market trends and general economic
conditions.
Capitalization
Risk:
Investing in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the
risk that the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or
investor sentiment.
Large-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Large-capitalization
companies may trail the returns of the overall stock market.
Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better - or worse
- than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for
as long as several years.
Covered
Call Option Writing Risk: By writing covered call options in return for the receipt of
premiums, the Fund will give up the opportunity to benefit from potential
increases in the value of the Reference Index above the exercise prices of such
options, but will continue to bear the risk of declines in the value of the
Reference Index. The premiums received from the options may not be sufficient to
offset any losses sustained from the volatility of the underlying stocks over
time. As a result, the risks associated with writing covered call options may be
similar to the risks associated with writing put options. In addition, the
Fund’s ability to sell the securities underlying the options will be limited
while the options are in effect unless the Fund cancels out the option positions
through the purchase of offsetting identical options prior to the expiration of
the written options. Exchanges may suspend the trading of options in volatile
markets. If trading is suspended, the Fund may be unable to write options at
times that may be desirable or advantageous to do so, which may increase the
risk of tracking error.
Cybersecurity
Risk:
With the increased use of technologies such as the Internet to conduct business,
the Fund, like all companies, may be susceptible to operational, information
security and related risks. Cybersecurity incidents involving the Fund and its
service providers (including, without limitation, the Adviser, fund accountant,
custodian, transfer agent and financial intermediaries) have the ability to
cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially resulting in
financial losses, impediments to trading, the inability of Fund shareholders to
transact business, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory
fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation
costs, and/or additional compliance costs. Similar adverse consequences could
result from cybersecurity incidents affecting issuers of securities in which the
Fund invests, counterparties with which the Fund engages, governmental and other
regulatory authorities, exchanges and other financial market operators, banks,
brokers, dealers, insurance companies, other financial institutions and other
parties. The Fund and its shareholders could be negatively impacted as a
result.
Focus
Risk:
To the extent that the Underlying Index focuses in investments related to a
particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will also focus its
investments to approximately the same extent. Similarly, if the Underlying Index
has significant exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund’s investments will
likely have significant exposure to such sectors. In such event, the Fund’s
performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events impacting such
industry or sector, which may include, but are not limited to, the following:
general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively
affect supply and demand; competition for resources; adverse labor relations;
political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and increased
competition or new product introductions that may affect the profitability or
viability of companies in a particular industry or sector. As a result, the
value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more than the value of shares
of a fund that invests in securities of companies in a broader range of
industries or sectors.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Information Technology Sector: Companies
in the information technology sector are subject to rapid changes in technology
product cycles; rapid product obsolescence; government regulation; and increased
competition, both domestically and internationally, including competition from
foreign competitors with lower production costs. Information technology
companies and companies that rely heavily on technology tend to be more volatile
than the overall market and also are heavily dependent on patent and
intellectual property rights. In addition, information technology companies may
have limited product lines, markets, financial resources or
personnel.
Geographic
Risk: A
natural, biological or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in
which the Fund invests, which could affect the economy or particular business
operations of companies in the specific geographic region, causing an adverse
impact on the Fund’s investments in the affected region or in a region
economically tied to the affected region. The securities in which the Fund
invests and, consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks as a
result of their business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in Developed Markets:
The Fund’s investment in a developed country issuer may subject the Fund to
regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks associated
with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a significant
portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower economic
growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries have
experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Incidents involving a country’s or region’s security may cause
uncertainty in its markets and may adversely affect its economy and the Fund’s
investments. In addition, developed countries may be impacted by changes to the
economic conditions of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt
burdens and the price or availability of certain
commodities.
Risk
of Investing in the United States: A decrease in imports or exports,
changes in trade regulations and/or an economic recession in the U.S. may have a
material adverse effect on the U.S. economy.
Issuer
Risk: Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies
in which the Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those
companies may cause the value of such company's securities to
decline.
Market
Risk: Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may
negatively affect issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. If
the securities held by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be
unable to transact at advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the
Fund’s returns. In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central
governments and governmental agencies, including the U.S. Federal Reserve or the
European Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could
cause increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of
Fund redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative
impact on the Fund. Beginning in early 2025, the U.S. government’s threats to
impose tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada has heightened tension among
trading partners. Further, in response to the U.S. government’s announcement of
tariffs on goods from China, the Chinese government has countered with tariffs
on U.S. goods, marking the beginning of a potential trade war between the
countries. Tariffs on imported goods may increase the cost of certain products
and household items, which may in turn dampen consumer spending and result in
decreased confidence in the markets. The possibility of additional tariffs being
imposed or the outbreak of a trade war may further adversely impact U.S. and
international markets. Additionally, political uncertainty regarding U.S.
policy, including the U.S. government’s approach to trade, may also impact the
markets. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war, acts of
terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues,
recessions, raising of interest rates, or other events could have a significant
impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of its Shares. This increases
the risk that monetary policy may provide less support should economic growth
slow. Market risk factors may result in increased volatility and/or decreased
liquidity in the securities markets. The Fund’s NAV could decline over short
periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market
downturns.
Operational
Risk:
The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of factors,
including but not limited to human error, processing and communication errors,
errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other third-parties,
failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems failures.
Additionally, cyber security failures or breaches of the electronic systems of
the Fund, the Adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market makers,
Authorized Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests
have the ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's business
operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to the Fund and its
shareholders. The Fund and the Adviser seek to reduce these operational risks
through controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address every
possible risk and may be inadequate for those risks that they are intended to
address.
Options
Premium Tax Risk: The Fund’s investment strategy may limit its ability to distribute
dividends eligible for treatment as qualified dividend income, which for
non-corporate shareholders are subject to federal income tax at rates of up to
20% plus the 3.8% Medicare tax. The Fund’s investment strategy may also limit
its ability to distribute dividends eligible for the dividends-received
deduction for corporate shareholders. For these reasons, a significant portion
of distributions received by Fund shareholders may be subject to tax at
effective tax rates that are higher than the rates that would apply if the Fund
were to engage in a different investment strategy. You should consult your tax
advisor as to the tax consequences of acquiring, owning and disposing of Shares
in the Fund.
Passive
Investment Risk:
The Fund is not actively managed, and the Adviser does not attempt to take
defensive positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the
Fund does not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, it would not
necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed,
respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is
underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were
removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the
Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining
investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of
individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund
employed an active strategy.
Index-Related
Risk: There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of
correlation to the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment
objective. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse
effect on the Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in
order to track the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations
and/or the construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its
methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected
by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse
impact on the Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk: The Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold
securities not included in its Underlying Index. The Adviser’s investment
strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may
cause the Fund to underperform the market or its relevant benchmark or adversely
affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment
objective.
Tracking
Error Risk: Tracking error may occur because of
differences between the instruments held in the Fund's portfolio and those
included in the Underlying Index, pricing differences, transaction costs
incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of uninvested cash, size of the Fund,
differences in timing of the accrual of or the valuation of dividends or
interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the Underlying Index or the costs to
the Fund of complying with various new or existing regulatory requirements. This
risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other
unusual market conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund
incurs fees and expenses, while the Underlying Index does
not.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds:
As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk: The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may
act as Authorized Participants and engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, Shares may be more
likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask
spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting from an
exchange.
Large
Shareholder Risk: Redemptions
by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. If a
large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its Shares, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain sufficient assets to
continue operations in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to
liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account
for a large percentage of the trading volume on a national securities exchange
and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market
price of the Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk: The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount
Risks: Shares of the Fund are publicly traded
on a national securities exchange, which may subject shareholders to numerous
market trading risks. In stressed market conditions, the market for the Shares
may become less liquid in response to the deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s
portfolio. This adverse effect on the liquidity of the Shares, as well as
disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of extreme market
volatility or potential lack of assets in the Fund or an active trading market
for Shares may result in Shares trading at a significant premium or discount to
NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a time when the market price is at a
premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time when the market price is at a
discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain losses. The NAV of the Fund is
calculated at the end of each business day and fluctuates with changes in the
market value of the Fund’s holdings. The trading price of the Fund’s Shares
fluctuates, in some cases materially, throughout trading hours in response to
changes in the Fund’s NAV.
Trading
Halt Risk:
An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities,
or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be
unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial trading
losses.
Turnover
Risk: The
Fund may engage in frequent and active trading, which may significantly increase
the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate. At
times, the Fund may have a portfolio turnover rate substantially greater than
100%. For example, a portfolio turnover rate of 300%
is equivalent to the Fund buying and selling all of its securities three times
during the course of a year. A
high portfolio turnover rate would result in
high brokerage costs for the Fund, may result in higher taxes when Shares are
held in a taxable account and lower Fund
performance.
Valuation
Risk: The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ
from the Fund’s valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by
the Underlying Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or
volatile markets or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as
during trading halts). The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio
may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the
Fund's Shares.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
The bar chart and table that follow show how the Fund
performed on a calendar year basis and provide an indication of the risks of
investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to
year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for the indicated
periods compare with the Fund's broad-based benchmark index, which reflects a
broad measure of market performance, and the Underlying Index, which the Fund
seeks to track. The Fund's
past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily indicative of how
the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance
information is available online at www.globalxetfs.com.
The
Fund operated as the Horizons S&P 500®
Covered Call ETF (the "Predecessor Fund"), a series of Horizons ETF Trust I,
prior to the Fund's acquisition of the assets and assumption of the liabilities
of the Predecessor Fund on December 24, 2018 (the "Reorganization"). As a result
of the Reorganization, the Fund assumed the performance and accounting history
of the Predecessor Fund. Accordingly, performance figures for the Fund for
periods prior to the date of the Reorganization represent the performance of the
Predecessor Fund.
Annual Total Returns
(Years Ended December 31)
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3/31/2019 |
9.07% |
Worst
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3/31/2020 |
-21.52% |
Average Annual
Total Returns (for the Periods Ended December 31,
2024)
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One
Year Ended December 31, 2024 |
Five
Years Ended December 31, 2024 |
Ten
Years Ended December 31, 2024 |
Global
X S&P 500®
Covered Call ETF:1 |
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·Return
before taxes |
19.23% |
6.72% |
7.14% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions2 |
13.66% |
4.32% |
5.25% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund Shares2 |
11.14% |
4.10% |
4.79% |
S&P
500®
Index (TR)
(Index returns do not reflect deduction for fees,
expenses, or taxes) |
25.02% |
14.53% |
13.10% |
Cboe
S&P 500 BuyWrite Index3
(Index returns do not reflect deduction for fees,
expenses, or taxes) |
20.12% |
7.50% |
7.60% |
1
Performance
shown for periods prior to December 24, 2018, reflects that of the Predecessor
Fund.
2
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical
highest individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the
impact of state and local taxes. Your
actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may
differ from those shown above. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors
who hold Shares of the Fund through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k)
plans or individual retirement accounts (IRAs).
3
Performance
reflects the performance of the S&P 500®
Stock Covered Call Index through September 14, 2017, the Cboe
S&P500®
2%
OTM BuyWrite Index through August 20, 2020, and the Cboe S&P 500 BuyWrite
Index thereafter.
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser:
Global X Management Company LLC.
Portfolio
Managers: The
professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund
are Nam To, CFA; Wayne Xie; Vanessa Yang, CFA; and Sandy Lu, CFA (“Portfolio
Managers”). Mr. To has been Portfolio Manager of the Fund since the Fund's
inception in December 2018 and had managed the Predecessor Fund since October
2018. Mr. Xie has been Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 1, 2019. Ms.
Yang has been Portfolio Manager of the Fund since December 2020. Mr. Lu has been
a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 2022.
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Fund are or will be listed and traded at market prices on a national
securities exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange
through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and
because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade
at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only
“Authorized Participants” (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into
agreements with the Fund’s distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co.
(“Distributor”), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with
the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that have been aggregated
into blocks called Creation Units. The Fund will issue or redeem Creation Units
in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies any day
that the national securities exchanges are open for business (“Business Day”).
An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest
price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and the
lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when
buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). To
access information regarding the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums
and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, please go to https://www.globalxetfs.com.
TAX
INFORMATION
The
Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income
or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement,
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA"), in which case
distributions from such tax-advantaged arrangement may be taxable to you.
PAYMENTS
TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The
Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial
intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of Fund Shares and related
services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your
broker-dealer, sales persons or other intermediary or its employees or
associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more
information.
Global
X NASDAQ 100®
Covered Call ETF
Ticker:
QYLD Exchange: NASDAQ
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE
The
Global X NASDAQ 100®
Covered Call ETF (the "Fund") seeks to provide investment results that closely
correspond, before fees and expenses, generally to the price and yield
performance of the Cboe NASDAQ-100®
BuyWrite V2 Index (the "Underlying Index").
FEES AND
EXPENSES
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you
buy, hold, and sell shares (“Shares”) of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such
as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are
not reflected in the table and examples below.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment):
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Management
Fees: |
0.60% |
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees: |
None |
Other
Expenses: |
0.00% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses: |
0.60% |
Example:
The following example is intended to help you
compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other
funds. This example does not take into account customary brokerage commissions
that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund in the secondary
market. The example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell
all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses
remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
these assumptions, your costs would be:
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One
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Three
Years |
Five
Years |
Ten
Years |
$61 |
$192 |
$335 |
$750 |
Portfolio
Turnover:
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as
commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio).
A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may
result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs,
which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example,
affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's
portfolio turnover rate was 21.54% of the average value of its
portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES
The
Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the Cboe
NASDAQ-100®
BuyWrite V2 Index (the "Underlying Index"). The Fund's 80% investment policy is
non-fundamental and requires 60 days prior written notice to shareholders before
it can be changed.
By
investing in the Underlying Index, the Fund follows a "buy-write" (also called a
covered call) investment strategy in which the Fund buys a stock or a basket of
stocks, and also writes (or sells) call options that correspond to the stock or
basket of stocks.
The
Cboe NASDAQ-100® BuyWrite Index ("BXN Index") is an index that measures the
performance of a theoretical portfolio that holds a portfolio of the stocks
included in the NASDAQ-100® Index ("Reference Index"), and "writes" (or sells) a
succession of one-month at-the-money Reference Index covered call options. The
Underlying Index replicates the methodology used to calculate the BXN Index,
with one exception: the written Reference Index covered call options are held
until one day prior to the expiration dates (i.e., generally the Thursday
preceding the third Friday of the month) and are liquidated at a volume-weighted
average price determined at the close.
Each
calendar month, the Fund will write (sell) a succession of one-month call
options on the Reference Index and will cover such options by holding the
securities underlying the options written. Each option written will (i) have an
exercise price
generally
at or above the prevailing market price of the Reference Index; (ii) be traded
on a national securities exchange; (iii) be held until one day prior to the
expiration date (i.e., generally the Thursday preceding the third Friday of the
month) and are liquidated at a volume-weighted average price determined at the
close (unless the Fund "closes out" the option through the repurchase of the
option at the market close on the last day of trading); (iv) expire on its date
of maturity (in the next calendar month); (v) only be subject to exercise on its
expiration date; and (vi) be settled in cash. In return for the payment of a
premium to the Fund, a purchaser of the call options written by the Fund is
entitled to receive a cash payment from the Fund equal to the difference between
the value of the Reference Index and the exercise price of the option if the
value of the option on the expiration date is above its exercise price. The
Fund's covered call options may partially protect the Fund from a decline in the
price of the Reference Index through means of the premiums received by the Fund.
However, when the equity market is rallying rapidly, the Underlying Index is
expected to underperform the Reference Index.
The
Underlying Index is sponsored by Nasdaq, Inc. (the "Index Provider"), which is
an organization that is independent of, and unaffiliated with, the Fund and
Global X Management Company LLC, the investment adviser for the Fund (the
"Adviser"). The Index Provider determines the relative weightings of the
securities in the Underlying Index and publishes or designates a third-party
index calculation agent to publish information regarding the market value of the
Underlying Index.
The
Adviser uses a "passive" or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund's
investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to
"outperform" the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive
positions when markets decline or appear overvalued.
The
Fund generally will use a replication strategy. A replication strategy is an
indexing strategy that involves investing in the securities of the Underlying
Index in approximately the same proportions as in the Underlying Index. However,
the Fund may utilize a representative sampling strategy with respect to the
Underlying Index when a replication strategy might be detrimental to
shareholders, such as when there are practical difficulties or substantial costs
involved in compiling a portfolio of equity securities to follow the Underlying
Index, in instances in which a security in the Underlying Index becomes
temporarily illiquid, unavailable or less liquid, or as a result of legal
restrictions or limitations (such as tax diversification requirements) that
apply to the Fund but not the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund's performance
and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses, will exceed 95%. A
correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect correlation. If the Fund
uses a replication strategy, it can be expected to have greater correlation to
the Underlying Index than if it uses a representative sampling strategy.
The
Fund concentrates its investments (i.e., hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or
group of industries to approximately the same extent that the Underlying Index
is concentrated. As of December 31, 2024, the Underlying Index had
significant exposure to the information technology sector. The
Fund is classified as “non-diversified,” which means it may invest a larger
percentage of its assets in a smaller number of issuers than a diversified
fund.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL
RISKS
As with any
investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the
Fund’s performance could trail that of other investments. There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and it is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency, the Adviser or any of its affiliates. The
Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely
affect the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and ability to meet its investment objective, as well as other risks that are
described in greater detail in the Additional
Information About the Funds
section of the Fund's Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information
(“SAI”).
Asset
Class Risk:
Securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or otherwise held in the
Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities
markets, a particular securities market or other asset classes.
Depositary
Receipts Risk: The
Fund may invest in depositary receipts, such as ADRs and GDRs. Depositary
receipts may be subject to certain of the risks associated with direct
investments in the securities of foreign companies. For additional details on
these risks, please see Foreign
Securities Risk.
Moreover, depositary receipts may not track the price of the underlying foreign
securities on which they are based. A holder of depositary receipts may
also be subject to fees and the credit risk of the financial institution acting
as depositary.
Derivatives
Risk:
The Fund will invest in options, a type of derivative instrument. Derivatives
can be more sensitive to changes in interest rates or to sudden fluctuations in
market prices than conventional securities, which can result in
greater losses for the Fund. In addition, the prices of the
derivative instruments and the prices of underlying securities, interest rates
or currencies they are designed to reflect may not move together as expected. A
risk of the Fund’s use of derivatives is that the fluctuations in their values
may not correlate perfectly with the relevant reference index. Derivatives are
usually traded on margin, which may subject the Fund to margin calls. Margin
calls may force the Fund to liquidate assets. If a counterparty to an options
contract entered into by the Fund becomes bankrupt or fails to perform its
obligations, or if any collateral posted by the counterparty for the benefit of
the Fund is insufficient or there are delays in the Fund’s ability to access
such collateral, the value of an investment in the Fund may decline. Further,
the market for certain investments, such as options contracts, may become
illiquid under adverse market or economic conditions independent of any specific
adverse changes in the conditions of a particular issuer. If the Fund needed to
sell a large block of illiquid securities to meet shareholder redemption request
or to raise cash, these sales could further reduce the securities’ prices and
adversely affect performance of the Fund.
Equity
Securities Risk: Equity securities are subject to
changes in value, and their values may be more volatile than other asset
classes, as a result of such factors as a company’s business performance,
investor perceptions, stock market trends and general economic
conditions.
Capitalization
Risk:
Investing in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the
risk that the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or
investor sentiment.
Large-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Large-capitalization
companies may trail the returns of the overall stock market.
Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better - or worse
- than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for
as long as several years.
Covered
Call Option Writing Risk: By writing covered call options in return for the receipt of
premiums, the Fund will give up the opportunity to benefit from potential
increases in the value of the Reference Index above the exercise prices of such
options, but will continue to bear the risk of declines in the value of the
Reference Index. The premiums received from the options may not be sufficient to
offset any losses sustained from the volatility of the underlying stocks over
time. As a result, the risks associated with writing covered call options may be
similar to the risks associated with writing put options. In addition, the
Fund’s ability to sell the securities underlying the options will be limited
while the options are in effect unless the Fund cancels out the option positions
through the purchase of offsetting identical options prior to the expiration of
the written options. Exchanges may suspend the trading of options in volatile
markets. If trading is suspended, the Fund may be unable to write options at
times that may be desirable or advantageous to do so, which may increase the
risk of tracking error.
Cybersecurity
Risk:
With the increased use of technologies such as the Internet to conduct business,
the Fund, like all companies, may be susceptible to operational, information
security and related risks. Cybersecurity incidents involving the Fund and its
service providers (including, without limitation, the Adviser, fund accountant,
custodian, transfer agent and financial intermediaries) have the ability to
cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially resulting in
financial losses, impediments to trading, the inability of Fund shareholders to
transact business, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory
fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation
costs, and/or additional compliance costs. Similar adverse consequences could
result from cybersecurity incidents affecting issuers of securities in which the
Fund invests, counterparties with which the Fund engages, governmental and other
regulatory authorities, exchanges and other financial market operators, banks,
brokers, dealers, insurance companies, other financial institutions and other
parties. The Fund and its shareholders could be negatively impacted as a
result.
Focus
Risk:
To the extent that the Underlying Index focuses in investments related to a
particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will also focus its
investments to approximately the same extent. Similarly, if the Underlying Index
has significant exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund’s investments will
likely have significant exposure to such sectors. In such event, the Fund’s
performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events impacting such
industry or sector, which may include, but are not limited to, the following:
general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively
affect supply and demand; competition for resources; adverse labor relations;
political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and increased
competition or new product introductions that may affect the profitability or
viability of companies in a particular industry or sector. As a result, the
value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more than the value of shares
of a fund that invests in securities of companies in a broader range of
industries or sectors.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Information Technology Sector: Companies
in the information technology sector are subject to rapid changes in technology
product cycles; rapid product obsolescence; government regulation; and increased
competition, both domestically and internationally, including competition from
foreign competitors with lower production costs. Information technology
companies and companies that rely heavily on technology tend to be
more
volatile than the overall market and also are heavily dependent on patent and
intellectual property rights. In addition, information technology companies may
have limited product lines, markets, financial resources or
personnel.
Foreign
Securities Risk:
The Fund may invest, within U.S. regulations, in foreign securities. The Fund's
investments in foreign securities can be riskier than U.S. securities
investments. Investments in the securities of foreign issuers (including
investments in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) and Global Depositary
Receipts (“GDRs”)) are subject to the risks associated with investing in those
foreign markets, such as heightened risks of inflation or nationalization. The
prices of foreign securities and the prices of U.S. securities have, at times,
moved in opposite directions. In addition, securities of foreign issuers may
lose value due to political, economic and geographic events affecting a foreign
issuer or market. During periods of social, political or economic instability in
a country or region, the value of a foreign security traded on U.S. exchanges
could be affected by, among other factors, increasing price volatility,
illiquidity, or the closure of the primary market on which the security (or the
security underlying the ADR or GDR) is traded. The Fund may lose money due to
political, economic and geographic events affecting a foreign issuer or market.
Where all or a portion of the Fund's underlying securities trade in a market
that is closed when the market in which the Fund's Shares are listed and trading
is open, there may be differences between the last quote from the security’s
closed foreign market and the value of the security during the Fund’s domestic
trading day. This, in turn, could lead to differences between the market price
of the Fund’s Shares and the underlying value of those
shares.
Geographic
Risk: A
natural, biological or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in
which the Fund invests, which could affect the economy or particular business
operations of companies in the specific geographic region, causing an adverse
impact on the Fund’s investments in the affected region or in a region
economically tied to the affected region. The securities in which the Fund
invests and, consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks as a
result of their business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in Developed Markets:
The Fund’s investment in a developed country issuer may subject the Fund to
regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks associated
with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a significant
portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower economic
growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries have
experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Incidents involving a country’s or region’s security may cause
uncertainty in its markets and may adversely affect its economy and the Fund’s
investments. In addition, developed countries may be impacted by changes to the
economic conditions of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt
burdens and the price or availability of certain
commodities.
Risk
of Investing in the United States: A decrease in imports or exports,
changes in trade regulations and/or an economic recession in the U.S. may have a
material adverse effect on the U.S. economy.
Issuer
Risk: Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies
in which the Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those
companies may cause the value of such company's securities to
decline.
Market
Risk: Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may
negatively affect issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. If
the securities held by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be
unable to transact at advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the
Fund’s returns. In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central
governments and governmental agencies, including the U.S. Federal Reserve or the
European Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could
cause increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of
Fund redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative
impact on the Fund. Beginning in early 2025, the U.S. government’s threats to
impose tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada has heightened tension among
trading partners. Further, in response to the U.S. government’s announcement of
tariffs on goods from China, the Chinese government has countered with tariffs
on U.S. goods, marking the beginning of a potential trade war between the
countries. Tariffs on imported goods may increase the cost of certain products
and household items, which may in turn dampen consumer spending and result in
decreased confidence in the markets. The possibility of additional tariffs being
imposed or the outbreak of a trade war may further adversely impact U.S. and
international markets. Additionally, political uncertainty regarding U.S.
policy, including the U.S. government’s approach to trade, may also impact the
markets. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war, acts of
terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues,
recessions, raising of interest rates, or other events could have a significant
impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of its Shares. This increases
the risk that monetary policy may provide less support should economic growth
slow. Market risk factors may result in increased volatility and/or decreased
liquidity in the securities markets. The Fund’s NAV could decline over short
periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market
downturns.
Non-Diversification
Risk:
The Fund is classified as a “non-diversified” investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act"). As a result, the Fund is subject to
the risk that it may be more volatile than a diversified fund because
the
Fund may invest its assets in a smaller number of issuers or may invest a larger
proportion of its assets in a single issuer. As a result, the gains and losses
on a single investment may have a greater impact on the Fund’s NAV and may make
the Fund more volatile than more diversified
funds.
Operational
Risk: The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of
factors, including but not limited to human error, processing and communication
errors, errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other
third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems
failures. Additionally, cyber security failures or breaches of the electronic
systems of the Fund, the Adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market
makers, Authorized Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund
invests have the ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's
business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to the Fund and
its shareholders. The Fund and the Adviser seek to reduce these operational
risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address
every possible risk and may be inadequate for those risks that they are intended
to address.
Options
Premium Tax Risk:
The Fund’s investment strategy may limit its ability to distribute dividends
eligible for treatment as qualified dividend income, which for non-corporate
shareholders are subject to federal income tax at rates of up to 20% plus the
3.8% Medicare tax. The Fund’s investment strategy may also limit its ability to
distribute dividends eligible for the dividends-received deduction for corporate
shareholders. For these reasons, a significant portion of distributions received
by Fund shareholders may be subject to tax at effective tax rates that are
higher than the rates that would apply if the Fund were to engage in a different
investment strategy. You should consult your tax advisor as to the tax
consequences of acquiring, owning and disposing of Shares in the
Fund.
Passive
Investment Risk:
The Fund is not actively managed, and the Adviser does not attempt to take
defensive positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the
Fund does not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, it would not
necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed,
respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is
underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were
removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the
Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining
investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of
individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund
employed an active strategy.
Index-Related
Risk: There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of
correlation to the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment
objective. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse
effect on the Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in
order to track the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations
and/or the construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its
methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected
by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse
impact on the Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk: The Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold
securities not included in its Underlying Index. The Adviser’s investment
strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may
cause the Fund to underperform the market or its relevant benchmark or adversely
affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment
objective.
Tracking
Error Risk: Tracking error may occur because of
differences between the instruments held in the Fund's portfolio and those
included in the Underlying Index, pricing differences, transaction costs
incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of uninvested cash, size of the Fund,
differences in timing of the accrual of or the valuation of dividends or
interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the Underlying Index or the costs to
the Fund of complying with various new or existing regulatory requirements. This
risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other
unusual market conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund
incurs fees and expenses, while the Underlying Index does
not.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds:
As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk: The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may
act as Authorized Participants and engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, Shares may be more
likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask
spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting from an
exchange.
Large
Shareholder Risk: Redemptions
by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. If a
large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its Shares, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain sufficient assets to
continue operations in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to
liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account
for a large percentage of the trading volume on a national securities exchange
and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market
price of the Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk: The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount
Risks: Shares of the Fund are publicly traded
on a national securities exchange, which may subject shareholders to numerous
market trading risks. In stressed market conditions, the market for the Shares
may become less liquid in response to the deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s
portfolio. This adverse effect on the liquidity of the Shares, as well as
disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of extreme market
volatility or potential lack of assets in the Fund or an active trading market
for Shares may result in Shares trading at a significant premium or discount to
NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a time when the market price is at a
premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time when the market price is at a
discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain losses. The NAV of the Fund is
calculated at the end of each business day and fluctuates with changes in the
market value of the Fund’s holdings. The trading price of the Fund’s Shares
fluctuates, in some cases materially, throughout trading hours in response to
changes in the Fund’s NAV.
Trading
Halt Risk:
An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities,
or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be
unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial trading
losses.
Turnover
Risk: The
Fund may engage in frequent and active trading, which may significantly increase
the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate. At
times, the Fund may have a portfolio turnover rate substantially greater than
100%. For example, a portfolio turnover rate of 300%
is equivalent to the Fund buying and selling all of its securities three times
during the course of a year. A
high portfolio turnover rate would result in
high brokerage costs for the Fund, may result in higher taxes when Shares are
held in a taxable account and lower Fund
performance.
Valuation
Risk: The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ
from the Fund’s valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by
the Underlying Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or
volatile markets or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as
during trading halts). The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio
may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the
Fund's Shares.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
The bar chart and table that follow show how the Fund
performed on a calendar year basis and provide an indication of the risks of
investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to
year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for the indicated
periods compare with the Fund's broad-based benchmark index, which reflects a
broad measure of market performance, and the Underlying Index, which the Fund
seeks to track. The Fund's
past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily indicative of how
the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance
information is available online at www.globalxetfs.com.
The
Fund operated as the Horizons NASDAQ 100®
Covered Call ETF (the "Predecessor Fund"), a series of Horizons ETF Trust I,
prior to the Fund's acquisition of the assets and assumption of the liabilities
of the Predecessor Fund on December 24, 2018 (the "Reorganization"). As a result
of the Reorganization, the Fund assumed the performance and accounting history
of the Predecessor Fund. Accordingly, performance figures for the Fund for
periods prior to the date of the Reorganization represent the performance of the
Predecessor Fund.
Annual Total Returns
(Years Ended December 31)
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Best
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6/30/2020 |
12.94% |
Worst
Quarter: |
3/31/2020 |
-16.43% |
Average Annual
Total Returns (for the Periods Ended December 31,
2024)
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Year Ended December 31, 2024 |
Five
Years Ended December 31, 2024 |
Ten
Years Ended December 31, 2024 |
Global
X NASDAQ 100®
Covered Call ETF:1 |
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·Return
before taxes |
19.13% |
7.30% |
8.57% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions2 |
13.12% |
4.57% |
5.68% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund Shares2 |
11.05% |
4.40% |
5.37% |
S&P
500 Index (TR)3
(Index returns reflects invested dividends net of
withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
25.02% |
14.53% |
13.10% |
Cboe
NASDAQ-100®
BuyWrite V2 Index4
(Index returns do not reflect deduction for fees,
expenses, or taxes) |
19.96% |
8.05% |
9.49% |
NASDAQ-100®
Index (USD)
(Index returns do not reflect deduction for fees,
expenses, or taxes) |
25.88% |
20.18% |
18.53% |
1
Performance
shown for periods prior to December 24, 2018, reflects that of the Predecessor
Fund.
2
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical
highest individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the
impact of state and local taxes. Your
actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may
differ from those shown above. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors
who hold Shares of the Fund through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k)
plans or individual retirement accounts (IRAs).
3
As of
October 2024, pursuant to new regulatory requirements, the Fund changed its
broad-based securities market benchmark from the NASDAQ 100 Total Return Index
to the S&P 500 Index (TR) to reflect that the S&P 500 Index (TR) is more
broadly representative of the overall applicable securities
market.
4
Performance reflects the
performance of the Cboe NASDAQ-100®
BuyWrite Index through October 14, 2015 and Cboe NASDAQ-100®
BuyWrite V2 Index thereafter.
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser:
Global X Management Company LLC.
Portfolio
Managers: The
professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the Fund
are Nam To, CFA; Wayne Xie; Vanessa Yang, CFA; and Sandy Lu, CFA (“Portfolio
Managers”). Mr. To has been Portfolio Manager of the Fund since the Fund's
inception in December 2018 and had managed the Predecessor Fund since October
2018. Mr. Xie has been Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 1, 2019. Ms.
Yang has been Portfolio Manager of the Fund since December 2020. Mr. Lu has been
a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since March 2022.
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Fund are or will be listed and traded at market prices on a national
securities exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange
through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and
because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade
at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only
“Authorized Participants” (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into
agreements with the Fund’s distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co.
(“Distributor”), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with
the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that have been aggregated
into blocks called Creation Units. The Fund will issue or redeem Creation Units
in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies any day
that the national securities exchanges are open for business (“Business Day”).
An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest
price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and the
lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when
buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). To
access information regarding the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums
and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, please go to https://www.globalxetfs.com.
TAX
INFORMATION
The
Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income
or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement,
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA"), in which case
distributions from such tax-advantaged arrangement may be taxable to you.
PAYMENTS
TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The
Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial
intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of Fund Shares and related
services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your
broker-dealer, sales persons or other intermediary or its employees or
associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more
information.
Global X Russell 2000
Covered Call ETF
Ticker:
RYLD Exchange: NYSE Arca
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE
The
Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF (the "Fund") seeks to provide investment
results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before
fees and expenses, of the Cboe Russell 2000 BuyWrite Index (the "Underlying
Index").
FEES AND
EXPENSES
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you
buy, hold, and sell shares (“Shares”) of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such
as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are
not reflected in the table and examples below.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment):
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Management
Fees: |
0.60% |
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees: |
None |
Other
Expenses: |
0.00% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses: |
0.60% |
Example:
The following example is intended to help you
compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other
funds. This example does not take into account customary brokerage commissions
that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund in the secondary
market. The example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell
all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses
remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
these assumptions, your costs would be:
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One
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Three
Years |
Five
Years |
Ten
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$61 |
$192 |
$335 |
$750 |
Portfolio
Turnover:
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as
commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio).
A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may
result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs,
which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example,
affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's
portfolio turnover rate was 105.44% of the average value of its
portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES
The
Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in component securities of the
Cboe Russell 2000 BuyWrite Index (the "Underlying Index") or in investments that
have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic
characteristics of such component securities, either individually or in the
aggregate. The Fund's 80% investment policy is non-fundamental and requires 60
days prior written notice to shareholders before it can be changed.
The
Underlying Index measures the performance of a theoretical portfolio that holds
a portfolio of the stocks included in the Russell 2000 Index (the "Reference
Index"), and "writes" (or sells) a succession of one-month at-the-money covered
call options on the Reference Index. The written covered call options on the
Reference Index are held until expiration. The Reference Index is an equity
benchmark which measures the performance of the small-capitalization sector of
the U.S. equity market, as defined by FTSE Russell (the "Index Provider"). In
seeking to track the Underlying Index, the Fund follows a "buy-write" (also
called a covered call) investment strategy on the Reference Index in which the
Fund purchases the component securities of the Reference Index or purchases
other investments (including other underlying ETFs) that have economic
characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics
of such component securities, and also writes (or sells) call options that
correspond to the Reference Index.
Each
calendar month, the Fund will write (sell) a succession of one-month call
options on the Reference Index and will cover such options by holding the
component securities of the Reference Index, or in investments that have
economic characteristics with substantially identical economic characteristics
of such component securities, either individually or in the aggregate. Each
option
written will (i) have an exercise price generally at or above the prevailing
market price of the Reference Index; (ii) be traded on a national securities
exchange; (iii) be held until expiration (i.e., generally the third Friday of
the month) and be settled based on the final settlement price of the option;
(iv) expire on its date of maturity (in the next calendar month); (v) only be
subject to exercise on its expiration date; and (vi) be settled in
cash.
In
return for the payment of a premium to the Fund, a purchaser of the call options
written by the Fund is entitled to receive a cash payment from the Fund equal to
the difference between the value of the Reference Index and the exercise price
of the option if the value of the option on the expiration date is above its
exercise price. The Fund's covered call options may partially protect the Fund
from a decline in the price of the Reference Index through means of the premiums
received by the Fund. However, when the equity market is rallying rapidly, the
Underlying Index is expected to underperform the Reference Index.
The
Underlying Index is sponsored by the FTSE Russell Index Provider, which is an
organization that is independent of, and unaffiliated with, the Fund and Global
X Management Company LLC, the investment adviser for the Fund (the "Adviser").
The Fund's investment objective and Underlying Index may be changed without
shareholder approval. The Index Provider determines the relative weighting of
the securities in the underlying index and publishes or designates a third-party
index calculation agent to publish information regarding the market value of the
Underlying Index.
The
Adviser uses a "passive" or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund's
investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to
outperform the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions
when markets decline or appear overvalued.
The
Fund generally uses a representative sampling strategy with respect to the
Underlying Index. "Representative sampling" is an indexing strategy that
involves investing in a representative sample of securities (including indirect
investments through underlying ETFs) that collectively has an investment profile
similar to the Underlying Index in terms of key risk factors, performance
attributes and other characteristics. Underlying ETFs may constitute a
substantial portion of the Fund's assets. These include country weightings,
market capitalization and other financial characteristics of securities. Under
normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Fund's total assets will be invested
in component securities of the Underlying Index or in investments that have
economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic
characteristics of such component securities, either individually or in the
aggregate. The Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the
Fund's performance and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses,
will exceed 95%. A correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect
correlation.
The
Fund concentrates its investments (i.e.,
hold 25% or more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of
industries to approximately the same extent that the Underlying Index is
concentrated. As of December 31, 2024, the Underlying Index was not
concentrated in any industry.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL
RISKS
As with any
investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the
Fund’s performance could trail that of other investments. There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and it is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency, the Adviser or any of its affiliates. The
Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely
affect the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and ability to meet its investment objective, as well as other risks that are
described in greater detail in the Additional
Information About the Funds
section of the Fund's Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information
(“SAI”).
Asset
Class Risk:
Securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or otherwise held in the
Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities
markets, a particular securities market or other asset classes.
Derivatives
Risk:
The Fund will invest in options, a type of derivative instrument. Derivatives
can be more sensitive to changes in interest rates or to sudden fluctuations in
market prices than conventional securities, which can result in greater losses
for the Fund. In addition, the prices of the derivative instruments and the
prices of underlying securities, interest rates or currencies they are designed
to reflect may not move together as expected. A risk of the Fund’s use of
derivatives is that the fluctuations in their values may not correlate perfectly
with the relevant reference index. Derivatives are usually traded on margin,
which may subject the Fund to margin calls. Margin calls may force the Fund to
liquidate assets. If a counterparty to an options contract entered into by the
Fund becomes bankrupt or fails to perform its obligations, or if any collateral
posted by the counterparty for the benefit of the Fund is insufficient or there
are delays in the Fund’s ability to access such collateral, the value of an
investment in the Fund may decline. Further, the market for certain investments,
such as options contracts, may become illiquid under adverse market or economic
conditions independent of any specific adverse changes in the
conditions of a particular issuer. If the Fund needed to sell a large block of
illiquid securities to meet shareholder redemption request or to raise cash,
these sales could further reduce the securities’ prices and adversely affect
performance of the Fund.
Equity
Securities Risk: Equity securities are subject to changes in value, and their values
may be more volatile than other asset classes, as a result of such factors as a
company’s business performance, investor perceptions, stock market trends and
general economic conditions.
ETF
Investment Risk: While
the risks of owning shares of an underlying ETF generally reflect the risks of
owning the underlying securities of the index the ETF is designed to track, lack
of liquidity in the underlying ETF can result in its value being more volatile
than the underlying portfolio securities. Because the value of an underlying
ETF's shares depends on the demand in the market, the Adviser may not be able to
liquidate the Fund’s holdings in those shares at the most optimal time, thereby
adversely affecting the Fund’s performance. An underlying ETF may experience
tracking error in relation to the index tracked by the underlying ETF. In
addition, an underlying ETF's shares may trade at a premium or discount to NAV.
In
addition, investments in the securities of underlying ETFs may involve
duplication of advisory fees and certain other expenses. The Fund will pay
brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase and sale of shares of the
underlying ETFs, which could result in greater expenses to the Fund. By
investing in an underlying ETF, the Fund becomes a shareholder thereof. As a
result, Fund shareholders indirectly bear the Fund’s proportionate share of the
fees and expenses indirectly paid by shareholders of the underlying ETF, in
addition to the fees and expenses Fund shareholders indirectly bear in
connection with the Fund’s own operations.
If the underlying ETF fails to achieve
its investment objective, the value of the Fund’s investment may decline,
adversely affecting the Fund’s performance. Additionally, some ETFs are not
registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”) and therefore,
are not subject to the regulatory scheme and investor protections of the 1940
Act.
Capitalization
Risk:
Investing in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the
risk that the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or
investor sentiment.
Mid-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Mid-capitalization
companies may have greater price volatility, lower trading volume and less
liquidity than large-capitalization companies. In addition, mid-capitalization
companies may have smaller revenues, narrower product lines, less management
depth and experience, smaller shares of their product or service markets, fewer
financial resources and less competitive strength than large-capitalization
companies.
Small-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Compared to mid- and
large-capitalization companies, small-capitalization companies may be less
stable and more susceptible to adverse developments, and their securities may be
more volatile and less liquid.
Covered
Call Option Writing Risk: By writing covered call options in return for the receipt of
premiums, the Fund will give up the opportunity to benefit from potential
increases in the value of the Reference Index above the exercise prices of such
options, but will continue to bear the risk of declines in the value of the
Reference Index. The premiums received from the options may not be sufficient to
offset any losses sustained from the volatility of the underlying stocks over
time. As a result, the risks associated with writing covered call options may be
similar to the risks associated with writing put options. In addition, the
Fund’s ability to sell the securities underlying the options will be limited
while the options are in effect unless the Fund cancels out the option positions
through the purchase of offsetting identical options prior to the expiration of
the written options. Exchanges may suspend the trading of options in volatile
markets. If trading is suspended, the Fund may be unable to write options at
times that may be desirable or advantageous to do so, which may increase the
risk of tracking error.
Cybersecurity
Risk:
With the increased use of technologies such as the Internet to conduct business,
the Fund, like all companies, may be susceptible to operational, information
security and related risks. Cybersecurity incidents involving the Fund and its
service providers (including, without limitation, the Adviser, fund accountant,
custodian, transfer agent and financial intermediaries) have the ability to
cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially resulting in
financial losses, impediments to trading, the inability of Fund shareholders to
transact business, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory
fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation
costs, and/or additional compliance costs. Similar adverse consequences could
result from cybersecurity incidents affecting issuers of securities in which the
Fund invests, counterparties with which the Fund engages, governmental and other
regulatory authorities, exchanges
and
other financial market operators, banks, brokers, dealers, insurance companies,
other financial institutions and other parties. The Fund and its shareholders
could be negatively impacted as a result.
Focus
Risk:
To the extent that the Underlying Index focuses in investments related to a
particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will also focus its
investments to approximately the same extent. Similarly, if the Underlying Index
has significant exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund’s investments will
likely have significant exposure to such sectors. In such event, the Fund’s
performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events impacting such
industry or sector, which may include, but are not limited to, the following:
general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively
affect supply and demand; competition for resources; adverse labor relations;
political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and increased
competition or new product introductions that may affect the profitability or
viability of companies in a particular industry or sector. As a result, the
value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more than the value of shares
of a fund that invests in securities of companies in a broader range of
industries or sectors.
Geographic
Risk: A
natural, biological or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in
which the Fund invests, which could affect the economy or particular business
operations of companies in the specific geographic region, causing an adverse
impact on the Fund’s investments in the affected region or in a region
economically tied to the affected region. The securities in which the Fund
invests and, consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks as a
result of their business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in Developed Markets:
The Fund’s investment in a developed country issuer may subject the Fund to
regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks associated
with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a significant
portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower economic
growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries have
experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Incidents involving a country’s or region’s security may cause
uncertainty in its markets and may adversely affect its economy and the Fund’s
investments. In addition, developed countries may be impacted by changes to the
economic conditions of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt
burdens and the price or availability of certain
commodities.
Risk
of Investing in the United States: A decrease in imports or exports,
changes in trade regulations and/or an economic recession in the U.S. may have a
material adverse effect on the U.S. economy.
Issuer
Risk: Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies
in which the Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those
companies may cause the value of such company's securities to
decline.
Market
Risk: Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may
negatively affect issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. If
the securities held by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be
unable to transact at advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the
Fund’s returns. In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central
governments and governmental agencies, including the U.S. Federal Reserve or the
European Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could
cause increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of
Fund redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative
impact on the Fund. Beginning in early 2025, the U.S. government’s threats to
impose tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada has heightened tension among
trading partners. Further, in response to the U.S. government’s announcement of
tariffs on goods from China, the Chinese government has countered with tariffs
on U.S. goods, marking the beginning of a potential trade war between the
countries. Tariffs on imported goods may increase the cost of certain products
and household items, which may in turn dampen consumer spending and result in
decreased confidence in the markets. The possibility of additional tariffs being
imposed or the outbreak of a trade war may further adversely impact U.S. and
international markets. Additionally, political uncertainty regarding U.S.
policy, including the U.S. government’s approach to trade, may also impact the
markets. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war, acts of
terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues,
recessions, raising of interest rates, or other events could have a significant
impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of its Shares. This increases
the risk that monetary policy may provide less support should economic growth
slow. Market risk factors may result in increased volatility and/or decreased
liquidity in the securities markets. The Fund’s NAV could decline over short
periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market
downturns.
Operational
Risk:
The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of factors,
including but not limited to human error, processing and communication errors,
errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other third-parties,
failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems failures. Additionally,
cyber security failures or breaches of the electronic systems of the Fund, the
Adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market makers, Authorized
Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests have the
ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's business
operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to the Fund and its
shareholders. The Fund and the Adviser seek to
reduce these operational risks through controls and procedures.
However, these measures do not address every possible risk and may be inadequate
for those risks that they are intended to address.
Options
Premium Tax Risk:
The Fund’s investment strategy may limit its ability to distribute dividends
eligible for treatment as qualified dividend income, which for non-corporate
shareholders are subject to federal income tax at rates of up to 20% plus the
3.8% Medicare tax. The Fund’s investment strategy may also limit its ability to
distribute dividends eligible for the dividends-received deduction for corporate
shareholders. For these reasons, a significant portion of distributions received
by Fund shareholders may be subject to tax at effective tax rates that are
higher than the rates that would apply if the Fund were to engage in a different
investment strategy. You should consult your tax advisor as to the tax
consequences of acquiring, owning and disposing of Shares in the
Fund.
Passive
Investment Risk:
The Fund is not actively managed, and the Adviser does not attempt to take
defensive positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the
Fund does not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, it would not
necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed,
respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is
underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were
removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the
Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining
investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of
individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund
employed an active strategy.
Index-Related
Risk: There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of
correlation to the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment
objective. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse
effect on the Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in
order to track the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations
and/or the construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its
methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected
by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse
impact on the Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk: The Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold
securities not included in its Underlying Index. The Adviser’s investment
strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may
cause the Fund to underperform the market or its relevant benchmark or adversely
affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment
objective.
Tracking
Error Risk: Tracking error may occur because of
differences between the instruments held in the Fund's portfolio and those
included in the Underlying Index, pricing differences, transaction costs
incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of uninvested cash, size of the Fund,
differences in timing of the accrual of or the valuation of dividends or
interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the Underlying Index or the costs to
the Fund of complying with various new or existing regulatory requirements. This
risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other
unusual market conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund
incurs fees and expenses, while the Underlying Index does
not.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds:
As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk: The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may
act as Authorized Participants and engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, Shares may be more
likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask
spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting from an
exchange.
Large
Shareholder Risk: Redemptions
by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. If a
large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its Shares, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain sufficient assets to
continue operations in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to
liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account
for a large percentage of the trading volume on a national securities exchange
and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market
price of the Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk: The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount
Risks: Shares of the Fund are publicly traded
on a national securities exchange, which may subject shareholders to numerous
market trading risks. In stressed market conditions, the market for the Shares
may become less liquid in response to the deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s
portfolio. This adverse effect on the liquidity of the Shares, as well as
disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of extreme market
volatility or potential lack of assets in the Fund or an active trading market
for Shares may result in Shares trading at a significant premium or discount to
NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a time when the market price is at a
premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time when the market price is at a
discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain losses. The NAV of the Fund is
calculated at the end of each business day and fluctuates with changes in the
market value of the Fund’s holdings. The trading price of the Fund’s Shares
fluctuates, in some cases materially, throughout trading hours in response to
changes in the Fund’s NAV.
Trading
Halt Risk:
An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities,
or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be
unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial trading
losses.
Turnover
Risk: The
Fund may engage in frequent and active trading, which may significantly increase
the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate. At
times, the Fund may have a portfolio turnover rate substantially greater than
100%. For example, a portfolio turnover rate of 300%
is equivalent to the Fund buying and selling all of its securities three times
during the course of a year. A
high portfolio turnover rate would result in
high brokerage costs for the Fund, may result in higher taxes when Shares are
held in a taxable account and lower Fund
performance.
Valuation
Risk: The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ
from the Fund’s valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by
the Underlying Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or
volatile markets or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as
during trading halts). The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio
may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the
Fund's Shares.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
The bar chart and table that follow show how the Fund
performed on a calendar year basis and provide an indication of the risks of
investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to
year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for the indicated
periods compare with the Fund's broad-based benchmark index, which reflects a
broad measure of market performance, and the Underlying Index, which the Fund
seeks to track. The Fund's
past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily indicative of how
the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance
information is available online at www.globalxetfs.com.
Annual Total Returns
(Years Ended December 31)
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Best
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6/30/2020 |
18.89% |
Worst
Quarter: |
3/31/2020 |
-31.81% |
Average Annual
Total Returns (for the Periods Ended December 31,
2024)
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Year Ended December 31, 2024 |
Five
Years Ended December 31, 2024 |
Since
Inception (4/17/2019) |
Global
X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF: |
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·Return
before taxes |
10.12% |
3.20% |
4.31% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions1 |
9.22% |
1.40% |
2.27% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund Shares1 |
5.99% |
1.69% |
2.46% |
S&P
500 Index (TR)2
(Index returns reflects invested dividends net of
withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
25.02% |
14.53% |
15.03% |
Cboe
Russell 2000 BuyWrite Index
(Index returns reflects invested dividends net of
withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
10.98% |
3.92% |
5.13% |
Russell
2000 Index (USD)
(Index returns reflects invested dividends net of
withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
11.54% |
7.40% |
7.82% |
1
After-tax
returns are calculated using the historical highest individual U.S. federal
marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the impact of state and local
taxes. Your
actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may
differ from those shown above. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors
who hold Shares of the Fund through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k)
plans or individual retirement accounts
(IRAs).
2
As of
October 2024, pursuant to new regulatory requirements, the Fund changed its
broad-based securities market benchmark from the Russell 2000 Index to the
S&P 500 Index (TR) to reflect that the S&P 500 Index (TR) is more
broadly representative of the overall applicable securities
market.
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser:
Global X Management Company LLC.
Portfolio
Managers:
The professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the
Fund are Nam To, CFA; Wayne Xie; Vanessa Yang, CFA; and Sandy Lu, CFA
(“Portfolio Managers”). Messrs. To and Xie have been Portfolio Managers of the
Fund since the Fund's inception. Ms. Yang has been a Portfolio Manager of the
Fund since December 2020. Mr. Lu has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since
March 2022.
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Fund are or will be listed and traded at market prices on a national
securities exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange
through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and
because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade
at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only
“Authorized Participants” (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into
agreements with the Fund’s distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co.
(“Distributor”), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with
the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that have been aggregated
into blocks called Creation Units. The Fund will issue or redeem Creation Units
in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies any day
that the national securities exchanges are open for business (“Business Day”).
An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest
price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and the
lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when
buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). To
access information regarding the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums
and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, please go to https://www.globalxetfs.com.
TAX
INFORMATION
The
Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income
or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement,
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA"), in which case
distributions from such tax-advantaged arrangement may be taxable to you.
PAYMENTS
TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The
Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial
intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of Fund Shares and related
services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your
broker-dealer, sales persons or other intermediary or its employees or
associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary’s website for more
information.
Global
X Nasdaq 100®
Covered Call & Growth ETF
Ticker:
QYLG Exchange: NASDAQ
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE
The
Global X Nasdaq 100®
Covered Call & Growth ETF (the "Fund") seeks to provide investment results
that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and
expenses, of the Cboe Nasdaq 100 Half BuyWrite V2 Index (the "Underlying
Index").
FEES AND
EXPENSES
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you
buy, hold, and sell shares (“Shares”) of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such
as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are
not reflected in the table and examples below.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment):
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Management
Fees:1 |
0.35% |
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees: |
None |
Other
Expenses: |
0.00% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses: |
0.35% |
1
Management fees have been restated to reflect current
fees.
Example:
The following example is intended to help you
compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other
funds. This example does not take into account customary brokerage commissions
that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund in the secondary
market. The example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell
all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses
remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
these assumptions, your costs would be:
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One
Year |
Three
Years |
Five
Years |
Ten
Years |
$36 |
$113 |
$197 |
$443 |
Portfolio
Turnover:
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as
commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio).
A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may
result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs,
which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example,
affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's
portfolio turnover rate was 14.82% of the average value of its
portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES
The
Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the Cboe
Nasdaq 100 Half BuyWrite V2 Index (the "Underlying Index"). The Fund's 80%
investment policy is non-fundamental and requires 60 days prior written notice
to shareholders before it can be changed.
The
Underlying Index measures the performance of a theoretical portfolio that holds
a portfolio of the stocks included in the NASDAQ 100®
Index (the "Reference Index"), and "writes" (or sells) a succession of one-month
at-the-money covered call options on the Reference Index. The written covered
call options on the Reference Index correspond to approximately 50% of the value
of the portfolio of stocks in the Reference Index. The written covered call
options on the Reference Index are held until one day prior to expiration. The
Reference Index is a modified market capitalization weighted index containing
equity securities of the 100 largest non-financial companies listed on the
NASDAQ Stock Market. Modified capitalization weighting seeks to weight
constituents primarily based on market capitalization, but subject to caps on
the weights of the individual securities. Generally speaking, this approach will
limit the amount of concentration in the largest market capitalization companies
and increase company-level diversification. In seeking to track the Underlying
Index, the Fund follows a "buy-write" investment strategy on the Reference Index
in which the Fund purchases the component securities of the Reference Index and
also writes (or sells) call options that correspond to approximately 50% of the
value of the portfolio of stocks in the Reference Index. By only writing call
options on approximately 50% of the value of the portfolio of stocks in the
Reference
Index,
the strategy can provide income generation from the call options while allowing
for some potential upside exposure to the growth of the underlying constituents
of the Reference Index, relative to a 100% covered call strategy.
Each
calendar month, the Fund will write (sell) a succession of one-month call
options corresponding to approximately 50% of the value of the portfolio of
stocks in the Reference Index and will cover such options by holding the
component securities of the Reference Index. Each option written will (i) have
an exercise price generally at or above the prevailing market price of the
Reference Index; (ii) be traded on a national securities exchange; (iii) be held
until one day prior to the expiration date (i.e., generally the Thursday
preceding the third Friday of the month) and are liquidated at a volume-weighted
average price determined at the close (unless the Fund "closes out" the option
through the repurchase of the option at the market close on the last day of
trading); (iv) expire on its date of maturity (in the next calendar month); (v)
only be subject to exercise on its expiration date; and (vi) be settled in cash.
In
return for the payment of a premium to the Fund, a purchaser of the call options
written by the Fund is entitled to receive a cash payment from the Fund equal to
the difference between the value of the Reference Index and the exercise price
of the option if the value of the option on the expiration date is above its
exercise price. The Fund's covered call options may partially protect the Fund
from a decline in the price of the Reference Index through means of the premiums
received by the Fund. However, when the equity market is rallying rapidly, the
Underlying Index is expected to underperform the Reference Index.
The
Underlying Index is sponsored by Nasdaq, Inc. (the "Index Provider"), which is
an organization that is independent of, and unaffiliated with, the Fund and
Global X Management Company LLC, the investment adviser for the Fund (the
"Adviser"). The Fund's investment objective and Underlying Index may be changed
without shareholder approval. The Index Provider determines the relative
weightings of the securities in the underlying index and publishes or designates
a third-party index calculation agent to publish information regarding the
market value of the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser uses a "passive" or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund's
investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to
outperform the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions
when markets decline or appear overvalued.
The
Fund generally will use a replication strategy. A replication strategy is an
indexing strategy that involves investing in the securities of the Underlying
Index in approximately the same proportions as in the Underlying Index. However,
the Fund may utilize a representative sampling strategy with respect to the
Underlying Index when a replication strategy might be detrimental or
disadvantageous to shareholders, such as when there are practical difficulties
or substantial costs involved in compiling a portfolio of equity securities to
replicate the Underlying Index, in instances in which a security in the
Underlying Index becomes temporarily illiquid, unavailable or less liquid, or as
a result of legal restrictions or limitations (such as tax diversification
requirements) that apply to the Fund but not the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund's performance
and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses, will exceed 95%. A
correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect correlation. If the Fund
uses a replication strategy, it can be expected to have greater correlation to
the Underlying Index than if it uses a representative sampling
strategy.
The Fund
concentrates its investments (i.e., holds 25% or more of its total assets) in a
particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that
the Underlying Index is concentrated. As of December 31, 2024, the
Underlying Index had significant exposure to the information technology
sector. The Fund is classified as “non-diversified,” which means
it may invest a larger percentage of its assets in a smaller number of issuers
than a diversified fund.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL
RISKS
As with any
investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the
Fund’s performance could trail that of other investments. There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and it is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency, the Adviser or any of its affiliates. The
Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely
affect the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and ability to meet its investment objective, as well as other risks that are
described in greater detail in the Additional
Information About the Funds
section of the Fund's Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information
(“SAI”).
Asset
Class Risk:
Securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or otherwise held in the
Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities
markets, a particular securities market or other asset classes.
Depositary
Receipts Risk: The
Fund may invest in depositary receipts, such as ADRs and GDRs. Depositary
receipts may be subject to certain of the risks associated with direct
investments in the securities of foreign companies. For additional details on
these risks, please see Foreign
Securities Risk.
Moreover, depositary receipts may not track the price of the underlying foreign
securities on which they are based. A holder of depositary receipts may
also be subject to fees and the credit risk of the financial institution acting
as depositary.
Derivatives
Risk: The Fund will invest in options, a type of derivative instrument.
Derivatives can be more sensitive to changes in interest rates or to sudden
fluctuations in market prices than conventional securities, which can result in
greater losses for the Fund. In addition, the prices of the derivative
instruments and the prices of underlying securities, interest rates or
currencies they are designed to reflect may not move together as expected. A
risk of the Fund’s use of derivatives is that the fluctuations in their values
may not correlate perfectly with the relevant reference index. Derivatives are
usually traded on margin, which may subject the Fund to margin calls. Margin
calls may force the Fund to liquidate assets. If a counterparty to an options
contract entered into by the Fund becomes bankrupt or fails to perform its
obligations, or if any collateral posted by the counterparty for the benefit of
the Fund is insufficient or there are delays in the Fund’s ability to access
such collateral, the value of an investment in the Fund may decline. Further,
the market for certain investments, such as options contracts, may become
illiquid under adverse market or economic conditions independent of any specific
adverse changes in the conditions of a particular issuer. If the Fund needed to
sell a large block of illiquid securities to meet shareholder redemption request
or to raise cash, these sales could further reduce the securities’ prices and
adversely affect performance of the Fund.
Equity
Securities Risk: Equity securities are subject to
changes in value, and their values may be more volatile than other asset
classes, as a result of such factors as a company’s business performance,
investor perceptions, stock market trends and general economic
conditions.
Capitalization
Risk:
Investing in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the
risk that the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or
investor sentiment.
Large-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Large-capitalization
companies may trail the returns of the overall stock market.
Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better - or worse
- than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for
as long as several years.
Covered
Call Option Writing Risk: By writing covered call options in return for the receipt of
premiums, the Fund will give up the opportunity to benefit from potential
increases in the value of the Reference Index above the exercise prices of such
options, but will continue to bear the risk of declines in the value of the
Reference Index. The premiums received from the options may not be sufficient to
offset any losses sustained from the volatility of the underlying stocks over
time. As a result, the risks associated with writing covered call options may be
similar to the risks associated with writing put options. In addition, the
Fund’s ability to sell the securities underlying the options will be limited
while the options are in effect unless the Fund cancels out the option positions
through the purchase of offsetting identical options prior to the expiration of
the written options. Exchanges may suspend the trading of options in volatile
markets. If trading is suspended, the Fund may be unable to write options at
times that may be desirable or advantageous to do so, which may increase the
risk of tracking error.
Cybersecurity
Risk:
With the increased use of technologies such as the Internet to conduct business,
the Fund, like all companies, may be susceptible to operational, information
security and related risks. Cybersecurity incidents involving the Fund and its
service providers (including, without limitation, the Adviser, fund accountant,
custodian, transfer agent and financial intermediaries) have the ability to
cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially resulting in
financial losses, impediments to trading, the inability of Fund shareholders to
transact business, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory
fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation
costs, and/or additional compliance costs. Similar adverse consequences could
result from cybersecurity incidents affecting issuers of securities in which the
Fund invests, counterparties with which the Fund engages, governmental and other
regulatory authorities, exchanges and other financial market operators, banks,
brokers, dealers, insurance companies, other financial institutions and other
parties. The Fund and its shareholders could be negatively impacted as a
result.
Focus
Risk:
To the extent that the Underlying Index focuses in investments related to a
particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will also focus its
investments to approximately the same extent. Similarly, if the Underlying Index
has significant exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund’s investments will
likely have significant exposure to such sectors. In such event, the Fund’s
performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events impacting such
industry or sector, which may include, but are not limited to, the following:
general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively
affect supply and demand; competition for resources; adverse labor relations;
political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and increased
competition or new product introductions that may affect the profitability or
viability of companies
in
a particular industry or sector. As a result, the value of the Fund’s
investments may rise and fall more than the value of shares of a fund that
invests in securities of companies in a broader range of industries or sectors.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Information Technology Sector: Companies
in the information technology sector are subject to rapid changes in technology
product cycles; rapid product obsolescence; government regulation; and increased
competition, both domestically and internationally, including competition from
foreign competitors with lower production costs. Information technology
companies and companies that rely heavily on technology tend to be more volatile
than the overall market and also are heavily dependent on patent and
intellectual property rights. In addition, information technology companies may
have limited product lines, markets, financial resources or
personnel.
Foreign
Securities Risk:
The Fund may invest, within U.S. regulations, in foreign securities. The Fund's
investments in foreign securities can be riskier than U.S. securities
investments. Investments in the securities of foreign issuers (including
investments in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) and Global Depositary
Receipts (“GDRs”)) are subject to the risks associated with investing in those
foreign markets, such as heightened risks of inflation or nationalization. The
prices of foreign securities and the prices of U.S. securities have, at times,
moved in opposite directions. In addition, securities of foreign issuers may
lose value due to political, economic and geographic events affecting a foreign
issuer or market. During periods of social, political or economic instability in
a country or region, the value of a foreign security traded on U.S. exchanges
could be affected by, among other factors, increasing price volatility,
illiquidity, or the closure of the primary market on which the security (or the
security underlying the ADR or GDR) is traded. The Fund may lose money due to
political, economic and geographic events affecting a foreign issuer or market.
Where all or a portion of the Fund's underlying securities trade in a market
that is closed when the market in which the Fund's Shares are listed and trading
is open, there may be differences between the last quote from the security’s
closed foreign market and the value of the security during the Fund’s domestic
trading day. This, in turn, could lead to differences between the market price
of the Fund’s Shares and the underlying value of those
shares.
Geographic
Risk: A
natural, biological or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in
which the Fund invests, which could affect the economy or particular business
operations of companies in the specific geographic region, causing an adverse
impact on the Fund’s investments in the affected region or in a region
economically tied to the affected region. The securities in which the Fund
invests and, consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks as a
result of their business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in Developed Markets:
The Fund’s investment in a developed country issuer may subject the Fund to
regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks associated
with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a significant
portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower economic
growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries have
experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Incidents involving a country’s or region’s security may cause
uncertainty in its markets and may adversely affect its economy and the Fund’s
investments. In addition, developed countries may be impacted by changes to the
economic conditions of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt
burdens and the price or availability of certain
commodities.
Risk
of Investing in the United States: A decrease in imports or exports,
changes in trade regulations and/or an economic recession in the U.S. may have a
material adverse effect on the U.S. economy.
Issuer
Risk: Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies
in which the Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those
companies may cause the value of such company's securities to
decline.
Market
Risk:
Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may negatively affect
issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. If the securities held
by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be unable to transact at
advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the Fund’s returns. In
addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central governments and
governmental agencies, including the U.S. Federal Reserve or the European
Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could cause
increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of Fund
redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative impact on
the Fund. Beginning in early 2025, the U.S. government’s threats to impose
tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada has heightened tension among trading
partners. Further, in response to the U.S. government’s announcement of tariffs
on goods from China, the Chinese government has countered with tariffs on U.S.
goods, marking the beginning of a potential trade war between the countries.
Tariffs on imported goods may increase the cost of certain products and
household items, which may in turn dampen consumer spending and result in
decreased confidence in the markets. The possibility of additional tariffs being
imposed or the outbreak of a trade war may further adversely impact U.S. and
international markets. Additionally, political uncertainty regarding U.S.
policy, including the U.S. government’s approach to trade, may also impact the
markets. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war, acts of
terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues,
recessions, raising of interest rates, or other
events could have a significant impact on the Fund and its
investments and trading of its Shares. This increases the risk that monetary
policy may provide less support should economic growth slow. Market risk factors
may result in increased volatility and/or decreased liquidity in the securities
markets. The Fund’s NAV could decline over short periods due to short-term
market movements and over longer periods during market
downturns.
Non-Diversification
Risk:
The Fund is classified as a “non-diversified” investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act"). As a result, the Fund is subject to
the risk that it may be more volatile than a diversified fund because the Fund
may invest its assets in a smaller number of issuers or may invest a larger
proportion of its assets in a single issuer. As a result, the gains and losses
on a single investment may have a greater impact on the Fund’s NAV and may make
the Fund more volatile than more diversified funds.
Operational
Risk: The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of
factors, including but not limited to human error, processing and communication
errors, errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other
third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems
failures. Additionally, cyber security failures or breaches of the electronic
systems of the Fund, the Adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market
makers, Authorized Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund
invests have the ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's
business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to the Fund and
its shareholders. The Fund and the Adviser seek to reduce these operational
risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address
every possible risk and may be inadequate for those risks that they are intended
to address.
Options
Premium Tax Risk:
The Fund’s investment strategy may limit its ability to distribute dividends
eligible for treatment as qualified dividend income, which for non-corporate
shareholders are subject to federal income tax at rates of up to 20% plus the
3.8% Medicare tax. The Fund’s investment strategy may also limit its ability to
distribute dividends eligible for the dividends-received deduction for corporate
shareholders. For these reasons, a significant portion of distributions received
by Fund shareholders may be subject to tax at effective tax rates that are
higher than the rates that would apply if the Fund were to engage in a different
investment strategy. You should consult your tax advisor as to the tax
consequences of acquiring, owning and disposing of Shares in the
Fund.
Passive
Investment Risk:
The Fund is not actively managed, and the Adviser does not attempt to take
defensive positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the
Fund does not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, it would not
necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed,
respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is
underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were
removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the
Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining
investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of
individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund
employed an active strategy.
Index-Related
Risk: There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of
correlation to the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment
objective. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse
effect on the Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in
order to track the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations
and/or the construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its
methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected
by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse
impact on the Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk: The Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold
securities not included in its Underlying Index. The Adviser’s investment
strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may
cause the Fund to underperform the market or its relevant benchmark or adversely
affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment
objective.
Tracking
Error Risk: Tracking error may occur because of
differences between the instruments held in the Fund's portfolio and those
included in the Underlying Index, pricing differences, transaction costs
incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of uninvested cash, size of the Fund,
differences in timing of the accrual of or the valuation of dividends or
interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the Underlying Index or the costs to
the Fund of complying with various new or existing regulatory requirements. This
risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other
unusual market conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund
incurs fees and expenses, while the Underlying Index does
not.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds:
As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk: The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may
act as Authorized Participants and engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, Shares may be more
likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask
spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting from an
exchange.
Large
Shareholder Risk: Redemptions
by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. If a
large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its Shares, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain sufficient assets to
continue operations in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to
liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account
for a large percentage of the trading volume on a national securities exchange
and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market
price of the Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk: The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount
Risks: Shares of the Fund are publicly traded
on a national securities exchange, which may subject shareholders to numerous
market trading risks. In stressed market conditions, the market for the Shares
may become less liquid in response to the deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s
portfolio. This adverse effect on the liquidity of the Shares, as well as
disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of extreme market
volatility or potential lack of assets in the Fund or an active trading market
for Shares may result in Shares trading at a significant premium or discount to
NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a time when the market price is at a
premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time when the market price is at a
discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain losses. The NAV of the Fund is
calculated at the end of each business day and fluctuates with changes in the
market value of the Fund’s holdings. The trading price of the Fund’s Shares
fluctuates, in some cases materially, throughout trading hours in response to
changes in the Fund’s NAV.
Trading
Halt Risk:
An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities,
or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be
unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial trading
losses.
Turnover
Risk: The
Fund may engage in frequent and active trading, which may significantly increase
the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate. At
times, the Fund may have a portfolio turnover rate substantially greater than
100%. For example, a portfolio turnover rate of 300%
is equivalent to the Fund buying and selling all of its securities three times
during the course of a year. A
high portfolio turnover rate would result in
high brokerage costs for the Fund, may result in higher taxes when Shares are
held in a taxable account and lower Fund
performance.
Valuation
Risk:
The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ from the Fund’s
valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by the Underlying
Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or volatile markets
or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as during trading
halts). The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio may change on
days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the Fund's
Shares.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
The bar chart and table that follow show how the Fund
performed on a calendar year basis and provide an indication of the risks of
investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to
year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for the indicated
periods compare with the Fund's broad-based benchmark index, which reflects a
broad measure of market performance, and the Underlying Index, which the Fund
seeks to track. The Fund's
past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily indicative of how
the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance
information is available online at www.globalxetfs.com.
Annual Total Returns
(Years Ended December 31)
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Best
Quarter: |
3/31/2023 |
15.85% |
Worst
Quarter: |
6/30/2022 |
-18.31% |
Average Annual
Total Returns (for the Periods Ended December 31,
2024)
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One
Year Ended December 31, 2024 |
Since
Inception (09/18/2020)
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Global
X Nasdaq 100®
Covered Call & Growth ETF: |
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·Return
before taxes |
22.31% |
13.16% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions1 |
11.76% |
9.41% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund Shares1 |
13.08% |
8.68% |
S&P
500 Index (TR)2
(Index returns reflects invested dividends net of
withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
25.02% |
16.02% |
Cboe
Nasdaq 100 Half BuyWrite V2 Index (net)
(Index returns reflect invested dividends net of
withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
23.02% |
13.82% |
NASDAQ-100®
Index (USD)
(Index returns reflect invested dividends net of
withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
25.88% |
17.38% |
1 After-tax returns are calculated using the historical
highest individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the
impact of state and local taxes. Your
actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may
differ from those shown above. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors
who hold Shares of the Fund through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k)
plans or individual retirement accounts (IRAs).
2
As of October
2024, pursuant to new regulatory requirements, the Fund changed its broad-based
securities market benchmark from the NASDAQ-100 Index (USD) to the S&P 500
Index (TR) to reflect that the S&P 500 Index (TR) is more broadly
representative of the overall applicable securities
market.
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser:
Global X Management Company LLC.
Portfolio
Managers:
The professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the
Fund are Nam To, CFA; Wayne Xie; Vanessa Yang, CFA; and Sandy Lu, CFA
(“Portfolio Managers”). Messrs. To and Xie have been Portfolio Managers of the
Fund since the Fund's inception. Ms. Yang has been a Portfolio Manager of the
Fund since December 2020. Mr. Lu has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since
March 2022.
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Fund are or will be listed and traded at market prices on a national
securities exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange
through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and
because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade
at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only
“Authorized Participants” (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into
agreements with the Fund’s distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co.
(“Distributor”), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with
the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that have been aggregated
into blocks called Creation Units. The Fund will issue or redeem Creation Units
in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies any day
that the national securities exchanges are open for business (“Business Day”).
An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest
price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and the
lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when
buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). To
access information regarding the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums
and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, please go to
https://www.globalxetfs.com.
TAX
INFORMATION
The
Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income
or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA"), in which case
distributions from such tax-advantaged arrangement may be taxable to you.
PAYMENTS
TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The
Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial
intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of Fund Shares and related
services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your
broker-dealer, sales persons or other intermediary or its employees or
associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary's website for more
information.
Global
X S&P 500®
Covered Call & Growth ETF
Ticker:
XYLG Exchange: NYSE Arca
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE
The
Global X S&P 500®
Covered Call & Growth ETF (the "Fund") seeks to provide investment results
that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and
expenses, of the Cboe S&P 500 Half BuyWrite Index (the "Underlying
Index").
FEES AND
EXPENSES
This table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you
buy, hold, and sell shares (“Shares”) of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such
as brokerage commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are
not reflected in the table and examples below.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment):
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Management
Fees:1 |
0.35% |
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees: |
None |
Other
Expenses: |
0.00% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses: |
0.35% |
1
Management fees have been restated to reflect current
fees.
Example:
The following example is intended to help you
compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other
funds. This example does not take into account customary brokerage commissions
that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund in the secondary
market. The example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell
all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses
remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
these assumptions, your costs would be:
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One
Year |
Three
Years |
Five
Years |
Ten
Years |
$36 |
$113 |
$197 |
$443 |
Portfolio
Turnover:
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as
commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio).
A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may
result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs,
which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example,
affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's
portfolio turnover rate was 3.25% of the average value of its
portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES
The
Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the Cboe
S&P 500 Half BuyWrite Index (the "Underlying Index"). The Fund's 80%
investment policy is non-fundamental and requires 60 days prior written notice
to shareholders before it can be changed.
The
Underlying Index measures the performance of a theoretical portfolio that holds
a portfolio of the stocks included in the S&P 500®
Index (the "Reference Index"), and "writes" (or sells) a succession of one-month
at-the-money covered call options on the Reference Index. The written covered
call options on the Reference Index correspond to approximately 50% of the value
of the portfolio of stocks in the Reference Index. The written covered call
options on the Reference Index are held until expiration. The Reference Index is
a float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index which measures the
performance of the equity securities of 500 industrial, information technology,
utility and financial companies amongst other GICS®
sectors, regarded as generally representative of the U.S. stock market. A
float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index weights each index component
according to its market capitalization, using the number of shares that are
readily available for purchase on the open market. In seeking to track the
Underlying Index, the Fund follows a "buy-write" investment strategy on the
Reference Index in which the Fund purchases the component securities of the
Reference Index and also writes (or sells) call options that correspond to
approximately 50% of the value of the portfolio of stocks in the Reference
Index. By only writing call options on approximately 50% of the value of the
portfolio of stocks in the Reference Index, the strategy can provide
income
generation from the call options while allowing for some potential upside
exposure to the growth of the underlying constituents of the Reference Index,
relative to a 100% covered call strategy.
Each
calendar month, the Fund will write (sell) a succession of one-month call
options corresponding to approximately 50% of the value of the portfolio of
stocks in the Reference Index and will cover such options by holding the
component securities of the Reference Index. Each option written will (i) have
an exercise price generally at or above the prevailing market price of the
Reference Index; (ii) be traded on a national securities exchange; (iii) be held
until the expiration date (i.e., generally the third Friday of the month) and be
settled based on the final settlement price of the option; (iv) expire on its
date of maturity (in the next calendar month); (v) only be subject to exercise
on its expiration date; and (vi) be settled in cash.
In
return for the payment of a premium to the Fund, a purchaser of the call options
written by the Fund is entitled to receive a cash payment from the Fund equal to
the difference between the value of the Reference Index and the exercise price
of the option if the value of the option on the expiration date is above its
exercise price. The Fund's covered call options may partially protect the Fund
from a decline in the price of the Reference Index through means of the premiums
received by the Fund. However, when the equity market is rallying rapidly, the
Underlying Index is expected to underperform the Reference Index.
The
Underlying Index is sponsored by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (the "Index
Provider"), which is an organization that is independent of, and unaffiliated
with, the Fund and Global X Management Company LLC, the investment adviser for
the Fund (the "Adviser"). The Fund's investment objective and Underlying Index
may be changed without shareholder approval. The Index Provider determines the
relative weightings of the securities in the underlying index and publishes or
designates a third-party index calculation agent to publish information
regarding the market value of the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser uses a "passive" or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund's
investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to
outperform the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions
when markets decline or appear overvalued.
The
Fund generally will use a replication strategy. A replication strategy is an
indexing strategy that involves investing in the securities of the Underlying
Index in approximately the same proportions as in the Underlying Index. However,
the Fund may utilize a representative sampling strategy with respect to the
Underlying Index when a replication strategy might be detrimental or
disadvantageous to shareholders, such as when there are practical difficulties
or substantial costs involved in compiling a portfolio of equity securities to
replicate the Underlying Index, in instances in which a security in the
Underlying Index becomes temporarily illiquid, unavailable or less liquid, or as
a result of legal restrictions or limitations (such as tax diversification
requirements) that apply to the Fund but not the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund's performance
and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses, will exceed 95%. A
correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect correlation. If the Fund
uses a replication strategy, it can be expected to have greater correlation to
the Underlying Index than if it uses a representative sampling
strategy.
The Fund
concentrates its investments (i.e., holds 25% or more of its total assets) in a
particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that
the Underlying Index is concentrated. As of December 31, 2024, the
Underlying Index had significant exposure to the information technology
sector. The Fund is classified as “non-diversified,” which means
it may invest a larger percentage of its assets in a smaller number of issuers
than a diversified fund.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL
RISKS
As with any
investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the
Fund’s performance could trail that of other investments. There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and it is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency, the Adviser or any of its affiliates. The
Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely
affect the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and ability to meet its investment objective, as well as other risks that are
described in greater detail in the Additional
Information About the Funds
section of the Fund's Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information
(“SAI”).
Asset
Class Risk:
Securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or otherwise held in the
Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities
markets, a particular securities market or other asset classes.
Derivatives
Risk:
The Fund will invest in options, a type of derivative instrument. Derivatives
can be more sensitive to changes in interest rates or to sudden fluctuations in
market prices than conventional securities, which can result in
greater losses for the Fund. In addition, the prices of the
derivative instruments and the prices of underlying securities, interest rates
or currencies they are designed to reflect may not move together as expected. A
risk of the Fund’s use of derivatives is that the fluctuations in their values
may not correlate perfectly with the relevant reference index. Derivatives are
usually traded on margin, which may subject the Fund to margin calls. Margin
calls may force the Fund to liquidate assets. If a counterparty to an options
contract entered into by the Fund becomes bankrupt or fails to perform its
obligations, or if any collateral posted by the counterparty for the benefit of
the Fund is insufficient or there are delays in the Fund’s ability to access
such collateral, the value of an investment in the Fund may decline. Further,
the market for certain investments, such as options contracts, may become
illiquid under adverse market or economic conditions independent of any specific
adverse changes in the conditions of a particular issuer. If the Fund needed to
sell a large block of illiquid securities to meet shareholder redemption request
or to raise cash, these sales could further reduce the securities’ prices and
adversely affect performance of the Fund.
Equity
Securities Risk: Equity securities are subject to
changes in value, and their values may be more volatile than other asset
classes, as a result of such factors as a company’s business performance,
investor perceptions, stock market trends and general economic
conditions.
Capitalization
Risk:
Investing in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the
risk that the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or
investor sentiment.
Large-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Large-capitalization
companies may trail the returns of the overall stock market.
Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better - or worse
- than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for
as long as several years.
Covered
Call Option Writing Risk: By writing covered call options in return for the receipt of
premiums, the Fund will give up the opportunity to benefit from potential
increases in the value of the Reference Index above the exercise prices of such
options, but will continue to bear the risk of declines in the value of the
Reference Index. The premiums received from the options may not be sufficient to
offset any losses sustained from the volatility of the underlying stocks over
time. As a result, the risks associated with writing covered call options may be
similar to the risks associated with writing put options. In addition, the
Fund’s ability to sell the securities underlying the options will be limited
while the options are in effect unless the Fund cancels out the option positions
through the purchase of offsetting identical options prior to the expiration of
the written options. Exchanges may suspend the trading of options in volatile
markets. If trading is suspended, the Fund may be unable to write options at
times that may be desirable or advantageous to do so, which may increase the
risk of tracking error.
Cybersecurity
Risk:
With the increased use of technologies such as the Internet to conduct business,
the Fund, like all companies, may be susceptible to operational, information
security and related risks. Cybersecurity incidents involving the Fund and its
service providers (including, without limitation, the Adviser, fund accountant,
custodian, transfer agent and financial intermediaries) have the ability to
cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially resulting in
financial losses, impediments to trading, the inability of Fund shareholders to
transact business, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory
fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation
costs, and/or additional compliance costs. Similar adverse consequences could
result from cybersecurity incidents affecting issuers of securities in which the
Fund invests, counterparties with which the Fund engages, governmental and other
regulatory authorities, exchanges and other financial market operators, banks,
brokers, dealers, insurance companies, other financial institutions and other
parties. The Fund and its shareholders could be negatively impacted as a
result.
Focus
Risk:
To the extent that the Underlying Index focuses in investments related to a
particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will also focus its
investments to approximately the same extent. Similarly, if the Underlying Index
has significant exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund’s investments will
likely have significant exposure to such sectors. In such event, the Fund’s
performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events impacting such
industry or sector, which may include, but are not limited to, the following:
general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively
affect supply and demand; competition for resources; adverse labor relations;
political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and increased
competition or new product introductions that may affect the profitability or
viability of companies in a particular industry or sector. As a result, the
value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more than the value of shares
of a fund that invests in securities of companies in a broader range of
industries or sectors.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Information Technology Sector: Companies
in the information technology sector are subject to rapid changes in technology
product cycles; rapid product obsolescence; government regulation; and increased
competition, both domestically and internationally, including competition from
foreign competitors with lower production costs. Information technology
companies and companies that rely heavily on technology tend to be
more
volatile than the overall market and also are heavily dependent on patent and
intellectual property rights. In addition, information technology companies may
have limited product lines, markets, financial resources or
personnel.
Geographic
Risk: A
natural, biological or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in
which the Fund invests, which could affect the economy or particular business
operations of companies in the specific geographic region, causing an adverse
impact on the Fund’s investments in the affected region or in a region
economically tied to the affected region. The securities in which the Fund
invests and, consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks as a
result of their business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in Developed Markets:
The Fund’s investment in a developed country issuer may subject the Fund to
regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks associated
with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a significant
portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower economic
growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries have
experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Incidents involving a country’s or region’s security may cause
uncertainty in its markets and may adversely affect its economy and the Fund’s
investments. In addition, developed countries may be impacted by changes to the
economic conditions of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt
burdens and the price or availability of certain
commodities.
Risk
of Investing in the United States: A decrease in imports or exports,
changes in trade regulations and/or an economic recession in the U.S. may have a
material adverse effect on the U.S. economy.
Issuer
Risk: Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies
in which the Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those
companies may cause the value of such company's securities to
decline.
Market
Risk: Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may
negatively affect issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. If
the securities held by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be
unable to transact at advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the
Fund’s returns. In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central
governments and governmental agencies, including the U.S. Federal Reserve or the
European Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could
cause increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of
Fund redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative
impact on the Fund. Beginning in early 2025, the U.S. government’s threats to
impose tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada has heightened tension among
trading partners. Further, in response to the U.S. government’s announcement of
tariffs on goods from China, the Chinese government has countered with tariffs
on U.S. goods, marking the beginning of a potential trade war between the
countries. Tariffs on imported goods may increase the cost of certain products
and household items, which may in turn dampen consumer spending and result in
decreased confidence in the markets. The possibility of additional tariffs being
imposed or the outbreak of a trade war may further adversely impact U.S. and
international markets. Additionally, political uncertainty regarding U.S.
policy, including the U.S. government’s approach to trade, may also impact the
markets. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war, acts of
terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues,
recessions, raising of interest rates, or other events could have a significant
impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of its Shares. This increases
the risk that monetary policy may provide less support should economic growth
slow. Market risk factors may result in increased volatility and/or decreased
liquidity in the securities markets. The Fund’s NAV could decline over short
periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market
downturns.
Operational
Risk: The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of
factors, including but not limited to human error, processing and communication
errors, errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other
third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems
failures. Additionally, cyber security failures or breaches of the electronic
systems of the Fund, the Adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market
makers, Authorized Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund
invests have the ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's
business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to the Fund and
its shareholders. The Fund and the Adviser seek to reduce these operational
risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address
every possible risk and may be inadequate for those risks that they are intended
to address.
Options
Premium Tax Risk:
The Fund’s investment strategy may limit its ability to distribute dividends
eligible for treatment as qualified dividend income, which for non-corporate
shareholders are subject to federal income tax at rates of up to 20% plus the
3.8% Medicare tax. The Fund’s investment strategy may also limit its ability to
distribute dividends eligible for the dividends-received deduction for corporate
shareholders. For these reasons, a significant portion of distributions received
by Fund shareholders may be subject to tax at effective tax rates that are
higher than the rates that would apply if the Fund were to engage in a different
investment strategy. You should consult your tax advisor as to the tax
consequences of acquiring, owning and disposing of Shares in the
Fund.
Passive
Investment Risk:
The Fund is not actively managed, and the Adviser does not attempt to take
defensive positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the
Fund does not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, it would not
necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed,
respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is
underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were
removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the
Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining
investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of
individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund
employed an active strategy.
Index-Related
Risk: There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of
correlation to the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment
objective. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse
effect on the Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in
order to track the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations
and/or the construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its
methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected
by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse
impact on the Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk: The Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold
securities not included in its Underlying Index. The Adviser’s investment
strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may
cause the Fund to underperform the market or its relevant benchmark or adversely
affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment
objective.
Tracking
Error Risk: Tracking error may occur because of
differences between the instruments held in the Fund's portfolio and those
included in the Underlying Index, pricing differences, transaction costs
incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of uninvested cash, size of the Fund,
differences in timing of the accrual of or the valuation of dividends or
interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the Underlying Index or the costs to
the Fund of complying with various new or existing regulatory requirements. This
risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other
unusual market conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund
incurs fees and expenses, while the Underlying Index does
not.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds:
As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk: The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may
act as Authorized Participants and engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, Shares may be more
likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask
spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting from an
exchange.
Large
Shareholder Risk: Redemptions
by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. If a
large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its Shares, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain sufficient assets to
continue operations in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to
liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account
for a large percentage of the trading volume on a national securities exchange
and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market
price of the Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk: The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount Risks:
Shares of the Fund are publicly traded on a national securities exchange, which
may subject shareholders to numerous market trading risks. In stressed market
conditions, the market for the Shares may become less liquid in response to the
deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio. This adverse effect on the
liquidity of the Shares, as well as disruptions to creations and redemptions,
the existence of extreme market volatility or potential lack of assets in the
Fund or an active trading market for Shares may result in Shares trading at a
significant premium or discount to NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a
time when the market price is at a premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time
when the market price is at a discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain
losses. The NAV of the Fund is calculated at the end of each business day and
fluctuates with
changes in the market value of the
Fund’s holdings. The trading price of the Fund’s Shares fluctuates, in some
cases materially, throughout trading hours in response to changes in the Fund’s
NAV.
Trading
Halt Risk:
An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities,
or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be
unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial trading
losses.
Turnover
Risk: The
Fund may engage in frequent and active trading, which may significantly increase
the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate. At
times, the Fund may have a portfolio turnover rate substantially greater than
100%. For example, a portfolio turnover rate of 300%
is equivalent to the Fund buying and selling all of its securities three times
during the course of a year. A
high portfolio turnover rate would result in
high brokerage costs for the Fund, may result in higher taxes when Shares are
held in a taxable account and lower Fund
performance.
Valuation
Risk:
The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ from the Fund’s
valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by the Underlying
Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or volatile markets
or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as during trading
halts). The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio may change on
days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the Fund's
Shares.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
The bar chart and table that follow show how the Fund
performed on a calendar year basis and provide an indication of the risks of
investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to
year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for the indicated
periods compare with the Fund's broad-based benchmark index, which reflects a
broad measure of market performance, and the Underlying Index, which the Fund
seeks to track. The Fund's
past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily indicative of how
the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance
information is available online at www.globalxetfs.com.
Annual Total Returns
(Years Ended December 31)
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Best
Quarter: |
12/31/2021 |
9.04% |
Worst
Quarter: |
6/30/2022 |
-13.72% |
Average Annual
Total Returns (for the Periods Ended December 31,
2024)
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One
Year Ended December 31, 2024 |
Since
Inception (09/18/2020)
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Global
X S&P 500®
Covered Call & Growth ETF: |
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·Return
before taxes |
22.02% |
12.78% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions1 |
12.12% |
9.39% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund Shares1 |
12.93% |
8.55% |
S&P
500®
Index (TR)
(Index returns reflect invested dividends net of
withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
25.02% |
16.02% |
Cboe
S&P 500 Half BuyWrite Index
(net)
(Index returns reflect invested dividends net of
withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
22.63% |
13.57% |
1 After-tax returns are calculated using the historical
highest individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the
impact of state and local taxes. Your
actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may
differ from those shown above. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors
who hold Shares of the Fund through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k)
plans or individual retirement accounts (IRAs).
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser:
Global X Management Company LLC.
Portfolio
Managers:
The professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the
Fund are Nam To, CFA; Wayne Xie; Vanessa Yang, CFA; and Sandy Lu, CFA
(“Portfolio Managers”). Messrs. To and Xie have been Portfolio Managers of the
Fund since the Fund's inception. Ms. Yang has been a Portfolio Manager of the
Fund since December 2020. Mr. Lu has been a Portfolio Manager of the Fund since
March 2022.
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Fund are or will be listed and traded at market prices on a national
securities exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange
through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and
because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade
at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only
“Authorized Participants” (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into
agreements with the Fund’s distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co.
(“Distributor”), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with
the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that have been aggregated
into blocks called Creation Units. The Fund will issue or redeem Creation Units
in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies any day
that the national securities exchanges are open for business (“Business Day”).
An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest
price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and the
lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when
buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). To
access information regarding the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums
and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, please go to
https://www.globalxetfs.com.
TAX
INFORMATION
The
Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income
or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA"), in which case
distributions from such tax-advantaged arrangement may be taxable to you.
PAYMENTS
TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The
Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial
intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of Fund Shares and related
services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your
broker-dealer, sales persons or other intermediary or its employees or
associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary's website for more
information.
Global
X NASDAQ 100®
Risk Managed Income ETF
Ticker:
QRMI Exchange: NASDAQ
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE
The
Global X NASDAQ 100®
Risk
Managed Income ETF (the "Fund") seeks to provide investment results that
correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and
expenses, of the Nasdaq-100 Monthly Net Credit Collar 95-100 Index (the
"Underlying Index").
FEES AND
EXPENSES
This
table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold
shares ("Shares") of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage
commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected
in the tables and examples below.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment):
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Management
Fees: |
0.60% |
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees: |
None |
Other
Expenses: |
0.00% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses: |
0.60% |
Example:
The following example is intended to help you
compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other
funds. This example does not take into account customary brokerage commissions
that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund in the secondary
market. The example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell
all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses
remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
these assumptions, your costs would be:
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One
Year |
Three
Years |
Five
Years |
Ten
Years |
$61 |
$192 |
$335 |
$750 |
Portfolio
Turnover:
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as
commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio).
A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may
result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs,
which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example,
affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's
portfolio turnover rate was 8.02% of the average value of its
portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES
The
Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the
Nasdaq-100 Monthly Net Credit Collar 95-100 Index (the "Underlying Index"). The
Fund's 80% investment policy is non-fundamental and requires 60 days prior
written notice to shareholders before it can be changed.
The
Underlying Index measures the performance of a risk managed income strategy that
holds the underlying stocks of the NASDAQ 100®
Index and applies an options collar strategy (i.e., a mix of short (sold) call
options and long (purchased) put options) on the NASDAQ 100®
Index. The Underlying Index specifically reflects the performance of the
component securities of the NASDAQ 100®
Index,
combined with a long position in 5% out-of-the money (“OTM”) put options and a
short position in at-the-money (“ATM”) call options, each corresponding to the
value of the portfolio of stocks in the NASDAQ 100® Index. The options collar
seeks to generate a net-credit, meaning that the premium received from the sale
of the call options will be greater than the premium paid when buying the put
options. The implications of the long put option and short call option are
described in more detail here:
Put
Options
- When an investor purchases a put option, the investor pays an amount (premium)
to acquire the right (but not the obligation) to sell shares of a reference
asset at a specified exercise (“strike”) price on the expiration date. If the
reference asset closes below the strike price as of the expiration date and the
investor exercises the put option, the investor will be entitled to receive the
difference between the value of the reference asset and the strike price. If the
reference
asset closes above the strike price as of the expiration date, the put option
may end up worthless and the investor’s loss is limited to the amount of premium
it paid.
Call
Options
– When an investor sells a call option, the investor receives a premium in
exchange for an obligation to sell shares of a reference asset at a strike price
on the expiration date if the buyer of the call option exercises it. If the
reference asset closes above the strike price as of the expiration date and the
buyer exercises the call option, the investor will have to pay the difference
between the value of the reference asset and the strike price. If the reference
asset closes below the strike price as of the expiration date, the call option
may end up worthless and the investor retains the premium.
On
a monthly basis, the Underlying Index will take long positions in monthly put
options with an exercise price generally at 5% below the prevailing market price
of the NASDAQ 100®
Index and take short positions in monthly call options with an exercise price
generally at the prevailing market price of the NASDAQ 100® Index. However, if
put and/or call options with those precise strike prices are unavailable, the
Underlying Index will instead select the put option with the strike price
closest to 5% below the prevailing market price of the NASDAQ 100®
Index, and call options with the strike price closest to the prevailing market
price of the NASDAQ 100®
Index. Each option position will (i) be traded on a national securities
exchange; (ii) be held until the expiration date; (iii) expire on its date of
maturity (in the next calendar month); (iv) only be subject to exercise on its
expiration date; and (v) be settled in cash.
The
NASDAQ 100® Index is a modified market capitalization weighted index containing
equity securities of the 100 largest non-financial companies listed on the
NASDAQ Stock Market. Modified capitalization weighting seeks to weight
constituents primarily based on market capitalization, but subject to caps on
the weights of the individual securities. Generally speaking, this approach will
limit the amount of concentration in the largest market capitalization companies
and increase company-level diversification. The Fund's investment objective and
Underlying Index may be changed without shareholder approval.
The
Underlying Index is sponsored by Nasdaq, Inc. (the "Index Provider"), which is
an organization that is independent of, and unaffiliated with, the Fund and
Global X Management Company LLC, the investment adviser for the Fund (the
"Adviser"). In addition, any determinations related to the constituents of the
Underlying Index are made independent of the Fund's portfolio managers. The
Index Provider determines the relative weightings of the securities in the
Underlying Index and publishes or designates a third-party index calculation
agent to publish information regarding the market value of the Underlying
Index.
The
Adviser uses a "passive" or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund's
investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to
"outperform" the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive
positions when markets decline or appear overvalued. The call options sold by
the Fund will be collateralized by the Fund's equity holdings at the time the
Fund sells the options. By purchasing put options and selling call options on
the value of the portfolio of stocks in the NASDAQ 100®
Index, the Fund's collar strategy may generate income while protecting the Fund
from a significant decline in the price of the NASDAQ 100®
Index, if the put options become in the money. If the value of the NASDAQ
100®
Index
is below the strike price of the Fund’s put options positions upon the
expiration of the put option, then at expiration the put will be worth the
difference between the strike price and the value of the NASDAQ 100®
Index,
so the value of the put option would protect the Fund from further losses below
the strike price of the put. For example, if the NASDAQ 100®
Index
were to fall by 15% from the time the put option was purchased to the time the
put option expired, then the put option would be expected to have a value equal
to approximately 10% of the value the portfolio had at the time when the put
option was purchased, which would limit the Fund’s loss from the decrease in the
NASDAQ 100®
Index
over the relevant period to 5%. The value of protection the Fund provides from
declines in the price of the NASDAQ 100®
Index
during the period a given put option contract is held will vary depending on the
relative difference between the strike price of the Fund’s put option position
and the price of the NASDAQ 100®
Index.
Similarly, if the level of the NASDAQ 100®
Index
is above the strike price of the Fund’s call options positions upon the
expiration of the call option, then at expiration the Fund would owe the
purchaser of the call option the difference between the strike price and the
value of the NASDAQ 100®
Index,
so the amount owed with respect to the call option offset any gains the Fund may
experience from the securities held. For example, if the NASDAQ 100®
Index
were to increase by 15% from the time the call option was sold to the time the
call option expired, then the call option would be expected to have a value
equal to approximately 15% of the value the portfolio had at the time when the
put option was purchased, which offset all of the Fund’s gains from the increase
in the NASDAQ 100®
Index
over the relevant period. However, if the price of the NASDAQ 100®
Index
is below the strike price of the Fund’s call options positions at expiry, the
call options will expire worthless and the Fund will retain the premium. An
investor that purchases Fund shares other than on the day that the Fund takes
long positions in monthly put options and short positions in monthly call
options, or who sells shares other than on the day that the put options and call
options expire, may experience different investment returns, depending on the
relative difference between the strike price of the Fund’s put options positions
and call options positions, and the price of the NASDAQ 100®
Index.
The
Fund generally will use a replication strategy. A replication strategy is an
indexing strategy that involves investing in the securities of the Underlying
Index in approximately the same proportions as in the Underlying Index. However,
the Fund may utilize a representative sampling strategy with respect to the
Underlying Index when a replication strategy might be detrimental to
shareholders, such as when there are practical difficulties or substantial costs
involved in compiling a portfolio of equity securities to follow the Underlying
Index, in instances in which a security in the Underlying Index becomes
temporarily illiquid, unavailable or less liquid, or as a result of legal
restrictions or limitations (such as tax diversification requirements) that
apply to the Fund but not the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund's performance
and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses, will exceed 95%. A
correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect correlation. If the Fund
uses a replication strategy, it can be expected to have greater correlation to
the Underlying Index than if it uses a representative sampling
strategy.
The Fund concentrates its investments (i.e., holds 25% or
more of its total assets) in a particular industry or group of industries to
approximately the same extent that the Underlying Index is concentrated. As of
December 31, 2024, the Underlying Index had significant exposure to the
information technology sector. The Fund is classified as
"non-diversified," which means it may invest a larger percentage of its assets
in a smaller number of issuers than a diversified fund.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL
RISKS
As with any
investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the
Fund’s performance could trail that of other investments. There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and it is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency, the Adviser or any of its affiliates. The
Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely
affect the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and ability to meet its investment objective, as well as other risks that are
described in greater detail in the Additional
Information About the Funds
section of the Fund's Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information
(“SAI”).
Asset
Class Risk:
Securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or otherwise held in the
Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities
markets, a particular securities market or other asset classes.
Collar
Option Risk: The
Fund’s collar strategy will consist of a mix of short call options positions and
long put options positions. By selling call options in return for the receipt of
premiums, the Fund will give up the opportunity to benefit from potential
increases in the value of the NASDAQ 100®
Index above the exercise prices of such options. By purchasing put options in
return for the payment of premiums, the Fund may be protected from a significant
decline in the price of the NASDAQ 100®
Index if the put options become in the money, but during periods where the
NASDAQ 100®
Index appreciates, the Fund will underperform due to the cost of the premiums
paid. Investors who purchase shares of the Fund outside of when the Fund’s short
call options positions and long put options positions are put on may experience
different levels of downside protection and upside participation depending on
market performance. In addition, the Fund’s ability to sell the securities
underlying the options will be limited while the options are in effect unless
the Fund cancels out the options positions through the purchase or sale of
offsetting identical options prior to the expiration of the options. Exchanges
may suspend the trading of options in volatile markets. If trading is suspended,
the Fund may be unable to purchase or sell options at times that may be
desirable or advantageous to do so, which may increase the risk of tracking
error.
Depositary
Receipts Risk: The
Fund may invest in depositary receipts, such as ADRs and GDRs. Depositary
receipts may be subject to certain of the risks associated with direct
investments in the securities of foreign companies. For additional details on
these risks, please see Foreign
Securities Risk.
Moreover, depositary receipts may not track the price of the underlying foreign
securities on which they are based. A holder of depositary receipts may
also be subject to fees and the credit risk of the financial institution acting
as depositary.
Derivatives
Risk:
The Fund will invest in options, a type of derivative instrument. Derivatives
can be more sensitive to changes in interest rates or to sudden fluctuations in
market prices than conventional securities, which can result in greater losses
for the Fund. In addition, the prices of the derivative instruments and the
prices of underlying securities, interest rates or currencies they are designed
to reflect may not move together as expected. A risk of the Fund’s use of
derivatives is that the fluctuations in their values may not correlate perfectly
with the relevant reference index. Derivatives are usually traded on margin,
which may subject the Fund to margin calls. Margin calls may force the Fund to
liquidate assets. If a counterparty to an options contract entered into by the
Fund becomes bankrupt or fails to perform its obligations, or if any collateral
posted by the counterparty for the benefit of the Fund is insufficient or there
are delays in the Fund’s ability to access such collateral, the
value of an investment in the Fund may decline. Further, the market for certain
investments, such as options contracts, may become illiquid under adverse market
or economic conditions independent of any specific adverse changes in the
conditions of a particular issuer. If the Fund needed to sell a large block of
illiquid securities to meet shareholder redemption request or to raise cash,
these sales could further reduce the securities’ prices and adversely affect
performance of the Fund.
Equity
Securities Risk: Equity securities are subject to
changes in value, and their values may be more volatile than other asset
classes, as a result of such factors as a company’s business performance,
investor perceptions, stock market trends and general economic
conditions.
Capitalization
Risk:
Investing in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the
risk that the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or
investor sentiment.
Large-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Large-capitalization
companies may trail the returns of the overall stock market.
Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better - or worse
- than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for
as long as several years.
Cybersecurity
Risk:
With the increased use of technologies such as the Internet to conduct business,
the Fund, like all companies, may be susceptible to operational, information
security and related risks. Cybersecurity incidents involving the Fund and its
service providers (including, without limitation, the Adviser, fund accountant,
custodian, transfer agent and financial intermediaries) have the ability to
cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially resulting in
financial losses, impediments to trading, the inability of Fund shareholders to
transact business, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory
fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation
costs, and/or additional compliance costs. Similar adverse consequences could
result from cybersecurity incidents affecting issuers of securities in which the
Fund invests, counterparties with which the Fund engages, governmental and other
regulatory authorities, exchanges and other financial market operators, banks,
brokers, dealers, insurance companies, other financial institutions and other
parties. The Fund and its shareholders could be negatively impacted as a
result.
Focus
Risk:
To the extent that the Underlying Index focuses in investments related to a
particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will also focus its
investments to approximately the same extent. Similarly, if the Underlying Index
has significant exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund’s investments will
likely have significant exposure to such sectors. In such event, the Fund’s
performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events impacting such
industry or sector, which may include, but are not limited to, the following:
general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively
affect supply and demand; competition for resources; adverse labor relations;
political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and increased
competition or new product introductions that may affect the profitability or
viability of companies in a particular industry or sector. As a result, the
value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more than the value of shares
of a fund that invests in securities of companies in a broader range of
industries or sectors.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Information Technology Sector: Companies
in the information technology sector are subject to rapid changes in technology
product cycles; rapid product obsolescence; government regulation; and increased
competition, both domestically and internationally, including competition from
foreign competitors with lower production costs. Information technology
companies and companies that rely heavily on technology tend to be more volatile
than the overall market and also are heavily dependent on patent and
intellectual property rights. In addition, information technology companies may
have limited product lines, markets, financial resources or
personnel.
Foreign
Securities Risk:
The Fund may invest, within U.S. regulations, in foreign securities. The Fund's
investments in foreign securities can be riskier than U.S. securities
investments. Investments in the securities of foreign issuers (including
investments in American Depositary Receipts (“ADRs”) and Global Depositary
Receipts (“GDRs”)) are subject to the risks associated with investing in those
foreign markets, such as heightened risks of inflation or nationalization. The
prices of foreign securities and the prices of U.S. securities have, at times,
moved in opposite directions. In addition, securities of foreign issuers may
lose value due to political, economic and geographic events affecting a foreign
issuer or market. During periods of social, political or economic instability in
a country or region, the value of a foreign security traded on U.S. exchanges
could be affected by, among other factors, increasing price volatility,
illiquidity, or the closure of the primary market on which the security (or the
security underlying the ADR or GDR) is traded. The Fund may lose money due to
political, economic and geographic events affecting a foreign issuer or market.
Where all or a portion of the Fund's underlying securities trade in a market
that is closed when the market in which the Fund's Shares are listed and trading
is open, there may be differences between the last quote from the security’s
closed foreign market and the value of the security during the Fund’s domestic
trading day. This, in turn, could lead to differences between the market price
of the Fund’s Shares and the underlying value of those
shares.
Geographic
Risk: A
natural, biological or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in
which the Fund invests, which could affect the economy or particular business
operations of companies in the specific geographic region, causing an adverse
impact on the Fund’s investments in the affected region or in a region
economically tied to the affected region. The securities in which the Fund
invests and, consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks as a
result of their business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in Developed Markets:
The Fund’s investment in a developed country issuer may subject the Fund to
regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks associated
with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a significant
portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower economic
growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries have
experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Incidents involving a country’s or region’s security may cause
uncertainty in its markets and may adversely affect its economy and the Fund’s
investments. In addition, developed countries may be impacted by changes to the
economic conditions of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt
burdens and the price or availability of certain
commodities.
Risk
of Investing in the United States: A decrease in imports or exports,
changes in trade regulations and/or an economic recession in the U.S. may have a
material adverse effect on the U.S. economy.
Issuer
Risk: Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies
in which the Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those
companies may cause the value of such company's securities to
decline.
Market
Risk: Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may
negatively affect issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. If
the securities held by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be
unable to transact at advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the
Fund’s returns. In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central
governments and governmental agencies, including the U.S. Federal Reserve or the
European Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could
cause increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of
Fund redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative
impact on the Fund. Beginning in early 2025, the U.S. government’s threats to
impose tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada has heightened tension among
trading partners. Further, in response to the U.S. government’s announcement of
tariffs on goods from China, the Chinese government has countered with tariffs
on U.S. goods, marking the beginning of a potential trade war between the
countries. Tariffs on imported goods may increase the cost of certain products
and household items, which may in turn dampen consumer spending and result in
decreased confidence in the markets. The possibility of additional tariffs being
imposed or the outbreak of a trade war may further adversely impact U.S. and
international markets. Additionally, political uncertainty regarding U.S.
policy, including the U.S. government’s approach to trade, may also impact the
markets. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war, acts of
terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues,
recessions, raising of interest rates, or other events could have a significant
impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of its Shares. This increases
the risk that monetary policy may provide less support should economic growth
slow. Market risk factors may result in increased volatility and/or decreased
liquidity in the securities markets. The Fund’s NAV could decline over short
periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market
downturns.
Non-Diversification
Risk: The
Fund is classified as a “non-diversified” investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act"). As a result, the Fund is subject to
the risk that it may be more volatile than a diversified fund because the Fund
may invest its assets in a smaller number of issuers or may invest a larger
proportion of its assets in a single issuer. As a result, the gains and losses
on a single investment may have a greater impact on the Fund’s NAV and may make
the Fund more volatile than more diversified funds.
Operational
Risk: The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of
factors, including but not limited to human error, processing and communication
errors, errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other
third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems
failures. Additionally, cyber security failures or breaches of the electronic
systems of the Fund, the Adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market
makers, Authorized Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund
invests have the ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's
business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to the Fund and
its shareholders. The Fund and the Adviser seek to reduce these operational
risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address
every possible risk and may be inadequate for those risks that they are intended
to address.
Options
Premium Tax Risk:
The Fund’s investment strategy may limit its ability to distribute dividends
eligible for treatment as qualified dividend income, which for non-corporate
shareholders are subject to federal income tax at rates of up to 20% plus the
3.8% Medicare tax. The Fund’s investment strategy may also limit its ability to
distribute dividends eligible for the dividends-received deduction for corporate
shareholders. For these reasons, a significant portion of distributions received
by
Fund
shareholders may be subject to tax at effective tax rates that are higher than
the rates that would apply if the Fund were to engage in a different investment
strategy. You should consult your tax advisor as to the tax consequences of
acquiring, owning and disposing of Shares in the
Fund.
Passive
Investment Risk:
The Fund is not actively managed, and the Adviser does not attempt to take
defensive positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the
Fund does not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, it would not
necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed,
respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is
underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were
removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the
Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining
investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of
individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund
employed an active strategy.
Index-Related
Risk: There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of
correlation to the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment
objective. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse
effect on the Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in
order to track the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations
and/or the construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its
methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected
by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse
impact on the Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk: The Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold
securities not included in its Underlying Index. The Adviser’s investment
strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may
cause the Fund to underperform the market or its relevant benchmark or adversely
affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment
objective.
Tracking
Error Risk: Tracking error may occur because of
differences between the instruments held in the Fund's portfolio and those
included in the Underlying Index, pricing differences, transaction costs
incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of uninvested cash, size of the Fund,
differences in timing of the accrual of or the valuation of dividends or
interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the Underlying Index or the costs to
the Fund of complying with various new or existing regulatory requirements. This
risk may be heightened during times of increased market volatility or other
unusual market conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund
incurs fees and expenses, while the Underlying Index does
not.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds:
As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk: The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may
act as Authorized Participants and engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, Shares may be more
likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask
spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting from an
exchange.
Large
Shareholder Risk: Redemptions
by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. If a
large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its Shares, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain sufficient assets to
continue operations in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to
liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account
for a large percentage of the trading volume on a national securities exchange
and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market
price of the Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk: The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount Risks:
Shares of the Fund are publicly traded on a national securities exchange, which
may subject shareholders to numerous market trading risks. In stressed market
conditions, the market for the Shares may become less liquid in response to the
deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio. This adverse effect on the
liquidity of the Shares, as well as disruptions to creations and redemptions,
the existence of extreme market volatility or potential lack of assets in the
Fund or an active trading market for Shares may result in Shares trading at a
significant premium or discount to NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a
time when the market price
is at a premium to the NAV or sells
Shares at a time when the market price is at a discount to the NAV, the
shareholder may sustain losses. The NAV of the Fund is calculated at the end of
each business day and fluctuates with changes in the market value of the Fund’s
holdings. The trading price of the Fund’s Shares fluctuates, in some cases
materially, throughout trading hours in response to changes in the Fund’s
NAV.
Trading
Halt Risk:
An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities,
or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be
unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial trading
losses.
Turnover
Risk: The
Fund may engage in frequent and active trading, which may significantly increase
the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate. At
times, the Fund may have a portfolio turnover rate substantially greater than
100%. For example, a portfolio turnover rate of 300%
is equivalent to the Fund buying and selling all of its securities three times
during the course of a year. A
high portfolio turnover rate would result in
high brokerage costs for the Fund, may result in higher taxes when Shares are
held in a taxable account and lower Fund
performance.
Valuation
Risk:
The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ from the Fund’s
valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by the Underlying
Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or volatile markets
or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as during trading
halts). The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio may change on
days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the Fund's
Shares.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
The bar chart and table that follow show how the Fund
performed on a calendar year basis and provide an indication of the risks of
investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to
year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for the indicated
periods compare with the Fund's broad-based benchmark index, which reflects a
broad measure of market performance, and the Underlying Index, which the Fund
seeks to track. The Fund's
past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily indicative of how
the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance
information is available online at www.globalxetfs.com.
Annual Total Returns
(Years Ended December 31)
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Best
Quarter: |
3/31/2023 |
7.36% |
Worst
Quarter: |
6/30/2022 |
-8.70% |
Average Annual
Total Returns (for the Periods Ended December 31,
2024)
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One
Year Ended December 31, 2024 |
Since
Inception (8/25/2021) |
Global
X NASDAQ 100®
Risk Managed Income ETF: |
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·Return
before taxes |
14.50% |
0.64% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions1 |
13.57% |
-0.35% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund Shares1 |
8.58% |
0.04% |
S&P
500 Index (TR)2
(Index returns reflects invested dividends net of
withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
25.02% |
10.01% |
NASDAQ-100
Monthly Net Credit Collar 95-100 Index
(Index returns reflects invested dividends net of
withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
15.72% |
0.93% |
NASDAQ-100®
Index (USD)
(Index returns reflects invested dividends net of
withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
25.88% |
10.68% |
1
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical
highest individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the
impact of state and local taxes. Your
actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may
differ from those shown above. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors
who hold Shares of the Fund through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k)
plans or individual retirement accounts
(IRAs).
2
As of
October 2024, pursuant to new regulatory requirements, the Fund changed its
broad-based securities market benchmark from the NASDAQ-100 Index (USD) to the
S&P 500 Index (TR) to reflect that the S&P 500 Index (TR) is more
broadly representative of the overall applicable securities
market.
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser:
Global X Management Company LLC.
Portfolio
Managers:
The professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the
Fund are Nam To, CFA; Wayne Xie; Vanessa Yang, CFA; and Sandy Lu, CFA
(“Portfolio Managers”). Messrs. To and Xie and Ms. Yang have been Portfolio
Managers of the Fund since the Fund's inception. Mr. Lu has been a Portfolio
Manager of the Fund since March 2022.
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Fund are or will be listed and traded at market prices on a national
securities exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange
through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and
because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade
at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only
"Authorized Participants" (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into
agreements with the Fund's distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co.
("Distributor"), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with
the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that have been aggregated
into blocks called Creation Units. The Fund will issue or redeem Creation Units
in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies any day
that the national securities exchanges are open for business (“Business Day”).
An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest
price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and the
lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when
buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). To
access information regarding the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums
and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, please go to
www.globalxetfs.com.
TAX
INFORMATION
The
Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income
or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA"), in which case
distributions from such tax-advantaged arrangement may be taxable to you.
PAYMENTS
TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The
Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial
intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of Fund Shares and related
services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your
broker-dealer, sales persons or other intermediary or its employees or
associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary's website for more
information.
Global
X S&P 500®
Risk Managed Income ETF
Ticker:
XRMI Exchange: NYSE Arca
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE
The
Global X S&P 500®
Risk
Managed Income ETF (the "Fund") seeks to provide investment results that
correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and
expenses, of the Cboe S&P 500 Risk Managed Income Index (the "Underlying
Index").
FEES AND
EXPENSES
This
table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold
shares ("Shares") of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage
commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected
in the tables and examples below.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment):
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Management
Fees: |
0.60% |
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees: |
None |
Other
Expenses: |
0.00% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses: |
0.60% |
Example:
The following example is intended to help you
compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other
funds. This example does not take into account customary brokerage commissions
that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund in the secondary
market. The example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell
all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses
remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
these assumptions, your costs would be:
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One
Year |
Three
Years |
Five
Years |
Ten
Years |
$61 |
$192 |
$335 |
$750 |
Portfolio
Turnover:
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as
commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio).
A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may
result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs,
which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example,
affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's
portfolio turnover rate was 3.08% of the average value of its
portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES
The
Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the Cboe
S&P 500 Risk Managed Income Index (the "Underlying Index"). The Fund's 80%
investment policy is non-fundamental and requires 60 days prior written notice
to shareholders before it can be changed.
The
Underlying Index measures the performance of a risk managed income strategy that
holds the underlying stocks of the S&P 500®
Index and applies an options collar strategy (i.e., a mix of short (sold) call
options and long (purchased) put options) on the S&P 500®
Index.
The Underlying Index specifically reflects the performance of the component
securities of the S&P 500®
Index, combined with a long position in 5% out-of-the money (“OTM”) put options
and a short position in at-the-money (“ATM”) call options, each corresponding to
the value of the portfolio of stocks in the S&P 500®
Index. The options collar seeks to generate a net-credit, meaning that the
premium received from the sale of the call options will be greater than the
premium paid when buying the put options. The implications of the long put
option and short call option are described in more detail here:
Put
Options
– When an investor purchases a put option, the investor pays an amount (premium)
to acquire the right (but not the obligation) to sell shares of a reference
asset at a specified exercise (“strike”) price on the expiration date. If the
reference asset closes below the strike price as of the expiration date and the
investor exercises the put option, the investor will be entitled to receive the
difference between the value of the reference asset and the strike price. If the
reference
asset closes above the strike price as of the expiration date, the put option
may end up worthless and the investor’s loss is limited to the amount of premium
it paid.
Call
Options –
When an investor sells a call option, the investor receives a premium in
exchange for an obligation to sell shares of a reference asset at a strike price
on the expiration date if the buyer of the call option exercises it. If the
reference asset closes above the strike price as of the expiration date and the
buyer exercises the call option, the investor will have to pay the difference
between the value of the reference asset and the strike price. If the reference
asset closes below the strike price as of the expiration date, the call option
may end up worthless and the investor retains the premium.
On
a monthly basis, the Underlying Index will take long positions in monthly put
options with an exercise price generally at 5% below the prevailing market price
of the S&P 500®
Index and take short positions in monthly call options with an exercise price
generally at the prevailing market price of the S&P 500®
Index. However, if put and/or call options with those precise strike prices are
unavailable, the Underlying Index will instead select the put option with the
strike price closest to but greater than 5% below the prevailing market price of
the S&P 500®
Index, and call options with the strike price closest to but greater than the
prevailing market price of the S&P 500®
Index. Each option position will (i) be traded on a national securities
exchange; (ii) be held until the expiration date; (iii) expire on its date of
maturity (in the next calendar month); (iv) only be subject to exercise on its
expiration date; and (v) be settled in cash.
The
S&P 500®
Index is a float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index containing equity
securities of 500 industrial, information technology, utility and financial
companies amongst other GICS®
sectors,
regarded as generally representative of the U.S. stock market. A float-adjusted
market capitalization weighted index weights each index component according to
its market capitalization, using the number of shares that are readily available
for purchase on the open market. The Fund's investment objective and Underlying
Index may be changed without shareholder approval.
The
Underlying Index is sponsored by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (the "Index
Provider"), which is an organization that is independent of, and unaffiliated
with, the Fund and Global X Management Company LLC, the investment adviser for
the Fund (the "Adviser"). In addition, any determinations related to the
constituents of the Underlying Index are made independent of the Fund's
portfolio managers. The Index Provider determines the relative weightings of the
securities in the Underlying Index and publishes or designates a third-party
index calculation agent to publish information regarding the market value of the
Underlying Index.
The
Adviser uses a "passive" or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund's
investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to
"outperform" the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive
positions when markets decline or appear overvalued. The call options sold by
the Fund will be collateralized by the Fund's equity holdings at the time the
Fund sells the options. By purchasing put options and selling call options on
the value of the portfolio of stocks in the S&P 500®
Index, the Fund's collar strategy may generate income while protecting the Fund
from a significant decline in the price of the S&P 500®
Index, if the put options become in the money. If the value of the S&P
500®
Index
is below the strike price of the Fund’s put options positions upon the
expiration of the put option, then at expiration the put will be worth the
difference between the strike price and the value of the S&P 500®
Index,
so the value of the put option would protect the Fund from further losses below
the strike price of the put. For example, if the S&P 500®
Index
were to fall by 15% from the time the put option was purchased to the time the
put option expired, then the put option would be expected to have a value equal
to approximately 10% of the value the portfolio had at the time when the put
option was purchased, which would limit the Fund’s loss from the decrease in the
S&P 500®
Index
over the relevant period to 5%. The value of protection the Fund provides from
declines in the price of the S&P 500®
Index
during the period a given put option contract is held will vary depending on the
relative difference between the strike price of the Fund’s put option position
and the price of the S&P 500®
Index.
Similarly, if the level of the S&P 500®
Index
is above the strike price of the Fund’s call options positions upon the
expiration of the call option, then at expiration the Fund would owe the
purchaser of the call option the difference between the strike price and the
value of the S&P 500®
Index,
so the amount owed with respect to the call option offset any gains the Fund may
experience from the securities held. For example, if the S&P 500®
Index
were to increase by 15% from the time the call option was sold to the time the
call option expired, then the call option would be expected to have a value
equal to approximately 15% of the value the portfolio had at the time when the
put option was purchased, which offset all of the Fund’s gains from the increase
in the S&P 500®
Index
over the relevant period. However, if the price of the S&P 500®
Index
is below the strike price of the Fund’s call options positions at expiry, the
call options will expire worthless and the Fund will retain the premium. An
investor that purchases Fund shares other than on the day that the Fund takes
long positions in monthly put options and short positions in monthly call
options, or who sells shares other than on the day that the put options and call
options expire, may experience different investment returns, depending on the
relative difference between the strike price of the Fund’s put options positions
and call options positions, and the price of the S&P 500®
Index.
The
Fund generally will use a replication strategy. A replication strategy is an
indexing strategy that involves investing in the securities of the Underlying
Index in approximately the same proportions as in the Underlying Index. However,
the Fund may
utilize
a representative sampling strategy with respect to the Underlying Index when a
replication strategy might be detrimental to shareholders, such as when there
are practical difficulties or substantial costs involved in compiling a
portfolio of equity securities to follow the Underlying Index, in instances in
which a security in the Underlying Index becomes temporarily illiquid,
unavailable or less liquid, or as a result of legal restrictions or limitations
(such as tax diversification requirements) that apply to the Fund but not the
Underlying Index.
The
Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund's performance
and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses, will exceed 95%. A
correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect correlation. If the Fund
uses a replication strategy, it can be expected to have greater correlation to
the Underlying Index than if it uses a representative sampling
strategy.
The Fund
concentrates its investments (i.e., holds 25% or more of its total assets) in a
particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that
the Underlying Index is concentrated. As of December 31, 2024, the
Underlying Index had significant exposure to the information technology
sector.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL
RISKS
As with any
investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the
Fund’s performance could trail that of other investments. There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and it is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency, the Adviser or any of its affiliates. The
Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely
affect the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”), trading price, yield, total return
and ability to meet its investment objective, as well as other risks that are
described in greater detail in the Additional
Information About the Funds
section of the Fund's Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information
(“SAI”).
Asset
Class Risk:
Securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or otherwise held in the
Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities
markets, a particular securities market or other asset classes.
Collar
Option Risk: The
Fund’s collar strategy will consist of a mix of short call options positions and
long put options positions. By selling call options in return for the receipt of
premiums, the Fund will give up the opportunity to benefit from potential
increases in the value of the S&P 500®
Index above the exercise prices of such options. By purchasing put options in
return for the payment of premiums, the Fund may be protected from a significant
decline in the price of the S&P 500®
Index if the put options become in the money, but during periods where the
S&P 500®
Index appreciates, the Fund will underperform due to the cost of the premiums
paid. Investors who purchase shares of the Fund outside of when the Fund’s short
call options positions and long put options positions are put on may experience
different levels of downside protection and upside participation depending on
market performance. In addition, the Fund’s ability to sell the securities
underlying the options will be limited while the options are in effect unless
the Fund cancels out the options positions through the purchase or sale of
offsetting identical options prior to the expiration of the options. Exchanges
may suspend the trading of options in volatile markets. If trading is suspended,
the Fund may be unable to purchase or sell options at times that may be
desirable or advantageous to do so, which may increase the risk of tracking
error.
Derivatives
Risk: The Fund will invest in options, a type of derivative instrument.
Derivatives can be more sensitive to changes in interest rates or to sudden
fluctuations in market prices than conventional securities, which can result in
greater losses for the Fund. In addition, the prices of the derivative
instruments and the prices of underlying securities, interest rates or
currencies they are designed to reflect may not move together as expected. A
risk of the Fund’s use of derivatives is that the fluctuations in their values
may not correlate perfectly with the relevant reference index. Derivatives are
usually traded on margin, which may subject the Fund to margin calls. Margin
calls may force the Fund to liquidate assets. If a counterparty to an options
contract entered into by the Fund becomes bankrupt or fails to perform its
obligations, or if any collateral posted by the counterparty for the benefit of
the Fund is insufficient or there are delays in the Fund’s ability to access
such collateral, the value of an investment in the Fund may decline. Further,
the market for certain investments, such as options contracts, may become
illiquid under adverse market or economic conditions independent of any specific
adverse changes in the conditions of a particular issuer. If the Fund needed to
sell a large block of illiquid securities to meet shareholder redemption request
or to raise cash, these sales could further reduce the securities’ prices and
adversely affect performance of the Fund.
Equity
Securities Risk: Equity securities are subject to
changes in value, and their values may be more volatile than other asset
classes, as a result of such factors as a company’s business performance,
investor perceptions, stock market trends and general economic
conditions.
Capitalization
Risk:
Investing in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the
risk that the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or
investor sentiment.
Large-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Large-capitalization
companies may trail the returns of the overall stock market.
Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better - or worse
- than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for
as long as several years.
Cybersecurity
Risk:
With the increased use of technologies such as the Internet to conduct business,
the Fund, like all companies, may be susceptible to operational, information
security and related risks. Cybersecurity incidents involving the Fund and its
service providers (including, without limitation, the Adviser, fund accountant,
custodian, transfer agent and financial intermediaries) have the ability to
cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially resulting in
financial losses, impediments to trading, the inability of Fund shareholders to
transact business, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory
fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation
costs, and/or additional compliance costs. Similar adverse consequences could
result from cybersecurity incidents affecting issuers of securities in which the
Fund invests, counterparties with which the Fund engages, governmental and other
regulatory authorities, exchanges and other financial market operators, banks,
brokers, dealers, insurance companies, other financial institutions and other
parties. The Fund and its shareholders could be negatively impacted as a
result.
Focus
Risk:
To the extent that the Underlying Index focuses in investments related to a
particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will also focus its
investments to approximately the same extent. Similarly, if the Underlying Index
has significant exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund’s investments will
likely have significant exposure to such sectors. In such event, the Fund’s
performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events impacting such
industry or sector, which may include, but are not limited to, the following:
general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively
affect supply and demand; competition for resources; adverse labor relations;
political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and increased
competition or new product introductions that may affect the profitability or
viability of companies in a particular industry or sector. As a result, the
value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more than the value of shares
of a fund that invests in securities of companies in a broader range of
industries or sectors.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Information Technology Sector: Companies
in the information technology sector are subject to rapid changes in technology
product cycles; rapid product obsolescence; government regulation; and increased
competition, both domestically and internationally, including competition from
foreign competitors with lower production costs. Information technology
companies and companies that rely heavily on technology tend to be more volatile
than the overall market and also are heavily dependent on patent and
intellectual property rights. In addition, information technology companies may
have limited product lines, markets, financial resources or
personnel.
Geographic
Risk: A
natural, biological or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in
which the Fund invests, which could affect the economy or particular business
operations of companies in the specific geographic region, causing an adverse
impact on the Fund’s investments in the affected region or in a region
economically tied to the affected region. The securities in which the Fund
invests and, consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks as a
result of their business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in Developed Markets:
The Fund’s investment in a developed country issuer may subject the Fund to
regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks associated
with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a significant
portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower economic
growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries have
experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Incidents involving a country’s or region’s security may cause
uncertainty in its markets and may adversely affect its economy and the Fund’s
investments. In addition, developed countries may be impacted by changes to the
economic conditions of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt
burdens and the price or availability of certain
commodities.
Risk
of Investing in the United States: A decrease in imports or exports,
changes in trade regulations and/or an economic recession in the U.S. may have a
material adverse effect on the U.S. economy.
Issuer
Risk: Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies
in which the Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those
companies may cause the value of such company's securities to
decline.
Market
Risk:
Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may negatively affect
issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. If the securities held
by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be unable to transact at
advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the Fund’s returns.
In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central governments and
governmental agencies, including the U.S. Federal Reserve or the European
Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could cause
increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of Fund
redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative impact on
the Fund. Beginning in early 2025, the U.S. government’s threats to impose
tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada has heightened tension among trading
partners. Further, in response to the U.S. government’s announcement of tariffs
on goods from China, the Chinese government has countered with tariffs on U.S.
goods, marking the beginning of a potential trade war between the countries.
Tariffs on imported goods may increase the cost of certain products and
household items, which may in turn dampen consumer spending and result in
decreased confidence in the markets. The possibility of additional tariffs being
imposed or the outbreak of a trade war may further adversely impact U.S. and
international markets. Additionally, political uncertainty regarding U.S.
policy, including the U.S. government’s approach to trade, may also impact the
markets. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war, acts of
terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues,
recessions, raising of interest rates, or other events could have a significant
impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of its Shares. This increases
the risk that monetary policy may provide less support should economic growth
slow. Market risk factors may result in increased volatility and/or decreased
liquidity in the securities markets. The Fund’s NAV could decline over short
periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market
downturns.
Operational
Risk: The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of
factors, including but not limited to human error, processing and communication
errors, errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other
third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems
failures. Additionally, cyber security failures or breaches of the electronic
systems of the Fund, the Adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market
makers, Authorized Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund
invests have the ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's
business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to the Fund and
its shareholders. The Fund and the Adviser seek to reduce these operational
risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address
every possible risk and may be inadequate for those risks that they are intended
to address.
Options
Premium Tax Risk:
The Fund’s investment strategy may limit its ability to distribute dividends
eligible for treatment as qualified dividend income, which for non-corporate
shareholders are subject to federal income tax at rates of up to 20% plus the
3.8% Medicare tax. The Fund’s investment strategy may also limit its ability to
distribute dividends eligible for the dividends-received deduction for corporate
shareholders. For these reasons, a significant portion of distributions received
by Fund shareholders may be subject to tax at effective tax rates that are
higher than the rates that would apply if the Fund were to engage in a different
investment strategy. You should consult your tax advisor as to the tax
consequences of acquiring, owning and disposing of Shares in the
Fund.
Passive
Investment Risk:
The Fund is not actively managed, and the Adviser does not attempt to take
defensive positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the
Fund does not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, it would not
necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed,
respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is
underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were
removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the
Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining
investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of
individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund
employed an active strategy.
Index-Related
Risk: There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of
correlation to the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment
objective. Market disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse
effect on the Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in
order to track the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations
and/or the construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its
methodology may occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected
by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse
impact on the Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk: The Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold
securities not included in its Underlying Index. The Adviser’s investment
strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may
cause the Fund to underperform the market or its relevant benchmark or adversely
affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment
objective.
Tracking
Error Risk:
Tracking error may occur because of differences between the instruments held in
the Fund's portfolio and those included in the Underlying Index, pricing
differences, transaction costs incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of
uninvested cash, size of the Fund, differences in timing of the accrual of or
the valuation of dividends or interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the
Underlying Index or the costs to the Fund of complying with various new or
existing regulatory requirements. This risk may be heightened during times of
increased market
volatility or other unusual market
conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund incurs fees and
expenses, while the Underlying Index does
not.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds:
As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk: The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may
act as Authorized Participants and engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, Shares may be more
likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask
spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting from an
exchange.
Large
Shareholder Risk: Redemptions
by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. If a
large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its Shares, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain sufficient assets to
continue operations in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to
liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account
for a large percentage of the trading volume on a national securities exchange
and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market
price of the Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk: The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount
Risks: Shares of the Fund are publicly traded
on a national securities exchange, which may subject shareholders to numerous
market trading risks. In stressed market conditions, the market for the Shares
may become less liquid in response to the deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s
portfolio. This adverse effect on the liquidity of the Shares, as well as
disruptions to creations and redemptions, the existence of extreme market
volatility or potential lack of assets in the Fund or an active trading market
for Shares may result in Shares trading at a significant premium or discount to
NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a time when the market price is at a
premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time when the market price is at a
discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain losses. The NAV of the Fund is
calculated at the end of each business day and fluctuates with changes in the
market value of the Fund’s holdings. The trading price of the Fund’s Shares
fluctuates, in some cases materially, throughout trading hours in response to
changes in the Fund’s NAV.
Trading
Halt Risk:
An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities,
or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be
unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial trading
losses.
Turnover
Risk: The
Fund may engage in frequent and active trading, which may significantly increase
the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate. At
times, the Fund may have a portfolio turnover rate substantially greater than
100%. For example, a portfolio turnover rate of 300%
is equivalent to the Fund buying and selling all of its securities three times
during the course of a year. A
high portfolio turnover rate would result in
high brokerage costs for the Fund, may result in higher taxes when Shares are
held in a taxable account and lower Fund
performance.
Valuation
Risk:
The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ from the Fund’s
valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by the Underlying
Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or volatile markets
or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as during trading
halts). The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio may change on
days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the Fund's
Shares.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
The bar chart and table that follow show how the Fund
performed on a calendar year basis and provide an indication of the risks of
investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to
year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for the indicated
periods compare with the Fund's broad-based benchmark index, which reflects a
broad measure of market performance, and the Underlying Index, which the Fund
seeks to track. The Fund's
past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily indicative of how
the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance
information is available online at www.globalxetfs.com.
Annual Total Returns
(Years Ended December 31)
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Best
Quarter: |
3/31/2024 |
4.83% |
Worst
Quarter: |
6/30/2022 |
-8.00% |
Average Annual
Total Returns (for the Periods Ended December 31,
2024)
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One
Year Ended December 31, 2024 |
Since
Inception (8/25/2021) |
Global
X S&P 500®
Risk Managed Income ETF: |
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·Return
before taxes |
14.70% |
1.64% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions1 |
13.73% |
0.36% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund Shares1 |
8.70% |
0.68% |
S&P
500®
Index (TR)
(Index returns reflects invested dividends net of
withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
25.02% |
10.01% |
Cboe
S&P 500 Risk Managed Income Index
(Index returns reflects invested dividends net of
withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
15.57% |
2.25% |
1
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical
highest individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the
impact of state and local taxes Your
actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may
differ from those shown above. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors
who hold Shares of the Fund through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k)
plans or individual retirement accounts
(IRAs)
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser:
Global X Management Company LLC.
Portfolio
Managers:
The professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the
Fund are Nam To, CFA; Wayne Xie; Vanessa Yang, CFA; and Sandy Lu, CFA
(“Portfolio Managers”). Messrs. To and Xie and Ms. Yang have been Portfolio
Managers of the Fund since the Fund's inception. Mr. Lu has been a Portfolio
Manager of the Fund since March 2022.
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Fund are or will be listed and traded at market prices on a national
securities exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange
through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and
because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade
at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only
"Authorized Participants" (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into
agreements with the Fund's distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co.
("Distributor"), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with
the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that have been aggregated
into blocks called Creation Units. The Fund will issue or redeem Creation Units
in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies any day
that the national securities exchanges are open for business (“Business Day”).
An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest
price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and the
lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when
buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). To
access information regarding the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums
and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, please go to
www.globalxetfs.com.
TAX
INFORMATION
The
Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income
or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA"), in which case
distributions from such tax-advantaged arrangement may be taxable to you.
PAYMENTS
TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The
Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial
intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of Fund Shares and related
services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your
broker-dealer, sales persons or other intermediary or its employees or
associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary's website for more
information.
Global
X Dow 30®
Covered Call ETF
Ticker:
DJIA Exchange: NYSE Arca
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE
The
Global X Dow 30®
Covered
Call ETF (the "Fund") seeks to provide investment results that correspond
generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the
DJIA Cboe BuyWrite v2 Index (the "Underlying
Index").
FEES AND
EXPENSES
This
table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy and hold
shares ("Shares") of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage
commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected
in the tables and examples below.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment):
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Management
Fees: |
0.60% |
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees: |
None |
Other
Expenses: |
0.00% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses: |
0.60% |
Example:
The following example is intended to help you
compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other
funds. This example does not take into account customary brokerage commissions
that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund in the secondary
market. The example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell
all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses
remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
these assumptions, your costs would be:
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One
Year |
Three
Years |
Five
Years |
Ten
Years |
$61 |
$192 |
$335 |
$750 |
Portfolio
Turnover:
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as
commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio).
A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may
result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs,
which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example,
affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's
portfolio turnover rate was 6.14% of the average value of its
portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES
The
Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings
for investment purposes, in the securities of the DJIA Cboe BuyWrite v2 Index
(the "Underlying Index"). The Fund's 80% investment policy is non-fundamental
and requires 60 days prior written notice to shareholders before it can be
changed.
The
Underlying Index measures the performance of a covered call strategy that holds
a theoretical portfolio of the underlying stocks of the Dow Jones Industrial
Average®
(the
"Reference Index") and "writes" (or sells) a succession of one-month
at-the-money (“ATM”) covered call options on the Reference Index. The Underlying
Index specifically reflects the performance of the component securities of the
Reference Index, combined with written (sold) ATM call options corresponding to
the value of the portfolio of stocks in the Reference Index. The Fund invests in
the securities reflected in the Underlying Index, and cannot invest directly in
the Underlying Index itself. The implications of the written (sold) call option
are described in more detail here:
Call
Options
– When an investor sells a call option, the investor receives a premium in
exchange for an obligation to sell shares of a reference asset at a strike price
on the expiration date if the buyer of the call option exercises it. If the
reference asset closes above the strike price as of the expiration date and the
buyer exercises the call option, the investor will have to pay the difference
between the value of the reference asset and the strike price. If the reference
asset closes below the strike price as of the expiration date, the call option
may end up worthless and the investor retains the
premium.
On
a monthly basis, the Underlying Index’s hypothetical portfolio will write (sell)
a succession of one-month call options corresponding to the value of the
underlying stocks of the Reference Index and will cover such options by holding
the component securities of the Reference Index. Each call option written in the
Underlying Index’s hypothetical portfolio will have an exercise price generally
at the prevailing market price of the Reference Index. However, if call options
with those precise strike prices are unavailable, the Underlying Index’s
hypothetical portfolio will instead select the call options with the strike
price closest to but above the prevailing market price of the Reference Index.
Each option position in the Underlying Index’s hypothetical portfolio will (i)
be traded on a national securities exchange; (ii) be held until expiration date;
(iii) expire on its date of maturity; (iv) only be subject to exercise on its
expiration date; and (v) be settled in cash.
The
Reference Index is a price weighted index containing equity securities of 30 of
the largest U.S. listed companies. Price weighting seeks to weight constituents
based on share price. The Fund's investment objective and Underlying Index may
be changed without shareholder approval.
The
Underlying Index is sponsored by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (the "Index
Provider"), which is an organization that is independent of, and unaffiliated
with, the Fund and Global X Management Company LLC, the investment adviser for
the Fund (the "Adviser"). In addition, any determinations related to the
constituents of the Underlying Index are made independent of the Fund's
portfolio managers. The Index Provider determines the relative weightings of the
securities in the Underlying Index and publishes or designates a third-party
index calculation agent to publish information regarding the market value of the
Underlying Index.
The
Adviser uses a "passive" or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund's
investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to
outperform the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions
when markets decline or appear overvalued. The call options sold by the Fund
will be collateralized by the Fund's equity holdings at the time the Fund sells
the options. By selling call options on the value of the portfolio of stocks in
the Reference Index, the Fund's covered call strategy may generate income. If
the price of the Reference Index is above the strike price of the Fund’s call
options positions upon the expiration of the call option, then at expiration the
Fund would owe the purchaser of the call option the difference between the
strike price and the value of the Reference Index, so the amount owed with
respect to the call option would offset any gains the Fund may experience from
the securities held. For example, if the price of the Reference Index were to
increase by 15% from the time the call options were sold to the time the call
options expired, then the call options would be expected to have a value equal
to approximately 15% of the value the portfolio had at the time when the call
options were sold, which would offset all of the Fund’s gains from the increase
in the Reference Index over the relevant period. However, if the price of the
Reference Index is below the strike price of the Fund’s call options positions
at expiry, the call options will expire worthless and the Fund will retain the
premium. An investor that purchases Fund shares other than on the day that the
Fund takes writes (sells) monthly call options, or who sells shares other than
on the day that the call options expire, may experience different investment
returns, depending on the relative difference between the strike price of the
Fund’s call options positions, and the price of the Reference
Index.
The
Fund generally will use a replication strategy. A replication strategy is an
indexing strategy that involves investing in the securities of the Underlying
Index in approximately the same proportions as in the Underlying Index. However,
the Fund may utilize a representative sampling strategy with respect to the
Underlying Index when a replication strategy might be detrimental to
shareholders, such as when there are practical difficulties or substantial costs
involved in compiling a portfolio of equity securities to follow the Underlying
Index, in instances in which a security in the Underlying Index becomes
temporarily illiquid, unavailable or less liquid, or as a result of legal
restrictions or limitations (such as tax diversification requirements) that
apply to the Fund but not the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund's performance
and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses, will exceed 95%. A
correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect correlation. If the Fund
uses a replication strategy, it can be expected to have greater correlation to
the Underlying Index than if it uses a representative sampling
strategy.
The Fund
concentrates its investments (i.e., holds 25% or more of its total assets) in a
particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that
the Underlying Index is concentrated. As of December 31, 2024, the
Underlying Index was not concentrated in any industry. The Fund
is classified as “non-diversified,” which means it may invest a larger
percentage of its assets in a smaller number of issuers than a diversified
fund.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL
RISKS
As with any
investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the
Fund's performance could trail that of other investments. There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a
bank deposit and it is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal
Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other government agency, the Adviser or any
of its affiliates. The Fund is subject to the principal risks
noted below, any of which may adversely affect the Fund's net asset value
("NAV"), trading price, yield, total return and ability to meet its investment
objective, as well as other risks that are described in greater detail in the
Additional
Information About the Funds section
of the Fund's Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information ("SAI").
Asset
Class Risk:
Securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or otherwise held in the
Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities
markets, a particular securities market or other asset classes.
Derivatives
Risk:
The Fund will invest in options, a type of derivative instrument. Derivatives
can be more sensitive to changes in interest rates or to sudden fluctuations in
market prices than conventional securities, which can result in greater losses
for the Fund. In addition, the prices of the derivative instruments and the
prices of underlying securities, interest rates or currencies they are designed
to reflect may not move together as expected. A risk of the Fund’s use of
derivatives is that the fluctuations in their values may not correlate perfectly
with the relevant reference index. Derivatives are usually traded on margin,
which may subject the Fund to margin calls. Margin calls may force the Fund to
liquidate assets. If a counterparty to an options contract entered into by the
Fund becomes bankrupt or fails to perform its obligations, or if any collateral
posted by the counterparty for the benefit of the Fund is insufficient or there
are delays in the Fund’s ability to access such collateral, the value of an
investment in the Fund may decline. Further, the market for certain investments,
such as options contracts, may become illiquid under adverse market or economic
conditions independent of any specific adverse changes in the conditions of a
particular issuer. If the Fund needed to sell a large block of illiquid
securities to meet shareholder redemption request or to raise cash, these sales
could further reduce the securities’ prices and adversely affect performance of
the Fund.
Equity
Securities Risk: Equity securities are subject to
changes in value, and their values may be more volatile than other asset
classes, as a result of such factors as a company’s business performance,
investor perceptions, stock market trends and general economic
conditions.
Capitalization
Risk: Investing
in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the risk that
the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or investor
sentiment.
Large-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Large-capitalization
companies may trail the returns of the overall stock market.
Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better - or worse
- than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for
as long as several years.
Covered
Call Option Writing Risk:
By writing covered call options in return for the receipt of premiums, the Fund
will give up the opportunity to benefit from potential increases in the value of
the Reference Index above the exercise prices of such options, but will continue
to bear the risk of declines in the value of the Reference Index. The premiums
received from the options may not be sufficient to offset any losses sustained
from the volatility of the underlying stocks over time. As a result, the risks
associated with writing covered call options may be similar to the risks
associated with writing put options. In addition, the Fund’s ability to sell the
securities underlying the options will be limited while the options are in
effect unless the Fund cancels out the option positions through the purchase of
offsetting identical options prior to the expiration of the written options.
Exchanges may suspend the trading of options in volatile markets. If trading is
suspended, the Fund may be unable to write options at times that may be
desirable or advantageous to do so, which may increase the risk of tracking
error.
Cybersecurity
Risk:
With the increased use of technologies such as the Internet to conduct business,
the Fund, like all companies, may be susceptible to operational, information
security and related risks. Cybersecurity incidents involving the Fund and its
service providers (including, without limitation, the Adviser, fund accountant,
custodian, transfer agent and financial intermediaries) have the ability to
cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially resulting in
financial losses, impediments to trading, the inability of Fund shareholders to
transact business, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory
fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation
costs, and/or additional compliance costs. Similar adverse consequences could
result from cybersecurity incidents affecting issuers of securities in which the
Fund invests, counterparties with which the Fund engages, governmental and other
regulatory authorities, exchanges and other financial market operators, banks,
brokers, dealers, insurance companies, other financial institutions and other
parties. The Fund and its shareholders could be negatively impacted as a
result.
Focus
Risk:
To the extent that the Underlying Index focuses in investments related to a
particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will also focus its
investments to approximately the same extent. Similarly, if the Underlying Index
has significant exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund’s investments will
likely have significant exposure to such sectors. In such event, the Fund’s
performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events impacting such
industry or sector, which
may
include, but are not limited to, the following: general economic conditions or
cyclical market patterns that could negatively affect supply and demand;
competition for resources; adverse labor relations; political or world events;
obsolescence of technologies; and increased competition or new product
introductions that may affect the profitability or viability of companies in a
particular industry or sector. As a result, the value of the Fund’s investments
may rise and fall more than the value of shares of a fund that invests in
securities of companies in a broader range of industries or
sectors.
Geographic
Risk: A
natural, biological or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in
which the Fund invests, which could affect the economy or particular business
operations of companies in the specific geographic region, causing an adverse
impact on the Fund’s investments in the affected region or in a region
economically tied to the affected region. The securities in which the Fund
invests and, consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks as a
result of their business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in Developed Markets: The Fund’s investment in a developed country issuer may subject the
Fund to regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks
associated with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a
significant portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower
economic growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries
have experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Incidents involving a country’s or region’s security may cause
uncertainty in its markets and may adversely affect its economy and the Fund’s
investments. In addition, developed countries may be impacted by changes to the
economic conditions of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt
burdens and the price or availability of certain commodities.
Risk
of Investing in the United States: A decrease in imports or exports,
changes in trade regulations and/or an economic recession in the U.S. may have a
material adverse effect on the U.S. economy.
Issuer
Risk:
Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies in which the
Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those companies may
cause the value of such company's securities to
decline.
Market
Risk: Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may
negatively affect issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. If
the securities held by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be
unable to transact at advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the
Fund’s returns. In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central
governments and governmental agencies, including the U.S. Federal Reserve or the
European Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could
cause increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of
Fund redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative
impact on the Fund. Beginning in early 2025, the U.S. government’s threats to
impose tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada has heightened tension among
trading partners. Further, in response to the U.S. government’s announcement of
tariffs on goods from China, the Chinese government has countered with tariffs
on U.S. goods, marking the beginning of a potential trade war between the
countries. Tariffs on imported goods may increase the cost of certain products
and household items, which may in turn dampen consumer spending and result in
decreased confidence in the markets. The possibility of additional tariffs being
imposed or the outbreak of a trade war may further adversely impact U.S. and
international markets. Additionally, political uncertainty regarding U.S.
policy, including the U.S. government’s approach to trade, may also impact the
markets. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war, acts of
terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues,
recessions, raising of interest rates, or other events could have a significant
impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of its Shares. This increases
the risk that monetary policy may provide less support should economic growth
slow. Market risk factors may result in increased volatility and/or decreased
liquidity in the securities markets. The Fund’s NAV could decline over short
periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market
downturns.
Non-Diversification
Risk: The
Fund is classified as a “non-diversified” investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act"). As a result, the Fund is subject to
the risk that it may be more volatile than a diversified fund because the Fund
may invest its assets in a smaller number of issuers or may invest a larger
proportion of its assets in a single issuer. As a result, the gains and losses
on a single investment may have a greater impact on the Fund’s NAV and may make
the Fund more volatile than more diversified funds.
Operational
Risk: The
Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of factors, including
but not limited to human error, processing and communication errors, errors of
the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other third-parties, failed or
inadequate processes and technology or systems failures. Additionally, cyber
security failures or breaches of the electronic systems of the Fund, the
Adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market makers, Authorized
Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests have the
ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's business
operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to the Fund and its
shareholders. The Fund and the Adviser seek to
reduce these operational risks through controls and procedures.
However, these measures do not address every possible risk and may be inadequate
for those risks that they are intended to address.
Options
Premium Tax Risk: The Fund’s investment strategy may limit its ability to distribute
dividends eligible for treatment as qualified dividend income, which for
non-corporate shareholders are subject to federal income tax at rates of up to
20% plus the 3.8% Medicare tax. The Fund’s investment strategy may also limit
its ability to distribute dividends eligible for the dividends-received
deduction for corporate shareholders. For these reasons, a significant portion
of distributions received by Fund shareholders may be subject to tax at
effective tax rates that are higher than the rates that would apply if the Fund
were to engage in a different investment strategy. You should consult your tax
advisor as to the tax consequences of acquiring, owning and disposing of Shares
in the Fund.
Passive
Investment Risk:
The Fund is not actively managed, and the Adviser does not attempt to take
defensive positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the
Fund does not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, it would not
necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed,
respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is
underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were
removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the
Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining
investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of
individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund
employed an active strategy.
Index-Related
Risk:
There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation to
the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment objective. Market
disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse effect on the
Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in order to track
the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations and/or the
construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its methodology may
occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected by the Index
Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the
Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk: The Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold
securities not included in its Underlying Index. The Adviser’s investment
strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may
cause the Fund to underperform the market or its relevant benchmark or adversely
affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment
objective.
Tracking
Error Risk:
Tracking error may occur because of differences between the instruments held in
the Fund's portfolio and those included in the Underlying Index, pricing
differences, transaction costs incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of
uninvested cash, size of the Fund, differences in timing of the accrual of or
the valuation of dividends or interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the
Underlying Index or the costs to the Fund of complying with various new or
existing regulatory requirements. This risk may be heightened during times of
increased market volatility or other unusual market conditions. Tracking error
also may result because the Fund incurs fees and expenses, while the Underlying
Index does not.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds:
As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk: The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may
act as Authorized Participants and engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, Shares may be more
likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask
spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting from an
exchange.
Large
Shareholder Risk: Redemptions
by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. If a
large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its Shares, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain sufficient assets to
continue operations in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to
liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account
for a large percentage of the trading volume on a national securities exchange
and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market
price of the Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk: The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount Risks:
Shares of the Fund are publicly traded on a national securities exchange, which
may subject shareholders to numerous market trading risks. In stressed market
conditions, the market for the Shares may become less liquid in response to the
deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio. This adverse effect on the
liquidity of the Shares, as well as disruptions to creations and redemptions,
the existence of extreme market volatility or potential lack of assets in the
Fund or an active trading market for Shares may result in Shares trading at a
significant premium or discount to NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a
time when the market price is at a premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time
when the market price is at a discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain
losses. The NAV of the Fund is calculated at the end of each business day and
fluctuates with changes in the market value of the Fund’s holdings. The trading
price of the Fund’s Shares fluctuates, in some cases materially, throughout
trading hours in response to changes in the Fund’s
NAV.
Trading
Halt Risk:
An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities,
or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be
unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial trading
losses.
Turnover
Risk: The
Fund may engage in frequent and active trading, which may significantly increase
the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate. At
times, the Fund may have a portfolio turnover rate substantially greater than
100%. For example, a portfolio turnover rate of 300%
is equivalent to the Fund buying and selling all of its securities three times
during the course of a year. A
high portfolio turnover rate would result in
high brokerage costs for the Fund, may result in higher taxes when Shares are
held in a taxable account and lower Fund
performance.
Valuation
Risk:
The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ from the Fund’s
valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by the Underlying
Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or volatile markets
or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as during trading
halts). The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio may change on
days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the Fund's
Shares.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
The bar chart and table that follow show how the Fund
performed on a calendar year basis and provide an indication of the risks of
investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to
year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for the indicated
periods compare with the Fund's broad-based benchmark index, which reflects a
broad measure of market performance, and the Underlying Index, which the Fund
seeks to track. The Fund's
past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily indicative of how
the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance
information is available online at www.globalxetfs.com.
Annual Total Returns
(Years Ended December 31)
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Best
Quarter: |
9/30/2024 |
5.69% |
Worst
Quarter: |
9/30/2023 |
(1.60)% |
Average Annual
Total Returns (for the Periods Ended December 31,
2024)
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One
Year Ended December 31, 2024 |
Since
Inception (02/23/2022) |
Global
X Dow 30®
Covered Call ETF: |
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·Return
before taxes |
14.45% |
7.11% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions1 |
9.39% |
4.60% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund Shares1 |
8.49% |
4.36% |
S&P
500 Index (TR)2
(Index returns reflects invested dividends net of
withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
25.02% |
14.05% |
DJIA
Cboe BuyWrite v2 Index
(Index returns reflects invested dividends net of
withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
15.35% |
8.10% |
DJIA
Index (TR) (USD)
(Index returns reflects invested dividends net of
withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
14.99% |
11.40% |
1
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical
highest individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the
impact of state and local taxes. Your
actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may
differ from those shown above. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors
who hold Shares of the Fund through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k)
plans or individual retirement accounts
(IRAs).
2
As of October
2024, pursuant to new regulatory requirements, the Fund changed its broad-based
securities market benchmark from the DJIA Index (TR) (USD) to the S&P 500
Index (TR) to reflect that the S&P 500 Index (TR) is more broadly
representative of the overall applicable securities
market.
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser:
Global X Management Company LLC.
Portfolio
Managers:
The professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the
Fund are Nam To, CFA; Wayne Xie; Vanessa Yang, CFA; and Sandy Lu, CFA
(“Portfolio Managers”). Messrs. To and Xie and Ms. Yang have been Portfolio
Managers of the Fund since the Fund's inception. Mr. Lu has been a Portfolio
Manager of the Fund since September 2022.
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Fund are or will be listed and traded at market prices on a national
securities exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange
through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and
because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade
at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only
"Authorized Participants" (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into
agreements with the Fund's distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co.
("Distributor"), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with
the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that have been aggregated
into blocks called Creation Units. The Fund will issue or redeem Creation Units
in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies any day
that the national securities exchanges are open for business (“Business Day”).
An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the highest
price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and the
lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when
buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). To
access information regarding the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums
and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, please go to
www.globalxetfs.com.
TAX
INFORMATION
The
Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income
or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA"), in which case
distributions from such tax-advantaged arrangement may be taxable to you.
PAYMENTS
TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The
Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial
intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of Fund Shares and related
services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your
broker-dealer, sales persons or other intermediary or its employees or
associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary's website for more
information.
Global X Russell 2000
Covered Call & Growth ETF
Ticker:
RYLG Exchange: NYSE Arca
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE
The
Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call & Growth ETF (the "Fund") seeks to
provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield
performance, before fees and expenses, of the Cboe Russell 2000 Half BuyWrite
Index (the "Underlying Index").
FEES AND
EXPENSES
This
table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and
sell shares (“Shares”) of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage
commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected
in the tables and examples below.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment):
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Management
Fees:1 |
0.35% |
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees: |
None |
Other
Expenses: |
0.00% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses: |
0.35% |
1
Management fees have been restated to reflect current
fees.
Example:
The following example is intended to help you
compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other
funds. This example does not take into account customary brokerage commissions
that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund in the secondary
market. The example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell
all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses
remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
these assumptions, your costs would be:
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One
Year |
Three
Years |
Five
Years |
Ten
Years |
$36 |
$113 |
$197 |
$443 |
Portfolio
Turnover:
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as
commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio).
A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may
result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs,
which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example,
affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's
portfolio turnover rate was 96.85% of the average value of its
portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES
The
Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus the amount of any borrowings
for investment purposes (if any), in the securities of the Cboe Russell 2000
Half BuyWrite Index (the "Underlying Index") or in investments that have
economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic
characteristics of such component securities, either individually or in the
aggregate. The Fund's 80% investment policy is non-fundamental and requires 60
days prior written notice to shareholders before it can be changed.
The
Underlying Index measures the performance of a covered call strategy that holds
a theoretical portfolio of the underlying stocks of the Russell 2000 Index (the
"Reference Index") and "writes" (or sells) a succession of one-month
at-the-money (“ATM”) covered call options on the Reference Index. The written
covered call options on the Reference Index correspond to approximately 50% of
the value of the portfolio of stocks in the Reference Index. The Underlying
Index specifically reflects the performance of the component securities of the
Reference Index combined with written (sold) ATM call options corresponding to
the value of 50% of the value of the portfolio of stocks in the Reference Index.
The Fund invests in the securities reflected in the Underlying Index or in
investments (including other underlying ETFs) that have economic characteristics
that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics of such
component securities, and cannot invest directly in the Underlying Index itself.
The implications of the written (sold) call option are described in more detail
here:
Call
Options
– When an investor sells a call option, the investor receives a premium in
exchange for an obligation to sell shares of a reference asset at a strike price
on the expiration date if the buyer of the call option exercises it. If the
reference asset closes above the strike price as of the expiration date and the
buyer exercises the call option, the investor will have to pay the difference
between the value of the reference asset and the strike price. If the reference
asset closes below the strike price as of the expiration date, the call option
may end up worthless and the investor retains the premium.
On
a monthly basis, the Underlying Index’s hypothetical portfolio will write (sell)
a succession of one-month call options corresponding to approximately 50% of the
value of the underlying stocks of the Reference Index and will cover such
options by holding the component securities of the Reference Index. Each call
option written in the Underlying Index’s hypothetical portfolio will have an
exercise price generally at the prevailing market price of the Reference Index.
However, if call options with those precise strike prices are unavailable, the
Underlying Index’s hypothetical portfolio will instead select the call options
with the strike price closest to but above the prevailing market price of the
Reference Index. Each option position in the Underlying Index’s hypothetical
portfolio will (i) be traded on a national securities exchange; (ii) be held
until expiration date; (iii) expire on its date of maturity; (iv) only be
subject to exercise on its expiration date; and (v) be settled in cash.
The
Reference Index is an equity benchmark which measures the performance of the
small-capitalization sector of the U.S. equity market as defined by FTSE Russell
(the “Index Provider”). As of December 31, 2024, the Reference Index had
1,966 constituents, with a minimum market capitalization of $8.2 million and a
maximum market capitalization of $14.8 billion and was not concentrated in any
particular sector. The Fund's investment objective and Underlying Index may be
changed without shareholder approval.
The
Underlying Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is an organization
that is independent of, and unaffiliated with, the Fund and Global X Management
Company LLC, the investment adviser for the Fund (the "Adviser"). In addition,
any determinations related to the constituents of the Underlying Index are made
independent of the Fund's portfolio managers. The Index Provider determines the
relative weightings of the securities in the Underlying Index and publishes or
designates a third-party index calculation agent to publish information
regarding the market value of the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser uses a "passive" or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund's
investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to
outperform the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions
when markets decline or appear overvalued. The call options sold by the Fund
will be collateralized by the Fund's equity holdings at the time the Fund sells
the options. By selling call options on approximately 50% of the value of the
portfolio of stocks in the Reference Index, the Fund's covered call strategy may
generate income while allowing for some potential upside exposure to the growth
of the underlying constituents of the Reference Index, relative to a 100%
covered call strategy. If the price of the Reference Index is above the strike
price of the Fund’s call options positions upon the expiration of the call
option, then at expiration the Fund would owe the purchaser of the call option
the difference between the strike price and the value of the Reference Index, so
the amount owed with respect to the call option would offset some gains the Fund
may experience from the securities held. For example, if the price of the
Reference Index were to increase by 15% from the time the call options were sold
to the time the call options expired, then the call options would be expected to
have a value equal to approximately 7.5% of the value the portfolio had at the
time when the call options were sold, which would offset approximately half of
the Fund’s gains from the increase in the Reference Index over the relevant
period. However, if the price of the Reference Index is below the strike price
of the Fund’s call options positions at expiry, the call options will expire
worthless and the Fund will retain the premium. An investor that purchases Fund
shares other than on the day that the Fund takes writes (sells) monthly call
options, or who sells shares other than on the day that the call options expire,
may experience different investment returns, depending on the relative
difference between the strike price of the Fund’s call options positions, and
the price of the Reference Index.
The
Fund generally uses a representative sampling strategy with respect to the
Underlying Index. "Representative sampling" is an indexing strategy that
involves investing in a representative sample of securities (including indirect
investments through underlying ETFs) that collectively has an investment profile
similar to the Underlying Index in terms of key risk factors, performance
attributes and other characteristics. Underlying ETFs may constitute a
substantial portion of the Fund's assets. These include country weightings,
market capitalization and other financial characteristics of securities. Under
normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Fund's net assets, plus the amount of
any borrowings for investment purposes (if any), will be invested in component
securities of the Underlying Index or in investments that have economic
characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics
of such component securities, either individually or in the aggregate. The
Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund's performance
and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses, will exceed 95%. A
correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect
correlation.
The Fund
concentrates its investments (i.e., holds 25% or more of its total assets) in a
particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that
the Underlying Index is concentrated. As of December 31, 2024, the
Underlying Index was not concentrated in any
industry.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL
RISKS
As with any
investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the
Fund's performance could trail that of other investments. There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and it is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency, the Adviser or any of its affiliates. The
Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely
affect the Fund's net asset value ("NAV"), trading price, yield, total return
and ability to meet its investment objective, as well as other risks that are
described in greater detail in the Additional
Information About the Funds
section of the Fund's Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information
("SAI").
Asset
Class Risk:
Securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or otherwise held in the
Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities
markets, a particular securities market or other asset classes.
Derivatives
Risk:
The Fund will invest in options, a type of derivative instrument. Derivatives
can be more sensitive to changes in interest rates or to sudden fluctuations in
market prices than conventional securities, which can result in greater losses
for the Fund. In addition, the prices of the derivative instruments and the
prices of underlying securities, interest rates or currencies they are designed
to reflect may not move together as expected. A risk of the Fund’s use of
derivatives is that the fluctuations in their values may not correlate perfectly
with the relevant reference index. Derivatives are usually traded on margin,
which may subject the Fund to margin calls. Margin calls may force the Fund to
liquidate assets. If a counterparty to an options contract entered into by the
Fund becomes bankrupt or fails to perform its obligations, or if any collateral
posted by the counterparty for the benefit of the Fund is insufficient or there
are delays in the Fund’s ability to access such collateral, the value of an
investment in the Fund may decline. Further, the market for certain investments,
such as options contracts, may become illiquid under adverse market or economic
conditions independent of any specific adverse changes in the conditions of a
particular issuer. If the Fund needed to sell a large block of illiquid
securities to meet shareholder redemption request or to raise cash, these sales
could further reduce the securities’ prices and adversely affect performance of
the Fund.
Equity
Securities Risk: Equity securities are subject to changes in value, and their values
may be more volatile than other asset classes, as a result of such factors as a
company’s business performance, investor perceptions, stock market trends and
general economic conditions.
ETF
Investment Risk: While
the risks of owning shares of an underlying ETF generally reflect the risks of
owning the underlying securities of the index the ETF is designed to track, lack
of liquidity in the underlying ETF can result in its value being more volatile
than the underlying portfolio securities. Because the value of an underlying
ETF's shares depends on the demand in the market, the Adviser may not be able to
liquidate the Fund’s holdings in those shares at the most optimal time, thereby
adversely affecting the Fund’s performance. An underlying ETF may experience
tracking error in relation to the index tracked by the underlying ETF. In
addition, an underlying ETF's shares may trade at a premium or discount to NAV.
In
addition, investments in the securities of underlying ETFs may involve
duplication of advisory fees and certain other expenses. The Fund will pay
brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase and sale of shares of the
underlying ETFs, which could result in greater expenses to the Fund. By
investing in an underlying ETF, the Fund becomes a shareholder thereof. As a
result, Fund shareholders indirectly bear the Fund’s proportionate share of the
fees and expenses indirectly paid by shareholders of the underlying ETF, in
addition to the fees and expenses Fund shareholders indirectly bear in
connection with the Fund’s own operations.
If the underlying ETF fails to achieve
its investment objective, the value of the Fund’s investment may decline,
adversely affecting the Fund’s performance. Additionally, some ETFs are not
registered under the Investment Company Act of 1940 (“1940 Act”) and therefore,
are not subject to the regulatory scheme and investor protections of the 1940
Act.
Capitalization
Risk:
Investing in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the
risk that the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or
investor sentiment.
Mid-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Mid-capitalization
companies may have greater price volatility, lower trading volume and less
liquidity than large-capitalization companies. In addition, mid-capitalization
companies may have smaller revenues, narrower product lines, less management
depth and experience, smaller shares of their product or service markets, fewer
financial resources and less competitive strength than large-capitalization
companies.
Small-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Compared to mid- and
large-capitalization companies, small-capitalization companies may be less
stable and more susceptible to adverse developments, and their securities may be
more volatile and less liquid.
Covered
Call Option Writing Risk:
By writing covered call options in return for the receipt of premiums, the Fund
will give up the opportunity to benefit from potential increases in the value of
the Reference Index above the exercise prices of such options, but will continue
to bear the risk of declines in the value of the Reference Index. The premiums
received from the options may not be sufficient to offset any losses sustained
from the volatility of the underlying stocks over time. As a result, the risks
associated with writing covered call options may be similar to the risks
associated with writing put options. In addition, the Fund’s ability to sell the
securities underlying the options will be limited while the options are in
effect unless the Fund cancels out the option positions through the purchase of
offsetting identical options prior to the expiration of the written options.
Exchanges may suspend the trading of options in volatile markets. If trading is
suspended, the Fund may be unable to write options at times that may be
desirable or advantageous to do so, which may increase the risk of tracking
error.
Cybersecurity
Risk:
With the increased use of technologies such as the Internet to conduct business,
the Fund, like all companies, may be susceptible to operational, information
security and related risks. Cybersecurity incidents involving the Fund and its
service providers (including, without limitation, the Adviser, fund accountant,
custodian, transfer agent and financial intermediaries) have the ability to
cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially resulting in
financial losses, impediments to trading, the inability of Fund shareholders to
transact business, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory
fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation
costs, and/or additional compliance costs. Similar adverse consequences could
result from cybersecurity incidents affecting issuers of securities in which the
Fund invests, counterparties with which the Fund engages, governmental and other
regulatory authorities, exchanges and other financial market operators, banks,
brokers, dealers, insurance companies, other financial institutions and other
parties. The Fund and its shareholders could be negatively impacted as a
result.
Focus
Risk: To the extent that the Underlying Index focuses in investments
related to a particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will also
focus its investments to approximately the same extent. Similarly, if the
Underlying Index has significant exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund’s
investments will likely have significant exposure to such sectors. In such
event, the Fund’s performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events
impacting such industry or sector, which may include, but are not limited to,
the following: general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that
could negatively affect supply and demand; competition for resources; adverse
labor relations; political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and
increased competition or new product introductions that may affect the
profitability or viability of companies in a particular industry or sector. As a
result, the value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more than the
value of shares of a fund that invests in securities of companies in a broader
range of industries or sectors.
Geographic
Risk: A
natural, biological or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in
which the Fund invests, which could affect the economy or particular business
operations of companies in the specific geographic region, causing an adverse
impact on the Fund’s investments in the affected region or in a region
economically tied to the affected region. The securities in which the Fund
invests and, consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks as a
result of their business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in Developed Markets: The Fund’s investment in a developed country issuer may subject the
Fund to regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks
associated with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a
significant portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower
economic growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries
have experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Incidents involving a country’s or region’s security may cause
uncertainty in its markets and may adversely affect its economy and the Fund’s
investments. In addition, developed countries may be impacted by changes to the
economic conditions of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt
burdens and the price or availability of certain commodities.
Risk
of Investing in the United States: A decrease in imports or exports,
changes in trade regulations and/or an economic recession in the U.S. may have a
material adverse effect on the U.S. economy.
Issuer
Risk: Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies
in which the Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those
companies may cause the value of such company's securities to
decline.
Market
Risk: Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may
negatively affect issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. If
the securities held by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be
unable to transact at advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the
Fund’s returns. In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central
governments and governmental agencies, including the U.S. Federal Reserve or the
European Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could
cause increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of
Fund redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative
impact on the Fund. Beginning in early 2025, the U.S. government’s threats to
impose tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada has heightened tension among
trading partners. Further, in response to the U.S. government’s announcement of
tariffs on goods from China, the Chinese government has countered with tariffs
on U.S. goods, marking the beginning of a potential trade war between the
countries. Tariffs on imported goods may increase the cost of certain products
and household items, which may in turn dampen consumer spending and result in
decreased confidence in the markets. The possibility of additional tariffs being
imposed or the outbreak of a trade war may further adversely impact U.S. and
international markets. Additionally, political uncertainty regarding U.S.
policy, including the U.S. government’s approach to trade, may also impact the
markets. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war, acts of
terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues,
recessions, raising of interest rates, or other events could have a significant
impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of its Shares. This increases
the risk that monetary policy may provide less support should economic growth
slow. Market risk factors may result in increased volatility and/or decreased
liquidity in the securities markets. The Fund’s NAV could decline over short
periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market
downturns.
Operational
Risk: The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of
factors, including but not limited to human error, processing and communication
errors, errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other
third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems
failures. Additionally, cyber security failures or breaches of the electronic
systems of the Fund, the Adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market
makers, Authorized Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund
invests have the ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's
business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to the Fund and
its shareholders. The Fund and the Adviser seek to reduce these operational
risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address
every possible risk and may be inadequate for those risks that they are intended
to address.
Options
Premium Tax Risk: The Fund’s investment strategy may limit its ability to distribute
dividends eligible for treatment as qualified dividend income, which for
non-corporate shareholders are subject to federal income tax at rates of up to
20% plus the 3.8% Medicare tax. The Fund’s investment strategy may also limit
its ability to distribute dividends eligible for the dividends-received
deduction for corporate shareholders. For these reasons, a significant portion
of distributions received by Fund shareholders may be subject to tax at
effective tax rates that are higher than the rates that would apply if the Fund
were to engage in a different investment strategy. You should consult your tax
advisor as to the tax consequences of acquiring, owning and disposing of Shares
in the Fund.
Passive
Investment Risk:
The Fund is not actively managed, and the Adviser does not attempt to take
defensive positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the
Fund does not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, it would not
necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed,
respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is
underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were
removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the
Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining
investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of
individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund
employed an active strategy.
Index-Related
Risk:
There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation to
the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment objective. Market
disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse effect on the
Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in order to track
the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations and/or the
construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its methodology may
occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected by the Index
Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the
Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk: The Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold
securities not included in its Underlying Index. The Adviser’s investment
strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may
cause the Fund to underperform the market or its relevant benchmark or adversely
affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment
objective.
Tracking
Error Risk:
Tracking error may occur because of differences between the instruments held in
the Fund's portfolio and those included in the Underlying Index, pricing
differences, transaction costs incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of
uninvested cash, size of the Fund, differences in timing of the accrual of or
the valuation of dividends or interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the
Underlying Index or the costs to the Fund of complying with various new or
existing regulatory requirements. This risk may be heightened during times of
increased market volatility or other unusual market conditions. Tracking error
also may result because the Fund incurs fees and expenses, while the Underlying
Index does not.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds:
As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk: The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may
act as Authorized Participants and engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, Shares may be more
likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask
spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting from an
exchange.
Large
Shareholder Risk: Redemptions
by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. If a
large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its Shares, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain sufficient assets to
continue operations in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to
liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account
for a large percentage of the trading volume on a national securities exchange
and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market
price of the Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk: The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount Risks:
Shares of the Fund are publicly traded on a national securities exchange, which
may subject shareholders to numerous market trading risks. In stressed market
conditions, the market for the Shares may become less liquid in response to the
deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio. This adverse effect on the
liquidity of the Shares, as well as disruptions to creations and redemptions,
the existence of extreme market volatility or potential lack of assets in the
Fund or an active trading market for Shares may result in Shares trading at a
significant premium or discount to NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a
time when the market price is at a premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time
when the market price is at a discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain
losses. The NAV of the Fund is calculated at the end of each business day and
fluctuates with changes in the market value of the Fund’s holdings. The trading
price of the Fund’s Shares fluctuates, in some cases materially, throughout
trading hours in response to changes in the Fund’s
NAV.
Trading
Halt Risk:
An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities,
or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be
unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial trading
losses.
Turnover
Risk: The
Fund may engage in frequent and active trading, which may significantly increase
the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate. At
times, the Fund may have a portfolio turnover rate substantially greater than
100%. For example, a portfolio turnover rate of 300%
is equivalent to the Fund buying and selling all of its securities three times
during the course of a year. A
high portfolio turnover rate would result in
high brokerage costs for the Fund, may result in higher taxes when Shares are
held in a taxable account and lower Fund
performance.
Valuation
Risk: The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ
from the Fund’s valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by
the Underlying Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or
volatile markets or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as
during trading halts). The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio
may change on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the
Fund's Shares.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
The bar chart and table that follow show how the Fund
performed on a calendar year basis and provide an indication of the risks of
investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to
year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for the indicated
periods compare with the Fund's broad-based benchmark index, which reflects a
broad measure of market performance, and the Underlying Index, which the Fund
seeks to track. The Fund's
past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily indicative of how
the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance
information is available online at www.globalxetfs.com.
Annual Total Returns
(Years Ended December 31)
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Best
Quarter: |
12/31/2023 |
7.63% |
Worst
Quarter: |
9/30/2023 |
-4.13% |
Average Annual
Total Returns (for the Periods Ended December 31,
2024)
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One
Year Ended December 31, 2024 |
Since
Inception (10/04/2022) |
Global
X Russell 2000 Covered Call & Growth ETF: |
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·Return
before taxes |
10.81% |
8.42% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions1 |
1.70% |
3.33% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund Shares1 |
6.29% |
4.31% |
S&P
500 Index (TR)2
(Index returns reflects invested dividends net of
withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
25.02% |
23.51% |
Cboe
Russell 2000 Half BuyWrite Index
(Index returns reflects invested dividends net of
withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
11.43% |
8.94% |
Russell
2000 Index (USD)
(Index returns reflects invested dividends net of
withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
11.54% |
12.35% |
1
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical
highest individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the
impact of state and local taxes. Your
actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may
differ from those shown above. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors
who hold Shares of the Fund through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k)
plans or individual retirement accounts
(IRAs).
2
As of October 2024, pursuant to new regulatory
requirements, the Fund changed its broad-based securities market benchmark from
the Russell 2000 Index to the S&P 500 Index (TR) to reflect that the S&P
500
Index (TR) is more broadly representative of the overall applicable
securities market.
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser:
Global X Management Company LLC.
Portfolio
Managers:
The professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the
Fund are Nam To, CFA; Wayne Xie; Vanessa Yang, CFA; and Sandy Lu, CFA
(“Portfolio Managers”). Messrs. To, Xie and Lu and Ms. Yang have been Portfolio
Managers of the Fund since the Fund's inception.
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Fund are or will be listed and traded at market prices on a national
securities exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange
through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and
because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade
at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only
"Authorized Participants" (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into
agreements with the Fund's distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co.
("Distributor"), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with
the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that have been aggregated
into blocks called "Creation Units". The Fund will issue or redeem Creation
Units in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies
any day that the national securities exchanges are open for business (“Business
Day”). An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the
highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and
the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when
buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). To
access information regarding the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums
and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, please go to
www.globalxetfs.com.
TAX
INFORMATION
The
Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income
or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA"), in which case
distributions from such tax-advantaged arrangement may be taxable to you.
PAYMENTS
TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The
Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial
intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of Fund Shares and related
services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your
broker-dealer, sales persons or other intermediary or its employees or
associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary's website for more
information.
Global X Information
Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF
Ticker:
TYLG Exchange: NYSE Arca
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE
The
Global X Information Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF (the "Fund") seeks
to provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield
performance, before fees and expenses, of the Cboe S&P Technology Select
Sector Half BuyWrite Index (the "Underlying
Index").
FEES AND
EXPENSES
This
table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold and sell
shares ("Shares") of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage
commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected
in the tables and examples below.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment):
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Management
Fees: |
0.60% |
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees: |
None |
Other
Expenses: |
0.00% |
Acquired
Fund Fees and Expenses:1 |
0.04% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses: |
0.64% |
Expense
Reimbursement and/or Fee Waiver:2 |
(0.04)% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses After Fee Waiver and/or Expense
Reimbursement: |
0.60% |
1
“Acquired Fund Fees and
Expenses” sets forth the Fund’s pro rata portion of the cumulative expenses
charged by the exchange-traded funds, closed-end funds, business development
companies and other investment companies in which the Fund invests. The actual
Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses will vary with changes in the allocations of the
Fund’s assets. Total annual fund operating expenses do not correlate with
the ratios of expenses to average net assets reported in the financial
highlights tables in the Fund’s Prospectus and in the Fund’s shareholder
reports, which reflect the Fund’s operating expenses and do not include acquired
fund fees and expenses. The Fund's Acquired Fund Fees and Expenses have been
restated to reflect estimated fees and expenses for the upcoming fiscal
year.
2
Pursuant to an Expense
Limitation Agreement, the Adviser has contractually agreed to reimburse or waive
fees and/or limit Fund expenses to the extent necessary to assure that the
operating expenses of the Fund (exclusive of taxes, brokerage fees, commissions,
and other transaction expenses, interest, and extraordinary expenses (such as
litigation and indemnification expenses)) will not exceed 0.60% of the Fund's
average daily net assets per year, until at least March 1, 2026.
Example:
The following example is intended to help you
compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other
funds. This example does not take into account customary brokerage commissions
that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund in the secondary
market. The example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell
all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses
remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
these assumptions, your costs would be:
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One
Year |
Three
Years |
Five
Years |
Ten
Years |
$61 |
$201 |
$353 |
$795 |
Portfolio
Turnover:
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as
commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio).
A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may
result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs,
which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example,
affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's
portfolio turnover rate was 22.38% of the average value of its
portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES
The
Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment
purposes (if any), in the securities of the Cboe S&P Technology Select
Sector Half BuyWrite Index (the "Underlying Index") or in investments that have
economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic
characteristics of such component securities, either individually
or
in the aggregate. The Fund's 80% investment policy is non-fundamental and
requires 60 days prior written notice to shareholders before it can be
changed.
The
Underlying Index measures the performance of a partially covered call strategy
that holds a theoretical portfolio of the underlying securities of the
Information Technology Select Sector Index (the “Reference Index”). The
Underlying Index "writes" (or sells) a succession of one-month at-the-money
covered call options on the Information Technology Select Sector
SPDR®
Fund (the “Reference Fund”), or such other fund that seeks to track the
performance of the Reference Index, as determined by the Index Provider. The
call options correspond to approximately 50% of the value of the securities in
the Reference Index, therefore representing a partially covered call strategy.
The call options written (sold) by the Fund will be FLexible
EXchange®
(“FLEX”) options. The Fund invests in the securities reflected in the Underlying
Index or in investments (including other underlying ETFs) that have economic
characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics
of such component securities and cannot invest directly in the Underlying Index
itself. The implications of the written (sold) FLEX call options are described
in more detail here:
Call
Options
– When an investor sells a call option, the investor receives a premium in
exchange for an obligation to sell shares of a reference asset at a strike price
on the expiration date if the buyer of the call option exercises it. If the
reference asset closes above the strike price as of the expiration date and the
buyer exercises the call option, the investor will have to pay the difference
between the value of the reference asset and the strike price. If the reference
asset closes below the strike price as of the expiration date, the call option
may end up worthless and the investor retains the premium.
FLEX
Options
– FLEX options are options guaranteed by the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC),
that allow investors to customize key contract terms, including expiration date,
exercise style, and exercise price, and expanded position limits.
On
a monthly basis, the Underlying Index’s hypothetical portfolio will write (sell)
a succession of one-month FLEX call options on the Reference Fund corresponding
to approximately 50% of the value of the securities in the Reference Index and
will cover such options by holding the component securities of the Reference
Index. The exercise price of each FLEX call option written is the listed option
reference price closest to the Volume Weighted Average Price (“VWAP”) of the
Reference Fund from 12:59 p.m. Eastern Time to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the
roll date or, if the Reference Fund does not trade during this period, the last
mid-price of the Reference Fund before 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The roll date is
a specified day of each month when the open call options position of the
Underlying Index expires, and a new call option position is opened that will
expire as of the next roll date. The roll date for the Underlying Index is the
business day prior to the standard monthly listed option expiry date, the latter
typically being the third Friday of each month. Each option position will (i) be
held until one day prior to the expiration date (i.e., generally the Thursday
preceding the third Friday of the month) and liquidated at a price determined at
2:00 p.m. Eastern Time; (ii) expire on its date of maturity (in the next
calendar month); and (iii) only be subject to exercise on its expiration date.
Because FLEX options may not trade regularly, the Underlying Index will utilize
a theoretical valuation for the FLEX options, using Cboe Hanweck Options
Analytics theoretical prices as a primary source. These prices are determined
using a proprietary methodology developed by Cboe Global Indices, LLC, which
references listed options pricing on the Reference Fund from the Options Price
Reporting Authority for quality assurance checks.
The
Reference Index is a modified market capitalization weighted index containing
the securities of the S&P 500 Index that are classified within the
information technology sector under the Global Industry Classification System
("GICS"), including securities of companies from the following industries:
technology hardware, storage, and peripherals; software; communications
equipment; semiconductors and semiconductor equipment; IT services; and
electronic equipment, instruments and components. The Reference Index is one of
eleven Select Sector Indexes developed and maintained in accordance with the
following criteria: (1) each of the component securities in the Reference Index
is a constituent of the S&P 500 Index; and (2) the Reference Index is
calculated by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (“S&P DJI”) based on a
proprietary “modified market capitalization” methodology, which means that
modifications may be made to the market capitalization weights of single stock
concentrations in order to conform to the requirements of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the “Internal Revenue Code” or “IRC”). As of
December 31, 2024, the Reference Index was comprised of 69
holdings.
The
Underlying Index is sponsored by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (the "Index
Provider"), which is an organization that is independent of, and unaffiliated
with, the Fund and Global X Management Company LLC, the investment adviser for
the Fund (the "Adviser"). In addition, any determinations related to the
constituents of the Underlying Index are made independent of the Fund's
portfolio managers. The Index Provider determines the relative weightings of the
securities in the Underlying Index and publishes or designates a third-party
index calculation agent to publish information regarding the market value of the
Underlying Index.
The
Adviser uses a "passive" or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund's
investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to
outperform the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions
when markets decline or appear overvalued. The call options sold by the Fund
will be collateralized by the Fund's equity holdings at the time the Fund sells
the options. By selling call options corresponding to approximately 50% of the
value of the portfolio of stocks in the Reference Index, the Fund's partially
covered call strategy may generate income while allowing for some potential
upside exposure to the growth of the underlying constituents of the Reference
Index, relative to a 100% covered call strategy. If the price of the Reference
Fund is above the strike price of the Fund’s call options positions upon the
expiration of the call options, then at expiration the Fund would owe the
purchaser of the call option the difference between the strike price and the
price of the Reference Fund, so the amount owed with respect to the call option
would be expected to offset approximately half of the gains the Fund may
experience from the securities held. For example, if the price of the Reference
Fund were to increase by 15% from the time the call options were sold to the
time the call options expired, then the call options could be expected to have a
value equal to approximately 7.5% of the value the portfolio had at the time
when the call options were sold, which would offset approximately half of the
Fund’s gains from the increase in the Reference Index over the relevant period,
as long as the performance of the Reference Fund generally corresponds to the
performance of the Reference Index. However, if the price of the Reference Fund
is below the strike price of the Fund’s call options positions at expiry, the
call options will expire worthless, and the Fund will retain the premium. An
investor that purchases Fund shares other than on the day that the Fund writes
(sells) monthly call options, or who sells shares other than on the day that the
call options expire, may experience different investment returns, depending on
the relative difference between the strike price of the Fund’s call options
positions, and the price of the Reference Fund.
The
Fund generally uses a representative sampling strategy with respect to the
Underlying Index. "Representative sampling" is an indexing strategy that
involves investing in a representative sample of securities (including indirect
investments through underlying ETFs) that collectively has an investment profile
similar to the Underlying Index in terms of key risk factors, performance
attributes and other characteristics. Underlying ETFs may constitute a
substantial portion of the Fund's assets. These include country weightings,
market capitalization and other financial characteristics of securities. Under
normal circumstances, at least 80% of the Fund's net assets, plus the amount of
any borrowings for investment purposes (if any), will be invested in component
securities of the Underlying Index or in investments that have economic
characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics
of such component securities, either individually or in the
aggregate.
The
Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund's performance
and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses, will exceed 95%. A
correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect correlation.
The Fund
concentrates its investments (i.e., holds 25% or more of its total assets) in a
particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that
the Underlying Index is concentrated. As of December 31, 2024, the
Underlying Index was concentrated in the semiconductors and semiconductor
equipment and software industries and had significant exposure to the
information technology sector. The Fund is classified as
“non-diversified,” which means it may invest a larger percentage of its assets
in a smaller number of issuers than a diversified
fund.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL
RISKS
As with any
investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the
Fund's performance could trail that of other investments. There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and it is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency, the Adviser or any of its affiliates. The
Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely
affect the Fund's net asset value ("NAV"), trading price, yield, total return
and ability to meet its investment objective, as well as other risks that are
described in greater detail in the Additional
Information About the Funds
section of the Fund's Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information
("SAI").
Asset
Class Risk:
Securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or otherwise held in the
Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities
markets, a particular securities market or other asset classes.
Derivatives
Risk:
The Fund will invest in options, a type of derivative instrument. Derivatives
can be more sensitive to changes in interest rates or to sudden fluctuations in
market prices than conventional securities, which can result in greater losses
for the Fund. In addition, the prices of the derivative instruments and the
prices of underlying securities, interest rates or currencies they are designed
to reflect may not move together as expected. A risk of the Fund’s use of
derivatives is that the fluctuations in their values may not correlate perfectly
with the relevant reference index. Derivatives are usually traded on margin,
which may subject the Fund to margin calls. Margin calls may force the
Fund
to liquidate assets. If a counterparty to an options contract entered into by
the Fund becomes bankrupt or fails to perform its obligations, or if any
collateral posted by the counterparty for the benefit of the Fund is
insufficient or there are delays in the Fund’s ability to access such
collateral, the value of an investment in the Fund may decline. Further, the
market for certain investments, such as options contracts, may become illiquid
under adverse market or economic conditions independent of any specific adverse
changes in the conditions of a particular issuer. If the Fund needed to sell a
large block of illiquid securities to meet shareholder redemption request or to
raise cash, these sales could further reduce the securities’ prices and
adversely affect performance of the Fund.
Equity
Securities Risk: Equity securities are subject to changes in value, and their values
may be more volatile than other asset classes, as a result of such factors as a
company’s business performance, investor perceptions, stock market trends and
general economic conditions.
ETF
Investment Risk: While
the risks of owning shares of an underlying ETF generally reflect the risks of
owning the underlying securities of the index the ETF is designed to track, lack
of liquidity in the underlying ETF can result in its value being more volatile
than the underlying portfolio securities. Because the value of an underlying
ETF's shares depends on the demand in the market, the Adviser may not be able to
liquidate the Fund’s holdings in those shares at the most optimal time, thereby
adversely affecting the Fund’s performance. An underlying ETF may experience
tracking error in relation to the index tracked by the underlying ETF. In
addition, an underlying ETF's shares may trade at a premium or discount to NAV.
In
addition, investments in the securities of underlying ETFs may involve
duplication of advisory fees and certain other expenses. The Fund will pay
brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase and sale of shares of the
underlying ETFs, which could result in greater expenses to the Fund. By
investing in an underlying ETF, the Fund becomes a shareholder thereof. As a
result, Fund shareholders indirectly bear the Fund’s proportionate share of the
fees and expenses indirectly paid by shareholders of the underlying ETF, in
addition to the fees and expenses Fund shareholders indirectly bear in
connection with the Fund’s own operations.
If
the underlying ETF fails to achieve its investment objective, the value of the
Fund’s investment may decline, adversely affecting the Fund’s performance.
Additionally, some ETFs are not registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940 (“1940 Act”) and therefore, are not subject to the regulatory scheme and
investor protections of the 1940
Act.
Capitalization
Risk:
Investing in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the
risk that the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or
investor sentiment.
Large-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Large-capitalization
companies may trail the returns of the overall stock market.
Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better - or worse
- than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for
as long as several years.
Correlation
Risk: In seeking to track the performance of the Underlying Index, the
Fund anticipates holding component securities of the Reference Index and writing
call options on the Reference Fund. While it is anticipated that the performance
of the Reference Fund, and of the call options written on the Reference Fund,
will generally correspond to the performance of the component securities of the
Reference Index, there can be no guarantee that such performance will be highly
correlated. It is possible that the value of the component securities of the
Reference Index may diverge from the value of the Reference Fund on which the
call options are written. if such performance diverges, this may cause the
performance of the call options to offset more or less than 50% of the gains of
the component securities during a roll period. If this occurs, the total return
of the Fund will deviate from the total return expectations of a 50% covered
call strategy.
Covered
Call Option Writing Risk: By writing covered call options in return for the receipt of
premiums, the Fund will give up the opportunity to benefit from potential
increases in the value of the Reference Index above the exercise prices of such
options, but will continue to bear the risk of declines in the value of the
Reference Index. The premiums received from the options may not be sufficient to
offset any losses sustained from the volatility of the underlying stocks over
time. As a result, the risks associated with writing covered call options may be
similar to the risks associated with writing put options. In addition, the
Fund’s ability to sell the securities underlying the options will be limited
while the options are in effect unless the Fund cancels out the option positions
through the purchase of offsetting identical options prior to the expiration of
the written options. Exchanges may suspend the trading of options in volatile
markets. If trading is suspended, the Fund may be unable to write options at
times that may be desirable or advantageous to do so, which may increase the
risk of tracking error.
Cybersecurity
Risk:
With the increased use of technologies such as the Internet to conduct business,
the Fund, like all companies, may be susceptible to operational, information
security and related risks. Cybersecurity incidents involving the Fund and its
service providers (including, without limitation, the Adviser, fund accountant,
custodian, transfer agent and financial intermediaries) have the ability to
cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially resulting in
financial losses, impediments to trading, the inability of Fund shareholders to
transact business, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory
fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation
costs, and/or additional compliance costs. Similar adverse consequences could
result from cybersecurity incidents affecting issuers of securities in which the
Fund invests, counterparties with which the Fund engages, governmental and other
regulatory authorities, exchanges and other financial market operators, banks,
brokers, dealers, insurance companies, other financial institutions and other
parties. The Fund and its shareholders could be negatively impacted as a
result.
FLEX
Options Risk: The
Fund will utilize FLEX options issued and guaranteed for settlement by the OCC.
The Fund bears the risk that the OCC will be unable to, or unwilling to, perform
their obligations under the contracts. In the unlikely event that the OCC cannot
meet their obligations, the Fund could suffer significant losses. Additionally,
FLEX options may be more illiquid than other securities, including traditional
options. To the extent that the FLEX options may not be expected to experience
regular trading, the FLEX options held by the Fund may be valued based on a
price quotation or other equivalent indication of value supplied by a pricing
service, rather than based on a price last traded on an exchange. In less liquid
markets for FLEX options, the Fund may have difficulty entering into or closing
out certain positions at designated times and/or prices, including in connection
with the monthly options roll process. With the creation and redemption of
Shares, to the extent market participants are not willing or able to enter into
FLEX option transactions with the Fund at prices that reflect the market price
of the Shares, the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) and, in turn the share price
of the Fund, could suffer significant losses. The Fund may experience
substantial downside from specific FLEX option positions, and some may expire
worthless. As a FLEX option approaches the predetermined expiration date, its
value typically moves in parallel with the value of the Reference Fund. However,
prior to such date, the value of the FLEX options may not increase or decrease
at the same rate as the Reference Fund’s share price on a day-to-day basis. The
value of the underlying FLEX options will be affected by many market factors,
such as changes in the Reference Fund’s share price, interest rates, the
volatility of the Reference Fund, and the remaining time to until the FLEX
options expire.
Focus
Risk:
To the extent that the Underlying Index focuses in investments related to a
particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will also focus its
investments to approximately the same extent. Similarly, if the Underlying Index
has significant exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund’s investments will
likely have significant exposure to such sectors. In such event, the Fund’s
performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events impacting such
industry or sector, which may include, but are not limited to, the following:
general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively
affect supply and demand; competition for resources; adverse labor relations;
political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and increased
competition or new product introductions that may affect the profitability or
viability of companies in a particular industry or sector. As a result, the
value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more than the value of shares
of a fund that invests in securities of companies in a broader range of
industries or sectors.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Information Technology Sector: Companies
in the information technology sector are subject to rapid changes in technology
product cycles; rapid product obsolescence; government regulation; and increased
competition, both domestically and internationally, including competition from
foreign competitors with lower production costs. Information technology
companies and companies that rely heavily on technology tend to be more volatile
than the overall market and also are heavily dependent on patent and
intellectual property rights. In addition, information technology companies may
have limited product lines, markets, financial resources or
personnel.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment Industry:
The
semiconductors and semiconductor equipment industry is highly competitive, and
certain companies in this industry may be restricted from operating in certain
markets due to the sensitive nature of these technologies. Companies in this
space generally seek to increase silicon capacity, improve yields, and reduce
die size in their product designs which may result in significant increases in
worldwide supply and downward pressure on prices. Companies involved in the
semiconductors and semiconductor equipment industry face increased risk from
trade agreements between countries that develop these technologies and countries
in which customers of these technologies are based. Lack of resolution or
potential imposition of trade tariffs may hinder the companies’ ability to
successfully deploy their inventories. The success of such companies frequently
depends on the ability to develop and produce competitive new semiconductor
technologies. Companies in this industry frequently undertake substantial
research and development expenses in order to remain competitive, and a failure
to successfully demonstrate advanced functionality and performance can have a
material impact on the company’s business.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Software Industry: The
software industry can be significantly affected by intense competition,
aggressive pricing, technological innovations, and product obsolescence.
Companies in the application
software industry, in particular, may
also be negatively affected by the decline or fluctuation of subscription
renewal rates for their products and services, which may have an adverse effect
on profit margins. Companies in the systems software industry may be adversely
affected by, among other things, actual or perceived security vulnerabilities in
their products and services, which may result in individual or class action
lawsuits, state or federal enforcement actions and other remediation
costs.
Geographic
Risk: A
natural, biological or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in
which the Fund invests, which could affect the economy or particular business
operations of companies in the specific geographic region, causing an adverse
impact on the Fund’s investments in the affected region or in a region
economically tied to the affected region. The securities in which the Fund
invests and, consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks as a
result of their business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in Developed Markets: The Fund’s investment in a developed country issuer may subject the
Fund to regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks
associated with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a
significant portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower
economic growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries
have experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Incidents involving a country’s or region’s security may cause
uncertainty in its markets and may adversely affect its economy and the Fund’s
investments. In addition, developed countries may be impacted by changes to the
economic conditions of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt
burdens and the price or availability of certain commodities.
Risk
of Investing in the United States: A decrease in imports or exports,
changes in trade regulations and/or an economic recession in the U.S. may have a
material adverse effect on the U.S. economy.
Issuer
Risk:
Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies in which the
Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those companies may
cause the value of such company's securities to
decline.
Market
Risk: Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may
negatively affect issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. If
the securities held by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be
unable to transact at advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the
Fund’s returns. In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central
governments and governmental agencies, including the U.S. Federal Reserve or the
European Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could
cause increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of
Fund redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative
impact on the Fund. Beginning in early 2025, the U.S. government’s threats to
impose tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada has heightened tension among
trading partners. Further, in response to the U.S. government’s announcement of
tariffs on goods from China, the Chinese government has countered with tariffs
on U.S. goods, marking the beginning of a potential trade war between the
countries. Tariffs on imported goods may increase the cost of certain products
and household items, which may in turn dampen consumer spending and result in
decreased confidence in the markets. The possibility of additional tariffs being
imposed or the outbreak of a trade war may further adversely impact U.S. and
international markets. Additionally, political uncertainty regarding U.S.
policy, including the U.S. government’s approach to trade, may also impact the
markets. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war, acts of
terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues,
recessions, raising of interest rates, or other events could have a significant
impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of its Shares. This increases
the risk that monetary policy may provide less support should economic growth
slow. Market risk factors may result in increased volatility and/or decreased
liquidity in the securities markets. The Fund’s NAV could decline over short
periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market
downturns.
Non-Diversification
Risk: The
Fund is classified as a “non-diversified” investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act"). As a result, the Fund is subject to
the risk that it may be more volatile than a diversified fund because the Fund
may invest its assets in a smaller number of issuers or may invest a larger
proportion of its assets in a single issuer. As a result, the gains and losses
on a single investment may have a greater impact on the Fund’s NAV and may make
the Fund more volatile than more diversified funds.
Operational
Risk:
The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of factors,
including but not limited to human error, processing and communication errors,
errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other third-parties,
failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems failures. Additionally,
cyber security failures or breaches of the electronic systems of the Fund, the
Adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market makers, Authorized
Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund invests have the
ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's business
operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to the Fund and its
shareholders. The Fund and the Adviser seek to
reduce these operational risks through controls and procedures.
However, these measures do not address every possible risk and may be inadequate
for those risks that they are intended to address.
Options
Premium Tax Risk: The Fund’s investment strategy may limit its ability to distribute
dividends eligible for treatment as qualified dividend income, which for
non-corporate shareholders are subject to federal income tax at rates of up to
20% plus the 3.8% Medicare tax. The Fund’s investment strategy may also limit
its ability to distribute dividends eligible for the dividends-received
deduction for corporate shareholders. For these reasons, a significant portion
of distributions received by Fund shareholders may be subject to tax at
effective tax rates that are higher than the rates that would apply if the Fund
were to engage in a different investment strategy. You should consult your tax
advisor as to the tax consequences of acquiring, owning and disposing of Shares
in the Fund.
Passive
Investment Risk:
The Fund is not actively managed, and the Adviser does not attempt to take
defensive positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the
Fund does not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, it would not
necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed,
respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is
underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were
removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the
Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining
investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of
individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund
employed an active strategy.
Index-Related
Risk:
There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation to
the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment objective. Market
disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse effect on the
Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in order to track
the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations and/or the
construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its methodology may
occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected by the Index
Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the
Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk: The Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold
securities not included in its Underlying Index. The Adviser’s investment
strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may
cause the Fund to underperform the market or its relevant benchmark or adversely
affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment
objective.
Tracking
Error Risk:
Tracking error may occur because of differences between the instruments held in
the Fund's portfolio and those included in the Underlying Index, pricing
differences, transaction costs incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of
uninvested cash, size of the Fund, differences in timing of the accrual of or
the valuation of dividends or interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the
Underlying Index or the costs to the Fund of complying with various new or
existing regulatory requirements. This risk may be heightened during times of
increased market volatility or other unusual market conditions. Tracking error
also may result because the Fund incurs fees and expenses, while the Underlying
Index does not.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds:
As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk: The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may
act as Authorized Participants and engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, Shares may be more
likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask
spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting from an
exchange.
Large
Shareholder Risk: Redemptions
by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. If a
large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its Shares, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain sufficient assets to
continue operations in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to
liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account
for a large percentage of the trading volume on a national securities exchange
and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market
price of the Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk: The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount Risks:
Shares of the Fund are publicly traded on a national securities exchange, which
may subject shareholders to numerous market trading risks. In stressed market
conditions, the market for the Shares may become less liquid in response to the
deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio. This adverse effect on the
liquidity of the Shares, as well as disruptions to creations and redemptions,
the existence of extreme market volatility or potential lack of assets in the
Fund or an active trading market for Shares may result in Shares trading at a
significant premium or discount to NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a
time when the market price is at a premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time
when the market price is at a discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain
losses. The NAV of the Fund is calculated at the end of each business day and
fluctuates with changes in the market value of the Fund’s holdings. The trading
price of the Fund’s Shares fluctuates, in some cases materially, throughout
trading hours in response to changes in the Fund’s
NAV.
Trading
Halt Risk:
An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities,
or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be
unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial trading
losses.
Turnover
Risk: The
Fund may engage in frequent and active trading, which may significantly increase
the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate. At
times, the Fund may have a portfolio turnover rate substantially greater than
100%. For example, a portfolio turnover rate of 300%
is equivalent to the Fund buying and selling all of its securities three times
during the course of a year. A
high portfolio turnover rate would result in
high brokerage costs for the Fund, may result in higher taxes when Shares are
held in a taxable account and lower Fund
performance.
Valuation
Risk:
The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ from the Fund’s
valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by the Underlying
Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or volatile markets
or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as during trading
halts). The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio may change on
days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the Fund's
Shares.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
The bar chart and table that follow show how the Fund
performed on a calendar year basis and provide an indication of the risks of
investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to
year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for the indicated
periods compare with the Fund's broad-based benchmark index, which reflects a
broad measure of market performance, and the Underlying Index, which the Fund
seeks to track. The Fund's
past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily indicative of how
the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance
information is available online at www.globalxetfs.com.
Annual Total Returns
(Years Ended December 31)
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Quarter: |
3/31/2023 |
17.37% |
Worst
Quarter: |
9/30/2023 |
(4.35)% |
Average Annual
Total Returns (for the Periods Ended December 31,
2024)
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One
Year Ended December 31, 2024 |
Since
Inception (11/21/2022) |
Global
X Information Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF: |
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·Return
before taxes |
20.38% |
27.38% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions1 |
16.99% |
22.71% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund Shares1 |
11.91% |
19.14% |
S&P
500 Index (TR)2
(Index returns reflects invested dividends net of
withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
25.02% |
22.59% |
Cboe
S&P Technology Select Sector Half BuyWrite Index
(Index returns reflects invested dividends net of
withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
21.87% |
28.54% |
Information
Technology Select Sector Index (TR) (USD)
(Index returns reflects invested dividends net of
withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
21.74% |
32.64% |
1
After-tax returns are calculated using the historical
highest individual U.S. federal marginal income tax rates and do not reflect the
impact of state and local taxes. Your
actual after-tax returns will depend on your specific tax situation and may
differ from those shown above. After-tax returns are not relevant to investors
who hold Shares of the Fund through tax-advantaged arrangements, such as 401(k)
plans or individual retirement accounts
(IRAs).
2
As of October
2024, pursuant to new regulatory requirements, the Fund changed its broad-based
securities market benchmark from the Information Technology Select Sector Index
(TR) (USD) to the S&P 500 Index (TR) to reflect that the S&P 500 Index
(TR) is more broadly representative of the overall applicable securities
market.
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser:
Global X Management Company LLC.
Portfolio
Managers:
The professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the
Fund are Nam To, CFA; Wayne Xie; Vanessa Yang, CFA; and Sandy Lu, CFA
(“Portfolio Managers”). Messrs. To, Xie and Lu and Ms. Yang have been Portfolio
Managers of the Fund since the Fund's inception.
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Fund are or will be listed and traded at market prices on a national
securities exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange
through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and
because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade
at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only
"Authorized Participants" (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into
agreements with the Fund's distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co.
("Distributor"), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with
the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that have been aggregated
into blocks called "Creation Units". The Fund will issue or redeem Creation
Units in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies
any day that the national securities exchanges are open for business (“Business
Day”). An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the
highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and
the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when
buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). To
access information regarding the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums
and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, please go to
www.globalxetfs.com.
TAX
INFORMATION
The
Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income
or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA"), in which case
distributions from such tax-advantaged arrangement may be taxable to you.
PAYMENTS
TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The
Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial
intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of Fund Shares and related
services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your
broker-dealer, sales persons or other intermediary or its employees or
associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary's website for more
information.
Global
X Dow 30®
Covered Call & Growth ETF
Ticker:
DYLG Exchange: NYSE Arca
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE
The
Global X Dow 30®
Covered Call & Growth ETF (the "Fund") seeks to provide investment results
that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and
expenses, of the Cboe DJIA Half BuyWrite Index (the "Underlying
Index").
FEES AND
EXPENSES
This
table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and
sell shares (“Shares”) of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage
commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected
in the tables and examples below.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment):
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Management
Fees:1 |
0.35% |
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees: |
None |
Other
Expenses: |
0.00% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses: |
0.35% |
1
Management fees have been restated to reflect current
fees.
Example:
The following example is intended to help you
compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other
funds. This example does not take into account customary brokerage commissions
that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund in the secondary
market. The example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell
all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses
remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
these assumptions, your costs would be:
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One
Year |
Three
Years |
Five
Years |
Ten
Years |
$36 |
$113 |
$197 |
$443 |
Portfolio
Turnover:
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as
commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio).
A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may
result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs,
which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example,
affect the Fund's performance. During the most recent fiscal year, the Fund's
portfolio turnover rate was 6.08% of the average value of its
portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES
The
Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the Cboe DJIA
Half BuyWrite Index (the "Underlying Index"). The Fund's 80% investment policy
is non-fundamental and requires 60 days prior written notice to shareholders
before it can be changed.
The
Underlying Index measures the performance of a partially covered call strategy
that holds a theoretical portfolio of the underlying stocks of the Dow Jones
Industrial Average®
(the "Reference Index"), and "writes" (or sells) a succession of one-month
at-the-money covered call options on the Reference Index. The call options
correspond to approximately 50% of the value of the securities in the Reference
Index, therefore representing a partially covered call strategy. In seeking to
track the Underlying Index, the Fund follows a "buy-write" investment strategy
on the Reference Index in which the Fund purchases the component securities of
the Reference Index and also writes (or sells) call options that correspond to
approximately 50% of the value of the portfolio of stocks in the Reference
Index. By only writing call options on approximately 50% of the value of the
portfolio of stocks in the Reference Index, the strategy can provide income
generation from the call options while allowing for some potential upside
exposure to the growth of the underlying constituents of the Reference Index,
relative to a 100% covered call strategy.
The
implications of the written (sold) call option are described in more detail
here:
Call
Options
– When an investor sells a call option, the investor receives a premium in
exchange for an obligation to sell shares of a reference asset at a strike price
on the expiration date if the buyer of the call option exercises it. If the
reference asset closes above the strike price as of the expiration date and the
buyer exercises the call option, the investor will have to pay the difference
between the value of the reference asset and the strike price. If the reference
asset closes below the strike price as of the expiration date, the call option
may end up worthless and the investor retains the premium.
On
a monthly basis, the Underlying Index’s portfolio will write (sell) a succession
of one-month call options corresponding to approximately 50% of the value of the
portfolio of stocks in the Reference Index and will cover such options by
holding the component securities of the Reference Index. Each call option
written in the Underlying Index’s portfolio will have an exercise price
generally at the prevailing market price of the Reference Index. However, if
call options with those precise strike prices are unavailable, the Underlying
Index’s portfolio will instead select the call options with the strike price
closest to but above the prevailing market price of the Reference Index. Each
option position in the Underlying Index’s portfolio will (i) be traded on a
national securities exchange; (ii) be held until expiration date; (iii) expire
on its date of maturity; (iv) only be subject to exercise on its expiration
date; and (v) be settled in cash. The options component of the Underlying Index
is rebalanced (“rolled”) monthly.
The
Reference Index is a price weighted index containing equity securities of 30 of
the largest U.S. listed companies. Price weighting seeks to weight constituents
based on share price. The Fund's investment objective and Underlying Index may
be changed without shareholder approval. As of December 31, 2024, the
Underlying Index had 30 constituents.
The
Underlying Index is sponsored by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (the "Index
Provider"), which is an organization that is independent of, and unaffiliated
with, the Fund and Global X Management Company LLC, the investment adviser for
the Fund (the "Adviser"). In addition, any determinations related to the
constituents of the Underlying Index are made independent of the Fund's
portfolio managers. The Index Provider determines the relative weightings of the
securities in the Underlying Index and publishes or designates a third-party
index calculation agent to publish information regarding the market value of the
Underlying Index. The Fund's investment objective and Underlying Index may be
changed without shareholder approval.
The
Adviser uses a "passive" or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund's
investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to
outperform the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions
when markets decline or appear overvalued. The call options sold by the Fund
will be collateralized by the Fund's equity holdings at the time the Fund sells
the options. By selling call options corresponding to approximately 50% of the
value of the portfolio of stocks in the Reference Index, the Fund's partially
covered call strategy may generate income while also allowing for some potential
upside exposure to the growth of the underlying constituents of the Reference
Index, relative to a 100% covered call strategy. If the price of the Reference
Index is above the strike price of the Fund’s call options positions upon the
expiration of the call options, then at expiration the Fund would owe the
purchaser of the call option the difference between the strike price and the
value of the Reference Index, so the amount owed with respect to the call option
would be expected to offset approximately half of the gains the Fund may
experience from the securities held. For example, if the price of the Reference
Index were to increase by 15% from the time the call options were sold to the
time the call options expired, then the call options would be expected to have a
value equal to approximately 7.5% of the value the portfolio had at the time
when the call options were sold, which would offset approximately half of the
Fund’s gains from the increase in the Reference Index over the relevant period.
However, if the price of the Reference Index is below the strike price of the
Fund’s call options positions at expiry, the call options will expire worthless,
and the Fund will retain the premium. An investor that purchases Fund shares
other than on the day that the Fund writes (sells) monthly call options, or who
sells shares other than on the day that the call options expire, may experience
different investment returns, depending on the relative difference between the
strike price of the Fund’s call options positions, and the price of the
Reference Index.
The
Fund generally will use a replication strategy. A replication strategy is an
indexing strategy that involves investing in the securities of the Underlying
Index in approximately the same proportions as in the Underlying Index. However,
the Fund may utilize a representative sampling strategy with respect to the
Underlying Index when a replication strategy might be detrimental or
disadvantageous to shareholders, such as when there are practical difficulties
or substantial costs involved in compiling a portfolio of equity securities to
replicate the Underlying Index, in instances in which a security in the
Underlying Index becomes temporarily illiquid, unavailable or less liquid, or as
a result of legal restrictions or limitations (such as tax diversification
requirements) that apply to the Fund but not the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the Fund's performance
and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses, will exceed 95%. A
correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect correlation. If the Fund
uses a replication strategy, it can be expected to have greater correlation to
the Underlying Index than if it uses a representative sampling
strategy.
The Fund
concentrates its investments (i.e., holds 25% or more of its total assets) in a
particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent that
the Underlying Index is concentrated. As of December 31, 2024, the
Underlying Index was not concentrated in any industry. The Fund
is classified as “non-diversified,” which means it may invest a larger
percentage of its assets in a smaller number of issuers than a diversified
fund.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL
RISKS
As with any
investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the
Fund's performance could trail that of other investments. There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and it is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency, the Adviser or any of its affiliates. The
Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely
affect the Fund's net asset value ("NAV"), trading price, yield, total return
and ability to meet its investment objective, as well as other risks that are
described in greater detail in the Additional
Information About the Funds section
of the Fund's Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information ("SAI").
Asset
Class Risk:
Securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or otherwise held in the
Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities
markets, a particular securities market or other asset classes.
Derivatives
Risk: The
Fund will invest in options, a type of derivative instrument. Derivatives can be
more sensitive to changes in interest rates or to sudden fluctuations in market
prices than conventional securities, which can result in greater losses for the
Fund. In addition, the prices of the derivative instruments and the prices of
underlying securities, interest rates or currencies they are designed to reflect
may not move together as expected. A risk of the Fund’s use of derivatives is
that the fluctuations in their values may not correlate perfectly with the
relevant reference index. Derivatives are usually traded on margin, which may
subject the Fund to margin calls. Margin calls may force the Fund to liquidate
assets. If a counterparty to an options contract entered into by the Fund
becomes bankrupt or fails to perform its obligations, or if any collateral
posted by the counterparty for the benefit of the Fund is insufficient or there
are delays in the Fund’s ability to access such collateral, the value of an
investment in the Fund may decline. Further, the market for certain investments,
such as options contracts, may become illiquid under adverse market or economic
conditions independent of any specific adverse changes in the conditions of a
particular issuer. If the Fund needed to sell a large block of illiquid
securities to meet shareholder redemption request or to raise cash, these sales
could further reduce the securities’ prices and adversely affect performance of
the Fund.
Equity
Securities Risk: Equity securities are subject to
changes in value, and their values may be more volatile than other asset
classes, as a result of such factors as a company’s business performance,
investor perceptions, stock market trends and general economic
conditions.
Capitalization
Risk: Investing
in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the risk that
the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or investor
sentiment.
Large-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Large-capitalization
companies may trail the returns of the overall stock market.
Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better - or worse
- than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for
as long as several years.
Covered
Call Option Writing Risk: By writing covered call options in return for the receipt of
premiums, the Fund will give up the opportunity to benefit from potential
increases in the value of the Reference Index above the exercise prices of such
options, but will continue to bear the risk of declines in the value of the
Reference Index. The premiums received from the options may not be sufficient to
offset any losses sustained from the volatility of the underlying stocks over
time. As a result, the risks associated with writing covered call options may be
similar to the risks associated with writing put options. In addition, the
Fund’s ability to sell the securities underlying the options will be limited
while the options are in effect unless the Fund cancels out the option positions
through the purchase of offsetting identical options prior to the expiration of
the written options. Exchanges may suspend the trading of options in volatile
markets. If trading is suspended, the Fund may be unable to write options at
times that may be desirable or advantageous to do so, which may increase the
risk of tracking error.
Cybersecurity
Risk:
With the increased use of technologies such as the Internet to conduct business,
the Fund, like all companies, may be susceptible to operational, information
security and related risks. Cybersecurity incidents involving the Fund and its
service providers (including, without limitation, the Adviser, fund accountant,
custodian, transfer agent and financial intermediaries) have the ability to
cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially resulting in
financial losses, impediments to trading, the inability of Fund shareholders to
transact business, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory
fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation
costs, and/or additional
compliance
costs. Similar adverse consequences could result from cybersecurity incidents
affecting issuers of securities in which the Fund invests, counterparties with
which the Fund engages, governmental and other regulatory authorities, exchanges
and other financial market operators, banks, brokers, dealers, insurance
companies, other financial institutions and other parties. The Fund and its
shareholders could be negatively impacted as a
result.
Focus
Risk: To
the extent that the Underlying Index focuses in investments related to a
particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will also focus its
investments to approximately the same extent. Similarly, if the Underlying Index
has significant exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund’s investments will
likely have significant exposure to such sectors. In such event, the Fund’s
performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events impacting such
industry or sector, which may include, but are not limited to, the following:
general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively
affect supply and demand; competition for resources; adverse labor relations;
political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and increased
competition or new product introductions that may affect the profitability or
viability of companies in a particular industry or sector. As a result, the
value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more than the value of shares
of a fund that invests in securities of companies in a broader range of
industries or sectors.
Geographic
Risk: A
natural, biological or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in
which the Fund invests, which could affect the economy or particular business
operations of companies in the specific geographic region, causing an adverse
impact on the Fund’s investments in the affected region or in a region
economically tied to the affected region. The securities in which the Fund
invests and, consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks as a
result of their business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in Developed Markets: The Fund’s investment in a developed country issuer may subject the
Fund to regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks
associated with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a
significant portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower
economic growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries
have experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Incidents involving a country’s or region’s security may cause
uncertainty in its markets and may adversely affect its economy and the Fund’s
investments. In addition, developed countries may be impacted by changes to the
economic conditions of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt
burdens and the price or availability of certain commodities.
Risk
of Investing in the United States: A decrease in imports or exports,
changes in trade regulations and/or an economic recession in the U.S. may have a
material adverse effect on the U.S. economy.
Issuer
Risk: Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies
in which the Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those
companies may cause the value of such company's securities to
decline.
Market
Risk: Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may
negatively affect issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. If
the securities held by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be
unable to transact at advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the
Fund’s returns. In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central
governments and governmental agencies, including the U.S. Federal Reserve or the
European Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could
cause increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of
Fund redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative
impact on the Fund. Beginning in early 2025, the U.S. government’s threats to
impose tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada has heightened tension among
trading partners. Further, in response to the U.S. government’s announcement of
tariffs on goods from China, the Chinese government has countered with tariffs
on U.S. goods, marking the beginning of a potential trade war between the
countries. Tariffs on imported goods may increase the cost of certain products
and household items, which may in turn dampen consumer spending and result in
decreased confidence in the markets. The possibility of additional tariffs being
imposed or the outbreak of a trade war may further adversely impact U.S. and
international markets. Additionally, political uncertainty regarding U.S.
policy, including the U.S. government’s approach to trade, may also impact the
markets. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war, acts of
terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues,
recessions, raising of interest rates, or other events could have a significant
impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of its Shares. This increases
the risk that monetary policy may provide less support should economic growth
slow. Market risk factors may result in increased volatility and/or decreased
liquidity in the securities markets. The Fund’s NAV could decline over short
periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market
downturns.
Non-Diversification
Risk:
The Fund is classified as a “non-diversified” investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act"). As a result, the Fund is subject to
the risk that it may be more volatile than a diversified fund because the Fund
may invest its assets in a smaller number of issuers or may invest a larger
proportion of its assets in a single issuer. As
a
result, the gains and losses on a single investment may have a greater impact on
the Fund’s NAV and may make the Fund more volatile than more diversified
funds.
Operational
Risk: The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of
factors, including but not limited to human error, processing and communication
errors, errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other
third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems
failures. Additionally, cyber security failures or breaches of the electronic
systems of the Fund, the Adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market
makers, Authorized Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund
invests have the ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's
business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to the Fund and
its shareholders. The Fund and the Adviser seek to reduce these operational
risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address
every possible risk and may be inadequate for those risks that they are intended
to address.
Options
Premium Tax Risk: The Fund’s investment strategy may limit its ability to distribute
dividends eligible for treatment as qualified dividend income, which for
non-corporate shareholders are subject to federal income tax at rates of up to
20% plus the 3.8% Medicare tax. The Fund’s investment strategy may also limit
its ability to distribute dividends eligible for the dividends-received
deduction for corporate shareholders. For these reasons, a significant portion
of distributions received by Fund shareholders may be subject to tax at
effective tax rates that are higher than the rates that would apply if the Fund
were to engage in a different investment strategy. You should consult your tax
advisor as to the tax consequences of acquiring, owning and disposing of Shares
in the Fund.
Passive
Investment Risk:
The Fund is not actively managed, and the Adviser does not attempt to take
defensive positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the
Fund does not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, it would not
necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed,
respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is
underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were
removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the
Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining
investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of
individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund
employed an active strategy.
Index-Related
Risk:
There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation to
the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment objective. Market
disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse effect on the
Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in order to track
the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations and/or the
construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its methodology may
occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected by the Index
Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the
Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk: The Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold
securities not included in its Underlying Index. The Adviser’s investment
strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may
cause the Fund to underperform the market or its relevant benchmark or adversely
affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment
objective.
Tracking
Error Risk:
Tracking error may occur because of differences between the instruments held in
the Fund's portfolio and those included in the Underlying Index, pricing
differences, transaction costs incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of
uninvested cash, size of the Fund, differences in timing of the accrual of or
the valuation of dividends or interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the
Underlying Index or the costs to the Fund of complying with various new or
existing regulatory requirements. This risk may be heightened during times of
increased market volatility or other unusual market conditions. Tracking error
also may result because the Fund incurs fees and expenses, while the Underlying
Index does not.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds:
As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk: The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may
act as Authorized Participants and engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, Shares may be more
likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask
spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting from an
exchange.
Large
Shareholder Risk: Redemptions
by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. If a
large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its Shares, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able
to
maintain sufficient assets to continue operations in which case the Board of
Trustees may determine to liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large
shareholders may account for a large percentage of the trading volume on a
national securities exchange and may, therefore, have a material upward or
downward effect on the market price of the Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk: The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount Risks:
Shares of the Fund are publicly traded on a national securities exchange, which
may subject shareholders to numerous market trading risks. In stressed market
conditions, the market for the Shares may become less liquid in response to the
deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio. This adverse effect on the
liquidity of the Shares, as well as disruptions to creations and redemptions,
the existence of extreme market volatility or potential lack of assets in the
Fund or an active trading market for Shares may result in Shares trading at a
significant premium or discount to NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a
time when the market price is at a premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time
when the market price is at a discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain
losses. The NAV of the Fund is calculated at the end of each business day and
fluctuates with changes in the market value of the Fund’s holdings. The trading
price of the Fund’s Shares fluctuates, in some cases materially, throughout
trading hours in response to changes in the Fund’s
NAV.
Trading
Halt Risk:
An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities,
or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be
unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial trading
losses.
Turnover
Risk: The
Fund may engage in frequent and active trading, which may significantly increase
the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate. At
times, the Fund may have a portfolio turnover rate substantially greater than
100%. For example, a portfolio turnover rate of 300%
is equivalent to the Fund buying and selling all of its securities three times
during the course of a year. A
high portfolio turnover rate would result in
high brokerage costs for the Fund, may result in higher taxes when Shares are
held in a taxable account and lower Fund
performance.
Valuation
Risk:
The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ from the Fund’s
valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by the Underlying
Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or volatile markets
or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as during trading
halts). The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio may change on
days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the Fund's
Shares.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
The bar chart and table that follow show how the Fund
performed on a calendar year basis and provide an indication of the risks of
investing in the Fund by showing changes in the Fund's performance from year to
year and by showing how the Fund's average annual returns for the indicated
periods compare with the Fund's broad-based benchmark index, which reflects a
broad measure of market performance, and the Underlying Index, which the Fund
seeks to track. The Fund's
past performance (before and after taxes) is not necessarily indicative of how
the Fund will perform in the future. Updated performance
information is available online at www.globalxetfs.com.
Annual Total Returns
(Years Ended December 31)
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Best
Quarter: |
9/30/2024 |
7.22% |
Worst
Quarter: |
6/30/2024 |
(1.10)% |
Average Annual
Total Returns (for the Periods Ended December 31,
2024)
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One
Year Ended December 31, 2024 |
Since
Inception (07/25/2023) |
Global
X Dow 30®
Covered Call & Growth ETF |
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·Return
before taxes |
14.60% |
13.17% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions |
7.78% |
8.16% |
·Return
after taxes on distributions and sale of Fund
Shares |
8.59% |
7.96% |
S&P
500 Index (TR)1 |
25.02% |
20.97% |
Cboe
DJIA Half BuyWrite Index (TR) (USD)
(Index returns reflects invested dividends net of
withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
14.90% |
13.38% |
DJIA
Index (TR) (USD)
(Index returns reflects invested dividends net of
withholding taxes, but reflect no deduction for fees, expenses, or other
taxes) |
14.99% |
15.80% |
1
As of
October 2024, pursuant to new regulatory requirements, the Fund changed its
broad-based securities market benchmark from the DJIA Index (TR) (USD) to the
S&P 500 Index (TR) to reflect that the S&P 500 Index (TR) is more
broadly representative of the overall applicable securities
market.
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser:
Global X Management Company LLC.
Portfolio
Managers:
The professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the
Fund are Nam To, CFA; Wayne Xie; Vanessa Yang, CFA; and Sandy Lu, CFA
(“Portfolio Managers”). Messrs. To, Xie and Lu and Ms. Yang have been Portfolio
Managers of the Fund since 2023.
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Fund are or will be listed and traded at market prices on a national
securities exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange
through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and
because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade
at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only
"Authorized Participants" (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into
agreements with the Fund's distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co.
("Distributor"), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with
the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that have been aggregated
into blocks called "Creation Units". The Fund will issue or redeem Creation
Units in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies
any day that the national securities exchanges are open for business (“Business
Day”). An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the
highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and
the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when
buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). To
access information regarding the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums
and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, please go to
www.globalxetfs.com.
TAX
INFORMATION
The
Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income
or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA"), in which case
distributions from such tax-advantaged arrangement may be taxable to you.
PAYMENTS
TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The
Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial
intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of Fund Shares and related
services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your
broker-dealer, sales persons or other intermediary or its employees or
associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary's website for more
information.
Global X S&P 500
Quality Dividend Covered Call ETF
Ticker:
QDCC Exchange: NYSE Arca
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE
The
Global X S&P 500 Quality Dividend Covered Call ETF (the "Fund") seeks to
provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield
performance, before fees and expenses, of the Cboe QDIV ATM BuyWrite Index (the
"Underlying Index").
FEES AND
EXPENSES
This
table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and
sell shares (“Shares”) of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage
commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected
in the tables and examples below.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment):
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Management
Fees: |
0.35% |
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees: |
None |
Other
Expenses:1 |
0.00% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses: |
0.35% |
1 Other Expenses are based on estimated amounts for the
current fiscal year.
Example:
The following example is intended to help you
compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other
funds. This example does not take into account customary brokerage commissions
that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund in the secondary
market. The example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell
all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses
remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
these assumptions, your costs would be:
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One
Year |
Three
Years |
$36 |
$113 |
Portfolio
Turnover:
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as
commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio).
A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may
result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs,
which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example,
affect the Fund's performance. From the Fund's commencement of operations on May
7, 2024 to the end of the most recent fiscal period, the Fund's portfolio
turnover rate was 3.19% of the average value of its
portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES
The
Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment
purposes (if any), in the constituent securities of the Cboe QDIV ATM BuyWrite
Index (the "Underlying Index").
The Fund's 80% investment policy is non-fundamental and requires 60 days prior
written notice to shareholders before it can be changed.
The
Underlying Index measures the performance of a theoretical portfolio that
employs a covered call strategy, as determined by Cboe Global Indices, LLC (the
“Index Provider”). A covered call strategy is generally considered to be an
investment strategy in which an investor buys a security, and "writes" (or
sells) a call option on that security in an attempt to generate more income.
Each time a fund writes a covered call option, the fund receives a payment of
money from the investor who buys the option from the fund, which is called the
premium. If the fund's value declines because of a decline in the value of a
reference index or a reference exchange-traded fund (“ETF”), the premium that
the fund received for writing the covered call option offsets this loss to some
extent. The Underlying Index’s covered call strategy provides long exposure to a
reference ETF and “writes” (or sells) covered call options on the reference ETF.
Specifically, the Underlying Index holds a theoretical portfolio of the Global X
S&P 500 Quality Dividend ETF (the “Reference Fund”) and "writes" (or sells)
a succession of one-month at-the-money (“ATM”) covered call options on the
Reference Fund. The call options written (sold) by the Fund will be FLexible
EXchange®
(“FLEX”) options. The Fund invests in the securities reflected in the Underlying
Index and cannot invest directly in the Underlying Index itself. The
implications of the written (sold) FLEX call options are described in more
detail here:
Call
Options
– When the Fund sells a call option, the Fund receives a premium in exchange for
an obligation to sell shares of a reference asset at a strike price on the
expiration date if the buyer of the call option exercises it. If the reference
asset closes above the strike price as of the expiration date and the buyer
exercises the call option, the Fund will have to pay the difference between the
value of the reference asset and the strike price. If the reference asset closes
below the strike price as of the expiration date, the call option may end up
worthless and the Fund retains the premium.
FLEX
Options
– FLEX options are options guaranteed by the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC),
that allow investors to customize key contract terms, including expiration date,
exercise style, exercise price, and expanded position limits.
On
a monthly basis, the Underlying Index’s hypothetical portfolio will write (sell)
a succession of one-month FLEX call options corresponding to the value of the
Reference Fund, and will cover such options by holding the Reference Fund. The
exercise price of each FLEX call option written is the listed option reference
price closest to the Volume Weighted Average Price (“VWAP”) of the Reference
Fund from 12:59 p.m. Eastern Time to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the roll date or,
if the Reference Fund does not trade during this period, the last mid-price of
the Reference Fund before 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The roll date is a specified
day of each month when the open call options position of the Underlying Index is
liquidated, and a new call option position is opened that will expire as of the
next roll date. The roll date for the Underlying Index is the business day prior
to the standard monthly listed option expiry date, the latter typically being
the third Friday of each month. Each option position will (i) be held until one
day prior to the expiration date (i.e., generally the Thursday preceding the
third Friday of the month) and liquidated at a price determined at 2:00 p.m.
Eastern Time; (ii) expire on its date of maturity (in the next calendar month);
and (iii) only be subject to exercise on its expiration date. Because
FLEX options may not trade regularly, the Underlying Index will utilize a
theoretical valuation for the FLEX options, using Cboe Hanweck Options Analytics
theoretical prices as a primary source. These prices are determined using a
proprietary methodology developed by Cboe Global Indices, LLC, which references
listed options pricing on the Reference Fund from the Options Price Reporting
Authority for quality assurance checks.
In
seeking to track the Underlying Index, the Fund follows a "buy-write" investment
strategy in which the Fund purchases the Reference Fund and also writes (or
sells) call options that correspond to approximately 100% of the value of the
Reference Fund. The call options sold by the Fund will be collateralized by the
Fund's equity holdings at the time the Fund sells the options.
If
the price of the Reference Fund is above the strike price of the Fund’s call
options positions upon the closing out of the call option, then the Fund would
owe the purchaser of the call option the difference between the strike price and
the value of the Reference Fund, so the amount owed with respect to the call
option would offset any gains the Fund may experience from the securities held.
For example, if the price of the Reference Fund were to increase by 15% from the
time the call options were sold to the time the call options were closed out,
then the call options would be expected to have a value equal to approximately
15% of the value the portfolio had at the time when the call options were sold,
which would offset approximately all of the Fund’s gains from the increase in
the Reference Fund over the relevant period. However, if the price of the
Reference Fund is below the strike price of the Fund’s call options positions
when closed out, the call options will be worthless, and the Fund will retain
the premium. An investor that purchases Fund shares other than on the day that
the Fund writes (sells) monthly call options, or who sells shares other than on
the day that the call options are closed out, may experience different
investment returns, depending on the relative difference between the strike
price of the Fund’s call options positions, and the price of the Reference Fund.
In return for the payment of a premium to the Fund, a purchaser of the call
options written by the Fund is entitled to receive a cash payment from the Fund
equal to the difference between the value of the Reference Fund and the exercise
price of the option if the value of the option on the expiration date is above
its exercise price. The Fund's covered call options may partially protect the
Fund from loss associated with a decline in the price of the Reference Fund
through means of the premiums received by the Fund. However, when the equity
market is rallying rapidly, the Underlying Index is expected to underperform the
Reference Fund.
The
Reference Fund is an equity ETF which invests at least 80% of its total assets
in the securities of the S&P 500® Quality High Dividend Index (the
“Reference Index”) which provides exposure to U.S. equity securities included in
the S&P 500® Index that exhibit high quality and dividend yield
characteristics, as determined by Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC
(“S&P”). The Reference Index is an equally weighted index that includes
securities that rank within the top 200 of the S&P 500® Index by both
quality score and dividend yield according to S&P. As of December 31,
2024,
the
Reference Index had significant exposure to the consumer staples and industrials
sectors.
The
Underlying Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is an organization
that is independent of, and unaffiliated with, the Fund and Global X Management
Company LLC, the investment adviser for the Fund (the "Adviser"). The Index
Provider
determines
the relative weightings of the securities in the Underlying Index and publishes
information regarding the market value of the Underlying Index.
The
Adviser uses a "passive" or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund's
investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to
outperform the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions
when markets decline or appear overvalued.
The
Fund generally will use a replication strategy. A replication strategy is an
indexing strategy that involves investing in the securities of the Underlying
Index in approximately the same proportions as in the Underlying Index. However,
the Fund may utilize a representative sampling strategy with respect to the
Underlying Index when a replication strategy might be detrimental or
disadvantageous to shareholders, such as when there are practical difficulties
or substantial costs involved in compiling a portfolio of equity securities to
replicate the Underlying Index, in instances in which a security in the
Underlying Index becomes temporarily illiquid, unavailable or less liquid, or as
a result of legal restrictions or limitations (such as tax diversification
requirements) that apply to the Fund but not the Underlying Index. Under normal
circumstances, at least 80% of the Fund's total assets will be invested in
component securities of the Underlying Index or in investments that are
substantially identical to such component securities, either individually or in
the aggregate. The Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the
Fund's performance and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses,
will exceed 95%. A correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect
correlation.
The
Fund concentrates its investments (i.e., holds 25% or more of its total assets)
in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent
that the Underlying Index is concentrated. As of December 31,
2024,
the
Underlying Index had significant exposure to the consumer staples and
industrials sectors.
The
Fund is classified as “non-diversified,” which means it may invest a larger
percentage of its assets in a smaller number of issuers than a diversified
fund.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL
RISKS
As with any
investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the
Fund's performance could trail that of other investments. There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and it is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency, the Adviser or any of its affiliates. The
Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely
affect the Fund's net asset value ("NAV"), trading price, yield, total return
and ability to meet its investment objective, as well as other risks that are
described in greater detail in the Additional
Information About the Funds
section of the Fund's Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information
("SAI").
Asset
Class Risk:
Securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or otherwise held in the
Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities
markets, a particular securities market or other asset classes.
Derivatives
Risk:
The Fund will invest in options, a type of derivative instrument. Derivatives
can be more sensitive to changes in interest rates or to sudden fluctuations in
market prices than conventional securities, which can result in greater losses
for the Fund. In addition, the prices of the derivative instruments and the
prices of underlying securities, interest rates or currencies they are designed
to reflect may not move together as expected. A risk of the Fund’s use of
derivatives is that the fluctuations in their values may not correlate perfectly
with the relevant reference index. Derivatives are usually traded on margin,
which may subject the Fund to margin calls. Margin calls may force the Fund to
liquidate assets. If a counterparty to an options contract entered into by the
Fund becomes bankrupt or fails to perform its obligations, or if any collateral
posted by the counterparty for the benefit of the Fund is insufficient or there
are delays in the Fund’s ability to access such collateral, the value of an
investment in the Fund may decline. Further, the market for certain investments,
such as options contracts, may become illiquid under adverse market or economic
conditions independent of any specific adverse changes in the conditions of a
particular issuer. If the Fund needed to sell a large block of illiquid
securities to meet shareholder redemption request or to raise cash, these sales
could further reduce the securities’ prices and adversely affect performance of
the Fund.
Equity
Securities Risk: Equity securities are subject to changes in value, and their values
may be more volatile than other asset classes, as a result of such factors as a
company’s business performance, investor perceptions, stock market trends and
general economic conditions.
ETF
Investment Risk:
The Fund is expected to primarily hold ETFs to gain exposure to certain asset
classes. As a result, the Fund will be subject to the same risks as the
underlying ETFs. While the risks of owning shares of an
Underlying
ETF generally reflect the risks of owning the underlying securities of the index
the ETF is designed to track, lack of liquidity in the Underlying ETF can result
in its value being more volatile than the underlying portfolio securities.
Because the value of an Underlying ETF's shares depends on the demand in the
market, the Adviser may not be able to liquidate the Fund’s holdings in those
shares at the most optimal time, thereby adversely affecting the Fund’s
performance. An Underlying ETF may experience tracking error in relation to the
index tracked by the Underlying ETF, which could contribute to tracking error
for the Fund. In addition, an Underlying ETF's shares may trade at a premium or
discount to NAV. If the Underlying ETF fails to achieve its investment
objective, the value of the Fund’s investment may decline, adversely affecting
the Fund’s performance.
In
addition, investments in the securities of Underlying ETFs may involve
duplication of certain expenses. The Fund will pay brokerage commissions in
connection with the purchase and sale of shares of the Underlying ETFs, which
could result in greater expenses to the Fund. By investing in an Underlying ETF,
the Fund becomes a shareholder thereof. As a result, Fund shareholders
indirectly bear the Fund’s proportionate share of certain of the fees and
expenses indirectly paid by shareholders of the Underlying ETF, in addition to
the fees and expenses Fund shareholders indirectly bear in connection with the
Fund’s own operations.
If
the underlying ETF fails to achieve its investment objective, the value of the
Fund’s investment may decline, adversely affecting the Fund’s performance.
Additionally, some ETFs are not registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940 (“1940 Act”) and therefore, are not subject to the regulatory scheme and
investor protections of the 1940
Act.
Capitalization
Risk:
Investing in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the
risk that the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or
investor sentiment.
Large-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Large-capitalization
companies may trail the returns of the overall stock market.
Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better - or worse
- than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for
as long as several years.
Covered
Call Option Writing Risk:
By writing covered call options in return for the receipt of premiums, the Fund
will give up the opportunity to benefit from potential increases in the value of
the Reference Index above the exercise prices of such options, but will continue
to bear the risk of declines in the value of the Reference Index. The premiums
received from the options may not be sufficient to offset any losses sustained
from the volatility of the underlying stocks over time. As a result, the risks
associated with writing covered call options may be similar to the risks
associated with writing put options. In addition, the Fund’s ability to sell the
securities underlying the options will be limited while the options are in
effect unless the Fund cancels out the option positions through the purchase of
offsetting identical options prior to the expiration of the written options.
Exchanges may suspend the trading of options in volatile markets. If trading is
suspended, the Fund may be unable to write options at times that may be
desirable or advantageous to do so, which may increase the risk of tracking
error.
Cybersecurity
Risk:
With the increased use of technologies such as the Internet to conduct business,
the Fund, like all companies, may be susceptible to operational, information
security and related risks. Cybersecurity incidents involving the Fund and its
service providers (including, without limitation, the Adviser, fund accountant,
custodian, transfer agent and financial intermediaries) have the ability to
cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially resulting in
financial losses, impediments to trading, the inability of Fund shareholders to
transact business, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory
fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation
costs, and/or additional compliance costs. Similar adverse consequences could
result from cybersecurity incidents affecting issuers of securities in which the
Fund invests, counterparties with which the Fund engages, governmental and other
regulatory authorities, exchanges and other financial market operators, banks,
brokers, dealers, insurance companies, other financial institutions and other
parties. The Fund and its shareholders could be negatively impacted as a
result.
Dividend-Paying
Stock Risk:
The Fund’s exposure to dividend-paying stocks involves the risk that such stocks
may fall out of favor with investors and underperform the broader market. Also,
a company may reduce or eliminate its dividend, and dividends may become the
subject of scrutiny from central governments.
FLEX
Options Risk:
The Fund will utilize FLEX options issued and guaranteed for settlement by the
OCC. The Fund bears the risk that the OCC will be unable to, or unwilling to,
perform their obligations under the contracts. In the unlikely event that the
OCC cannot meet their obligations, the Fund could suffer significant losses.
Additionally, FLEX options may be more illiquid than other securities, including
traditional options. To the extent that the FLEX options may not be expected to
experience regular trading, the FLEX options held by the Fund may be valued
based on a price quotation or other equivalent indication of value supplied by a
pricing service, rather than based on a price last traded on an exchange. In
less liquid markets
for
FLEX options, the Fund may have difficulty entering into or closing out certain
positions at designated times and/or prices, including in connection with the
monthly options roll process. With the creation and redemption of Shares, to the
extent market participants are not willing or able to enter into FLEX option
transactions with the Fund at prices that reflect the market price of the
Shares, the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) and, in turn the share price of the
Fund, could suffer significant losses. The Fund may experience substantial
downside from specific FLEX option positions, and some may expire worthless. As
a FLEX option approaches the predetermined expiration date, its value typically
moves in parallel with the value of the Reference Fund. However, prior to such
date, the value of the FLEX options may not increase or decrease at the same
rate as the Reference Fund’s share price on a day-to-day basis. The value of the
underlying FLEX options will be affected by many market factors, such as changes
in the Reference Fund’s share price, interest rates, the volatility of the
Reference Fund, and the remaining time to until the FLEX options
expire.
Focus
Risk:
To the extent that the Underlying Index focuses in investments related to a
particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will also focus its
investments to approximately the same extent. Similarly, if the Underlying Index
has significant exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund’s investments will
likely have significant exposure to such sectors. In such event, the Fund’s
performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events impacting such
industry or sector, which may include, but are not limited to, the following:
general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively
affect supply and demand; competition for resources; adverse labor relations;
political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and increased
competition or new product introductions that may affect the profitability or
viability of companies in a particular industry or sector. As a result, the
value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more than the value of shares
of a fund that invests in securities of companies in a broader range of
industries or sectors.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Consumer Staples Sector: The
consumer staples sector may be affected by, among other things, marketing
campaigns, changes in consumer demands, government regulations and changes in
commodity prices.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Industrials Sector: Companies
in the industrials sector are subject to fluctuations in supply and demand for
their specific product or service. The products of manufacturing companies may
face product obsolescence due to rapid technological developments. Government
regulation, world events and economic conditions affect the performance of
companies in the industrials sector. Companies also may be adversely affected by
environmental damage and product liability claims. Companies in the Industrial
Sector face increased risk from trade agreements between countries that develop
these technologies and countries in which customers of these technologies are
based. Lack of resolution or potential imposition of trade tariffs may hinder
the companies’ ability to successfully deploy their
inventories.
Geographic
Risk: A
natural, biological or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in
which the Fund invests, which could affect the economy or particular business
operations of companies in the specific geographic region, causing an adverse
impact on the Fund’s investments in the affected region or in a region
economically tied to the affected region. The securities in which the Fund
invests and, consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks as a
result of their business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in Developed Markets: The Fund’s investment in a developed country issuer may subject the
Fund to regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks
associated with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a
significant portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower
economic growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries
have experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Incidents involving a country’s or region’s security may cause
uncertainty in its markets and may adversely affect its economy and the Fund’s
investments. In addition, developed countries may be impacted by changes to the
economic conditions of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt
burdens and the price or availability of certain commodities.
Risk
of Investing in the United States: A decrease in imports or exports,
changes in trade regulations and/or an economic recession in the U.S. may have a
material adverse effect on the U.S. economy.
Issuer
Risk: Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies
in which the Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those
companies may cause the value of such company's securities to
decline.
Market
Risk:
Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may negatively affect
issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. If the securities held
by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be unable to transact at
advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the Fund’s returns. In
addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central governments and
governmental agencies, including the U.S. Federal Reserve or the European
Central Bank, which could
include
increasing interest rates, could cause increased volatility in financial markets
and lead to higher levels of Fund redemptions from Authorized Participants,
which could have a negative impact on the Fund. Beginning in early 2025, the
U.S. government’s threats to impose tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada has
heightened tension among trading partners. Further, in response to the U.S.
government’s announcement of tariffs on goods from China, the Chinese government
has countered with tariffs on U.S. goods, marking the beginning of a potential
trade war between the countries. Tariffs on imported goods may increase the cost
of certain products and household items, which may in turn dampen consumer
spending and result in decreased confidence in the markets. The possibility of
additional tariffs being imposed or the outbreak of a trade war may further
adversely impact U.S. and international markets. Additionally, political
uncertainty regarding U.S. policy, including the U.S. government’s approach to
trade, may also impact the markets. Furthermore, local, regional or global
events such as war, acts of terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other
public health issues, recessions, raising of interest rates, or other events
could have a significant impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of
its Shares. This increases the risk that monetary policy may provide less
support should economic growth slow. Market risk factors may result in increased
volatility and/or decreased liquidity in the securities markets. The Fund’s NAV
could decline over short periods due to short-term market movements and over
longer periods during market downturns.
New
Fund Risk: The
Fund is a new fund, with a limited operating history, which may result in
additional risks for investors in the Fund. There can be no assurance that the
Fund will grow to or maintain an economically viable size, in which case the
Board of Trustees may determine to liquidate the Fund. While shareholder
interests will be the paramount consideration, the timing of any liquidation may
not be favorable to certain individual shareholders. New funds are also subject
to Large Shareholder Risk.
Non-Diversification
Risk:
The Fund is classified as a “non-diversified” investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act"). As a result, the Fund is subject to
the risk that it may be more volatile than a diversified fund because the Fund
may invest its assets in a smaller number of issuers or may invest a larger
proportion of its assets in a single issuer. As a result, the gains and losses
on a single investment may have a greater impact on the Fund’s NAV and may make
the Fund more volatile than more diversified funds.
Operational
Risk: The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of
factors, including but not limited to human error, processing and communication
errors, errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other
third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems
failures. Additionally, cyber security failures or breaches of the electronic
systems of the Fund, the Adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market
makers, Authorized Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund
invests have the ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's
business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to the Fund and
its shareholders. The Fund and the Adviser seek to reduce these operational
risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address
every possible risk and may be inadequate for those risks that they are intended
to address.
Options
Premium Tax Risk: The Fund’s investment strategy may limit its ability to distribute
dividends eligible for treatment as qualified dividend income, which for
non-corporate shareholders are subject to federal income tax at rates of up to
20% plus the 3.8% Medicare tax. The Fund’s investment strategy may also limit
its ability to distribute dividends eligible for the dividends-received
deduction for corporate shareholders. For these reasons, a significant portion
of distributions received by Fund shareholders may be subject to tax at
effective tax rates that are higher than the rates that would apply if the Fund
were to engage in a different investment strategy. You should consult your tax
advisor as to the tax consequences of acquiring, owning and disposing of Shares
in the Fund.
Passive
Investment Risk:
The Fund is not actively managed, and the Adviser does not attempt to take
defensive positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the
Fund does not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, it would not
necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed,
respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is
underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were
removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the
Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining
investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of
individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund
employed an active strategy.
Index-Related
Risk:
There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation to
the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment objective. Market
disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse effect on the
Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in order to track
the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations and/or the
construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its methodology may
occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected by the Index
Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the
Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk: The Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold
securities not included in its Underlying Index. The Adviser’s investment
strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may
cause the Fund to underperform the market or its relevant benchmark or adversely
affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment
objective.
Tracking
Error Risk:
Tracking error may occur because of differences between the instruments held in
the Fund's portfolio and those included in the Underlying Index, pricing
differences, transaction costs incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of
uninvested cash, size of the Fund, differences in timing of the accrual of or
the valuation of dividends or interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the
Underlying Index or the costs to the Fund of complying with various new or
existing regulatory requirements. This risk may be heightened during times of
increased market volatility or other unusual market conditions. Tracking error
also may result because the Fund incurs fees and expenses, while the Underlying
Index does not.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds:
As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk: The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may
act as Authorized Participants and engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, Shares may be more
likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask
spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting from an
exchange.
Large
Shareholder Risk: Redemptions
by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. If a
large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its Shares, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain sufficient assets to
continue operations in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to
liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account
for a large percentage of the trading volume on a national securities exchange
and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market
price of the Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk: The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount Risks:
Shares of the Fund are publicly traded on a national securities exchange, which
may subject shareholders to numerous market trading risks. In stressed market
conditions, the market for the Shares may become less liquid in response to the
deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio. This adverse effect on the
liquidity of the Shares, as well as disruptions to creations and redemptions,
the existence of extreme market volatility or potential lack of assets in the
Fund or an active trading market for Shares may result in Shares trading at a
significant premium or discount to NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a
time when the market price is at a premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time
when the market price is at a discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain
losses. The NAV of the Fund is calculated at the end of each business day and
fluctuates with changes in the market value of the Fund’s holdings. The trading
price of the Fund’s Shares fluctuates, in some cases materially, throughout
trading hours in response to changes in the Fund’s
NAV.
Trading
Halt Risk:
An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities,
or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be
unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial trading
losses.
Turnover
Risk: The
Fund may engage in frequent and active trading, which may significantly increase
the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate. At
times, the Fund may have a portfolio turnover rate substantially greater than
100%. For example, a portfolio turnover rate of 300%
is equivalent to the Fund buying and selling all of its securities three times
during the course of a year. A
high portfolio turnover rate would result in
high brokerage costs for the Fund, may result in higher taxes when Shares are
held in a taxable account and lower Fund
performance.
Valuation
Risk:
The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ from the Fund’s
valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by the Underlying
Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or volatile markets
or
that
are valued using a fair value methodology (such as during trading
halts). The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio may change on
days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the Fund's
Shares.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
The Fund does not have a full calendar year of
performance. Once the Fund has completed a full calendar year of
operations, a bar chart and table will be included that will provide some
indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing the variability of
the Fund's returns and comparing the Fund's performance to the Underlying
Index. The Fund's
performance is not necessarily indicative of how the Fund will perform in the
future.
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser:
Global X Management Company LLC.
Portfolio
Managers:
The professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the
Fund are Nam To, CFA; Wayne Xie; Vanessa Yang, CFA; and Sandy Lu, CFA
(“Portfolio Managers”). Messrs. To, Xie and Lu and Ms. Yang have been Portfolio
Managers of the Fund since the Fund's inception.
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Fund are or will be listed and traded at market prices on a national
securities exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange
through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and
because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade
at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only
"Authorized Participants" (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into
agreements with the Fund's distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co.
("Distributor"), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with
the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that have been aggregated
into blocks called "Creation Units". The Fund will issue or redeem Creation
Units in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies
any day that the national securities exchanges are open for business (“Business
Day”). An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the
highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and
the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when
buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). To
access information regarding the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums
and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, please go to
www.globalxetfs.com.
TAX
INFORMATION
The
Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income
or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA"), in which case
distributions from such tax-advantaged arrangement may be taxable to you.
PAYMENTS
TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The
Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial
intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of Fund Shares and related
services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your
broker-dealer, sales persons or other intermediary or its employees or
associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary's website for more
information.
Global X MLP &
Energy Infrastructure Covered Call ETF
Ticker:
MLPD Exchange: NYSE Arca
INVESTMENT
OBJECTIVE
The
Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure Covered Call ETF (the "Fund") seeks to
provide investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield
performance, before fees and expenses, of the Cboe MLPX ATM BuyWrite Index (the
"Underlying Index").
FEES AND
EXPENSES
This
table describes the fees and expenses that you may pay if you buy, hold, and
sell shares (“Shares”) of the Fund. You may pay other fees, such as brokerage
commissions and other fees to financial intermediaries, which are not reflected
in the tables and examples below.
Annual
Fund Operating Expenses
(expenses that you pay each year as a percentage of the value of your
investment):
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Management
Fees: |
0.60% |
Distribution
and Service (12b-1) Fees: |
None |
Other
Expenses:1 |
0.00% |
Total
Annual Fund Operating Expenses: |
0.60% |
1 Other Expenses are based on estimated amounts for the
current fiscal year.
Example:
The following example is intended to help you
compare the cost of investing in the Fund with the cost of investing in other
funds. This example does not take into account customary brokerage commissions
that you pay when purchasing or selling Shares of the Fund in the secondary
market. The example assumes
that you invest $10,000 in the Fund for the time periods indicated and then sell
all of your Shares at the end of those periods. The example also assumes that
your investment has a 5% return each year and that the Fund's operating expenses
remain the same. Although your actual costs may be higher or lower, based on
these assumptions, your costs would be:
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One
Year |
Three
Years |
$61 |
$192 |
Portfolio
Turnover:
The Fund pays transaction costs, such as
commissions, when it buys and sells securities (or "turns over" its portfolio).
A higher portfolio turnover rate may indicate higher transaction costs and may
result in higher taxes when Shares are held in a taxable account. These costs,
which are not reflected in annual fund operating expenses or in the example,
affect the Fund's performance. From the Fund's commencement of operations on May
7, 2024 to the end of the most recent fiscal period, the Fund's portfolio
turnover rate was 2.51% of the average value of its
portfolio.
PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT
STRATEGIES
The
Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets, plus borrowings for investment
purposes (if any), in the constituent securities of the Cboe MLPX ATM BuyWrite
Index (the "Underlying Index").
The Fund's 80% investment policy is non-fundamental and requires 60 days prior
written notice to shareholders before it can be changed.
The
Underlying Index measures the performance of a theoretical portfolio that
employs a covered call strategy, as determined by Cboe Global Indices, LLC (the
“Index Provider”). A covered call strategy is generally considered to be an
investment strategy in which an investor buys a security, and "writes" (or
sells) a call option on that security in an attempt to generate more income.
Each time a fund writes a covered call option, the fund receives a payment of
money from the investor who buys the option from the fund, which is called the
premium. If the fund's value declines because of a decline in the value of a
reference index or a reference exchange-traded fund (“ETF”), the premium that
the fund received for writing the covered call option offsets this loss to some
extent. The Underlying Index’s covered call strategy provides long exposure to a
reference ETF and “writes” (or sells) covered call options on the reference ETF.
Specifically, the Underlying Index holds a theoretical portfolio of the Global X
MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF (the “Reference Fund”) and "writes" (or
sells) a succession of one-month at-the-money (“ATM”) covered call options on
the Reference Fund. The call options written (sold) by the Fund will be FLexible
EXchange®
(“FLEX”) options. The Fund invests in the securities reflected in the Underlying
Index and cannot invest directly in the Underlying Index itself. The
implications of the written (sold) FLEX call options are described in more
detail here:
Call
Options
– When the Fund sells a call option, the Fund receives a premium in exchange for
an obligation to sell shares of a reference asset at a strike price on the
expiration date if the buyer of the call option exercises it. If the reference
asset closes above the strike price as of the expiration date and the buyer
exercises the call option, the Fund will have to pay the difference between the
value of the reference asset and the strike price. If the reference asset closes
below the strike price as of the expiration date, the call option may end up
worthless and the Fund retains the premium.
FLEX
Options
– FLEX options are options guaranteed by the Options Clearing Corporation (OCC),
that allow investors to customize key contract terms, including expiration date,
exercise style, exercise price, and expanded position limits.
On
a monthly basis, the Underlying Index’s hypothetical portfolio will write (sell)
a succession of one-month FLEX call options corresponding to the value of the
Reference Fund, and will cover such options by holding the Reference Fund. The
exercise price of each FLEX call option written is the listed option reference
price closest to the Volume Weighted Average Price (“VWAP”) of the Reference
Fund from 12:59 p.m. Eastern Time to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the roll date or,
if the Reference Fund does not trade during this period, the last mid-price of
the Reference Fund before 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The roll date is a specified
day of each month when the open call options position of the Underlying Index is
liquidated, and a new call option position is opened that will expire as of the
next roll date. The roll date for the Underlying Index is the business day prior
to the standard monthly listed option expiry date, the latter typically being
the third Friday of each month. Each option position will (i) be held until one
day prior to the expiration date (i.e., generally the Thursday preceding the
third Friday of the month) and liquidated at a price determined at 2:00 p.m.
Eastern Time; (ii) expire on its date of maturity (in the next calendar month);
and (iii) only be subject to exercise on its expiration date. Because
FLEX options may not trade regularly, the Underlying Index will utilize a
theoretical valuation for the FLEX options, using Cboe Hanweck Options Analytics
theoretical prices as a primary source. These prices are determined using a
proprietary methodology developed by Cboe Global Indices, LLC, which references
listed options pricing on the Reference Fund from the Options Price Reporting
Authority for quality assurance checks.
In
seeking to track the Underlying Index, the Fund follows a "buy-write" investment
strategy in which the Fund purchases the Reference Fund and also writes (or
sells) call options that correspond to approximately 100% the value of the
Reference Fund. The call options sold by the Fund will be collateralized by the
Fund's equity holdings at the time the Fund sells the options.
If
the price of the Reference Fund is above the strike price of the Fund’s call
options positions upon the closing out of the call option, then the Fund would
owe the purchaser of the call option the difference between the strike price and
the value of the Reference Fund, so the amount owed with respect to the call
option would offset any gains the Fund may experience from the securities held.
For example, if the price of the Reference Fund were to increase by 15% from the
time the call options were sold to the time the call options were closed out,
then the call options would be expected to have a value equal to approximately
15% of the value the portfolio had at the time when the call options were sold,
which would offset approximately all of the Fund’s gains from the increase in
the Reference Fund over the relevant period. However, if the price of the
Reference Fund is below the strike price of the Fund’s call options positions
when closed out, the call options will be worthless, and the Fund will retain
the premium. An investor that purchases Fund shares other than on the day that
the Fund writes (sells) monthly call options, or who sells shares other than on
the day that the call options are closed out, may experience different
investment returns, depending on the relative difference between the strike
price of the Fund’s call options positions, and the price of the Reference Fund.
In return for the payment of a premium to the Fund, a purchaser of the call
options written by the Fund is entitled to receive a cash payment from the Fund
equal to the difference between the value of the Reference Fund and the exercise
price of the option if the value of the option on the expiration date is above
its exercise price. The Fund's covered call options may partially protect the
Fund from loss associated with a decline in the price of the Reference Fund
through means of the premiums received by the Fund. However, when the equity
market is rallying rapidly, the Underlying Index is expected to underperform the
Reference Fund.
The
Reference Fund is an equity ETF which invests at least 80% of its total assets
in the securities of the Solactive MLP & Energy Infrastructure Index (the
“Reference Index”) which provides exposure to U.S. equity securities of
Midstream energy infrastructure master limited partnerships ("MLPs") and
corporations principally own and operate assets used in energy logistics,
including, but not limited to, pipelines, storage facilities and other assets
used in transporting, storing, gathering, and processing natural gas, liquids,
crude oil or refined products, as determined by Solactive AG. Solactive AG
determines the relative weightings of the securities in the Reference Index and
publishes information regarding the market value of the Reference Index. As of
December 31,
2024,
the
Reference Index was concentrated in the oil, gas and consumable fuels industry
and had significant exposure to the energy sector.
The
Underlying Index is sponsored by the Index Provider, which is an organization
that is independent of, and unaffiliated with, the Fund and Global X Management
Company LLC, the investment adviser for the Fund (the "Adviser"). The Index
Provider determines the relative weightings of the securities in the Underlying
Index and publishes information regarding the market value of the Underlying
Index.
The
Adviser uses a "passive" or indexing approach to try to achieve the Fund's
investment objective. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does not try to
outperform the Underlying Index and does not seek temporary defensive positions
when markets decline or appear overvalued.
The
Fund generally will use a replication strategy. A replication strategy is an
indexing strategy that involves investing in the securities of the Underlying
Index in approximately the same proportions as in the Underlying Index. However,
the Fund may utilize a representative sampling strategy with respect to the
Underlying Index when a replication strategy might be detrimental or
disadvantageous to shareholders, such as when there are practical difficulties
or substantial costs involved in compiling a portfolio of equity securities to
replicate the Underlying Index, in instances in which a security in the
Underlying Index becomes temporarily illiquid, unavailable or less liquid, or as
a result of legal restrictions or limitations (such as tax diversification
requirements) that apply to the Fund but not the Underlying Index. Under normal
circumstances, at least 80% of the Fund's total assets will be invested in
component securities of the Underlying Index or in investments that are
substantially identical to such component securities, either individually or in
the aggregate. The Adviser expects that, over time, the correlation between the
Fund's performance and that of the Underlying Index, before fees and expenses,
will exceed 95%. A correlation percentage of 100% would indicate perfect
correlation.
The
Fund concentrates its investments (i.e., holds 25% or more of its total assets)
in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent
that the Underlying Index is concentrated. As of December 31,
2024,
the
Underlying Index was concentrated in the oil, gas and consumable fuels industry
and had significant exposure to the energy sector.
The
Fund is classified as “non-diversified,” which means it may invest a larger
percentage of its assets in a smaller number of issuers than a diversified
fund.
SUMMARY OF PRINCIPAL
RISKS
As with any
investment, you could lose all or part of your investment in the Fund, and the
Fund's performance could trail that of other investments. There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve its investment objective.
An investment in the Fund is not a bank deposit and it is not
insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other
government agency, the Adviser or any of its affiliates. The
Fund is subject to the principal risks noted below, any of which may adversely
affect the Fund's net asset value ("NAV"), trading price, yield, total return
and ability to meet its investment objective, as well as other risks that are
described in greater detail in the Additional
Information About the Funds
section of the Fund's Prospectus and in the Statement of Additional Information
("SAI").
Asset
Class Risk:
Securities and other assets in the Underlying Index or otherwise held in the
Fund's portfolio may underperform in comparison to the general securities
markets, a particular securities market or other asset classes.
Derivatives
Risk:
The Fund will invest in options, a type of derivative instrument. Derivatives
can be more sensitive to changes in interest rates or to sudden fluctuations in
market prices than conventional securities, which can result in greater losses
for the Fund. In addition, the prices of the derivative instruments and the
prices of underlying securities, interest rates or currencies they are designed
to reflect may not move together as expected. A risk of the Fund’s use of
derivatives is that the fluctuations in their values may not correlate perfectly
with the relevant reference index. Derivatives are usually traded on margin,
which may subject the Fund to margin calls. Margin calls may force the Fund to
liquidate assets. If a counterparty to an options contract entered into by the
Fund becomes bankrupt or fails to perform its obligations, or if any collateral
posted by the counterparty for the benefit of the Fund is insufficient or there
are delays in the Fund’s ability to access such collateral, the value of an
investment in the Fund may decline. Further, the market for certain investments,
such as options contracts, may become illiquid under adverse market or economic
conditions independent of any specific adverse changes in the conditions of a
particular issuer. If the Fund needed to sell a large block of illiquid
securities to meet shareholder redemption request or to raise cash, these sales
could further reduce the securities’ prices and adversely affect performance of
the Fund.
Equity
Securities Risk: Equity securities are subject to changes in value, and their values
may be more volatile than other asset classes, as a result of such factors as a
company’s business performance, investor perceptions, stock market trends and
general economic conditions.
ETF
Investment Risk:
The Fund is expected to primarily hold ETFs to gain exposure to certain asset
classes. As a result, the Fund will be subject to the same risks as the
underlying ETFs. While the risks of owning shares of an underlying ETF generally
reflect the risks of owning the underlying securities of the index the ETF is
designed to track, lack of liquidity in the underlying ETF can result in its
value being more volatile than the underlying portfolio securities. Because the
value of an underlying ETF's shares depends on the demand in the market, the
Adviser may not be able to liquidate the Fund’s holdings in those shares at the
most optimal time, thereby adversely affecting the Fund’s performance. An
underlying ETF may experience tracking error in relation to the index tracked by
the underlying ETF. In addition, an underlying ETF's shares may trade at a
premium or discount to NAV.
In
addition, investments in the securities of underlying ETFs may involve
duplication of advisory fees and certain other expenses. The Fund will pay
brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase and sale of shares of the
underlying ETFs, which could result in greater expenses to the Fund. By
investing in an underlying ETF, the Fund becomes a shareholder thereof. As a
result, Fund shareholders indirectly bear the Fund’s proportionate share of the
fees and expenses indirectly paid by shareholders of the underlying ETF, in
addition to the fees and expenses Fund shareholders indirectly bear in
connection with the Fund’s own operations.
If
the underlying ETF fails to achieve its investment objective, the value of the
Fund’s investment may decline, adversely affecting the Fund’s performance.
Additionally, some ETFs are not registered under the Investment Company Act of
1940 (“1940 Act”) and therefore, are not subject to the regulatory scheme and
investor protections of the 1940 Act.
Master
Limited Partnerships Investment Risk: Investments in securities of an MLP involve risks that differ from
investments in common stock, including risks related to limited control and
limited rights to vote on matters affecting the MLP, risks related to potential
conflicts of interest between the MLP and the MLP’s general partner, and cash
flow risks. MLP common units and other equity securities can be affected by
changes in macro-economic and other factors affecting the stock market in
general, including changes in growth, unemployment, and inflation rates, as well
as expectations of interest rates. MLP common units and other equity securities
can also be affected by investor sentiment towards MLPs or the energy sector,
changes in a particular issuer’s financial condition, or unfavorable or
unanticipated poor performance of a particular issuer (in the case of MLPs,
generally measured in terms of distributable cash flow). Prices of common units
of individual MLPs and other equity securities also can be affected by
fundamentals unique to the partnership or company, including earnings power and
coverage ratios.
Midstream
and Downstream MLPs Investment
Risk: MLPs that operate midstream and
downstream assets are subject to supply and demand fluctuations in the markets
they serve, which may be impacted by a wide range of factors, including
fluctuating commodity prices, weather, increased conservation or use of
alternative fuel sources, increased governmental or environmental regulation,
depletion, rising interest rates, declines in domestic or foreign production,
accidents or catastrophic events, increasing operating expenses and economic
conditions, among others. Midstream MLPs may be particularly susceptible to
large drops in energy prices, which have the ability to impact more drastically
production in the oil and gas fields that they serve. Further, MLPs that operate
gathering and processing assets are subject to natural declines in the
production of the oil and gas fields they serve. In addition, some gathering and
processing contracts subject the owner of such assets to direct commodity price
risk. Downstream MLPs may be impacted by supply chain disruptions that limit the
access to equipment or replacement parts of such equipment used in providing
compression services. Contract terms for services can vary depending on the
application and location of holdings, should a significant number of customers
or suppliers terminate their contracts, or attempt to renegotiate their rates,
it could have a material effect on operations. Downstream firms may employ the
use of hedging strategies and derivatives to mitigate exposure to market risks
associated with inventory acquisition and sales. Risk management policies cannot
eliminate all commodity price risk or the impact of adverse market conditions,
which can impact financial performance. Marine, rail, and truck transportation
services may be employed, in addition to pipelines, terminals, and storage
facilities, to transport or store petroleum and gas products for purchase or
sale. Regulations and directives related to these services as well as a
disruption in any of these transportation or storage services could adversely
impact operations. Refinery activity, as well as changes in market structure or
demand, could impact the sales of refined petroleum products such as gasoline,
heating oil, or residual oils. Any work stoppages or labor disturbances by an
organized labor force, unionized or otherwise, could have an adverse effect on
operations. In addition, employees who are not currently represented by labor
unions may seek representation in the future, and any renegotiation of
collective bargaining agreements may result in unfavorable
terms.
Associated
Risks Related to Investing in Energy Infrastructure Companies:
The Fund invests primarily in energy infrastructure companies. Energy
infrastructure companies are subject to risks specific to the industry they
serve, including, but not limited to, the following:
•
reduced volumes of natural gas or other energy commodities available for
transporting, processing or storing;
•
new construction and acquisition risk, which can limit growth potential;
•
a sustained reduced demand for crude oil, natural gas and refined petroleum
products resulting from a recession or an increase in market price or higher
taxes;
•
changes in the regulatory environment;
•
extreme weather;
•
rising interest rates, which could result in a higher cost of capital and drive
investors into other investment opportunities; and
• threats of attack by terrorists.
Capitalization
Risk:
Investing in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the
risk that the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or
investor sentiment.
Large-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Large-capitalization
companies may trail the returns of the overall stock market.
Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better - or worse
- than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for
as long as several years.
Mid-Capitalization
Companies Risk: Mid-capitalization companies may have
greater price volatility, lower trading volume and less liquidity than
large-capitalization companies. In addition, mid-capitalization companies may
have smaller revenues, narrower product lines, less management depth and
experience, smaller shares of their product or service markets, fewer financial
resources and less competitive strength than large-capitalization
companies.
Commodity
Exposure Risk: To the extent that its Underlying Index has exposure to securities
and markets that are susceptible to fluctuations in certain commodity markets,
any negative changes in commodity markets could have a great impact on the Fund.
Commodity prices may be influenced or characterized by unpredictable factors,
including, where applicable, high volatility, changes in supply and demand
relationships, weather, agriculture, trade, military conflict, changes in
interest rates and monetary and other governmental policies, action and
inaction. Securities of companies held by the Fund that are dependent on a
single commodity, or are concentrated on a single commodity sector, may
typically exhibit even higher volatility attributable to commodity
prices.
Covered
Call Option Writing Risk:
By writing covered call options in return for the receipt of premiums, the Fund
will give up the opportunity to benefit from potential increases in the value of
the Reference Index above the exercise prices of such options, but will continue
to bear the risk of declines in the value of the Reference Index. The premiums
received from the options may not be sufficient to offset any losses sustained
from the volatility of the underlying stocks over time. As a result, the risks
associated with writing covered call options may be similar to the risks
associated with writing put options. In addition, the Fund’s ability to sell the
securities underlying the options will be limited while the options are in
effect unless the Fund cancels out the option positions through the purchase of
offsetting identical options prior to the expiration of the written options.
Exchanges may suspend the trading of options in volatile markets. If trading is
suspended, the Fund may be unable to write options at times that may be
desirable or advantageous to do so, which may increase the risk of tracking
error.
Cybersecurity
Risk:
With the increased use of technologies such as the Internet to conduct business,
the Fund, like all companies, may be susceptible to operational, information
security and related risks. Cybersecurity incidents involving the Fund and its
service providers (including, without limitation, the Adviser, fund accountant,
custodian, transfer agent and financial intermediaries) have the ability to
cause disruptions and impact business operations, potentially resulting in
financial losses, impediments to trading, the inability of Fund shareholders to
transact business, violations of applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory
fines, penalties, reputational damage, reimbursement or other compensation
costs, and/or additional compliance costs. Similar adverse consequences could
result from cybersecurity incidents affecting issuers of securities in which the
Fund invests, counterparties with which the Fund engages, governmental and other
regulatory authorities, exchanges and other financial market operators, banks,
brokers, dealers, insurance companies, other financial institutions and other
parties. The Fund and its shareholders could be negatively impacted as a
result.
FLEX
Options Risk:
The Fund will utilize FLEX options issued and guaranteed for settlement by the
OCC. The Fund bears the risk that the OCC will be unable to, or unwilling to,
perform their obligations under the contracts. In the unlikely event that the
OCC cannot meet their obligations, the Fund could suffer significant losses.
Additionally, FLEX options may be more illiquid than other securities, including
traditional options. To the extent that the FLEX options may not be expected to
experience
regular trading, the FLEX options held by the Fund may be valued based on a
price quotation or other equivalent indication of value supplied by a pricing
service, rather than based on a price last traded on an exchange. In less liquid
markets for FLEX options, the Fund may have difficulty entering into or closing
out certain positions at designated times and/or prices, including in connection
with the monthly options roll process. With the creation and redemption of
Shares, to the extent market participants are not willing or able to enter into
FLEX option transactions with the Fund at prices that reflect the market price
of the Shares, the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) and, in turn the share price
of the Fund, could suffer significant losses. The Fund may experience
substantial downside from specific FLEX option positions, and some may expire
worthless. As a FLEX option approaches the predetermined expiration date, its
value typically moves in parallel with the value of the Reference Fund. However,
prior to such date, the value of the FLEX options may not increase or decrease
at the same rate as the Reference Fund’s share price on a day-to-day basis. The
value of the underlying FLEX options will be affected by many market factors,
such as changes in the Reference Fund’s share price, interest rates, the
volatility of the Reference Fund, and the remaining time to until the FLEX
options expire.
Focus
Risk:
To the extent that the Underlying Index focuses in investments related to a
particular industry or group of industries, the Fund will also focus its
investments to approximately the same extent. Similarly, if the Underlying Index
has significant exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund’s investments will
likely have significant exposure to such sectors. In such event, the Fund’s
performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events impacting such
industry or sector, which may include, but are not limited to, the following:
general economic conditions or cyclical market patterns that could negatively
affect supply and demand; competition for resources; adverse labor relations;
political or world events; obsolescence of technologies; and increased
competition or new product introductions that may affect the profitability or
viability of companies in a particular industry or sector. As a result, the
value of the Fund’s investments may rise and fall more than the value of shares
of a fund that invests in securities of companies in a broader range of
industries or sectors.
Because
the Underlying Index focuses in investments related to a particular industry or
group of industries, the Fund will also focus its investments to approximately
the same extent. Similarly, because the Underlying Index has significant
exposure to one or more sectors, the Fund’s investments will likely have
significant exposure to such sectors. As a result, the value of the Fund’s
investments may rise and fall more than the value of shares of a fund that
invests in securities of companies in a broader range of industries or sectors.
The Fund's performance is expected to be particularly impacted by:
Risks
Related to Investing in the Energy Sector: The value of securities issued by companies in the energy sector
may decline for many reasons, including, without limitation, changes in energy
prices; international politics; energy conservation; the success of exploration
projects; natural disasters or other catastrophes; changes in exchange rates,
interest rates, or economic conditions; changes in demand for energy products
and services; and tax and other government regulatory policies. Actions taken by
central governments may dramatically impact supply and demand forces that
influence energy prices, resulting in sudden decreases in value for companies in
the energy sector.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels
Industry: The oil, gas and consumable fuels
industry is cyclical and highly dependent on the market price of fuel. The
market value of companies in the oil, gas and consumable fuels industry are
strongly affected by the levels and volatility of global commodity prices,
supply and demand, capital expenditures on exploration and production, energy
conservation efforts, the prices of alternative fuels, exchange rates and
technological advances. Companies in this sector are subject to substantial
government regulation and contractual fixed pricing, which may increase the cost
of business and limit these companies’ earnings. Actions taken by central
governments may dramatically impact supply and demand forces that influence the
market price of fuel, resulting in sudden decreases in value for companies in
the oil, gas and consumable fuels industry. A significant portion of their
revenues depends on a relatively small number of customers, including
governmental entities and utilities. As a result, governmental budget restraints
may have a material adverse effect on the stock prices of companies in the
industry.
Geographic
Risk: A
natural, biological or other disaster could occur in a geographic region in
which the Fund invests, which could affect the economy or particular business
operations of companies in the specific geographic region, causing an adverse
impact on the Fund’s investments in the affected region or in a region
economically tied to the affected region. The securities in which the Fund
invests and, consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks as a
result of their business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in Canada:
The Canadian economy is highly dependent on the demand for and price of natural
resources. As a result, the Canadian market is relatively concentrated in
issuers involved in the production and distribution of natural resources and any
changes in these sectors could have an adverse impact on the Canadian economy.
The Canadian economy is heavily dependent on relationships with certain key
trading partners, including the United States and China. Developments in the
United States, including renegotiation of the North American Free
Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”) and ratification of the successor United
States-Mexico-Canada Agreement (“USMCA”), which went into effect on July 1,
2020, as well as the imposition of additional tariffs by the United States, may
have implications for the trade arrangements between the United States and
Canada, which could negatively affect the value of securities held by the
Fund.
Risk
of Investing in Developed Markets: The Fund’s investment in a developed country issuer may subject the
Fund to regulatory, political, currency, security, economic and other risks
associated with developed countries. Developed countries tend to represent a
significant portion of the global economy and have generally experienced slower
economic growth than some less developed countries. Certain developed countries
have experienced security concerns, such as terrorism and strained international
relations. Incidents involving a country’s or region’s security may cause
uncertainty in its markets and may adversely affect its economy and the Fund’s
investments. In addition, developed countries may be impacted by changes to the
economic conditions of certain key trading partners, regulatory burdens, debt
burdens and the price or availability of certain commodities.
Risk
of Investing in the United States: A decrease in imports or exports,
changes in trade regulations and/or an economic recession in the U.S. may have a
material adverse effect on the U.S. economy.
Investable
Universe of Companies Risk: The investable universe of companies in which the Fund may invest
may be limited. If a company no longer meets the Index Provider’s criteria for
inclusion in the Underlying Index, the Fund may need to reduce or eliminate its
holdings in that company. The reduction or elimination of the Fund’s holdings in
the company may have an adverse impact on the liquidity of the Fund’s overall
portfolio holdings and on Fund performance.
Issuer
Risk: Fund performance depends on the performance of individual companies
in which the Fund invests. Changes to the financial condition of any of those
companies may cause the value of such company's securities to
decline.
Market
Risk:
Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity may negatively affect
issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund. If the securities held
by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be unable to transact at
advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the Fund’s returns. In
addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central governments and
governmental agencies, including the U.S. Federal Reserve or the European
Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could cause
increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of Fund
redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative impact on
the Fund. Beginning in early 2025, the U.S. government’s threats to impose
tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada has heightened tension among trading
partners. Further, in response to the U.S. government’s announcement of tariffs
on goods from China, the Chinese government has countered with tariffs on U.S.
goods, marking the beginning of a potential trade war between the countries.
Tariffs on imported goods may increase the cost of certain products and
household items, which may in turn dampen consumer spending and result in
decreased confidence in the markets. The possibility of additional tariffs being
imposed or the outbreak of a trade war may further adversely impact U.S. and
international markets. Additionally, political uncertainty regarding U.S.
policy, including the U.S. government’s approach to trade, may also impact the
markets. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war, acts of
terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues,
recessions, raising of interest rates, or other events could have a significant
impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of its Shares. This increases
the risk that monetary policy may provide less support should economic growth
slow. Market risk factors may result in increased volatility and/or decreased
liquidity in the securities markets. The Fund’s NAV could decline over short
periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market
downturns.
MLP
Tax Risk:
Subject to the application of the partnership audit rules, MLPs that elect to be
taxed as partnerships do not pay U.S. federal income tax at the partnership
level. Rather, each partner is allocated a share of the partnership’s income,
gains, losses, deductions and expenses. A change in current tax law, or a change
in the underlying business mix of a given MLP, could result in an MLP that
previously elected to be taxed as a partnership being treated as a corporation
for U.S. federal income tax purposes, which would result in such MLP being
required to pay U.S. federal income tax on its taxable income. The
classification of an MLP as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes
would have the effect of reducing the amount of cash available for distribution
by the MLP. Thus, to the extent that any of the MLPs to which the Fund has
exposure are treated as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, it
could result in a reduction in the value of the Fund’s investment and lower the
Fund’s income. The Fund may also invest in MLPs that elect to be taxed as
corporations, which taxes would have the effect of reducing the amount of cash
available for distribution by the MLP. Additionally, as a result of the Fund's
exposure to MLPs taxed as partnerships, a portion of the Fund’s distributions
are expected to be treated as a return of capital for tax purposes. Return of
capital distributions are not taxable income to you, but reduce your tax basis
in your Fund Shares. Such a reduction in tax basis will result in larger taxable
gains and/or lower tax losses on a subsequent sale of Fund Shares. Shareholders
who sell their Shares for less than they bought them may still recognize a gain
due to the reduction in tax basis. Shareholders who periodically receive the
payment of dividends or other distributions consisting of a return of capital
may be
under the impression that they are receiving net profits from the
Fund when, in fact, they are not. Shareholders should not assume that the source
of the distributions is from the net profits of the Fund. To the extent that the
distributions paid to you constitute a return of capital, the Fund's assets will
decline. A decline in the Fund's assets may also result in an increase in the
portion of a Fund's expense ratio that is not subject to a unitary fee or any
other form of contractual cap, and over time the distributions paid in excess of
net distributions received could work to erode the Fund's net asset
value.
New
Fund Risk: The
Fund is a new fund, with a limited operating history, which may result in
additional risks for investors in the Fund. There can be no assurance that the
Fund will grow to or maintain an economically viable size, in which case the
Board of Trustees may determine to liquidate the Fund. While shareholder
interests will be the paramount consideration, the timing of any liquidation may
not be favorable to certain individual shareholders. New funds are also subject
to Large Shareholder Risk.
Non-Diversification
Risk:
The Fund is classified as a “non-diversified” investment company under the
Investment Company Act of 1940 ("1940 Act"). As a result, the Fund is subject to
the risk that it may be more volatile than a diversified fund because the Fund
may invest its assets in a smaller number of issuers or may invest a larger
proportion of its assets in a single issuer. As a result, the gains and losses
on a single investment may have a greater impact on the Fund’s NAV and may make
the Fund more volatile than more diversified funds.
Operational
Risk: The Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of
factors, including but not limited to human error, processing and communication
errors, errors of the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other
third-parties, failed or inadequate processes and technology or systems
failures. Additionally, cyber security failures or breaches of the electronic
systems of the Fund, the Adviser, and the Fund's other service providers, market
makers, Authorized Participants or the issuers of securities in which the Fund
invests have the ability to cause disruptions and negatively impact the Fund's
business operations, potentially resulting in financial losses to the Fund and
its shareholders. The Fund and the Adviser seek to reduce these operational
risks through controls and procedures. However, these measures do not address
every possible risk and may be inadequate for those risks that they are intended
to address.
Options
Premium Tax Risk: The Fund’s investment strategy may limit its ability to distribute
dividends eligible for treatment as qualified dividend income, which for
non-corporate shareholders are subject to federal income tax at rates of up to
20% plus the 3.8% Medicare tax. The Fund’s investment strategy may also limit
its ability to distribute dividends eligible for the dividends-received
deduction for corporate shareholders. For these reasons, a significant portion
of distributions received by Fund shareholders may be subject to tax at
effective tax rates that are higher than the rates that would apply if the Fund
were to engage in a different investment strategy. You should consult your tax
advisor as to the tax consequences of acquiring, owning and disposing of Shares
in the Fund.
Passive
Investment Risk:
The Fund is not actively managed, and the Adviser does not attempt to take
defensive positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the
Fund does not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, it would not
necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed,
respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is
underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were
removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the
Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining
investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of
individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund
employed an active strategy.
Index-Related
Risk:
There is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation to
the Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment objective. Market
disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse effect on the
Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in order to track
the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations and/or the
construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its methodology may
occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected by the Index
Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the
Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk: The Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold
securities not included in its Underlying Index. The Adviser’s investment
strategy, the implementation of which is subject to a number of constraints, may
cause the Fund to underperform the market or its relevant benchmark or adversely
affect the ability of the Fund to achieve its investment
objective.
Tracking
Error Risk:
Tracking error may occur because of differences between the instruments held in
the Fund's portfolio and those included in the Underlying Index, pricing
differences, transaction costs incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of
uninvested cash, size of the Fund, differences in timing of the accrual of or
the valuation of dividends or interest, tax gains or losses, changes to the
Underlying Index or the costs to the Fund of complying with
various
new or existing regulatory requirements. This risk may be heightened during
times of increased market volatility or other unusual market conditions.
Tracking error also may result because the Fund incurs fees and expenses, while
the Underlying Index does not.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds:
As an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk: The Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may
act as Authorized Participants and engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, Shares may be more
likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and/or at wider intraday bid-ask
spreads, and possibly face trading halts and/or delisting from an
exchange.
Large
Shareholder Risk: Redemptions
by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on the Fund. If a
large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its Shares, there
is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain sufficient assets to
continue operations in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to
liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may account
for a large percentage of the trading volume on a national securities exchange
and may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market
price of the Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk: The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount Risks:
Shares of the Fund are publicly traded on a national securities exchange, which
may subject shareholders to numerous market trading risks. In stressed market
conditions, the market for the Shares may become less liquid in response to the
deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio. This adverse effect on the
liquidity of the Shares, as well as disruptions to creations and redemptions,
the existence of extreme market volatility or potential lack of assets in the
Fund or an active trading market for Shares may result in Shares trading at a
significant premium or discount to NAV. If a shareholder purchases Shares at a
time when the market price is at a premium to the NAV or sells Shares at a time
when the market price is at a discount to the NAV, the shareholder may sustain
losses. The NAV of the Fund is calculated at the end of each business day and
fluctuates with changes in the market value of the Fund’s holdings. The trading
price of the Fund’s Shares fluctuates, in some cases materially, throughout
trading hours in response to changes in the Fund’s
NAV.
Trading
Halt Risk:
An exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities,
or the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be
unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial trading
losses.
Turnover
Risk: The
Fund may engage in frequent and active trading, which may significantly increase
the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate. At
times, the Fund may have a portfolio turnover rate substantially greater than
100%. For example, a portfolio turnover rate of 300%
is equivalent to the Fund buying and selling all of its securities three times
during the course of a year. A
high portfolio turnover rate would result in
high brokerage costs for the Fund, may result in higher taxes when Shares are
held in a taxable account and lower Fund
performance.
Valuation
Risk:
The sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ from the Fund’s
valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by the Underlying
Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or volatile markets
or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as during trading
halts). The value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio may change on
days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the Fund's
Shares.
PERFORMANCE INFORMATION
The Fund does not have a full calendar year of
performance. Once the Fund has completed a full calendar year of
operations, a bar chart and table will be included that will provide some
indication of the risks of investing in the Fund by showing the variability of
the Fund's returns and comparing the Fund's performance to the Underlying
Index. The Fund's
performance is not necessarily indicative of how the Fund will perform in the
future.
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser:
Global X Management Company LLC.
Portfolio
Managers:
The professionals primarily responsible for the day-to-day management of the
Fund are Nam To, CFA; Wayne Xie; Vanessa Yang, CFA; and Sandy Lu, CFA
(“Portfolio Managers”). Messrs. To, Xie and Lu and Ms. Yang have been Portfolio
Managers of the Fund since the Fund's inception.
PURCHASE
AND SALE OF FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Fund are or will be listed and traded at market prices on a national
securities exchange. Shares may only be purchased and sold on the exchange
through a broker-dealer. The price of Shares is based on market price, and
because ETF shares trade at market prices rather than at NAV, Shares may trade
at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or less than NAV (a discount). Only
"Authorized Participants" (as defined in the SAI) who have entered into
agreements with the Fund's distributor, SEI Investments Distribution Co.
("Distributor"), may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with
the Fund. The Fund will only issue or redeem Shares that have been aggregated
into blocks called "Creation Units". The Fund will issue or redeem Creation
Units in return for a basket of cash and/or securities that the Fund specifies
any day that the national securities exchanges are open for business (“Business
Day”). An investor may incur costs attributable to the difference between the
highest price a buyer is willing to pay to purchase shares of the Fund (bid) and
the lowest price a seller is willing to accept for shares of the Fund (ask) when
buying or selling shares in the secondary market (the “bid-ask spread”). To
access information regarding the Fund’s net asset value, market price, premiums
and discounts, and bid-ask spreads, please go to
www.globalxetfs.com.
TAX
INFORMATION
The
Fund intends to make distributions that may be taxable to you as ordinary income
or capital gains, unless you are investing through a tax-advantaged arrangement
such as a 401(k) plan or an individual retirement account ("IRA"), in which case
distributions from such tax-advantaged arrangement may be taxable to you.
PAYMENTS
TO BROKER-DEALERS AND OTHER FINANCIAL INTERMEDIARIES
The
Adviser and its related companies may pay broker-dealers or other financial
intermediaries (such as a bank) for the sale of Fund Shares and related
services. These payments may create a conflict of interest by influencing your
broker-dealer, sales persons or other intermediary or its employees or
associated persons to recommend the Fund over another investment. Ask your
financial adviser or visit your financial intermediary's website for more
information.
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION ABOUT THE FUNDS
This
Prospectus contains information about investing in a Fund. Please read this
Prospectus carefully before you make any investment decisions. Shares of a Fund
are listed for trading on a national securities exchange. The market price for a
Share of a Fund may be different from the Fund's most recent NAV. ETFs are funds
that trade like other publicly-traded securities. A Fund is designed to track an
Underlying Index. Similar to shares of an index mutual fund, each Share of a
Fund represents an ownership interest in an underlying portfolio of securities.
Unlike shares of a mutual fund, which can be bought and redeemed from the
issuing fund by all shareholders at a price based on NAV, Shares of a Fund may
be purchased or redeemed directly from the Fund at NAV solely by Authorized
Participants and only in Creation Unit increments. Also, unlike shares of a
mutual fund, Shares of a Fund are listed on a national securities exchange and
trade in the secondary market at market prices that change throughout the day. A
Fund is designed to be used as part of broader asset allocation strategies.
Accordingly, an investment in a Fund should not constitute a complete investment
program. An index is a financial calculation, based on a grouping of financial
instruments, and is not an investment product, while a Fund is an actual
investment portfolio. The performance of a Fund and its Underlying Index may
vary for a number of reasons, including transaction costs, non-U.S. currency
valuations, asset valuations, corporate actions (such as mergers and spin-offs),
timing variances and differences between a Fund’s portfolio and the Underlying
Index resulting from the Fund's legal restrictions (such as diversification
requirements) that apply to the Fund but not to the Underlying Index.
Each
Fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the
Underlying Index, other than the Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF, the
Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call & Growth ETF and the Global X Information
Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF, which will invest at least 80% of its
total assets in a representative sample of securities that collectively has an
investment profile similar to the Underlying Index. Each Fund’s 80% investment
policy is non-fundamental and requires 60 days prior written notice to
shareholders before it can be changed. The Adviser anticipates that, generally,
each Fund (other than the Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF, the Global X
Russell 2000 Covered Call & Growth ETF and the Global X Information
Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF, which may invest in a representative
sample of securities that collectively has an investment profile similar to the
Underlying Index) will hold all of the securities that comprise its Underlying
Index in proportion to their weightings in such Underlying Index. However, under
various circumstances, it may not be possible or practicable to purchase all of
those securities in those weightings. In these circumstances, a Fund may
purchase a sample of securities in its Underlying Index. There also may be
instances in which the Adviser may choose to underweight or overweight a
security in a Fund’s Underlying Index, purchase securities not in the Fund’s
Underlying Index that the Adviser believes are appropriate to substitute for
certain securities in such Underlying Index or utilize various combinations of
other available investment techniques in seeking to replicate as closely as
possible, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of a Fund’s
Underlying Index. In addition, each Fund may also invest in equity index futures
for cash flow management purposes and as a portfolio management technique. Each
Fund may sell securities that are represented in its Underlying Index in
anticipation of their removal from such Underlying Index or purchase securities
not represented in its Index in anticipation of their addition to such
Underlying Index. Each Fund’s investment objective and its Underlying Index may
be changed without shareholder approval upon at least 60 days prior written
notice to shareholders.
Each
Fund concentrates its investments (i.e., holds 25% or more of its total assets)
in a particular industry or group of industries to approximately the same extent
that its Underlying Index is concentrated.
A
FURTHER DISCUSSION OF PRINCIPAL RISKS
Each
Fund is subject to various risks, including the principal risks noted below, any
of which may adversely affect the Fund’s NAV, trading price, yield, total return
and ability to meet its investment objective. You could lose all or part of your
investment in the Fund, and the Fund could underperform other investments.
Asset
Class Risk
Asset
Class Risk applies to each Fund
The
returns from the types of securities and/or assets in which the Fund invests may
under-perform returns from the various general securities markets or different
asset classes. The assets in the Underlying Index may under-perform investments
that track other markets, segments, sectors or assets. Different types of assets
tend to go through cycles of out-performance and under-performance in comparison
to the general securities markets.
Collar
Option Risk
Collar
Option Risk applies to the Global X NASDAQ 100® Risk Managed Income ETF and
Global X S&P 500® Risk Managed Income ETF
The
Fund’s collar strategy will consist of a mix of short call options positions and
long put options positions. By selling call options in return for the receipt of
premiums, the Fund will give up the opportunity to benefit from potential
increases in the value of the NASDAQ 100® Index above the exercise prices of
such options. By purchasing put options in return for the payment of premiums,
the Fund may be protected from a significant decline in the price of the NASDAQ
100® Index if the put options become in the money, but during periods where the
NASDAQ 100® Index appreciates, the Fund will underperform due to the cost of the
premiums paid. Investors who purchase shares of the Fund outside of when the
Fund’s short call options positions and long put options positions are put on
may experience different levels of downside protection and upside participation
depending on market performance. In addition, the Fund’s ability to sell the
securities underlying the options will be limited while the options are in
effect unless the Fund cancels out the options positions through the purchase or
sale of offsetting identical options prior to the expiration of the options.
Exchanges may suspend the trading of options in volatile markets. If trading is
suspended, the Fund may be unable to purchase or sell options at times that may
be desirable or advantageous to do so, which may increase the risk of tracking
error.
The
Fund’s collar strategy will consist of a mix of short call options positions and
long put options positions. By selling call options in return for the receipt of
premiums, the Fund will give up the opportunity to benefit from potential
increases in the value of the S&P 500® Index above the exercise prices of
such options. By purchasing put options in return for the payment of premiums,
the Fund may be protected from a significant decline in the price of the S&P
500® Index if the put options become in the money, but during periods where the
S&P 500® Index appreciates, the Fund will underperform due to the cost of
the premiums paid. Investors who purchase shares of the Fund outside of when the
Fund’s short call options positions and long put options positions are put on
may experience different levels of downside protection and upside participation
depending on market performance. In addition, the Fund’s ability to sell the
securities underlying the options will be limited while the options are in
effect unless the Fund cancels out the options positions through the purchase or
sale of offsetting identical options prior to the expiration of the options.
Exchanges may suspend the trading of options in volatile markets. If trading is
suspended, the Fund may be unable to purchase or sell options at times that may
be desirable or advantageous to do so, which may increase the risk of tracking
error.
Depositary
Receipts Risk
Depositary
Receipts Risk applies to the Global X NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF, Global X
NASDAQ 100® Covered Call & Growth ETF and Global X NASDAQ 100® Risk Managed
Income ETF
The
Fund may invest in depositary receipts, such as ADRs and GDRs. ADRs are
certificates that evidence ownership of shares of a foreign issuer and are
alternatives to purchasing the underlying foreign securities directly in their
national markets and currencies. GDRs are certificates issued by an
international bank that generally are traded and denominated in the currencies
of countries other than the home country of the issuer of the underlying
shares. Depositary receipts may be subject to certain of the risks
associated with direct investments in the securities of foreign companies. For
additional details on these risks, please see Foreign Securities Risk. Moreover,
depositary receipts may not track the price of the underlying foreign securities
on which they are based. Certain countries may limit the ability to convert
depositary receipts into the underlying foreign securities and vice versa, which
may cause the securities of the foreign company to trade at a discount or
premium to the market price of the related depositary receipts. A holder of
depositary receipts may also be subject to fees and the credit risk of the
financial institution acting as depositary.
Derivatives
Risk
Derivatives
Risk applies to each Fund
The
Fund will invest in options, which are a type of derivative instrument. There is
no assurance that sufficient trading interest to create a liquid secondary
market on a securities exchange will exist for any particular option or at any
particular time, and, for some options, no such secondary market may exist. The
possible absence of a liquid secondary market for options and/or possible
exchange-imposed price fluctuation limits, may make it difficult or impossible
to close out a position when desired. Options are subject to the risk that the
counterparty will not perform its obligations, which could leave the Fund worse
off than if it had not entered into the position. The value of an option
position will reflect, among other things, the current market value of the
underlying instrument, the time remaining until expiration,
the
relationship of the strike price to the market price of the underlying
instrument, the historical price volatility of the underlying instrument and
general market conditions. Options can be more sensitive to sudden fluctuations
in market prices than conventional securities, which can result in greater
losses for the Fund.
Derivatives
risk is the risk that loss may result from the Fund’s investments in options,
futures and swap contracts, which may be leveraged and are types of derivatives.
Investments in leveraged instruments may result in losses exceeding the amounts
invested. The Fund may use these instruments to help it track its Underlying
Index. Compared to conventional securities, derivatives can be more sensitive to
changes in interest rates or to sudden fluctuations in market prices and thus
the Fund’s losses may be greater if it invests in derivatives than if it invests
only in conventional securities.
Derivative
instruments may be leveraged, which may result in losses exceeding the amounts
invested. Risks of these instruments include:
•That
prices of the instruments and the prices of underlying securities, interest
rates or currencies they are designed to reflect do not move together as
expected; a risk of the Fund’s use of derivatives is that the fluctuations in
their values may not correlate perfectly with its Underlying Index;
•The
possible absence of a liquid secondary market for any particular instrument and,
for exchange traded instruments, possible exchange-imposed price fluctuation
limits, either of which may make it difficult or impossible to close out a
position when desired;
•That
adverse price movements in an instrument can result in a loss substantially
greater than the Fund’s initial investment in that instrument (in some cases,
the potential loss is unlimited);
•Particularly
in the case of privately-negotiated instruments, that the counterparty will not
perform its obligations, which could leave the Fund worse off than if it had not
entered into the position;
•The
inability to close out certain hedged positions to avoid adverse tax
consequences, and the fact that some of these instruments may have uncertain tax
implications for the Fund;
•The
fact that “speculative position limits” imposed by the CFTC and certain futures
exchanges on net long and short positions may require the Fund to limit or
unravel positions in certain types of instruments; and
The
high levels of volatility some of these instruments may exhibit, in some cases
due to the high levels of leverage an investor may achieve with them. If a
counterparty to an options contract entered into by the Fund becomes bankrupt or
fails to perform its obligations, or if any collateral posted by the
counterparty for the benefit of the Fund is insufficient or there are delays in
the Fund’s ability to access such collateral, the value of an investment in the
Fund may decline. Further, the market for certain investments, such as options
contracts, may become illiquid under adverse market or economic conditions
independent of any specific adverse changes in the conditions of a particular
issuer. If the Fund needed to sell a large block of illiquid securities to meet
shareholder redemption request or to raise cash, these sales could further
reduce the securities’ prices and adversely affect performance of the
Fund.
Equity
Securities Risk
Equity
Securities Risk applies to each Fund
The
Fund may invest in equity securities, which are subject to changes in value that
may be attributable to market perception of a particular issuer, general stock
market fluctuations that affect all issuers, or as a result of such factors as a
company’s business performance, investor perceptions, stock market trends and
general economic conditions. Investments in equity securities may be more
volatile than investments in other asset classes.
ETF
Investment Risk
ETF
Investment Risk applies to the Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF, Global X
Russell 2000 Covered Call & Growth ETF, Global X Information Technology
Covered Call & Growth ETF, Global X S&P 500 Quality Dividend Covered
Call ETF and Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure Covered Call
ETF
The
Fund may hold ETFs to gain exposure to certain asset classes. As a result, the
Fund may be subject to the same risks as the underlying ETFs. While the risks of
owning shares of an underlying ETF generally reflect the risks of owning the
underlying securities the ETF is designed to track, lack of liquidity in an
underlying ETF can result in its value being more volatile than the underlying
portfolio securities. Because the value of an underlying ETF's shares depends on
the demand in the market, the Adviser may not be able to liquidate the Fund’s
holdings in those shares at the most optimal time, thereby adversely affecting
the Fund’s performance. An underlying ETF may experience tracking error in
relation to the index tracked by the underlying ETF. In addition, an underlying
ETF's shares may trade at a premium or discount to NAV.
In
addition, investments in the securities of underlying ETFs may involve
duplication of advisory fees and certain other expenses. The Fund will pay
brokerage commissions in connection with the purchase and sale of shares of
underlying ETFs, which could result in greater expenses to the Fund. By
investing in an underlying ETF, the Fund becomes a shareholder thereof. As a
result, Fund shareholders indirectly bear the Fund’s proportionate share of the
fees and expenses indirectly paid by shareholders of the underlying ETF, in
addition to the fees and expenses Fund shareholders indirectly bear in
connection with the Fund’s own operations. In addition, certain of the
underlying ETFs may hold common portfolio positions, thereby reducing the
diversification benefits of an asset allocation style.
If
an underlying ETF fails to achieve its investment objective, the value of the
Fund’s investment may decline, adversely affecting the Fund’s performance.
Additionally, some ETFs are not registered under the 1940 Act and therefore, are
not subject to the regulatory scheme and investor protections of the 1940 Act.
A
complete list of each underlying ETF held by the Fund can be found daily on the
Trust’s website. Each investor should review the complete description of the
principal risks of each underlying ETF prior to investing in the
Fund.
Master
Limited Partnerships Investment Risk
Master
Limited Partnerships Investment Risk applies to the Global X MLP & Energy
Infrastructure Covered Call ETF
Investments
in securities of MLPs involve risks that differ from an investment in common
stock.
Holders
of units of MLPs have more limited control rights and limited rights to vote on
matters affecting such MLP as compared to holders of stock of a corporation. For
example, MLP unit holders may not elect the general partner or the directors of
the general partner and the MLP unit holders have limited ability to remove an
MLP’s general partner. MLPs are controlled by their general partners, which
generally have conflicts of interest and limited fiduciary duties to the MLPs,
which may permit the general partners to favor their own interests over the
MLPs. The amount of cash that the Fund will have available to pay or distribute
to you depends entirely on the ability of the MLPs that the Fund owns to make
distributions to their partners and the tax character of those distributions.
Neither the Fund nor the Adviser has control over the actions of underlying
MLPs. The amount of cash that each individual MLP can distribute to its partners
will depend on the amount of cash it generates from operations, which will vary
from quarter to quarter depending on factors affecting the energy infrastructure
market generally and on factors affecting the particular business lines of the
MLP. Available cash will also depend on the MLPs’ level of operating costs
(including incentive distributions to the general partner), level of capital
expenditures, debt service requirements, acquisition costs (if any),
fluctuations in working capital needs, and other factors. The Fund expects to
generate significant investment income, and the Fund’s investments may not
distribute the expected or anticipated levels of cash, resulting in the risk
that the Fund may not have the ability to make cash distributions as investors
expect from MLP-focused investments.
Certain
MLPs in which the Fund may invest depend upon their parent or sponsor entities
for a majority of their revenues. If their parent or sponsor entities fail to
make such payments or satisfy their obligations, the revenues and cash flows of
such MLPs and ability of such MLPs to make distributions to unit holders, such
as the Fund, would be adversely affected.
MLPs
are subject to various federal, state and local environmental laws and health
and safety laws as well as laws and regulations specific to their particular
activities. These laws and regulations address: health and safety standards for
the operation of facilities, transportation systems and the handling of
materials; air and water pollution requirements and standards; solid waste
disposal requirements; land reclamation requirements; and requirements relating
to the handling and disposition of hazardous materials. MLPs are subject to the
costs of compliance with such laws applicable to them, and changes in such laws
and regulations may adversely affect their results of operations.
MLPs
are subject to numerous business related risks, including: deterioration of
business fundamentals reducing profitability due to development of alternative
energy sources, among other things, consumer sentiment, changing demographics in
the markets served, unexpectedly prolonged and precipitous changes in commodity
prices and increased competition that reduces an MLP’s market share; the lack of
growth of markets requiring growth through acquisitions; disruptions in
transportation systems; the dependence of certain MLPs upon unrelated third
parties; availability of capital for expansion and construction of needed
facilities; a significant decrease in production due to depressed commodity
prices or otherwise; the inability of MLPs to successfully integrate recent or
future acquisitions; and the general level of the economy.
Midstream
and Downstream MLPs Investment Risk
Midstream
and Downstream MLPs Investment Risk applies to the Global X MLP & Energy
Infrastructure Covered Call ETF
MLPs
that operate midstream and downstream assets are subject to supply and demand
fluctuations in the markets they serve, which may be impacted by a wide range of
factors, including fluctuating commodity prices, weather, increased conservation
or use of alternative fuel sources, increased governmental or environmental
regulation, depletion, rising interest rates, declines in domestic or foreign
production, accidents or catastrophic events, increasing operating expenses and
economic conditions, among others. Midstream MLPs may be particularly
susceptible to large drops in energy prices, which have the ability to impact
more drastically production in the oil and gas fields that they serve. Further,
MLPs that operate gathering and processing assets are subject to natural
declines in the production of the oil and gas fields they serve. In addition,
some gathering and processing contracts subject the owner of such assets to
direct commodity price risk. Downstream MLPs may be impacted by supply chain
disruptions that limit the access to equipment or replacement parts of such
equipment used in providing compression services. Contract terms for services
can vary depending on the application and location of holdings, should a
significant number of customers or suppliers terminate their contracts, or
attempt to renegotiate their rates, it could have a material effect on
operations. Downstream firms may employ the use of hedging strategies and
derivatives to mitigate exposure to market risks associated with inventory
acquisition and sales. Risk management policies cannot eliminate all commodity
price risk or the impact of adverse market conditions, which can impact
financial performance. Marine, rail, and truck transportation services may be
employed, in addition to pipelines, terminals, and storage facilities, to
transport or store petroleum and gas products for purchase or sale. Regulations
and directives related to these services as well as a disruption in any of these
transportation or storage services could adversely impact operations. Refinery
activity, as well as changes in market structure or demand, could impact the
sales of refined petroleum products such as gasoline, heating oil, or residual
oils. Any work stoppages or labor disturbances by an organized labor force,
unionized or otherwise, could have an adverse effect on operations. In addition,
employees who are not currently represented by labor unions may seek
representation in the future, and any renegotiation of collective bargaining
agreements may result in unfavorable terms.
Capitalization
Risk
Investing
in issuers within the same market capitalization category carries the risk that
the category may be out of favor due to current market conditions or investor
sentiment.
Large-Capitalization
Companies Risk
Large-Capitalization
Companies Risk applies to the Global X S&P 500® Covered Call ETF, Global X
NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF, Global X NASDAQ 100® Covered Call & Growth
ETF, Global X S&P 500® Covered Call & Growth ETF, Global X NASDAQ 100®
Risk Managed Income ETF, Global X S&P 500® Risk Managed Income ETF, Global X
Dow 30® Covered Call ETF, Global X Information Technology Covered Call &
Growth ETF, Global X Dow 30® Covered Call & Growth ETF, Global X S&P 500
Quality Dividend Covered Call ETF and Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure
Covered Call ETF
Large-capitalization
companies may trail the returns of the overall stock market.
Large-capitalization stocks tend to go through cycles of doing better - or worse
- than the stock market in general. These periods have, in the past, lasted for
as long as several years.
Mid-Capitalization
Companies Risk
Mid-Capitalization
Companies Risk applies to the Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF, Global X
Russell 2000 Covered Call & Growth ETF and Global X MLP & Energy
Infrastructure Covered Call ETF
Mid-capitalization
companies may have greater price volatility, lower trading volume and less
liquidity than large-capitalization companies. In addition, mid-capitalization
companies may have smaller revenues, narrower product lines, less management
depth and experience, smaller shares of their product or service markets, fewer
financial resources and less competitive strength than large-capitalization
companies.
Small-Capitalization
Companies Risk
Small-Capitalization
Companies Risk applies to the Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF and Global
X Russell 2000 Covered Call & Growth ETF
The
Fund may invest a significant percentage of its assets in small-capitalization
companies. If it does so, it may be subject to certain risks associated with
small-capitalization companies. These companies often have greater price
volatility, lower trading volume and less liquidity than larger, more
established companies. In addition, these companies are often subject to less
analyst coverage and may be in early and less predictable periods of their
corporate existences. These companies tend to have smaller revenues, narrower
product lines, less management depth and experience, smaller shares of their
product or service markets, fewer financial resources and less competitive
strength than larger companies.
Commodity
Exposure Risk
Commodity
Exposure Risk applies to the Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure Covered
Call ETF
To
the extent that its Underlying Index invests in, or otherwise has exposure to,
securities and markets that are susceptible to fluctuations in certain commodity
markets, any negative changes in commodity markets could have a great impact on
the Fund. Commodity prices may be influenced or characterized by unpredictable
factors, including, where applicable, high volatility, changes in supply and
demand relationships, weather, agriculture, trade, changes in interest rates and
monetary and other governmental policies, action and inaction. Securities of
companies held by the Fund that are dependent on a single commodity, or are
concentrated on a single commodity sector, may typically exhibit even higher
volatility attributable to commodity prices.
Correlation
Risk
Correlation
Risk applies to the Global X Information Technology Covered Call & Growth
ETF
In
seeking to track the performance of the Underlying Index, the Fund anticipates
holding component securities of the Reference Index and writing call options on
the Reference Fund. While it is anticipated that the performance of the
Reference Fund, and of the call options written on the Reference Fund, will
generally correspond to the performance of the component securities of the
Reference Index, there can be no guarantee that such performance will be highly
correlated. It is possible that the value of the component securities of the
Reference Index may diverge from the value of the Reference Fund on which the
call options are written. if such performance diverges, this may cause the
performance of the call options to offset more or less than 50% of the gains of
the component securities during a roll period. If this occurs, the total return
of the Fund will deviate from the total return expectations of a 50% covered
call strategy.
Covered
Call Option Writing Risk
Covered
Call Option Writing Risk applies to the Global X S&P 500® Covered Call ETF,
Global X NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF, Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF,
Global X NASDAQ 100® Covered Call & Growth ETF, Global X S&P 500®
Covered Call & Growth ETF, Global X Dow 30® Covered Call ETF, Global X
Russell 2000 Covered Call & Growth ETF, Global X Information Technology
Covered Call & Growth ETF, Global X Dow 30® Covered Call & Growth ETF,
Global X S&P 500 Quality Dividend Covered Call ETF and Global X MLP &
Energy Infrastructure Covered Call ETF
By
writing covered call options in return for the receipt of premiums, the Fund
will give up the opportunity to benefit from potential increases in the value of
the Reference Index above the exercise prices of such options, but will continue
to bear the risk of declines in the value of the Reference Index. The premiums
received from the options may not be sufficient to offset any losses sustained
from the volatility of the underlying stocks over time. As a result, the risks
associated with writing covered call options may be similar to the risks
associated with writing put options. In addition, the Fund’s ability to sell the
securities underlying the options will be limited while the options are in
effect unless the Fund cancels out the option positions through
the
purchase of offsetting identical options prior to the expiration of the written
options. Exchanges may suspend the trading of options in volatile markets. If
trading is suspended, the Fund may be unable to write options at times that may
be desirable or advantageous to do so, which may increase the risk of tracking
error.
Cybersecurity
Risk
Cybersecurity
Risk applies to each Fund
With
the increased use of technologies such as the Internet to conduct business, the
Fund, like all companies, may be susceptible to operational, information
security and related risks. Cybersecurity incidents involving the Fund,
Authorized Participants, or service providers (including, without limitation,
the Adviser, fund accountant, custodian, transfer agent and financial
intermediaries) have the ability to cause disruptions and impact business
operations, potentially resulting in financial losses, impediments to trading,
the inability of Fund shareholders to transact business, violations of
applicable privacy and other laws, regulatory fines, penalties, reputational
damage, reimbursement or other compensation costs, and/or additional compliance
costs.
Cybersecurity incidents can result from deliberate cyberattacks or
unintentional events and may arise from external or internal sources. Cyber
attacks may include infection by malicious software or gaining unauthorized
access to digital systems, networks or devices that are used to service the
Fund’s operations (e.g., by “hacking” or “phishing”). Cyber attacks may also be
carried out in a manner that does not require gaining unauthorized access, such
as causing denial-of-service attacks on websites (i.e., efforts to make network
services unavailable to intended users). In addition, cyber-attacks may render
records of Fund assets and transactions, shareholder ownership of Fund Shares,
and other data integral to the functioning of the Fund inaccessible or
inaccurate or incomplete. Substantial costs may be incurred by the Fund in order
to resolve or prevent cyber incidents in the future. While the Fund has
established business continuity plans in the event of, and risk management
systems to prevent, such cyber-attacks, there are inherent limitations in such
plans and systems, including the possibility that certain risks have not been
identified and that prevention and remediation efforts will not be successful.
Furthermore, the Fund cannot control the cyber security plans and systems put in
place by service providers to the Fund, issuers in which the Fund invests,
market makers or Authorized Participants.
Similar adverse consequences
could result from cybersecurity incidents affecting issuers of securities in
which the Fund invests, counterparties with which the Fund engages, governmental
and other regulatory authorities, exchanges and other financial market
operators, banks, brokers, dealers, insurance companies, other financial
institutions and other parties. In addition, substantial costs may be incurred
in order to prevent any cybersecurity incidents in the future. Although the
Fund’s service providers may have established business continuity plans and risk
management systems to mitigate cybersecurity risks, there can be no guarantee or
assurance that such plans or systems will be effective, or that all risks that
exist, or may develop in the future, have been completely anticipated and
identified or can be protected against. The Fund and its shareholders could be
negatively impacted as a result.
The rapid development and increasingly
widespread use of artificial intelligence technologies could increase the
effectiveness of cyber attacks and exacerbate the risks.
Dividend-Paying
Stock Risk
Dividend-Paying
Stock Risk applies to the Global X S&P 500 Quality Dividend Covered Call
ETF
The
Fund’s strategy of investing in dividend-paying stocks involves the risk that
such stocks may fall out of favor with investors and underperform the broader
market. Companies that issue dividend-paying stocks are not required to continue
to pay dividends. Therefore, there is the possibility that such companies could
significantly reduce or eliminate the payment of dividends in the future.
Certain companies have increasingly faced pressure from governments and other
actors to reduce or eliminate dividends, and may continue to face such pressure
in the future. Depending upon market conditions, dividend-paying stocks that
meet the Fund’s investment criteria may not be widely available and/or may be
highly concentrated in only a few market sectors. In these conditions, the
Fund may become more concentrated in a fewer number of companies and therefore
be less diversified.
FLEX
Options Risk
FLEX
Options Risk applies to the Global X Information Technology Covered Call &
Growth ETF, Global X S&P 500 Quality Dividend Covered Call ETF and Global X
MLP & Energy Infrastructure Covered Call ETF
The
Fund will utilize FLEX options issued and guaranteed for settlement by the OCC.
The Fund bears the risk that the OCC will be unable to, or unwilling to, perform
their obligations under the contracts. In the unlikely event that the OCC cannot
meet their obligations, the Fund could suffer significant losses. Additionally,
FLEX options may be more illiquid than other securities, including traditional
options. To the extent that the FLEX options may not be expected to experience
regular trading, the FLEX options held by the Fund may be valued based on a
price quotation or other equivalent indication of value supplied by a pricing
service, rather than based on a price last traded on an exchange. In less liquid
markets for FLEX options, the Fund may have difficulty entering into or closing
out certain positions at designated times and/or prices, including in connection
with the monthly options roll process. With the creation and redemption of
Shares, to the extent market participants are not willing or able to enter into
FLEX option transactions with the Fund at prices that reflect the market price
of the Shares, the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”) and, in turn the share price
of the Fund, could suffer significant losses. The Fund may experience
substantial downside from specific FLEX option positions, and some may expire
worthless. As a FLEX option approaches the predetermined expiration date, its
value typically moves in parallel with the value of the Reference Fund. However,
prior to such date, the value of the FLEX options may not increase or decrease
at the same rate as the Reference Fund’s share price on a day-to-day basis. The
value of the underlying FLEX options will be affected by many market factors,
such as changes in the Reference Fund’s share price, interest rates, the
volatility of the Reference Fund, and the remaining time to until the FLEX
options expire.
Focus
Risk
Focus
Risk applies to each Fund
In
following its methodology, the Underlying Index may be focused to a significant
degree in securities of issuers in a particular industry or group of industries
and/or may have significant exposure to one or more sectors. To the extent that
the Underlying Index focuses in the securities of issuers in such an area, the
Fund will also focus its investments to approximately the same extent. In such
event, the Fund’s performance will be particularly susceptible to adverse events
impacting such industry or sector, and the Fund will face greater risk than if
it were diversified broadly over numerous such areas. Such heightened risks, any
of which may adversely affect the companies in which the Fund invests, may
include, but are not limited to, the following: general economic conditions or
cyclical market patterns that could negatively affect supply and demand;
competition for resources; adverse labor relations; political or world events;
obsolescence of technologies; and increased competition or new product
introductions that may affect the profitability or viability of companies in a
particular industry or sector. In addition, at times, such industry, group of
industries or sector may be out of favor and underperform other such categories
or the market as a whole.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Consumer Staples Sector
Risks
Related to Investing in the Consumer Staples Sector applies to the Global X
S&P 500 Quality Dividend Covered Call ETF
Companies
in the consumer staples sector may be affected by the regulation of various
product components and production methods, marketing campaigns and changes in
the global economy, consumer spending and consumer demand. Tobacco companies, in
particular, may be adversely affected by new laws, regulations and litigation.
Household and personal products are particularly sensitive to increased
competition, decreased demand due to changes in consumer preferences and brand
diminution. Food products are subject to the risk that raw materials are
accidentally or maliciously contaminated or that products are contaminated
through the supply chain due to human error or equipment failure. Such incidents
may result in loss of market share and loss of revenue for companies in the
consumer staples sector. Companies in the consumer staples sector may also be
adversely affected by changes or trends in commodity prices, which may be
influenced by unpredictable factors. These companies may be subject to severe
competition, which may have an adverse impact on their
profitability.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Energy Sector
Risks
Related to Investing in the Energy Sector applies to the Global X MLP &
Energy Infrastructure Covered Call ETF
The
success of companies in the energy sector may be cyclical and highly dependent
on energy prices. Securities of companies in the energy sector are subject to
swift energy price and supply fluctuations caused by events relating to
international politics, energy conservation, the success of exploration
projects, and tax and other governmental regulatory policies. Actions taken by
central governments may dramatically impact supply and demand forces that
influence energy prices, resulting in sudden decreases in value for companies in
the energy sector. Weak demand for
the
companies’ products or services or for energy products and services in general,
as well as negative developments in these other areas, would adversely impact
the Fund's performance. Companies in the oil and gas sector (including
alternative energy suppliers) may be adversely affected by natural disasters or
other catastrophes and may be at risk for environmental damage claims.
Additionally, these companies could be negatively impacted by the adoption of
other and/or novel energy sources, driven by economic, environmental, and/or
regulatory reasons, among others. These companies may also be adversely affected
by changes in exchange rates, interest rates, economic conditions or world
events in the regions that the companies operate (i.e., expropriation,
nationalization, confiscation of assets and coups, social unrest, violence or
labor unrest). Investments in companies located in emerging market countries may
heighten these risks. Companies engaged in the distribution of energy, including
electricity and gas, may be adversely affected by governmental limitation on
rates charged to customers. Deregulation and greater competition may adversely
affect the profitability of these companies and lead to diversification outside
of their original geographic regions and their traditional lines of business,
potentially increasing risk and making the price of their equity securities more
volatile.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Industrials Sector
Risks
Related to Investing in the Industrials Sector applies to the Global X S&P
500® Quality Dividend Covered Call ETF
The
stock prices of companies in the industrials sector are affected by supply and
demand both for their specific product or service and for industrials sector
products in general. The products of manufacturing companies may face product
obsolescence due to rapid technological developments and frequent new product
introduction. Government regulation, trade disputes, world events and economic
conditions affect the performance of companies in the industrials sector.
Companies in the industrials sector may be adversely affected by damages from
environmental claims and product liability claims. The industrials sector may
also be adversely affected by changes or trends in commodity prices, which may
be influenced by unpredictable factors. Companies in the industrials sector,
particularly aerospace and defense companies, may also by adversely affected by
government spending policies because companies in this sector tend to rely to a
significant extent on government demand for their products and
services.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Information Technology Sector
Risks
Related to Investing in the Information Technology Sector applies to the Global
X S&P 500® Covered Call ETF, Global X NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF, Global X
NASDAQ 100® Covered Call & Growth ETF, Global X S&P 500® Covered Call
& Growth ETF, Global X NASDAQ 100® Risk Managed Income ETF, Global X S&P
500® Risk Managed Income ETF and Global X Information Technology Covered Call
& Growth ETF
Market
or economic factors impacting information technology companies and companies
that rely heavily on technology advances could have a major effect on the value
of the Fund’s investments. The value of stocks of information technology
companies and companies that rely heavily on technology is particularly
vulnerable to rapid changes in technology product cycles, rapid product
obsolescence, government regulation and increased competition, both domestically
and internationally, including competition from foreign competitors with lower
production costs. Information technology companies and companies that rely
heavily on technology, especially those of smaller, less-seasoned companies,
tend to be more volatile than the overall market. These companies also are
heavily dependent on patent and intellectual property rights, the loss or
impairment of which may adversely affect profitability. Additionally, companies
in the information technology sector may face dramatic and often unpredictable
changes in growth rates and competition for the services of qualified personnel.
Companies in the information technology sector are facing increased government
and regulatory scrutiny and may be subject to adverse government or regulatory
action. Companies in the application software industry, in particular, may also
be negatively affected by the decline or fluctuation of subscription renewal
rates for their products and services, which may have an adverse effect on
profit margins. Companies in the systems software industry may be adversely
affected by, among other things, actual or perceived security vulnerabilities in
their products and services, which may result in individual or class action
lawsuits, state or federal enforcement actions and other remediation costs.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels Industry
Risks
Related to Investing in the Oil, Gas and Consumable Fuels Industry applies to
the Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure Covered Call ETF
The
oil, gas and consumable fuels industry is cyclical and highly dependent on the
market price of fuel. The market value of companies in the oil, gas and
consumable fuels industry are strongly affected by the levels and volatility of
global
commodity prices, supply and demand, capital expenditures on exploration and
production, energy conservation efforts, the prices of alternative fuels,
exchange rates and technological advances. Companies in this sector are subject
to substantial government regulation and contractual fixed pricing, which may
increase the cost of business and limit these companies’ earnings. Actions taken
by central governments may dramatically impact supply and demand forces that
influence the market price of fuel, resulting in sudden decreases in value for
companies in the oil, gas and consumable fuels industry. A significant portion
of their revenues depends on a relatively small number of customers, including
governmental entities and utilities. As a result, governmental budget restraints
may have a material adverse effect on the stock prices of companies in the
industry.
Companies
in the oil, gas and consumable fuels industry may also operate in countries with
less developed regulatory regimes or a history of expropriation, nationalization
or other adverse policies. Companies in the oil, gas and consumable fuels
industry also face a significant civil liability from accidents resulting in
injury or loss of life or property, pollution or other environmental mishaps,
equipment malfunctions or mishandling of materials, and a risk of loss from
terrorism or other natural disasters. Any such event could have serious
consequences for the general population of the area affected and result in a
material adverse impact on the Fund’s portfolio securities and the performance
of the Fund. Companies in the oil, gas and consumable fuels industry can be
significantly affected by the supply of and demand for specific products and
services, weather conditions, exploration and production spending, government
regulation, world events and general economic conditions.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment
Industry
Risks
Related to Investing in the Semiconductors and Semiconductor Equipment Industry
applies to the Global X Information Technology Covered Call & Growth
ETF
The
semiconductors and semiconductor equipment industry is highly competitive, and
certain companies in this industry may be restricted from operating in certain
markets due to the sensitive nature of these technologies. Companies in this
space generally seek to increase silicon capacity, improve yields, and reduce
die size in their product designs which may result in significant increases in
worldwide supply and downward pressure on prices. The success of such companies
frequently depends on the ability to develop and produce competitive new
semiconductor technologies. Companies in this industry frequently undertake
substantial research and development expenses in order to remain competitive,
and a failure to successfully demonstrate advanced functionality and performance
can have a material impact on the company’s business.
Risks
Related to Investing in the Software Industry
Risks
Related to Investing in the Software Industry applies to the Global X
Information Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF
The
software industry can be significantly affected by intense competition,
aggressive pricing, technological innovations, and product obsolescence.
Companies in the application software industry, in particular, may also be
negatively affected by the decline or fluctuation of subscription renewal rates
for their products and services, which may have an adverse effect on profit
margins. Companies in the systems software industry may be adversely affected
by, among other things, actual or perceived security vulnerabilities in their
products and services, which may result in individual or class action lawsuits,
state or federal enforcement actions and other remediation costs.
Foreign
Securities Risk
Foreign
Securities Risk applies to the Global X NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF, Global X
NASDAQ 100® Covered Call & Growth ETF and Global X NASDAQ 100® Risk Managed
Income ETF
The
Fund’s assets may be invested within the equity markets of countries outside of
the United States. These markets are subject to special risks associated with
foreign investment, including, but not limited to: lower levels of liquidity and
market efficiency; greater securities price volatility; exchange rate
fluctuations and exchange controls; less availability of public information
about issuers; limitations on foreign ownership of securities; imposition of
withholding or other taxes; imposition of restrictions on the expatriation of
the assets of the Fund; restrictions placed on U.S. investors by U.S.
regulations governing foreign investments; higher transaction and custody costs
and delays in settlement procedures; difficulties in enforcing contractual
obligations; lower levels of regulation of the securities market; weaker
accounting, disclosure and reporting requirements; and legal principles relating
to corporate governance and directors’ fiduciary duties and liabilities.
Shareholder rights under the laws of some foreign countries may not be as
favorable as U.S. laws. Thus, a shareholder may have more
difficulty
in asserting its rights or enforcing a judgment against a foreign company than a
shareholder of a comparable U.S. company. Investment of more than 25% of the
Fund’s total assets in securities located in one country or region will subject
the Fund to increased country or region risk with respect to that country or
region. Where all or a portion of the Fund's underlying securities trade in a
market that is closed when the market in which the Fund's Shares are listed and
trading is open, there may be differences between the last quote from the
security’s closed foreign market and the value of the security during the Fund’s
domestic trading day. This in turn could lead to differences between the market
price of the Fund’s Shares and the underlying value of those
shares.
Geographic
Risk
Geographic
Risk applies to each Fund
Geographic
risk is the risk that the Fund’s assets may be focused in countries located in
the same geographic region. This investment focus will subject the Fund to risks
associated with that particular region, or a region economically tied to that
particular region, such as a natural, biological or other disaster. Outbreaks of
contagious viruses and diseases may reduce business activity or disrupt market
activity, and have the potential to exacerbate market risks in the countries and
regions in which they occur. The securities in which the Fund invests and,
consequently, the Fund are also subject to specific risks as a result of their
business operations, including, but not limited to:
Risk
of Investing in Canada
Risk
of Investing in Canada applies to the Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure
Covered Call ETF
The
United States is Canada’s largest trading and investment partner, and the
Canadian economy is significantly affected by developments in the U.S. economy
and by changes in U.S. trade policy. Since the implementation of NAFTA in 1994
among Canada, the United States and Mexico, total two-way merchandise trade
between the United States and Canada has more than doubled. To further this
relationship, the three NAFTA countries entered into the Security and Prosperity
Partnership of North America in March 2005, which has further affected Canada’s
dependency on the U.S. economy. Any downturn in U.S. or Mexican economic
activity is likely to have an adverse impact on the Canadian economy. The
Canadian economy is also dependent upon external trade with other key trading
partners, including China and the European Union. Any trade policy changes by
the United States, China or the European Union which reduced Canada's ability to
trade with such regions could therefore have significant impact on the Canadian
economy. Developments in the United States, including renegotiation of NAFTA,
ratification of the successor USMCA, which received legislative approval and
went into effect in 2020, and imposition of tariffs by the United States, may
have implications for the trade arrangements among the United States and Canada,
which could negatively affect the value of securities held by the Funds. In
addition, Canada is a large supplier of natural resources (e.g., oil, natural
gas and agricultural products). As a result, the Canadian economy is sensitive
to fluctuations in certain commodity prices.
Risk
of Investing in Developed Markets
Risk
of Investing in Developed Markets applies to the Global X S&P 500® Covered
Call ETF, Global X NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF, Global X Russell 2000 Covered
Call ETF, Global X NASDAQ 100® Covered Call & Growth ETF, Global X S&P
500® Covered Call & Growth ETF, Global X NASDAQ 100® Risk Managed Income
ETF, Global X S&P 500® Risk Managed Income ETF, Global X Dow 30® Covered
Call ETF, Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call & Growth ETF, Global X
Information Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF, Global X Dow 30® Covered
Call & Growth ETF, Global X S&P 500 Quality Dividend Covered Call ETF
and Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure Covered Call ETF
Investment
in developed country issuers may subject the Fund to regulatory, political,
currency, security, and economic risk specific to developed countries. Developed
countries generally tend to rely on services sectors (e.g., the financial
services sector) as the primary means of economic growth. A prolonged slowdown
in, among others, services sectors is likely to have a negative impact on
economies of certain developed countries, although economies of individual
developed countries can be impacted by slowdowns in other sectors. In the past,
certain developed countries have been targets of terrorism, and some geographic
areas in which the Fund invests have experienced strained international
relations due to territorial disputes, historical animosities, defense concerns
and other security concerns. These situations may cause uncertainty in the
financial markets in these countries or geographic areas and may adversely
affect the performance of the issuers to which the Fund has exposure. Heavy
regulation of certain markets,
including
labor and product markets, may have an adverse effect on certain issuers. Such
regulations may negatively affect economic growth or cause prolonged periods of
recession. Many developed countries are heavily indebted, which may lead to
downward pressure on the economies of those countries. In addition, price
fluctuations of certain commodities and regulations impacting the import of
commodities may negatively affect developed country economies. Developed
countries may also be impacted by changes to the economic conditions of certain
key trading partners or the imposition of tariffs by or on trading partners.
Risk
of Investing in the United States
Risk
of Investing in the United States applies to each Fund
A
decrease in imports or exports, changes in trade regulations, including the
imposition of tariffs on trading partners, and/or an economic recession in the
U.S. may have a material adverse effect on the U.S. economy and the securities
listed on U.S. exchanges. Proposed and adopted policy and legislative changes in
the U.S. are changing many aspects of financial and other regulation and may
have a significant effect on the U.S. markets generally, as well as on the value
of certain securities. In addition, a continued rise in the U.S. public debt
level or the imposition of U.S. austerity measures may adversely affect U.S.
economic growth and the securities to which the Fund has exposure. The U.S. has
developed increasingly strained relations with a number of foreign countries. If
these relations continue to worsen, it could adversely affect U.S. issuers as
well as non-U.S. issuers that rely on the U.S. for trade. The U.S. has also
experienced increased internal unrest and discord. If this trend were to
continue, it may have an adverse impact on the U.S. economy and the issuers in
which the Fund invests.
Geographic
Economic Exposure Risk
Geographic
Economic Exposure Risk applies to each Fund
The
constituents held by the Fund may have partners, suppliers and/or customers
located in various geographic regions, and the geographic regions in which Fund
constituents are located may have trading partners in other geographic regions.
As a result, an economic downturn in one or more of these regions may impact the
performance of the constituents in which the Fund invests, even if the Fund does
not invest directly in companies located in such region. The risks related to
such regions may include:
African
Economic Risk
The
economies of African countries are subject to risks not typically associated
with more developed economies, countries or geographic regions. Such heightened
risks include, among others, expropriation and/or nationalization of assets,
restrictions on and government intervention in international trade, confiscatory
taxation, political instability, including authoritarian and/or military
involvement in governmental decision making, armed conflict, civil war, and
social instability as a result of religious, ethnic and/or socioeconomic unrest.
The
securities markets in Africa are underdeveloped and are often considered to be
less correlated to global economic cycles than markets located in more developed
countries or geographic regions. Securities markets in Africa are subject to
greater risks associated with market volatility, lower market capitalization,
lower trading volume, illiquidity, inflation, greater price fluctuations,
uncertainty regarding the existence of trading markets, governmental control and
heavy regulation of labor and industry. Moreover, trading on securities markets
may be suspended altogether.
Certain
governments in Africa may restrict or control to varying degrees the ability of
foreign investors to invest in securities of issuers located or operating in
those countries. These restrictions and/or controls may at times limit or
prevent foreign investment in securities of issuers located or operating in
countries in Africa. Moreover, certain countries in Africa may require
governmental approval or special licenses prior to investment by foreign
investors; may limit the amount of investment by foreign investors in a
particular industry and/or issuer; may limit such foreign investment to a
certain class of securities of an issuer that may have less advantageous rights
than the classes available for purchase by domestic investors of those
countries; and/or may impose additional taxes on foreign investors. These
factors, among others, make investing in issuers located or operating in
countries in Africa significantly riskier than investing in issuers located or
operating in more developed countries.
Asian
Economic Risk
Many
Asian economies have experienced rapid growth and industrialization in recent
years, but there is no assurance that this growth rate will be maintained. Other
Asian economies, however, have experienced high inflation, high unemployment,
currency devaluations and restrictions, and over-extension of credit.
Geopolitical hostility, political instability, as well as economic or
environmental events in any one Asian country may have a significant economic
effect on the entire Asian region, as well as on major trading partners outside
Asia. Any adverse event in the Asian markets may have a significant adverse
effect on some or all of the economies of the countries in which the Fund
invests. Many Asian countries are subject to political risk, including political
instability, corruption and regional conflict with neighboring countries. Hong
Kong is currently administered as a Special Administrative Region under the
sovereignty of the People’s Republic of China, but pro-independence sentiment
and political dissatisfaction towards China have resulted and may continue to
result in widespread protests. In 2020, China passed the National Security Law
in Hong Kong, which tightened political freedoms and heightens risk for any
businesses or individuals that express pro-independence views. North Korea and
South Korea each have substantial military capabilities, and historical tensions
between the two countries present the risk of war. Escalated tensions involving
the two countries and any outbreak of hostilities between the two countries, or
even the threat of an outbreak of hostilities, could have a severe adverse
effect on the entire Asian region. Maritime disputes in the South China Sea are
complex and involve conflicting claims by China, Brunei, Indonesia, Malaysia,
the Philippines, Taiwan and Vietnam, and there is a risk that these disputes
could escalate into armed conflict between any of the aforementioned countries.
Furthermore, there are numerous disputes over islands in East Asia that pose
security risks, including but not necessarily limited to the Liancourt Rocks
dispute between Japan and Korea, the Senkaku/Diaoyu Islands dispute between
China and Japan, and the Kuril Islands dispute between Japan and Russia.
Although Taiwan currently has a government that is separate from that of the
People’s Republic of China, the PRC lays claim to Taiwan and has enacted
legislation mandating military invasion should Taiwan’s government formally
declare independence. China may also choose to launch an invasion of Taiwan even
without the Taiwanese government formally declaring independence and there is a
high risk that such a conflict would draw in other actors such as the United
States and Japan. In response to the elevated risk of conflict in Taiwan, in
2022 the government of Japan moved to dramatically raise its defense budget and
lift longstanding restrictions on obtaining missiles with strike capabilities.
Certain Asian countries have also developed increasingly strained relationships
with the U.S., and if these relations were to worsen, they could adversely
affect Asian issuers that rely on the U.S. for trade. In addition, many Asian
countries are subject to social and labor risks associated with demands for
improved political, economic and social conditions.
Australasian
Economic Risk
The
economies of Australasia, which include Australia and New Zealand, are dependent
on exports from the agricultural and mining sectors. This makes Australasian
economies susceptible to fluctuations in the commodity markets. Australasian
economies are also increasingly dependent on their growing service industries.
Because the economies of Australasia are dependent on the economies of Asia,
Europe and the United States as key trading partners and investors, reduction in
spending by any of these trading partners on Australasian products and services,
or negative changes in any of these economies, may cause an adverse impact on
some or all of the Australasian economies.
European
Economic Risk
The
economies of Europe are highly dependent on each other, both as key trading
partners and, in many cases, as fellow members maintaining the euro. Decreasing
European imports, new trade regulations, changes in exchange rates, a recession
in Europe, or a slowing of economic growth in this region could have an adverse
impact on the securities in which the Fund invests. Reduction in trading
activity among European countries may cause an adverse impact on each nation’s
individual economies. The Economic and Monetary Union of the European Union (the
“EU”) requires compliance with restrictions on inflation rates, deficits,
interest rates, debt levels and fiscal and monetary controls, each of which may
significantly affect every country in Europe, including those countries that are
not members of the EU. Decreasing imports or exports, changes in governmental or
EU regulations on trade, changes in the exchange rate of the euro, the default
or threat of default by an EU member country on its sovereign debt, and
recessions in an EU member country may have a significant adverse effect on the
economies of EU member countries and their trading partners. The European
financial markets have historically experienced volatility and adverse trends
due to concerns about economic downturns or rising government debt levels in
several European countries, including, but not limited to, Austria, Belgium,
Cyprus, France, Greece, Ireland, Italy, Portugal, Spain and Ukraine. These
events have adversely affected the exchange rate of the euro and may continue to
significantly affect European countries.
Latin
American Economic Risk
High
interest rates, inflation, government defaults and unemployment rates are
characteristics of the economies in some Latin American countries. Currency
devaluations in any Latin American country can have a significant effect on the
entire region. Because commodities such as oil and gas, minerals and metals can
represent a significant percentage of the region’s exports, the economies of
Latin American countries may be particularly sensitive to fluctuations in
commodity prices. As a result, the economies in many Latin American countries
could experience significant volatility. Political stability is also a concern
in Latin America, with the risk of contested election results, military coups,
and mass social disorder presenting complex risks.
Middle
East Economic Risk
Middle
Eastern governments have exercised and continue to exercise substantial
influence over many aspects of the private sector. Many economies in the Middle
East are highly reliant on income from the sale of oil or trade with countries
involved in the sale of oil, and their economies are therefore vulnerable to
changes in the market for oil and foreign currency values. As global demand for
oil fluctuates, many Middle Eastern economies may be significantly impacted. A
sustained decrease in commodity prices could have a significant negative impact
on all aspects of the economy in the region. Middle Eastern economies may be
subject to acts of terrorism, political strife, religious, ethnic or
socioeconomic unrest and sudden outbreaks of hostilities with neighboring
countries. Certain Middle Eastern countries have strained relations with other
Middle Eastern countries due to territorial disputes, historical animosities,
international alliances, religious tensions or defense concerns, which may
adversely affect the economies of these countries. Certain Middle Eastern
countries experience significant unemployment, as well as widespread
underemployment. Many Middle Eastern countries have little or no democratic
tradition. Many Middle Eastern countries periodically have experienced
political, economic and social unrest as protestors have called for widespread
reform. Some of these protests have resulted in a governmental regime change,
internal conflict or civil war. If further regime changes were to occur,
internal conflict were to intensify, or a civil war were to continue in any of
these countries, such instability could adversely affect the economies of Middle
Eastern countries.
North
American Economic Risk
A
decrease in imports or exports, changes in trade regulations or an economic
recession in any North American country can have a significant economic effect
on the entire North American region and on some or all of the North American
countries to which the Fund has economic exposure. The U.S. is Canada's and
Mexico's largest trading and investment partner. The Canadian and Mexican
economies are significantly affected by developments in the U.S. economy. Since
the implementation of the North American Free Trade Agreement (“NAFTA”) in 1994
among Canada, the U.S. and Mexico, total merchandise trade among the three
countries has increased. However, political developments in the U.S., including
the renegotiation of NAFTA and imposition of tariffs by the U.S., may have
implications for the trade arrangements among the U.S., Mexico and Canada, which
could negatively affect the value of securities held by the Fund. Policy and
legislative changes in any of the three countries may have a significant effect
on North American economies generally, as well as on the value of certain
securities held by the Fund.
Investable
Universe of Companies Risk
Investable
Universe of Companies Risk applies to the Global X MLP & Energy
Infrastructure Covered Call ETF
The
investable universe of companies in which the Fund may invest may be limited. If
a company no longer meets the Index Provider’s criteria for inclusion in the
Underlying Index, the Fund may need to reduce or eliminate its holdings in that
company. The reduction or elimination of the Fund’s holdings in the company may
have an adverse impact on the liquidity of the Fund’s overall portfolio holdings
and on Fund performance.
Issuer
Risk
Issuer
Risk applies to each Fund
Issuer
risk is the risk that any of the individual companies that the Fund invests in
may perform badly, causing the value of its securities to decline. Poor
performance may be caused by poor management decisions, competitive pressures,
changes in technology, disruptions in supply, labor problems or shortages,
corporate restructurings, fraudulent disclosures or other factors. Issuers may,
in times of distress or on their own discretion, decide to reduce or eliminate
dividends, which would also cause their stock prices to decline.
Market
Risk
Market
Risk applies to each Fund
Market
risk is the risk that the value of the securities in which the Fund invests may
go up or down in response to the prospects of individual issuers and/or general
economic conditions. Turbulence in the financial markets and reduced liquidity
may negatively affect issuers, which could have an adverse effect on the Fund.
If the securities held by the Fund experience poor liquidity, the Fund may be
unable to transact at advantageous times or prices, which may decrease the
Fund’s returns. In addition, there is a risk that policy changes by central
governments and governmental agencies, including the Federal Reserve or the
European Central Bank, which could include increasing interest rates, could
cause increased volatility in financial markets and lead to higher levels of
Fund redemptions from Authorized Participants, which could have a negative
impact on the Fund. Beginning in early 2025, the U.S. government’s threats to
impose tariffs on goods from Mexico and Canada has heightened tension among
trading partners. Further, in response to the U.S. government’s announcement of
tariffs on goods from China, the Chinese government has countered with tariffs
on U.S. goods, marking the beginning of a potential trade war between the
countries. Tariffs on imported goods may increase the cost of certain products
and household items, which may in turn dampen consumer spending and result in
decreased confidence in the markets. The possibility of additional tariffs being
imposed or the outbreak of a trade war may further adversely impact U.S. and
international markets. Additionally, political uncertainty regarding U.S.
policy, including the U.S. government’s approach to trade, may also impact the
markets. Furthermore, local, regional or global events such as war, acts of
terrorism, the spread of infectious illness or other public health issues,
recessions, raising of interest rates, or other events could have a significant
impact on the Fund and its investments and trading of its Shares. This increases
the risk that monetary policy may provide less support should economic growth
slow. Market risk factors may result in increased volatility and/or decreased
liquidity in the securities markets. The Fund’s NAV could decline over short
periods due to short-term market movements and over longer periods during market
downturns.
MLP
Tax Risk
MLP
Tax Risk applies to the Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure Covered Call
ETF
Subject
to the application of the partnership audit rules, MLPs that elect to be taxed
as partnerships do not pay U.S. federal income tax at the partnership level.
Rather, each partner is allocated a share of the partnership’s income, gains,
losses, deductions and expenses. A change in current tax law, or a change in the
underlying business mix of a given MLP, could result in an MLP that previously
elected to be taxed as a partnership being treated as a corporation for U.S.
federal income tax purposes, which would result in such MLP being required to
pay U.S. federal income tax on its taxable income. The classification of an MLP
as a corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes would have the effect of
reducing the amount of cash available for distribution by the MLP. Thus, to the
extent that any of the MLPs to which the Fund has exposure are treated as a
corporation for U.S. federal income tax purposes, it could result in a reduction
in the value of the Fund’s investment and lower the Fund’s income. The Fund may
also invest in MLPs that elect to be taxed as corporations, which taxes would
have the effect of reducing the amount of cash available for distribution by the
MLP. Additionally, as a result of the Fund's exposure to MLPs taxed as
partnerships, a portion of the Fund’s distributions are expected to be treated
as a return of capital for tax purposes. Return of capital distributions are not
taxable income to you, but reduce your tax basis in your Fund Shares. Such a
reduction in tax basis will result in larger taxable gains and/or lower tax
losses on a subsequent sale of Fund Shares. Shareholders who sell their Shares
for less than they bought them may still recognize a gain due to the reduction
in tax basis. Shareholders who periodically receive the payment of dividends or
other distributions consisting of a return of capital may be under the
impression that they are receiving net profits from the Fund when, in fact, they
are not. Shareholders should not assume that the source of the distributions is
from the net profits of the Fund. To the extent that the distributions paid to
you constitute a return of capital, the Fund's assets will decline. A decline in
the Fund's assets may also result in an increase in the portion of a Fund's
expense ratio that is not subject to a unitary fee or any other form of
contractual cap, and over time the distributions paid in excess of net
distributions received could work to erode the Fund's net asset
value.
New
Fund Risk
New
Fund Risk applies to the Global X S&P 500 Quality Dividend Covered Call ETF
and Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure Covered Call ETF
The
Fund is a new fund, with no operating history or a limited operating history, as
applicable, which may result in additional risks for investors in the Fund.
There can be no assurance that the Fund will grow to or maintain an economically
viable size, in which case the Board of Trustees may determine to liquidate the
Fund. While shareholder interests will be the paramount consideration, the
timing of any liquidation may not be favorable to certain individual
shareholders. From time to time an Authorized Participant, a third-party
investor, the Adviser or another affiliate of the Adviser or the Fund may invest
in the Fund and hold its investment for a specific period of time in order to
facilitate commencement of the Fund’s operations or for the
Fund
to achieve size or scale. There can be no assurance that any such entity would
not redeem its investment or that the size of the Fund would be maintained at
such levels which could negatively impact the Fund.
Non-Diversification
Risk
Non-Diversification
Risk applies to the Global X NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF, Global X NASDAQ 100®
Covered Call & Growth ETF, Global X NASDAQ 100® Risk Managed Income ETF,
Global X Dow 30® Covered Call ETF, Global X Information Technology Covered Call
& Growth ETF, Global X Dow 30® Covered Call & Growth ETF, Global X
S&P 500 Quality Dividend Covered Call ETF and Global X MLP & Energy
Infrastructure Covered Call ETF
The
Fund is classified as a “non-diversified” investment company under the 1940 Act.
This means that the Fund may invest most of its assets in securities issued by
or representing a small number of companies. As a result, the Fund may be more
susceptible to the risks associated with these particular companies, or to a
single economic, political or regulatory occurrence affecting these companies.
Operational
Risk
Operational
Risk applies to each Fund
The
Fund is exposed to operational risk arising from a number of factors, including
but not limited to human error, processing and communication errors, errors of
the Fund's service providers, counterparties or other third-parties, failed or
inadequate processes and technology or systems failures.
With
the increased use of technologies such as the internet to conduct business, the
Fund, Authorized Participants, service providers and the relevant listing
exchange are susceptible to operational, information security and related
“cyber” risks both directly and through their service providers. Disruptions of
the systems of the Adviser and the Fund’s distributor and other service
providers (including, but not limited to, fund accountants, custodians, transfer
agents and administrators), market makers, Authorized Participants, or the
issuers of securities in which the Fund invests, have the ability to cause
disruptions and impact business operations, potentially resulting in: financial
losses, interference with the Fund’s ability to calculate its NAV, disclosure of
confidential trading information, impediments to trading, submission of
erroneous trades or erroneous creation or redemption orders, the inability of
the Fund or its service providers to transact business, violations of applicable
privacy and other laws, regulatory fines, penalties, reputational damage,
reimbursement or other compensation costs, or additional compliance costs. While
the Fund has established business continuity plans in the event of, and risk
management systems to prevent, technological or other disruptions to the Fund’s
operations, there are inherent limitations in such plans and systems, including
the possibility that certain risks have not been identified and that prevention
and remediation efforts will not be successful. Furthermore, the Fund cannot
control the cyber security plans and systems put in place by service providers
to the Fund, issuers in which the Fund invests, the Index Provider, market
makers or Authorized Participants. The Fund and its shareholders could be
negatively impacted as a result.
The
Fund and the Adviser seek to reduce these operational risks through controls and
procedures. However, these measures do not address every possible risk and may
be inadequate for those risks that they are intended to address.
Options
Premium Tax Risk
Options
Premium Tax Risk applies to each Fund
The
Fund’s investment strategy may limit its ability to distribute dividends
eligible for treatment as qualified dividend income, which for non-corporate
shareholders are subject to federal income tax at rates of up to 20% plus the
3.8% Medicare tax. The Fund’s investment strategy may also limit its ability to
distribute dividends eligible for the dividends-received deduction for corporate
shareholders. For these reasons, a significant portion of distributions received
by Fund shareholders may be subject to tax at effective tax rates that are
higher than the rates that would apply if the Fund were to engage in a different
investment strategy. You should consult your tax advisor as to the tax
consequences of acquiring, owning and disposing of Shares in the Fund.
Passive
Investment Risk
Passive
Investment Risk applies to each Fund
The
Fund is not actively managed and may be affected by a general decline in market
segments relating to the Underlying Index. The Fund invests in securities
included in, or representative of, the Underlying Index regardless of their
investment merits, and the Adviser does not otherwise attempt to take defensive
positions in declining markets. Unlike many investment companies, the Fund does
not seek to outperform its Underlying Index. Therefore, the Fund would not
necessarily buy or sell a security unless that security is added or removed,
respectively, from the Underlying Index, even if that security generally is
underperforming. Additionally, if a constituent of the Underlying Index were
removed, even outside of a regular rebalance of the Underlying Index, the
Adviser anticipates that the Fund would sell such security. Maintaining
investments in securities regardless of market conditions or the performance of
individual securities could cause the Fund’s return to be lower than if the Fund
employed an active strategy.
Index-Related
Risk
There
is no guarantee that the Fund will achieve a high degree of correlation to the
Underlying Index and therefore achieve its investment objective. Market
disruptions and regulatory restrictions could have an adverse effect on the
Fund’s ability to adjust its exposure to the required levels in order to track
the Underlying Index. Errors in index data, index computations and/or the
construction of the Underlying Index in accordance with its methodology may
occur from time to time and may not be identified and corrected by the Index
Provider for a period of time or at all, which may have an adverse impact on the
Fund and its shareholders.
Management
Risk
The
Fund may not fully replicate its Underlying Index and may hold securities not
included in its Underlying Index. Therefore, the Fund is subject to management
risk. That is, the Adviser’s investment strategy, the implementation of which is
subject to a number of constraints, may cause the Fund to underperform the
market or its relevant benchmark or adversely affect the ability of the Fund to
achieve its investment objective. While the Fund is passively managed,
implementation of the Fund’s principal investment strategy may result in
tracking error risk, which is described below. The ability of the Adviser to
successfully implement the Fund’s investment strategies will influence the
Fund’s performance significantly.
Tracking
Error Risk
Tracking
error is the divergence of the Fund's performance from that of the Underlying
Index. Tracking error may occur because of differences between the securities
and other instruments held in the Fund's portfolio and those included in the
Underlying Index, pricing differences (including differences between a
security's price at the local market close and the Fund's valuation of a
security at the time of calculation of the Fund's NAV), transaction costs
incurred by the Fund, the Fund's holding of uninvested cash, differences in
timing of the accrual of or the valuation of dividends or interest, tax gains or
losses, changes to the Underlying Index or the costs to the Fund of complying
with various new or existing regulatory requirements. This risk may be
heightened during times of increased market volatility or other unusual market
conditions. Tracking error also may result because the Fund incurs fees and
expenses, while the Underlying Index does not. ETFs that track indices with
significant weight in emerging markets issuers may experience higher tracking
error than other ETFs that do not track such indices.
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds
Risks
Associated with Exchange-Traded Funds applies to each Fund
As
an ETF, the Fund is subject to the following risks:
Authorized
Participants Concentration Risk
The
Fund has a limited number of financial institutions that may act as Authorized
Participants. Only Authorized Participants who have entered into agreements with
the Fund's distributor may engage in creation or redemption transactions
directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is obligated
to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. To the extent that those
Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to process creation
and/or redemption orders, such as in times of market stress, and no other
Authorized Participant is able to step forward to create and redeem in either of
those cases, Shares may trade like closed-end fund shares at a discount to NAV
and/or at wider intraday bid-ask spreads, and may possibly face trading halts
and/or delisting from the Fund's exchange.
Large
Shareholder Risk
Certain
shareholders, including an Authorized Participant, the Adviser or an affiliate
of the Adviser, may own a substantial amount of the Fund’s Shares. Additionally,
from time to time an Authorized Participant, a third-party investor, the
Adviser, or an affiliate of the Adviser may invest in the Fund and hold its
investment for a specific period of time in order to facilitate commencement of
the Fund’s operations or to allow the Fund to achieve size or scale.
Redemptions by large shareholders could have a significant negative impact on
the Fund. If a large shareholder were to redeem all, or a large portion, of its
Shares, there is no guarantee that the Fund will be able to maintain sufficient
assets to continue operations in which case the Board of Trustees may determine
to liquidate the Fund. In addition, transactions by large shareholders may
account for a large percentage of the trading volume on the Fund's exchange and
may, therefore, have a material upward or downward effect on the market price of
the Shares.
Listing
Standards Risk
The
Fund is required to comply with listing requirements adopted by the listing
exchange. Non-compliance with such requirements may result in the Fund's Shares
being delisted by the listing exchange. Any resulting liquidation of the Fund
could cause the Fund to incur elevated transaction costs and could result in
negative tax consequences for its shareholders.
Market
Trading Risks and Premium/Discount Risks
Absence
of Active Market
Although
Shares of the Fund are or will be listed for trading on a U.S. exchange and may
be listed on certain foreign exchanges, there can be no assurance that an active
trading market for the Shares will develop or be maintained.
Risks
of Secondary Listings
The
Fund's Shares may be listed or traded on U.S. and non-U.S. exchanges other than
the U.S. exchange where the Fund’s primary listing is maintained. There can be
no assurance that the Fund’s Shares will continue to trade on any such exchange
or in any market or that the Fund's Shares will continue to meet the
requirements for listing or trading on any exchange or in any market. The Fund's
Shares may be less actively traded in certain markets than others, and investors
are subject to the execution and settlement risks and market standards of the
market where they or their brokers direct their trades for execution. Certain
information available to investors who trade Shares on a U.S. exchange during
regular U.S. market hours may not be available to investors who trade in other
markets, which may result in secondary market prices in such markets being less
efficient.
Secondary
Market Trading Risk
Only
Authorized Participants who have entered into agreements with the Fund's
distributor may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with the
Fund. Shares of the Fund may trade in the secondary market on days when the Fund
does not accept orders to purchase or redeem Shares from Authorized
Participants. On such days, Shares may trade in the secondary market with more
significant premiums or discounts than might be experienced on days when the
Fund accepts purchase and redemption orders.
Secondary
market trading in Fund Shares may be halted by a stock exchange because of
market conditions or other reasons. In addition, trading in Fund Shares on a
stock exchange or in any market may be subject to trading halts caused by
extraordinary market volatility pursuant to "circuit breaker" rules on the stock
exchange or market. There can be no assurance that the requirements necessary to
maintain the listing or trading of Fund Shares will continue to be met or will
remain unchanged.
Shares
of the Fund May Trade at Prices Other Than NAV
Shares
of the Fund may trade at, above or below NAV. The per share NAV of the Fund will
fluctuate with changes in the market value of the Fund’s holdings. The trading
prices of Shares will fluctuate in accordance with changes in the Fund's NAV as
well as market supply and demand. The trading prices of the Fund's Shares may
deviate significantly from NAV during periods of market volatility or when the
Fund has relatively few assets or experiences a lower trading volume. In
stressed market conditions, the market for the Shares may become less liquid in
response to the deteriorating liquidity of the Fund’s portfolio. Any of these
factors may lead to the Fund's Shares trading at a premium
or
discount to NAV. While the creation/redemption feature is designed to make it
likely that Shares normally will trade close to the Fund’s NAV, market prices
are not expected to correlate exactly with the Fund's NAV due to timing reasons
as well as market supply and demand factors. In addition, disruptions to
creations and redemptions or the existence of extreme market volatility may
result in trading prices that differ significantly from NAV. If a shareholder
purchases at a time when the market price is at a premium to the NAV or sells at
a time when the market price is at a discount to the NAV, the shareholder may
sustain losses.
Since
foreign exchanges may be open on days when the Fund does not price Shares, the
value of the securities in the Fund’s portfolio may change on days when
shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell Shares.
Costs
of Buying or Selling Fund Shares
Buying
or selling Fund Shares involves two types of costs that apply to all securities
transactions. When buying or selling Shares of the Fund through a broker, you
will likely incur a brokerage commission or other charges imposed by brokers as
determined by that broker. In addition, you may incur the cost of the "spread" -
that is, the difference between what professional investors are willing to pay
for Fund Shares (the "bid" price) and the market price at which they are willing
to sell Fund Shares (the "ask" price). Because of the costs inherent in buying
or selling Fund Shares, frequent trading may detract significantly from
investment results and an investment in Fund Shares may not be advisable for
investors who anticipate regularly making small investments.
Trading
Halt Risk
Trading
Halt Risk applies to each Fund
An
exchange or market may close or issue trading halts on specific securities, or
the ability to buy or sell certain securities or financial instruments may be
restricted, which may result in the Fund being unable to buy or sell certain
securities or financial instruments. In such circumstances, the Fund may be
unable to rebalance its portfolio, may be unable to accurately price its
investments and/or may incur substantial trading losses.
Turnover
Risk
Turnover
Risk applies to each Fund
The
Fund may engage in frequent and active trading, which may significantly increase
the Fund’s portfolio turnover rate. At times, the Fund may have a portfolio
turnover rate substantially greater than 100%. For example, a portfolio turnover
rate of 300% is equivalent to the Fund buying and selling all of its securities
three times during the course of a year. A high portfolio turnover rate would
result in high brokerage costs for the Fund, may result in higher taxes when
Shares are held in a taxable account and lower Fund performance.
Valuation
Risk
Valuation
Risk applies to each Fund
The
sales price the Fund could receive for a security may differ from the Fund’s
valuation of the security and may differ from the value used by the Underlying
Index, particularly for securities that trade in low value or volatile markets
or that are valued using a fair value methodology (such as during trading
halts). Because non-U.S. exchanges may be open on days when the Fund does not
price its Shares, the value of the securities in the Fund's portfolio may change
on days when shareholders will not be able to purchase or sell the Fund's
Shares.
A
FURTHER DISCUSSION OF OTHER RISKS
Each
Fund may also be subject to certain other risks associated with its investments
and investment strategies.
Exclusion
from the Definition of a Commodity Pool Operator Risk
With
respect to the Fund, the Adviser has claimed an exclusion from the definition of
“commodity pool operator” (“CPO”) under the Commodity Exchange Act, as amended
(“CEA”), and the rules of the Commodity Futures Trading Commission (“CFTC”) and,
therefore, is not subject to CFTC registration or regulation as a CPO. In
addition, the Adviser is relying upon a
related
exclusion from the definition of “commodity trading advisor” (“CTA”) under the
CEA and the rules of the CFTC. The terms of the CPO exclusion require the Fund,
among other things, to adhere to certain limits on its investments in “commodity
interests.” Commodity interests include commodity futures, commodity options and
swaps. Because the Adviser and the Fund intend to comply with the terms of the
CPO exclusion, the Fund may, in the future, need to adjust its investment
strategies, consistent with its investment objective, to limit its investments
in these types of instruments. The Fund is not intended as a vehicle for trading
in the commodity futures, commodity options or swaps markets. The CFTC has
neither reviewed nor approved the Adviser’s reliance on these exclusions, or the
Fund, its investment strategies or this Prospectus.
Leverage
Risk
Under
the 1940 Act, the Fund is permitted to borrow from a bank up to 33 1/3% of its
net assets for short term or emergency purposes. The Fund may borrow money at
fiscal quarter end to maintain the required level of diversification to qualify
as a regulated investment company ("RIC") for purposes of the Internal Revenue
Code of 1986, as amended (the "Code"). As a result, the Fund may be exposed to
the risks of leverage, which may be considered a speculative investment
technique. Leverage magnifies the potential for gain and loss on amounts
invested and therefore increases the risks associated with investing in the
Fund. If the value of the Fund's assets increases, then leveraging would cause
the Fund's NAV to increase more sharply than it would have had the Fund not
leveraged. Conversely, if the value of the Fund's assets decreases, leveraging
would cause the Fund's NAV to decline more sharply than it otherwise would have
had the Fund not leveraged. The Fund may incur additional expenses in connection
with borrowings.
Qualification
as a Regulated Investment Company Risk
The
Fund must meet a number of diversification requirements to qualify as a RIC
under Section 851 of the Code and, if qualified, to continue to qualify. If the
Fund experiences difficulty in meeting those requirements for any fiscal
quarter, it might enter into borrowings in order to increase the portion of the
Fund’s total assets represented by cash, cash items, and U.S. government
securities shortly thereafter and, as of the close of the following fiscal
quarter, to attempt to meet the requirements. However, the Fund may incur
additional expenses in connection with any such borrowings, and increased
investments by the Fund in cash, cash items, and U.S. government securities
(whether the Fund makes such investments from borrowings) are likely to reduce
the Fund’s return to investors.
Tax
Treaty Reclaims Uncertainty
When
the Fund receives dividend and interest income (if any) from issuers in certain
countries, such distributions may be subject to partial withholding by local tax
authorities in order to satisfy potential local tax obligations. The Fund may
file claims to recover such withholding tax in jurisdictions where withholding
tax reclaim is possible, which may be the case as a result of bilateral treaties
between the United States and local governments. Whether or when the Fund will
receive a withholding tax refund in the future is within the control of the tax
authorities in such countries. The receipt of a refund of withholding tax would
preclude claiming a foreign tax credit, to the extent available or applicable,
with respect to such withholding tax. Where the Fund expects to recover
withholding tax based on a continuous assessment of probability of recovery, the
NAV of the Fund generally includes accruals for such tax refunds. The Fund
continues to evaluate tax developments for potential impact to the probability
of recovery. If the likelihood of receiving refunds materially decreases, for
example due to a change in tax regulation or approach, accruals in the Fund’s
NAV for such refunds may need to be written down partially or in full, which
will adversely affect that Fund’s NAV. Investors in the Fund at the time an
accrual is written down will bear the impact of any resulting reduction in NAV
regardless of whether they were investors during the accrual period. Conversely,
if a Fund receives a tax refund that has not been previously accrued, investors
in the Fund at the time the claim is successful will benefit from any resulting
increase in the Fund’s NAV. Investors who sold their shares prior to such time
will not benefit from such NAV increase.
PORTFOLIO
HOLDINGS INFORMATION
A
description of the policies and procedures of Global X Funds®
(the "Trust") with respect to the disclosure of the Funds’ portfolio securities
is available in the Funds’ combined Statement of Additional Information (“SAI”).
The top holdings of each Fund and Fund Fact Sheets providing information
regarding each Fund’s top holdings can be found at
www.globalxetfs.com/explore/(click on the name of your Fund) and may be
requested by calling 1-888-493-8631.
FUND
MANAGEMENT
Investment
Adviser
Global
X Management Company LLC (the "Adviser") serves as the investment adviser and
the administrator for the Funds. Subject to the supervision of the Trust's Board
of Trustees, the Adviser is responsible for managing the investment activities
of the Funds and the Funds' business affairs and other administrative matters.
The Adviser has been a registered investment adviser since 2008. The Adviser is
a Delaware limited liability company with its principal offices located at 605
3rd Avenue, 43rd Floor, New York, New York 10158. As of February 3, 2025,
the Adviser provided investment advisory services for assets of approximately
$59.1 billion.
Pursuant
to a Supervision and Administration Agreement and subject to the general
supervision of the Board of Trustees, the Adviser provides, or causes to be
furnished, all supervisory, administrative and other services reasonably
necessary for the operation of the Funds and also bears the costs of various
third-party services required by the Funds, including audit, certain custody,
portfolio accounting, legal, transfer agency and printing costs. The Supervision
and Administration Agreement for the Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF, the
Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call & Growth ETF, the Global X S&P 500
Quality Dividend Covered Call ETF and the Global X MLP & Energy
Infrastructure Covered Call ETF provides that the Adviser also bears the costs
for acquired fund fees and expenses generated by investments by such Funds in
affiliated investment companies. The Supervision and Administration Agreement
also requires the Adviser to provide investment advisory services to the Funds
pursuant to an Investment Advisory Agreement.
Each
Fund pays the Adviser a fee (“Management Fee”) in return for providing
investment advisory, supervisory and administrative services under an all-in fee
structure. For the fiscal year ended October 31, 2024, the Funds paid a monthly
Management Fee to the Adviser at the following annual rates (stated as a
percentage of the average daily net assets of each Fund taken
separately):
|
|
|
|
| |
Fund |
Management
Fee
|
Global
X S&P 500®
Covered Call ETF |
0.60% |
Global
X NASDAQ 100®
Covered Call ETF |
0.60% |
Global
X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF |
0.60% |
Global
X Nasdaq 100®
Covered Call & Growth ETF |
0.35% |
Global
X S&P 500®
Covered Call & Growth ETF |
0.35% |
Global
X S&P 500®
Risk Managed Income ETF |
0.60% |
Global
X NASDAQ 100®
Risk Managed Income ETF |
0.60% |
Global
X Dow 30®
Covered
Call ETF |
0.60% |
Global
X Russell 2000 Covered Call & Growth ETF |
0.35% |
Global
X Information Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF |
0.60%1 |
Global
X Dow 30®
Covered Call & Growth ETF |
0.35% |
Global
X S&P 500 Quality Dividend Covered Call ETF |
0.35% |
Global
X MLP & Energy Infrastructure Covered Call ETF |
0.60% |
1
Pursuant to an Expense Limitation Agreement, the Adviser has contractually
agreed to reimburse or waive fees and/or limit expenses for the Global X
Information Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF to the extent necessary to
assure that the operating expenses of the Global X Information Technology
Covered Call & Growth ETF (exclusive of taxes, brokerage fees, commissions,
and other transaction expenses, interest, and extraordinary expenses (such as
litigation and indemnification expenses)) will not exceed 0.60% of the average
daily net assets of the Global X Information Technology Covered Call &
Growth ETF per year until at least March 1, 2026.
In
addition, each Fund bears other fees and expenses that are not covered by the
Supervision and Administration Agreement, which may vary and will affect the
total ratio of a Fund, such as taxes, brokerage fees, commissions and other
transaction expenses, interest and extraordinary expenses (such as litigation
and indemnification expenses). The Adviser may earn a profit on the Management
Fee paid by the Funds. Also, the Adviser, and not shareholders of the Funds,
would benefit from any price decreases in third-party services, including
decreases resulting from an increase in net assets.
The
Adviser or its affiliates may pay compensation, out of profits derived from the
Adviser’s Management Fee or other resources and not as an additional charge to
the Funds, to certain financial institutions (which may include banks,
securities dealers and other industry professionals) for the sale and/or
distribution of Fund Shares or the retention and/or servicing of
Fund
investors and Fund Shares (“revenue sharing”). These payments are in addition to
any other fees described in the fee table or elsewhere in the Prospectus or SAI.
Examples of “revenue sharing” payments include, but are not limited to, payments
to financial institutions for “shelf space” or access to a third party platform
or fund offering list or other marketing programs, including, but not limited
to, inclusion of the Funds on preferred or recommended sales lists, mutual fund
“supermarket” platforms and other formal sales programs; granting the Adviser
access to the financial institution’s sales force; granting the Adviser access
to the financial institution’s conferences and meetings; assistance in training
and educating the financial institution’s personnel; and obtaining other forms
of marketing support. The level of revenue sharing payments made to financial
institutions may be a fixed fee or based upon one or more of the following
factors: gross sales, current assets and/or number of accounts of a Fund
attributable to the financial institution, or other factors as agreed to by the
Adviser and the financial institution or any combination thereof. The amount of
these revenue sharing payments is determined at the discretion of the Adviser
from time to time, may be substantial, and may be different for different
financial institutions depending upon the services provided by the financial
institution. Such payments may provide an incentive for the financial
institution to make Shares of the Funds available to its customers and may allow
the Funds greater access to the financial institution’s customers.
Approval
of Advisory Agreement
Discussions
regarding the basis for the Board of Trustees' approval of the Supervision and
Administration Agreement and the related Investment Advisory Agreement for each
Fund are available in the Funds' report filed on Form N-CSR for the period ended
April 30 or October 31, respectively
Portfolio
Management
The
Portfolio Managers who are currently responsible for the day-to-day management
of each Fund's portfolio are Nam To, Wayne Xie, Vanessa Yang and Sandy Lu.
Nam
To:
Nam To, CFA, Portfolio Manager, joined the Adviser in July 2017. Prior to that,
Mr. To was a Global Economics Research Analyst at Bunge Limited. Mr. To received
his Bachelor of Arts in Philosophy and Economics from Cornell University and is
a CFA charterholder.
Wayne
Xie:
Wayne Xie, Head of Portfolio Management, joined the Adviser in July 2018 as a
Portfolio Management Associate. Previously, Mr. Xie was an Analyst at VanEck
Associates on the Equity ETF Investment Management team from 2010 to 2018. Mr.
Xie received his Bachelor of Science from the State University of New York at
Buffalo in 2002.
Vanessa
Yang:
Vanessa Yang, CFA, Portfolio Manager, joined the Adviser in 2016 as a Portfolio
Administrator. She was appointed to the portfolio management team in June 2019.
Previously, Ms. Yang was a Portfolio Administrator at VanEck Associates from
2011 to 2014. Ms. Yang received her MS in Financial Engineering from Drucker
School of Management and her BS in Economics from Guangdong University of
Foreign Studies. She earned her CFA designation in April 2024.
Sandy
Lu:
Sandy Lu, CFA, Portfolio Manager, joined the Adviser in September 2021.
Previously, Mr. Lu was a Portfolio Analyst and Junior Portfolio Manager at PGIM
Fixed Income from 2014 to 2021. Mr. Lu received his Bachelor of Science in
Economics from the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania and is a CFA
charterholder.
The
SAI provides additional information about the Portfolio Managers’ compensation
structure, other accounts managed by the Portfolio Managers, and the Portfolio
Managers' ownership of Shares of the Funds.
DISTRIBUTOR
SEI
Investments Distribution Co. ("Distributor") distributes Creation Units for the
Funds on an agency basis. The Distributor does not maintain a secondary market
in Shares. The Distributor has no role in determining the policies of the Funds
or the securities that are purchased or sold by each Fund. The Distributor’s
principal address is One Freedom Valley Drive, Oaks, PA 19456. The Distributor
is not affiliated with the Adviser.
BUYING
AND SELLING FUND SHARES
Shares
of the Funds trade on a national securities exchange and in the secondary market
during the trading day. Shares can be bought and sold throughout the trading day
like other shares of publicly-traded securities. There is no minimum investment
for purchases made on a national securities exchange. When buying or selling
Shares through a broker, you will incur customary brokerage commissions and
charges. In addition, you will also incur the cost of the “spread,” which is the
difference between what professional investors are willing to pay for Shares
(the “bid” price) and the price at which they are willing to sell Shares
(the
“ask” price). The commission is frequently a fixed amount and may be a
significant proportional cost for investors seeking to buy or sell small amounts
of Shares. The spread with respect to Shares varies over time based on a Fund’s
trading volume and market liquidity and is generally lower if a Fund has
significant trading volume and market liquidity and higher if a Fund has little
trading volume and market liquidity. Because of the costs of buying and selling
Shares, frequent trading may reduce investment returns.
Shares
of a Fund may be acquired or redeemed directly from the Fund only by Authorized
Participants (as defined in the SAI) and only in Creation Units or multiples
thereof, as discussed in the "Creations and Redemptions" section in the SAI.
Shares
generally trade in the secondary market in amounts less than a Creation Unit.
Shares of the Funds trade under the trading symbol listed for each Fund in the
Fund Summaries section of the Prospectus.
The
Funds are listed on a national securities exchange, which is open for trading
Monday through Friday and is closed on weekends and the following holidays, as
observed: New Year’s Day, Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, Presidents’ Day, Good
Friday, Memorial Day, Juneteenth National Independence Day, Independence Day,
Labor Day, Thanksgiving Day and Christmas Day.
Book
Entry
Shares
of the Funds are held in book-entry form, which means that no stock certificates
are issued. The Depository Trust Company (“DTC”) or its nominee is the record
owner of all outstanding Shares and is recognized as the owner of all Shares for
all purposes.
Investors
owning Shares are beneficial owners as shown on the records of DTC or its
participants. DTC serves as the securities depository for all Shares.
Participants include DTC, securities brokers and dealers, banks, trust
companies, clearing corporations and other institutions that directly or
indirectly maintain a custodial relationship with DTC. As a beneficial owner of
Shares, you are not entitled to receive physical delivery of stock certificates
or to have Shares registered in your name, and you are not considered a
registered owner of Shares. Therefore, to exercise any rights as an owner of
Shares, you must rely upon the procedures of DTC and its participants. These
procedures are the same as those that apply to any securities that you hold in
book entry or “street name” form.
FREQUENT
TRADING
Unlike
frequent trading of shares of a traditional open-end mutual fund (i.e., not
exchange-traded shares), frequent trading of Shares on the secondary market does
not disrupt portfolio management, increase a Fund's trading costs, lead to
realization of capital gains, or otherwise harm Fund shareholders because these
trades do not involve a Fund directly. A few institutional investors are
authorized to purchase and redeem the Funds' Shares directly with the Funds.
When these trades are effected in-kind (i.e.,
for securities, and not for cash), they do not cause any of the harmful effects
(noted above) that may result from frequent cash trades. Moreover, each Fund
imposes transaction fees on in-kind purchases and redemptions of the Fund
intended to cover the custodial and other costs incurred by the Fund in
effecting in-kind trades. These fees increase if an investor substitutes cash in
part or in whole for securities, reflecting the fact that a Fund’s trading costs
increase in those circumstances, although transaction fees are subject to
certain limits and therefore may not cover all related costs incurred by a Fund.
For these reasons, the Board of Trustees has determined that it is not necessary
to adopt policies and procedures to detect and deter frequent trading and
market-timing in Shares of the Funds.
DISTRIBUTION
AND SERVICE PLAN
The
Board of Trustees of the Trust has adopted a Distribution and Services Plan
(“Plan”) pursuant to Rule 12b-1 under the 1940 Act. Under the Plan, each Fund is
authorized to pay distribution fees in connection with the sale and distribution
of its Shares and pay service fees in connection with the provision of ongoing
services to shareholders of each class and the maintenance of shareholder
accounts in an amount up to 0.25% of its average daily net assets each year.
No
Rule 12b-1 fees are currently paid by a Fund, and there are no current plans to
impose these fees. However, in the event Rule 12b-1 fees are charged in the
future, because these fees are paid out of each Fund’s assets on an ongoing
basis, these fees will increase the cost of your investment in a Fund. By
purchasing Shares subject to distribution fees and service fees, you may pay
more over time than you would by purchasing Shares with other types of sales
charge arrangements. Long-term shareholders may pay more than the economic
equivalent of the maximum front-end sales charge permitted by the rules of
FINRA.
The net income attributable to Shares will be reduced by the amount of
distribution fees and service fees and other expenses of a Fund.
DIVIDENDS
AND DISTRIBUTIONS
Dividends
from net investment income, including any net foreign currency gains, generally
are declared and paid at least annually and any net realized capital gains are
distributed at least annually. In order to improve tracking error or comply with
the distribution requirements of the Code, dividends may be declared and paid
more frequently than annually for a Fund.
Dividends
and other distributions on Shares are distributed on a pro rata basis to
beneficial owners of such Shares. Dividend payments are made through DTC
participants to beneficial owners then of record with proceeds received from a
Fund. Dividends and security gain distributions are distributed in U.S. dollars
and cannot be automatically reinvested in additional Shares.
No
dividend reinvestment service is provided by the Trust. Broker-dealers may make
available the DTC book-entry Dividend Reinvestment Service for use by beneficial
owners of a Fund for reinvestment of their dividend distributions. Beneficial
owners should contact their broker to determine the availability and costs of
the service and the details of participation therein. Brokers may require
beneficial owners to adhere to specific procedures and timetables. If this
service is available and used, dividend distributions of both income and
realized gains will be automatically reinvested in additional whole Shares
purchased in the secondary market.
INVESTMENTS
BY INVESTMENT COMPANIES
Section
12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act restricts investments by investment companies in the
securities of other investment companies, including shares of the Fund.
Registered investment companies and unit investment trusts that enter into a
fund-of-funds investment agreement with the Trust ("Investing Funds") are
permitted to invest in certain Global X Funds beyond the limits set forth in
Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act, subject to certain conditions set forth in
Rule 12d1-4 under the 1940 Act. With respect to the Global X Russell 2000
Covered Call ETF, the Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call & Growth ETF, the
Global X Information Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF, the Global X
S&P 500 Quality Dividend Covered Call ETF and the Global X MLP & Energy
Infrastructure Covered Call ETF, which invest in Underlying ETFs, Investing
Funds must adhere to the limits set forth in Section 12(d)(1) when investing in
the Fund.
TAXES
The
following is a summary of certain tax considerations that may be relevant to an
investor in a Fund. Except where otherwise indicated, the discussion relates to
investors who are individual United States citizens or residents and is based on
current tax law. You should consult your tax advisor for further information
regarding federal, state, local and/or foreign tax consequences relevant to your
specific situation.
Distributions.
Each Fund receives income and gains on its investments. The income, less
expenses incurred in the operation of a Fund, constitutes the Fund's net
investment income from which dividends may be paid to you. Each Fund has elected
and intends to qualify as a RIC under the Code for federal tax purposes and to
distribute to shareholders substantially all of its net investment income and
net capital gain each year. Except as otherwise noted below, you will generally
be subject to federal income tax on a Fund’s distributions you receive. For
federal income tax purposes, Fund distributions attributable to short-term
capital gains and net investment income are taxable to you as ordinary income.
Distributions attributable to net capital gains (the excess of net long- term
capital gains over net short-term capital losses) of a Fund generally are
taxable to you as long-term capital gains. This is true no matter how long you
own your Shares or whether you take distributions in cash or additional Shares.
The maximum long-term capital gain rate applicable to individuals is 20%.
Distributions
of “qualifying dividends” will also generally be taxable to you at long-term
capital gain rates as long as certain requirements are met. In general, if 95%
or more of the gross income of a Fund (other than net capital gain) consists of
dividends received from domestic corporations or “qualified” foreign
corporations (“qualifying dividends”), then all distributions received by
individual shareholders of a Fund will be treated as qualifying dividends. But
if less than 95% of the gross income of a Fund (other than net capital gain)
consists of qualifying dividends, then distributions received by individual
shareholders of a Fund will be qualifying dividends only to the extent they are
derived from qualifying dividends earned by such Fund. For the lower rates to
apply, you must have owned your Shares for at least 61 days during the 121-day
period beginning on the date that is 60 days before such Fund’s ex-dividend date
(and such Fund will need to have met a similar holding period requirement with
respect to the Shares of the corporation paying the qualifying dividend). The
amount of a Fund’s distributions that qualify for this favorable treatment may
be reduced as a result of such Fund’s securities lending
activities
(if any), a high portfolio turnover rate or investments in debt securities or
“non-qualified” foreign corporations. In addition, whether distributions
received from foreign corporations are qualifying dividends will depend on
several factors including the country of residence of the corporation making the
distribution. Accordingly, distributions from many of the Funds’ holdings may
not be qualifying dividends.
A
portion of distributions paid to shareholders that are corporations may also
qualify for the dividends-received deduction for corporations, subject to
certain holding period requirements and debt financing limitations. The amount
of the dividends qualifying for this deduction may, however, be reduced as a
result of such Fund’s securities lending activities, by a high portfolio
turnover rate or by investments in debt securities or foreign corporations.
Distributions
from a Fund will generally be taxable to you in the year in which they are paid,
with one exception. Dividends and distributions declared by a Fund in October,
November or December and paid in January of the following year are taxed as
though they were paid on December 31.
You
should note that if you buy Shares of a Fund shortly before it makes a
distribution, the distribution will be fully taxable to you even though, as an
economic matter, it simply represents a return of a portion of your investment.
This adverse tax result is known as “buying into a dividend.”
You
will be informed of the amount of your ordinary income dividends, qualifying
dividend income, and capital gain distributions at the time they are paid, and
you will be advised of the tax status for federal income tax purposes shortly
after the close of each calendar year. If you have not held Shares for a full
year, a Fund may designate and distribute to you, as ordinary income or capital
gain, a percentage of income that is not equal to the actual amount of such
income earned during the period of your investment in such Fund.
A
Fund’s investments in partnerships, including in partnerships defined as
Qualified Publicly Traded Partnerships for tax purposes, may result in such Fund
being subject to state, local or foreign income, franchise or withholding tax
liabilities.
Qualified
REIT Dividends.
Under the 2017 Tax Cuts and Jobs Act, “qualified REIT dividends” (i.e., ordinary
REIT dividends other than capital gain dividends and portions of REIT dividends
designated as qualified dividend income) are treated as eligible for a 20%
deduction by noncorporate taxpayers. This deduction, if allowed in full, equates
to a maximum effective tax rate of 29.6% (37% top rate applied to income after
20% deduction). A Fund may choose to report the special character of “qualified
REIT dividends”. A noncorporate shareholder receiving such dividends would treat
them as eligible for the 20% deduction, provided Fund shares were held by the
shareholder for more than 45 days during the 91-day period beginning on the date
that is 45 days before the date on which the shares become ex-dividend with
respect to such dividend). The amount of a RIC’s dividends eligible for the 20%
deduction for a taxable year is limited to the excess of the RIC’s qualified
REIT dividends for the taxable year over allocable expenses.
Excise
Tax Distribution Requirements.
Under the Code, a nondeductible excise tax of 4% is imposed on the excess of a
RIC’s “required distribution” for the calendar year ending within the RIC’s
taxable year over the “distributed amount” for such calendar year. The term
“required distribution” means the sum of (a) 98% of ordinary income (generally
net investment income) for the calendar year, (b) 98.2% of capital gain (both
long-term and short-term) for the one-year period ending on October 31 (or
December 31, if a Fund so elects), and (c) the sum of any untaxed, undistributed
net investment income and net capital gains of the RIC for prior periods. The
term “distributed amount” generally means the sum of (a) amounts actually
distributed by a Fund from its current year’s ordinary income and capital gain
net income and (b) any amount on which a Fund pays income tax for the taxable
year ending in the calendar year. Although each Fund intends to distribute its
net investment income and net capital gains so as to avoid excise tax liability,
a Fund may determine that it is in the interest of shareholders to distribute a
lesser amount. The Funds intend to declare and pay these amounts in December (or
in January, which must be treated by you as received in December) to avoid these
excise taxes but can give no assurances that their distributions will be
sufficient to eliminate all such taxes.
Foreign
Currencies.
Under the Code, gains or losses attributable to fluctuations in exchange rates
which occur between the time a Fund accrues interest or other receivables or
accrues expenses or other liabilities denominated in a foreign currency, and the
time such Fund actually collects such receivables or pays such liabilities, are
treated as ordinary income or ordinary loss. Similarly, gains or losses from the
disposition of foreign currencies, from the disposition of debt securities
denominated in a foreign currency, or from the disposition of a forward foreign
currency contract which are attributable to fluctuations in the value of the
foreign currency between the date of acquisition of the asset and the date of
disposition also are treated as ordinary income or loss. These gains or losses,
referred to under the Code as “section 988” gains or losses, increase or
decrease the amount of a Fund’s investment company taxable income available to
be distributed to its shareholders as ordinary income, rather than increasing or
decreasing the amount of such Fund’s net capital gain.
Foreign
Taxes.
Each Fund will be subject to foreign withholding taxes with respect to certain
payments received from sources in foreign countries. If at the close of the
taxable year more than 50% in value of a Fund’s assets consists of stock in
foreign corporations, such Fund will be eligible to make an election to treat a
proportionate amount of those taxes as constituting a distribution to each
shareholder, which would allow you either (subject to certain limitations) (1)
to credit that proportionate amount of taxes against your U.S. Federal income
tax liability as a foreign tax credit or (2) to take that amount as an itemized
deduction. If a Fund is not eligible or chooses not to make this election, it
will be entitled to deduct such taxes in computing the amounts it is required to
distribute.
Sales
and Exchanges.
The sale of Shares is a taxable event on which a gain or loss is recognized. The
amount of gain or loss is based on the difference between your tax basis in
Shares and the amount you receive for them upon disposition. Generally, you will
recognize long-term capital gain or loss if you have held your Shares for over
one year at the time you sell or exchange them. Gains and losses on Shares held
for one year or less will generally constitute short-term capital gains, except
that a loss on Shares held six months or less will be re-characterized as a
long-term capital loss to the extent of any long-term capital gain distributions
that you have received on the Shares. A loss realized on a sale or exchange of
Shares may be disallowed under the so-called “wash sale” rules to the extent the
Shares disposed of are replaced with other Shares of that same Fund within a
period of 61 days beginning 30 days before and ending 30 days after the Shares
are disposed of, such as pursuant to a dividend reinvestment in Shares of a
Fund. If disallowed, the loss will be reflected in an adjustment to the basis of
the Shares acquired.
Taxes
on Purchase and Redemption of Creation Units. An
Authorized Participant who exchanges equity securities for Creation Units
generally will recognize a gain or a loss. The gain or loss will be equal to the
difference between the market value of the Creation Units at the time of
purchase (plus any cash received by the Authorized Participant as part of the
issue) and the Authorized Participant’s aggregate basis in the securities
surrendered (plus any cash paid by the Authorized Participant as part of the
issue). An Authorized Participant who exchanges Creation Units for equity
securities generally will recognize a gain or loss equal to the difference
between the Authorized Participant’s basis in the Creation Units (plus any cash
paid by the Authorized Participant as part of the redemption) and the aggregate
market value of the securities received (plus any cash received by the
Authorized Participant as part of the redemption). The Internal Revenue Service
(the “IRS”), however, may assert that a loss realized upon an exchange of
securities for Creation Units cannot be deducted currently under the rules
governing “wash sales,” or on the basis that there has been no significant
change in economic position. Persons exchanging securities should consult their
own tax advisor with respect to whether the wash sale rules apply and when a
loss might be deductible. Under current federal tax laws, any capital gain or
loss realized upon redemption of Creation Units is generally treated as
long-term capital gain or loss if the Shares have been held for more than one
year and as a short-term capital gain or loss if the Shares have been held for
one year or less, assuming such Creation Units are held as a capital
asset.
IRAs
and Other Tax-Qualified Plans.
The one major exception to the preceding tax principles is that distributions
on, and sales, exchanges and redemptions of, Shares held in an IRA or other
tax-qualified plan are not currently taxable but may be taxable when funds are
withdrawn from the tax qualified plan, unless the Shares were purchased with
borrowed funds.
Medicare
Tax. An
additional 3.8% Medicare tax is imposed on certain net investment income
(including ordinary dividends and capital gain distributions received from a
Fund and net gains from redemptions or other taxable dispositions of Fund
Shares) of U.S. individuals, estates and trusts to the extent that such person’s
“modified adjusted gross income” (in the case of an individual) or “adjusted
gross income” (in the case of an estate or trust) exceeds a threshold amount.
This Medicare tax, if applicable, is reported by you on, and paid with, your
federal income tax return.
Backup
Withholding.
Each Fund will be required in certain cases to withhold and remit to the U.S.
Treasury backup withholding at the applicable rate on dividends and gross sales
proceeds paid to any shareholder (i) who has either provided an incorrect tax
identification number or no number at all, (ii) who is subject to backup
withholding by the IRS, or (iii) who has failed to certify to a Fund, when
required to do so, that he or she is not subject to backup withholding or is an
“exempt recipient.”
Cost
Basis Reporting.
Federal law requires that shareholders' cost basis, gain/loss, and holding
period be reported to the IRS and to shareholders on the Consolidated Form 1099s
when “covered” securities are sold. Covered securities are any RIC and/or
dividend reinvestment plan shares acquired on or after January 1, 2012.
For
those securities defined as "covered" under current IRS cost basis tax reporting
regulations, accurate cost basis and tax lot information must be maintained for
tax reporting purposes. This information is not required for Shares that are not
"covered." The Funds and their service providers do not provide tax advice. You
should consult independent sources, which may include a tax professional, with
respect to any decisions you may make with respect to choosing a tax lot
identification method.
Shareholders
should contact their financial intermediaries with respect to reporting of cost
basis and available elections for their accounts.
State
and Local Taxes.
You may also be subject to state and local taxes on income and gain attributable
to your ownership of Shares. You should consult your tax advisor regarding the
tax status of distributions in your state and locality.
U.S.
Tax Treatment of Foreign Shareholders.
A non-U.S. shareholder generally will not be subject to U.S. withholding tax on
gain from the redemption of Shares or on capital gain dividends (i.e., dividends
attributable to long-term capital gains of a Fund) unless, in the case of a
shareholder who is a non-resident alien individual, the shareholder is present
in the United States for 183 days or more during the taxable year and certain
other conditions are met. Non-U.S. shareholders generally will be subject to
U.S. withholding tax at a rate of 30% (or a lower treaty rate, if applicable) on
distributions by a Fund of net investment income, other ordinary income, and the
excess, if any, of net short-term capital gain over net long-term capital loss
for the year, unless the distributions are effectively connected with a U.S.
trade or business of the shareholder. Exemptions from U.S. withholding tax are
provided for certain capital gain dividends paid by a Fund from net long-term
capital gains, if any, interest-related dividends paid by the Fund from its
qualified net interest income from U.S. sources and short-term capital gain
dividends, if such amounts are reported by the Fund. Non-U.S. shareholders are
subject to special U.S. tax certification requirements to avoid backup
withholding and claim any treaty benefits. Non-U.S. shareholders should consult
their tax advisors regarding the U.S. and foreign tax consequences of investing
in a Fund.
Other
Reporting and Withholding Requirements. Under
the Foreign Account Tax Compliance Act (“FATCA”), a 30% withholding tax is
imposed on income dividends paid by a Fund to certain foreign entities, referred
to as foreign financial institutions or nonfinancial foreign entities, that fail
to comply (or be deemed compliant) with extensive reporting and withholding
requirements designed to inform the U.S. Department of the Treasury of
U.S.-owned foreign investment accounts. After December 31, 2018, FATCA
withholding also would have applied to certain capital gain distributions,
return of capital distributions and the proceeds arising from the sale of Fund
Shares; however, based on proposed regulations issued by the IRS, which may be
relied upon currently, such withholding is no longer required unless final
regulations provide otherwise (which is not expected). Information about a
shareholder in a Fund may be disclosed to the IRS, non-U.S. taxing authorities
or other parties as necessary to comply with FATCA. Withholding also may be
required if a foreign entity that is a shareholder of a Fund fails to provide
the appropriate certifications or other documentation concerning its status
under FATCA.
Consult
Your Tax Professional.
Your investment in a Fund could have additional tax consequences. You should
consult your tax professional for information regarding all tax consequences
applicable to your investments in a Fund. More tax information relating to the
Funds is also provided in the SAI. This short summary is not intended as a
substitute for careful tax planning.
DETERMINATION
OF NET ASSET VALUE
Each
Fund calculates its NAV as of the regularly scheduled close of business of the
NYSE Arca Inc. (“NYSE Arca”) or The NASDAQ Stock Market LLC ("NASDAQ") (each
referred to herein as the "Exchange") (normally 4:00 p.m. Eastern time) on each
day that the Exchange is open for business, based on prices at the time of
closing, provided that any assets or liabilities denominated in currencies other
than the U.S. dollar shall be translated into U.S. dollars at the prevailing
market rates on the date of valuation as quoted by one or more major banks or
dealers that make a two-way market in such currencies (or a data service
provider based on quotations received from such banks or dealers). The NAV of
each Fund is calculated by dividing the value of the net assets of such Fund
(i.e., the value of its total assets less total liabilities) by the total number
of outstanding Shares, generally rounded to the nearest cent. The price of Fund
Shares is based on market price, and because ETF shares trade at market prices
rather than NAV, Shares may trade at a price greater than NAV (a premium) or
less than NAV (a discount).
In
calculating a Fund’s NAV, the Fund’s investments are generally valued using
market valuations. A market valuation generally means a valuation (i) obtained
from an exchange or a major market maker (or dealer), (ii) based on a price
quotation or other equivalent indication of value supplied by an exchange, a
pricing service, or a major market maker (or dealer), or (iii) based on
amortized cost, provided the amortized cost is approximately the value on
current sale of the security. In the case of shares of funds that are not traded
on an exchange, a market valuation means such fund’s published NAV per share. A
Fund may use various pricing services or discontinue the use of any pricing
service.
In
the event that current market valuations are not readily available or such
valuations do not reflect current market values, the affected investments will
be valued using fair value pricing pursuant to the pricing policy and procedures
approved by the Board of Trustees. A price obtained from a pricing service based
on such pricing service's valuation matrix may be used to fair value a security.
The frequency with which a Fund’s investments are valued using fair value
pricing is primarily a function of the types of securities and other assets in
which the Fund invests pursuant to its investment objective, strategies and
limitations.
Investments
that may be valued using fair value pricing include, but are not limited to: (i)
an unlisted security related to corporate actions; (ii) a restricted security
(i.e., one that may not be publicly sold without registration under the
Securities Act of 1933, as amended (the “Securities Act”)); (iii) a security
whose trading has been suspended or which has been de-listed from its primary
trading exchange; (iv) a security that is thinly traded; (v) a security in
default or bankruptcy proceedings for which there is no current market
quotation; (vi) a security affected by currency controls or restrictions; and
(vii) a security affected by a significant event (i.e., an event that occurs
after the close of the markets on which the security is traded but before the
time as of which the Fund’s NAV is computed and that may materially affect the
value of the Fund’s investments). Examples of events that may be “significant
events” are government actions, natural disasters, armed conflict, acts of
terrorism, and significant market fluctuations.
Valuing
a Fund’s investments using fair value pricing will result in using prices for
those investments that may differ from current market valuations. Use of fair
value prices and certain current market valuations could result in a difference
between the prices used to calculate a Fund’s NAV and the prices used by the
Fund’s Underlying Index, which, in turn, could result in a difference between
the Fund’s performance and the performance of the Fund’s Underlying Index.
Because
foreign markets may be open on different days than the days during which a
shareholder may purchase Shares, the value of a Fund’s investments may change on
days when shareholders are not able to purchase Shares. Additionally, due to
varying holiday schedules, redemption requests made on certain dates may result
in a settlement period exceeding seven calendar days.
The
value of assets denominated in foreign currencies is converted into U.S. dollars
using exchange rates deemed appropriate by the Adviser. Any use of a different
rate from the rates used by each Index Provider may adversely affect a Fund’s
ability to track its Underlying Index.
The
right of redemption may be suspended or the date of payment postponed with
respect to a Fund (1) for any period during which the Exchange is closed (other
than customary weekend and holiday closings), (2) for any period during which
trading on the Exchange is suspended or restricted, (3) for any period during
which an emergency exists as a result of which disposal of the Fund’s portfolio
securities or determination of its NAV is not reasonably practicable, or (4) in
such other circumstances as the SEC permits.
Subject
to oversight by the Board of Trustees, the Adviser, as “valuation designee,”
performs fair value determinations of Fund investments. In addition, the
Adviser, as the valuation designee, is responsible for periodically assessing
any material risks associated with the determination of the fair value of a
Fund's investments; establishing and applying fair value methodologies; testing
the appropriateness of fair value methodologies; and overseeing and evaluating
third-party pricing services. The Adviser has established a fair value committee
to assist with its designated responsibilities as valuation
designee.
PREMIUM/DISCOUNT
AND SHARE INFORMATION
Once
available, information regarding how often the Shares of each Fund traded on the
national securities exchanges at a price above (i.e., at a premium to) or below
(i.e., at a discount to) the NAV of the Fund, the Fund's per share NAV, and the
median bid-ask spread of the Shares can be found at www.globalxetfs.com.
TOTAL
RETURN INFORMATION
Each
Fund had commenced operation as of the most recent fiscal year end. The tables
that follow present information about the total returns of each Fund's
Underlying Index and the total returns of each such Fund. The information
presented for each Fund is as of the most recent fiscal year end.
“Annualized
Total Returns” or "Cumulative Total Returns" represent the total change in value
of an investment over the periods indicated.
Each
Fund’s per share NAV is the value of one share of the Fund as calculated in
accordance with the standard formula for valuing mutual fund Shares. The NAV
return is based on the NAV of each Fund and the market return is based on the
market prices of the Fund. The price used to calculate market prices is
determined by using the midpoint between the bid and the ask on the primary
stock exchange on which Shares of the Fund are listed for trading, as of the
time that the Fund’s NAV is calculated. Market and NAV returns assume that
dividends and capital gain distributions have been reinvested in the Fund at
market prices and NAV, respectively.
An
index is a statistical composite that tracks a specified financial market or
sector. Unlike a Fund, an Underlying Index does not actually hold a portfolio of
securities and therefore does not incur the expenses incurred by the Fund. These
expenses negatively impact the performance of a Fund. Also, market returns do
not include brokerage commissions that may be payable on secondary market
transactions. If brokerage commissions were included, market returns would be
lower. The returns shown in the tables below do not reflect the deduction of
taxes that a shareholder would pay on Fund distributions or the redemption or
sale of Fund Shares. The investment return and principal value of Shares of a
Fund will vary with changes in market conditions. Shares of a Fund may be worth
more or less than their original cost when they are redeemed or sold in the
market. A Fund’s past performance is no guarantee of future results.
Annualized
Total Returns
Inception
to 10/31/24
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NAV |
MARKET |
UNDERLYING
INDEX |
Global
X S&P 500®
Covered Call ETF1* |
7.54% |
7.60% |
7.95% |
Global
X NASDAQ 100®
Covered Call ETF2** |
7.97% |
7.96% |
8.85% |
Global
X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF3 |
3.70% |
3.64% |
4.49% |
Global
X Nasdaq 100®
Covered
Call & Growth ETF4 |
12.39% |
12.41% |
13.04% |
Global
X S&P 500®
Covered Call & Growth ETF5 |
12.07% |
12.17% |
12.86% |
Global
X NASDAQ 100®
Risk Managed Income ETF7 |
(0.85)% |
(0.84)% |
(0.57)% |
Global
X S&P 500® Risk Managed Income ETF6 |
0.30% |
0.34% |
0.91% |
Global
X Dow 30®
Covered Call ETF8 |
5.12% |
5.74% |
6.12% |
Global
X Russell 2000 Covered Call & Growth ETF9 |
7.69% |
7.71% |
8.12% |
Global
X Information Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF10 |
26.41% |
26.46% |
27.49% |
Global
X Dow 30®
Covered Call & Growth ETF11 |
11.35% |
12.00% |
11.50% |
Global
X S&P 500 Quality Dividend Covered Call ETF12 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
Global
X MLP & Energy Infrastructure Covered Call ETF13 |
N/A |
N/A |
N/A |
1
For
the period since inception on 06/21/13 to 10/31/24. Performance includes
the performance of the Predecessor Fund. |
2
For
the period since inception on 12/11/13 to 10/31/24. Performance includes
the performance of the Predecessor Fund. |
3
For
the period since inception on 04/22/19 to 10/31/24 |
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4
For
the period since inception on 09/18/20 to 10/31/24 |
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5
For
the period since inception on 09/18/20 to 10/31/24 |
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6
For
the period since inception on 08/25/21 to 10/31/24 |
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7
For
the period since inception on 08/25/21 to 10/31/24 |
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8
For the period since inception on 02/23/22 to 10/31/24 |
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9
For the period since inception on 10/04/22 to 10/31/24 |
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10
For
the period since inception on 11/21/22 to 10/31/24 |
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11
For the period since inception on 07/25/23 to 10/31/24 |
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12
Inception Date 05/07/24 |
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13
Inception Date 05/07/24 |
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*
Performance reflects the performance of the S&P 500®
Stock Covered Call Index through September 14, 2017, the Cboe S&P 500
2% OTM BuyWrite Index through August 20, 2020 and the Cboe S&P
500®
BuyWrite
Index thereafter. |
**
Performance reflects the performance of the Cboe NASDAQ-100®
BuyWrite Index through October 14, 2015 and Cboe NASDAQ-100®
BuyWrite V2 Index thereafter. |
Cumulative
Total Returns
Inception
to 10/31/24
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| NAV |
MARKET |
UNDERLYING
INDEX |
Global
X S&P 500®
Covered Call ETF1* |
128.63% |
129.94% |
138.63% |
Global
X NASDAQ 100®
Covered Call ETF2** |
130.65% |
130.43% |
151.87% |
Global
X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF3 |
22.32% |
21.95% |
27.56% |
Global
X Nasdaq 100®
Covered
Call & Growth ETF4 |
61.80% |
61.93% |
65.71% |
Global
X S&P 500®
Covered Call & Growth ETF5 |
59.95% |
60.49% |
64.65% |
Global
X S&P 500®
Risk Managed Income ETF6 |
(2.69)% |
(2.65)% |
(1.79)% |
Global
X NASDAQ 100®
Risk Managed Income ETF7 |
0.95% |
1.08% |
2.91% |
Global
X Dow 30®
Covered Call ETF8 |
14.36% |
16.17% |
17.31% |
Global
X Russell 2000 Covered Call & Growth ETF9 |
16.63% |
16.67% |
17.59% |
Global
X Information Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF10 |
57.76% |
57.89% |
60.39% |
Global
X Dow 30®
Covered Call & Growth ETF11 |
14.64% |
15.49% |
14.84% |
Global
X S&P 500 Quality Dividend Covered Call ETF12 |
6.68% |
7.10% |
(0.44)% |
Global
X MLP & Energy Infrastructure Covered Call ETF13 |
7.09% |
7.64% |
3.37% |
1
For
the period since inception on 06/21/13 to 10/31/24. Performance includes
the performance of the Predecessor Fund. |
2
For
the period since inception on 12/11/13 to 10/31/24. Performance includes
the performance of the Predecessor Fund. |
3
For
the period since inception on 04/22/19 to 10/31/24 |
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4
For
the period since inception on 09/18/20 to 10/31/24 |
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5
For
the period since inception on 09/18/20 to 10/31/24 |
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6
For
the period since inception on 08/25/21 to 10/31/24 |
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7
For
the period since inception on 08/25/21 to 10/31/24 |
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8
For the period since inception on 02/23/22 to 10/31/24 |
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9
For the period since inception on 10/04/22 to 10/31/24 |
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10
For
the period since inception on 11/21/22 to 10/31/24 |
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11
For the period since inception on 07/25/23 to 10/31/24 |
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12
For the period since inception on 05/07/24 to 10/31/24 |
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13
For the period since inception on 05/07/24 to 10/31/24 |
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*
Performance reflects the performance of the S&P 500® Stock Covered
Call Index through September 14, 2017, the Cboe S&P 500 2% OTM
BuyWrite Index through August 20, 2020 and the Cboe S&P 500® BuyWrite
Index thereafter. |
**
Performance reflects the performance of the Cboe NASDAQ-100® BuyWrite
Index through October 14, 2015 and Cboe NASDAQ-100® BuyWrite V2 Index
thereafter. |
INFORMATION
REGARDING THE INDICES AND THE INDEX PROVIDERS
Cboe
S&P 500®
BuyWrite Index
The
Cboe S&P 500®
BuyWrite Index (the "Underlying Index") is comprised of two parts: (1) all the
equity securities in the S&P 500®
Index (the "Reference Index") in substantially similar weight as the Reference
Index; and (2) short (written) call options on up to 100% of the S&P
500®
Index.
The
Reference Index is a float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index
containing equity securities of 500 industrial, information technology, utility
and financial companies amongst other GICS®
sectors, regarded as generally representative of the U.S. stock market. A
float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index weights each index component
according to its market capitalization, using the number of shares that are
readily available for purchase on the open market.
Cboe
NASDAQ-100®
BuyWrite V2 Index
The
Cboe NASDAQ-100® BuyWrite Index ("BXN Index") is an index that measures the
performance of a theoretical portfolio that holds a portfolio of the stocks
included in the NASDAQ-100® Index ("Reference Index"), and "writes" (or sells) a
succession of one-month at-the-money Reference Index covered call options. The
Cboe NASDAQ-100®
BuyWrite V2 Index (the "Underlying Index") replicates the methodology used to
calculate the BXN Index, with one exception: the written Reference Index covered
call options are held until one day prior to the expiration dates (i.e.,
generally the Thursday preceding the third Friday of the month) and are
liquidated at a volume-weighted average price determined at the
close.
Cboe
Russell 2000 BuyWrite Index
The
Cboe Russell 2000 BuyWrite Index (the "Underlying Index") measures the
performance of a theoretical portfolio that holds a portfolio of the stocks
included in the Russell 2000 Index (the "Reference Index"), and "writes" (or
sells) a succession of one-
month
at-the-money covered call options on the Reference Index. The written covered
call options on the Reference Index are held until expiration. The Reference
Index is an equity benchmark which measures the performance of the
small-capitalization sector of the U.S. equity market, as defined by FTSE
Russell (the "Index Provider"). In seeking to track the Underlying Index, the
Fund follows a "buy-write" (also called a covered call) investment strategy on
the Reference Index in which the Fund purchases the component securities of the
Reference Index or purchases other investments (including other underlying ETFs)
that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the
economic characteristics of such component securities, and also writes (or
sells) call options that correspond to the Reference Index.
Cboe
Nasdaq 100 Half BuyWrite V2 Index
The
Cboe Nasdaq 100 Half BuyWrite V2 Index ("Underlying Index measures") the
performance of a theoretical portfolio that holds a portfolio of the stocks
included in the NASDAQ 100®
Index (the "Reference Index"), and "writes" (or sells) a succession of one-month
at-the-money covered call options on the Reference Index. The written covered
call options on the Reference Index correspond to approximately 50% of the value
of the portfolio of stocks in the Reference Index. The written covered call
options on the Reference Index are held until one day prior to expiration. The
Reference Index is a modified market capitalization weighted index containing
equity securities of the 100 largest non-financial companies listed on the
NASDAQ Stock Market. Modified capitalization weighting seeks to weight
constituents primarily based on market capitalization, but subject to caps on
the weights of the individual securities. Generally speaking, this approach will
limit the amount of concentration in the largest market capitalization companies
and increase company-level diversification. In seeking to track the Underlying
Index, the Fund follows a "buy-write" investment strategy on the Reference Index
in which the Fund purchases the component securities of the Reference Index and
also writes (or sells) call options that correspond to approximately 50% of the
value of the portfolio of stocks in the Reference Index. By only writing call
options on approximately 50% of the value of the portfolio of stocks in the
Reference Index, the strategy can provide income generation from the call
options while allowing for some potential upside exposure to the growth of the
underlying constituents of the Reference Index, relative to a 100% covered call
strategy.
Cboe
S&P 500 Half BuyWrite Index
The
Cboe S&P 500 Half BuyWrite Index (the "Underlying Index") measures the
performance of a theoretical portfolio that holds a portfolio of the stocks
included in the S&P 500®
Index (the "Reference Index"), and "writes" (or sells) a succession of one-month
at-the-money covered call options on the Reference Index. The written covered
call options on the Reference Index correspond to approximately 50% of the value
of the portfolio of stocks in the Reference Index. The written covered call
options on the Reference Index are held until expiration. The Reference Index is
a float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index which measures the
performance of the equity securities of 500 industrial, information technology,
utility and financial companies amongst other GICS®
sectors, regarded as generally representative of the U.S. stock market. A
float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index weights each index component
according to its market capitalization, using the number of shares that are
readily available for purchase on the open market. In seeking to track the
Underlying Index, the Fund follows a "buy-write" investment strategy on the
Reference Index in which the Fund purchases the component securities of the
Reference Index and also writes (or sells) call options that correspond to
approximately 50% of the value of the portfolio of stocks in the Reference
Index. By only writing call options on approximately 50% of the value of the
portfolio of stocks in the Reference Index, the strategy can provide income
generation from the call options while allowing for some potential upside
exposure to the growth of the underlying constituents of the Reference Index,
relative to a 100% covered call strategy.
Nasdaq-100
Monthly Net Credit Collar 95-100 Index
The
Nasdaq-100 Monthly Net Credit Collar 95-100 Index (the "Underlying Index")
measures the performance of a risk managed income strategy that holds the
underlying stocks of the NASDAQ 100®
Index and applies an options collar strategy (i.e., a mix of short (sold) call
options and long (purchased) put options) on the NASDAQ 100®
Index. The Underlying Index specifically reflects the performance of the
component securities of the NASDAQ 100®
Index,
combined with a long position in 5% out-of-the money (“OTM”) put options and a
short position in at-the-money (“ATM”) call options, each corresponding to the
value of the portfolio of stocks in the NASDAQ 100® Index. The options collar
seeks to generate a net-credit, meaning that the premium received from the sale
of the call options will be greater than the premium paid when buying the put
options.
On
a monthly basis, the Underlying Index will take long positions in monthly put
options with an exercise price generally at 5% below the prevailing market price
of the NASDAQ 100®
Index and take short positions in monthly call options with an exercise price
generally at the prevailing market price of the NASDAQ 100® Index. However, if
put and/or call options with those precise strike prices are unavailable, the
Underlying Index will instead select the put option with the strike price
closest to 5% below the prevailing market price of the NASDAQ 100®
Index, and call options with the strike price closest to the prevailing market
price of the NASDAQ 100®
Index. Each option position will (i) be traded on a national securities
exchange; (ii) be held
until
the expiration date; (iii) expire on its date of maturity (in the next calendar
month); (iv) only be subject to exercise on its expiration date; and (v) be
settled in cash.
The
NASDAQ 100® Index is a modified market capitalization weighted index containing
equity securities of the 100 largest non-financial companies listed on the
NASDAQ Stock Market. Modified capitalization weighting seeks to weight
constituents primarily based on market capitalization, but subject to caps on
the weights of the individual securities. Generally speaking, this approach will
limit the amount of concentration in the largest market capitalization companies
and increase company-level diversification.
Cboe
S&P 500 Risk Managed Income Index
The
Cboe S&P 500 Risk Managed Income Index (the "Underlying Index") measures the
performance of a risk managed income strategy that holds the underlying stocks
of the S&P 500®
Index and applies an options collar strategy (i.e., a mix of short (sold) call
options and long (purchased) put options) on the S&P 500®
Index.
The Underlying Index specifically reflects the performance of the component
securities of the S&P 500®
Index, combined with a long position in 5% out-of-the money (“OTM”) put options
and a short position in at-the-money (“ATM”) call options, each corresponding to
the value of the portfolio of stocks in the S&P 500®
Index. The options collar seeks to generate a net-credit, meaning that the
premium received from the sale of the call options will be greater than the
premium paid when buying the put options.
On
a monthly basis, the Underlying Index will take long positions in monthly put
options with an exercise price generally at 5% below the prevailing market price
of the S&P 500®
Index and take short positions in monthly call options with an exercise price
generally at the prevailing market price of the S&P 500®
Index. However, if put and/or call options with those precise strike prices are
unavailable, the Underlying Index will instead select the put option with the
strike price closest to but greater than 5% below the prevailing market price of
the S&P 500®
Index, and call options with the strike price closest to but greater than the
prevailing market price of the S&P 500®
Index. Each option position will (i) be traded on a national securities
exchange; (ii) be held until the expiration date; (iii) expire on its date of
maturity (in the next calendar month); (iv) only be subject to exercise on its
expiration date; and (v) be settled in cash.
The
S&P 500®
Index is a float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index containing equity
securities of 500 industrial, information technology, utility and financial
companies amongst other GICS®
sectors,
regarded as generally representative of the U.S. stock market. A float-adjusted
market capitalization weighted index weights each index component according to
its market capitalization, using the number of shares that are readily available
for purchase on the open market.
DJIA
Cboe BuyWrite v2 Index
The
DJIA Cboe BuyWrite v2 Index (the "Underlying Index") measures the performance of
a covered call strategy that holds a theoretical portfolio of the underlying
stocks of the Dow Jones Industrial Average®
(the
"Reference Index") and "writes" (or sells) a succession of one-month
at-the-money (“ATM”) covered call options on the Reference Index. The Underlying
Index specifically reflects the performance of the component securities of the
Reference Index, combined with written (sold) ATM call options corresponding to
the value of the portfolio of stocks in the Reference Index. The Fund invests in
the securities reflected in the Underlying Index, and cannot invest directly in
the Underlying Index itself.
On
a monthly basis, the Underlying Index’s hypothetical portfolio will write (sell)
a succession of one-month call options corresponding to the value of the
underlying stocks of the Reference Index and will cover such options by holding
the component securities of the Reference Index. Each call option written in the
Underlying Index’s hypothetical portfolio will have an exercise price generally
at the prevailing market price of the Reference Index. However, if call options
with those precise strike prices are unavailable, the Underlying Index’s
hypothetical portfolio will instead select the call options with the strike
price closest to but above the prevailing market price of the Reference Index.
Each option position in the Underlying Index’s hypothetical portfolio will (i)
be traded on a national securities exchange; (ii) be held until expiration date;
(iii) expire on its date of maturity; (iv) only be subject to exercise on its
expiration date; and (v) be settled in cash.
The
Reference Index is a price weighted index containing equity securities of 30 of
the largest U.S. listed companies. Price weighting seeks to weight constituents
based on share price.
Cboe
Russell 2000 Half BuyWrite Index
The
Cboe Russell 2000 Half BuyWrite Index (the "Underlying Index") measures the
performance of a covered call strategy that holds a theoretical portfolio of the
underlying stocks of the Russell 2000 Index (the "Reference Index") and "writes"
(or sells) a succession of one-month at-the-money (“ATM”) covered call options
on the Reference Index. The written covered call options
on
the Reference Index correspond to approximately 50% of the value of the
portfolio of stocks in the Reference Index. The Underlying Index specifically
reflects the performance of the component securities of the Reference Index
combined with written (sold) ATM call options corresponding to the value of 50%
of the value of the portfolio of stocks in the Reference Index. The Fund invests
in the securities reflected in the Underlying Index or in investments (including
other underlying ETFs) that have economic characteristics that are substantially
identical to the economic characteristics of such component securities, and
cannot invest directly in the Underlying Index itself.
On
a monthly basis, the Underlying Index’s hypothetical portfolio will write (sell)
a succession of one-month call options corresponding to approximately 50% of the
value of the underlying stocks of the Reference Index and will cover such
options by holding the component securities of the Reference Index. Each call
option written in the Underlying Index’s hypothetical portfolio will have an
exercise price generally at the prevailing market price of the Reference Index.
However, if call options with those precise strike prices are unavailable, the
Underlying Index’s hypothetical portfolio will instead select the call options
with the strike price closest to but above the prevailing market price of the
Reference Index. Each option position in the Underlying Index’s hypothetical
portfolio will (i) be traded on a national securities exchange; (ii) be held
until expiration date; (iii) expire on its date of maturity; (iv) only be
subject to exercise on its expiration date; and (v) be settled in cash.
The
Reference Index is an equity benchmark which measures the performance of the
small-capitalization sector of the U.S. equity market as defined by FTSE Russell
(the “Index Provider”). As of December 31, 2024, the Reference Index had
1,966 constituents, with a minimum market capitalization of $8.2 million and a
maximum market capitalization of $14.8 billion and was not concentrated in any
particular sector..
Cboe
S&P Technology Select Sector Half BuyWrite Index
The
Cboe S&P Technology Select Sector Half BuyWrite Index (the "Underlying
Index") measures the performance of a partially covered call strategy that holds
a theoretical portfolio of the underlying securities of the Information
Technology Select Sector Index (the “Reference Index”). The Underlying Index
"writes" (or sells) a succession of one-month at-the-money covered call options
on the Information Technology Select Sector SPDR®
Fund (the “Reference Fund”), or such other fund that seeks to track the
performance of the Reference Index, as determined by the Index Provider. The
call options correspond to approximately 50% of the value of the securities in
the Reference Index, therefore representing a partially covered call strategy.
The call options written (sold) by the Fund will be FLexible
EXchange®
(“FLEX”) options. The Fund invests in the securities reflected in the Underlying
Index or in investments (including other underlying ETFs) that have economic
characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics
of such component securities and cannot invest directly in the Underlying Index
itself.
On
a monthly basis, the Underlying Index’s hypothetical portfolio will write (sell)
a succession of one-month FLEX call options on the Reference Fund corresponding
to approximately 50% of the value of the securities in the Reference Index and
will cover such options by holding the component securities of the Reference
Index. The exercise price of each FLEX call option written is the listed option
reference price closest to the Volume Weighted Average Price (“VWAP”) of the
Reference Fund from 12:59 p.m. Eastern Time to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the
roll date or, if the Reference Fund does not trade during this period, the last
mid-price of the Reference Fund before 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The roll date is
a specified day of each month when the open call options position of the
Underlying Index expires, and a new call option position is opened that will
expire as of the next roll date. The roll date for the Underlying Index is the
business day prior to the standard monthly listed option expiry date, the latter
typically being the third Friday of each month. Each option position will (i) be
held until one day prior to the expiration date (i.e., generally the Thursday
preceding the third Friday of the month) and liquidated at a price determined at
2:00 p.m. Eastern Time; (ii) expire on its date of maturity (in the next
calendar month); and (iii) only be subject to exercise on its expiration date.
Because FLEX options may not trade regularly, the Underlying Index will utilize
a theoretical valuation for the FLEX options, using Cboe Hanweck Options
Analytics theoretical prices as a primary source. These prices are determined
using a proprietary methodology developed by Cboe Global Indices, LLC, which
references listed options pricing on the Reference Fund from the Options Price
Reporting Authority for quality assurance checks.
The
Reference Index is a modified market capitalization weighted index containing
the securities of the S&P 500 Index that are classified within the
information technology sector under the Global Industry Classification System
("GICS"), including securities of companies from the following industries:
technology hardware, storage, and peripherals; software; communications
equipment; semiconductors and semiconductor equipment; IT services; and
electronic equipment, instruments and components. The Reference Index is one of
eleven Select Sector Indexes developed and maintained in accordance with the
following criteria: (1) each of the component securities in the Reference Index
is a constituent of the S&P 500 Index; and (2) the Reference Index is
calculated by S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC (“S&P DJI”) based on a
proprietary “modified market capitalization” methodology, which means that
modifications may be made to the market capitalization weights of single stock
concentrations
in order to conform to the requirements of the Internal Revenue Code of 1986, as
amended (the “Internal Revenue Code” or “IRC”). As of December 31, 2024,
the Reference Index was comprised of 69 holdings.
Cboe
DJIA Half BuyWrite Index
The
Cboe DJIA Half BuyWrite Index (the "Underlying Index") measures the performance
of a partially covered call strategy that holds a theoretical portfolio of the
underlying stocks of the Dow Jones Industrial Average®
(the "Reference Index"), and "writes" (or sells) a succession of one-month
at-the-money covered call options on the Reference Index. The call options
correspond to approximately 50% of the value of the securities in the Reference
Index, therefore representing a partially covered call strategy. In seeking to
track the Underlying Index, the Fund follows a "buy-write" investment strategy
on the Reference Index in which the Fund purchases the component securities of
the Reference Index and also writes (or sells) call options that correspond to
approximately 50% of the value of the portfolio of stocks in the Reference
Index. By only writing call options on approximately 50% of the value of the
portfolio of stocks in the Reference Index, the strategy can provide income
generation from the call options while allowing for some potential upside
exposure to the growth of the underlying constituents of the Reference Index,
relative to a 100% covered call strategy.
On
a monthly basis, the Underlying Index’s portfolio will write (sell) a succession
of one-month call options corresponding to approximately 50% of the value of the
portfolio of stocks in the Reference Index and will cover such options by
holding the component securities of the Reference Index. Each call option
written in the Underlying Index’s portfolio will have an exercise price
generally at the prevailing market price of the Reference Index. However, if
call options with those precise strike prices are unavailable, the Underlying
Index’s portfolio will instead select the call options with the strike price
closest to but above the prevailing market price of the Reference Index. Each
option position in the Underlying Index’s portfolio will (i) be traded on a
national securities exchange; (ii) be held until expiration date; (iii) expire
on its date of maturity; (iv) only be subject to exercise on its expiration
date; and (v) be settled in cash. The options component of the Underlying Index
is rebalanced (“rolled”) monthly.
The
Reference Index is a price weighted index containing equity securities of 30 of
the largest U.S. listed companies. Price weighting seeks to weight constituents
based on share price. The Fund's investment objective and Underlying Index may
be changed without shareholder approval. As of December 31, 2024, the
Underlying Index had 30 constituents.
Cboe
QDIV ATM BuyWrite Index
The
Cboe
QDIV ATM BuyWrite Index (the "Underlying
Index") measures the performance of a theoretical portfolio that employs a
covered call strategy, as determined by Cboe Global Indices, LLC (the “Index
Provider”). A covered call strategy is generally considered to be an investment
strategy in which an investor buys a security, and "writes" (or sells) a call
option on that security in an attempt to generate more income. Each time a fund
writes a covered call option, the fund receives a payment of money from the
investor who buys the option from the fund, which is called the premium. If the
fund's value declines because of a decline in the value of a reference index or
a reference exchange-traded fund (“ETF”), the premium that the fund received for
writing the covered call option offsets this loss to some extent. The Underlying
Index’s covered call strategy provides long exposure to a reference ETF and
“writes” (or sells) covered call options on the reference ETF. Specifically, the
Underlying Index holds a theoretical portfolio of the Global X S&P 500
Quality Dividend ETF (the “Reference Fund”) and "writes" (or sells) a succession
of one-month at-the-money (“ATM”) covered call options on the Reference Fund.
The call options written (sold) by the Fund will be FLexible
EXchange®
(“FLEX”) options. The Fund invests in the securities reflected in the Underlying
Index and cannot invest directly in the Underlying Index itself.
On
a monthly basis, the Underlying Index’s hypothetical portfolio will write (sell)
a succession of one-month FLEX call options corresponding to the value of the
Reference Fund, and will cover such options by holding the Reference Fund. The
exercise price of each FLEX call option written is the listed option reference
price closest to the Volume Weighted Average Price (“VWAP”) of the Reference
Fund from 12:59 p.m. Eastern Time to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the roll date or,
if the Reference Fund does not trade during this period, the last mid-price of
the Reference Fund before 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The roll date is a specified
day of each month when the open call options position of the Underlying Index is
liquidated, and a new call option position is opened that will expire as of the
next roll date. The roll date for the Underlying Index is the business day prior
to the standard monthly listed option expiry date, the latter typically being
the third Friday of each month. Each option position will (i) be held until one
day prior to the expiration date (i.e., generally the Thursday preceding the
third Friday of the month) and liquidated at a price determined at 2:00 p.m.
Eastern Time; (ii) expire on its date of maturity (in the next calendar month);
and (iii) only be subject to exercise on its expiration date. Because
FLEX options may not trade regularly, the Underlying Index will utilize a
theoretical valuation for the FLEX options, using Cboe Hanweck Options Analytics
theoretical prices as a primary source. These prices are determined using a
proprietary methodology developed by Cboe Global Indices,
LLC,
which references listed options pricing on the Reference Fund from the Options
Price Reporting Authority for quality assurance checks.
Cboe
MLPX ATM BuyWrite Index
The
Cboe
MLPX ATM BuyWrite Index
(the "Underlying Index") measures the performance of a theoretical portfolio
that employs a covered call strategy, as determined by Cboe Global Indices, LLC
(the “Index Provider”). A covered call strategy is generally considered to be an
investment strategy in which an investor buys a security, and "writes" (or
sells) a call option on that security in an attempt to generate more income.
Each time a fund writes a covered call option, the fund receives a payment of
money from the investor who buys the option from the fund, which is called the
premium. If the fund's value declines because of a decline in the value of a
reference index or a reference exchange-traded fund (“ETF”), the premium that
the fund received for writing the covered call option offsets this loss to some
extent. The Underlying Index’s covered call strategy provides long exposure to a
reference ETF and “writes” (or sells) covered call options on the reference ETF.
Specifically, the Underlying Index holds a theoretical portfolio of the Global X
MLP & Energy Infrastructure ETF (the “Reference Fund”) and "writes" (or
sells) a succession of one-month at-the-money (“ATM”) covered call options on
the Reference Fund. The call options written (sold) by the Fund will be FLexible
EXchange®
(“FLEX”) options. The Fund invests in the securities reflected in the Underlying
Index and cannot invest directly in the Underlying Index itself.
On
a monthly basis, the Underlying Index’s hypothetical portfolio will write (sell)
a succession of one-month FLEX call options corresponding to the value of the
Reference Fund, and will cover such options by holding the Reference Fund. The
exercise price of each FLEX call option written is the listed option reference
price closest to the Volume Weighted Average Price (“VWAP”) of the Reference
Fund from 12:59 p.m. Eastern Time to 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time on the roll date or,
if the Reference Fund does not trade during this period, the last mid-price of
the Reference Fund before 1:00 p.m. Eastern Time. The roll date is a specified
day of each month when the open call options position of the Underlying Index is
liquidated, and a new call option position is opened that will expire as of the
next roll date. The roll date for the Underlying Index is the business day prior
to the standard monthly listed option expiry date, the latter typically being
the third Friday of each month. Each option position will (i) be held until one
day prior to the expiration date (i.e., generally the Thursday preceding the
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Eastern Time; (ii) expire on its date of maturity (in the next calendar month);
and (iii) only be subject to exercise on its expiration date. Because
FLEX options may not trade regularly, the Underlying Index will utilize a
theoretical valuation for the FLEX options, using Cboe Hanweck Options Analytics
theoretical prices as a primary source. These prices are determined using a
proprietary methodology developed by Cboe Global Indices, LLC, which references
listed options pricing on the Reference Fund from the Options Price Reporting
Authority for quality assurance checks.
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("CBOE"). NASDAQ®,
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("Licensee") a license to use the Cboe NASDAQ-100®
BuyWrite V2 Index for purposes of Licensee's Global X NASDAQ 100®
Covered Call ETF, the Cboe Russell 2000 BuyWrite Index for purposes of
Licensee's Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF, the Cboe Nasdaq 100 Half
BuyWrite V2 Index for purposes of Licensee's Global X Nasdaq 100®
Covered Call & Growth ETF, the Nasdaq-100 Monthly Net Credit Collar 95-100
Index for purposes of Licensee's Global X NASDAQ 100®
Risk
Managed Income ETF, the DJIA Cboe BuyWrite v2 Index for purposes of Licensee's
Global X Dow 30®
Covered Call ETF, the Cboe Russell 2000 Half BuyWrite Index for purposes of
Licensee's Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call & Growth ETF, the Cboe S&P
Technology Select Sector Half BuyWrite Index for purposes of Licensee's Global X
Information Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF, the Cboe DJIA Half
BuyWrite Index for purposes of Licensee's Global X Dow 30® Covered Call
& Growth ETF, the Cboe QDIV ATM BuyWrite Index for purposes of Licensee's
Global X S&P 500 Quality Dividend Covered Call ETF and the Cboe MLPX ATM
BuyWrite Index for purposes of Licensee's Global X MLP & Energy
Infrastructure Covered Call ETF. The Global X NASDAQ 100®
Covered Call ETF, the Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF, the Global X
Nasdaq 100®
Covered Call & Growth ETF, the Global X NASDAQ 100®
Risk
Managed Income ETF, the Global X Dow 30®
Covered Call ETF, the Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call & Growth ETF, the
Global X Information
Technology
Covered Call & Growth ETF, the Global X Dow 30® Covered
Call & Growth ETF, the Global X S&P 500 Quality Dividend Covered Call
ETF and the Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure Covered Call ETF are not
sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by NASDAQ, CBOE or their affiliates
(NASDAQ and CBOE, collectively with their affiliates, are referred to as the
"Corporations").
The
Corporations have not passed on the legality or suitability of, or the accuracy
or adequacy of descriptions and disclosures relating to, the Global X NASDAQ
100®
Covered Call ETF, the Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF, the Global X
Nasdaq 100®
Covered Call & Growth ETF, the Global X NASDAQ 100®
Risk
Managed Income ETF, the Global X Dow 30®
Covered Call ETF, the Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call & Growth ETF, the
Global X Information Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF, the Global X Dow
30® Covered
Call & Growth ETF, the Global X S&P 500 Quality Dividend Covered Call
ETF and the Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure Covered Call ETF. The
Corporations make no representation or warranty, express or implied to the
owners of the Global X NASDAQ 100®
Covered Call ETF, the Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF, the Global X
Nasdaq 100®
Covered Call & Growth ETF, the Global X NASDAQ 100®
Risk
Managed Income ETF, the Global X Dow 30®
Covered Call ETF, the Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call & Growth ETF, the
Global X Information Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF, the Global X Dow
30® Covered
Call & Growth ETF, the Global X S&P 500 Quality Dividend Covered Call
ETF and the Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure Covered Call ETF or any
member of the public regarding the advisability of investing in securities
generally or in the Global X NASDAQ 100®
Covered Call ETF, the Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF, the Global X
Nasdaq 100®
Covered Call & Growth ETF, the Global X NASDAQ 100®
Risk
Managed Income ETF, the Global X Dow 30®
Covered Call ETF, the Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call & Growth ETF, the
Global X Information Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF, the Global X Dow
30® Covered
Call & Growth ETF, the Global X S&P 500 Quality Dividend Covered Call
ETF and the Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure Covered Call ETF
particularly, or the ability of the Cboe NASDAQ-100® BuyWrite V2 Index, Cboe
Russell 2000 BuyWrite Index, Cboe Nasdaq 100 Half BuyWrite V2 Index, Nasdaq-100
Monthly Net Credit Collar 95-100 Index, DJIA Cboe BuyWrite v2 Index, Cboe
Russell 2000 Half BuyWrite Index, Cboe S&P Technology Select Sector Half
BuyWrite Index, Cboe DJIA Half BuyWrite Index, Cboe QDIV ATM BuyWrite Index or
the Cboe MLPX ATM BuyWrite Index to track general stock market performance.
The
Corporations' only relationship to Global X Management Company LLC (the
"Licensee") is in the licensing of the Nasdaq®,
Cboe®,
NASDAQ-100®
and NASDAQ-100 Index®
and
certain trade names of the Corporations and the use of the Cboe NASDAQ-100®
BuyWrite V2 Index, Cboe Russell 2000 BuyWrite Index, Cboe Nasdaq 100 Half
BuyWrite V2 Index, Nasdaq-100 Monthly Net Credit Collar 95-100 Index, DJIA Cboe
BuyWrite v2 Index, Cboe Russell 2000 Half BuyWrite Index, Cboe S&P
Technology Select Sector Half BuyWrite Index, Cboe DJIA Half BuyWrite Index,
Cboe QDIV ATM BuyWrite Index or the Cboe MLPX ATM BuyWrite Index which is
determined, composed and calculated by the Corporations without regard to
Licensee or the Global X NASDAQ 100®
Covered Call ETF, the Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF, the Global X
Nasdaq 100®
Covered Call & Growth ETF, the Global X NASDAQ 100®
Risk
Managed Income ETF, the Global X Dow 30®
Covered Call ETF, the Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call & Growth ETF, the
Global X Information Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF, the Global X Dow
30® Covered
Call & Growth ETF, the Global X S&P 500 Quality Dividend Covered Call
ETF and the Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure Covered Call ETF. The
Corporations have no obligation to take the needs of the Licensee or the owners
of the Global X NASDAQ 100®
Covered Call ETF, the Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF, the Global X
Nasdaq 100®
Covered Call & Growth ETF, the Global X NASDAQ 100®
Risk
Managed Income ETF, the Global X Dow 30®
Covered Call ETF, the Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call & Growth ETF, the
Global X Information Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF, the Global X Dow
30® Covered
Call & Growth ETF, the Global X S&P 500 Quality Dividend Covered Call
ETF and the Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure Covered Call ETF into
consideration in determining, composing or calculating the Cboe NASDAQ-100®
BuyWrite V2 Index, Cboe Russell 2000 BuyWrite Index, Cboe Nasdaq 100 Half
BuyWrite V2 Index, Nasdaq-100 Monthly Net Credit Collar 95-100 Index, DJIA Cboe
BuyWrite v2 Index, Cboe Russell 2000 Half BuyWrite Index, Cboe S&P
Technology Select Sector Half BuyWrite Index, Cboe DJIA Half BuyWrite Index,
Cboe QDIV ATM BuyWrite Index or the Cboe MLPX ATM BuyWrite Index. The
Corporations are not responsible for and have not participated in the
determination of the timing of, prices at, or quantities of the Global X NASDAQ
100®
Covered Call ETF, the Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF, the Global X
Nasdaq 100®
Covered Call & Growth ETF, the Global X NASDAQ 100®
Risk
Managed Income ETF, the Global X Dow 30®
Covered Call ETF, the Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call & Growth ETF, the
Global X Information Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF, the Global X Dow
30® Covered
Call & Growth ETF, the Global X S&P 500 Quality Dividend Covered Call
ETF and the Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure Covered Call ETF to be
issued or in the determination or calculation of the equation by which the
Global X NASDAQ 100®
Covered Call ETF, the Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF, the Global X
Nasdaq 100®
Covered Call & Growth ETF, the Global X NASDAQ 100®
Risk
Managed Income ETF, the Global X Dow 30®
Covered Call ETF, the Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call & Growth ETF, the
Global X Information Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF, the Global X Dow
30® Covered
Call & Growth ETF, the Global X S&P 500 Quality Dividend Covered Call
ETF and the Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure Covered Call ETF is to be
converted into cash. The Corporations have no liability in connection with the
administration, marketing or trading of the Global X NASDAQ 100®
Covered Call ETF, the Global X
Russell
2000 Covered Call ETF, the Global X Nasdaq 100®
Covered Call & Growth ETF, the Global X NASDAQ 100®
Risk
Managed Income ETF, the Global X Dow 30®
Covered Call ETF, the Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call & Growth ETF, the
Global X Information Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF, the Global X Dow
30® Covered
Call & Growth ETF, the Global X S&P 500 Quality Dividend Covered Call
ETF and the Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure Covered Call ETF.
THE
CORPORATIONS DO NOT GUARANTEE THE ACCURACY AND/OR UNINTERRUPTED CALCULATION OF
THE CBOE NASDAQ-100® BUYWRITE V2 INDEX, CBOE RUSSELL 2000 BUYWRITE INDEX, CBOE
NASDAQ 100 HALF BUYWRITE V2 INDEX, NASDAQ-100 MONTHLY NET CREDIT COLLAR 95-100
INDEX, DJIA CBOE BUYWRITE V2 INDEX, CBOE RUSSELL 2000 HALF BUYWRITE INDEX, CBOE
S&P TECHNOLOGY SELECT SECTOR HALF BUYWRITE INDEX, CBOE DJIA HALF BUYWRITE
INDEX, CBOE QDIV ATM BUYWRITE INDEX OR THE CBOE MLPX ATM BUYWRITE INDEX OR ANY
DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. THE CORPORATIONS MAKE NO WARRANTY, EXPRESS OR IMPLIED, AS
TO RESULTS TO BE OBTAINED BY LICENSEE, OWNERS OF THE GLOBAL X NASDAQ 100®
COVERED CALL ETF, THE GLOBAL X RUSSELL 2000 COVERED CALL ETF, THE GLOBAL X
NASDAQ 100® COVERED CALL & GROWTH ETF, THE GLOBAL X NASDAQ 100® RISK MANAGED
INCOME ETF, THE GLOBAL X DOW 30® COVERED CALL ETF, THE GLOBAL X RUSSELL 2000
COVERED CALL & GROWTH ETF, THE GLOBAL X INFORMATION TECHNOLOGY COVERED CALL
& GROWTH ETF, THE GLOBAL X DOW 30®
COVERED CALL & GROWTH ETF, THE GLOBAL X S&P 500 QUALITY DIVIDEND COVERED
CALL ETF AND THE GLOBAL X MLP & ENERGY INFRASTRUCTURE COVERED CALL ETF OR
ANY OTHER PERSON OR ENTITY FROM THE USE OF THE CBOE NASDAQ-100® BUYWRITE V2
INDEX, CBOE RUSSELL 2000 BUYWRITE INDEX, CBOE NASDAQ 100 HALF BUYWRITE V2 INDEX,
NASDAQ-100 MONTHLY NET CREDIT COLLAR 95-100 INDEX, DJIA CBOE BUYWRITE V2 INDEX,
CBOE RUSSELL 2000 HALF BUYWRITE INDEX, CBOE S&P TECHNOLOGY SELECT SECTOR
HALF BUYWRITE INDEX, CBOE DJIA HALF BUYWRITE INDEX, CBOE QDIV ATM BUYWRITE INDEX
OR THE CBOE MLPX ATM BUYWRITE INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. THE
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WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY OR FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE OR USE WITH
RESPECT TO THE CBOE NASDAQ-100® BUYWRITE V2 INDEX, CBOE RUSSELL 2000 BUYWRITE
INDEX, CBOE NASDAQ 100 HALF BUYWRITE V2 INDEX, NASDAQ-100 MONTHLY NET CREDIT
COLLAR 95-100 INDEX, DJIA CBOE BUYWRITE V2 INDEX, CBOE RUSSELL 2000 HALF
BUYWRITE INDEX, CBOE S&P TECHNOLOGY SELECT SECTOR HALF BUYWRITE INDEX, CBOE
DJIA HALF BUYWRITE INDEX, CBOE QDIV ATM BUYWRITE INDEX OR THE CBOE MLPX ATM
BUYWRITE INDEX OR ANY DATA INCLUDED THEREIN. WITHOUT LIMITING ANY OF THE
FOREGOING, IN NO EVENT SHALL THE CORPORATIONS HAVE ANY LIABILITY FOR ANY LOST
PROFITS OR SPECIAL, INCIDENTAL, PUNITIVE, INDIRECT, OR CONSEQUENTIAL DAMAGES,
EVEN IF NOTIFIED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF SUCH DAMAGES.
Errors
made by an Index Provider may occur from time to time and may not be identified
by the Index Provider for a period of time or at all. The Adviser does not
provide any warranty or guarantee against such errors. Therefore, the gains,
losses, or costs associated with the Index Provider’s errors will generally be
borne by the Fund and its shareholders.
OTHER
SERVICE PROVIDERS
SEI
Investments Global Funds Services is the sub-administrator for each Fund.
The
Bank of New York Mellon is the custodian and transfer agent for each Fund except
the Global X S&P 500®
Covered Call ETF, Global X NASDAQ 100®
Covered Call ETF, Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF, Global X Dow
30®
Covered Call ETF and the Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure Covered Call
ETF. Brown Brothers Harriman & Co. serves as custodian and transfer agent to
the Global X S&P 500®
Covered Call ETF, Global X NASDAQ 100®
Covered Call ETF, Global X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF, Global X Dow
30®
Covered Call ETF and the Global X MLP & Energy Infrastructure Covered Call
ETF.
Stradley
Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP serves as counsel for the Trust and the Trust's
Independent Trustees.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP serves as the Funds' independent registered public accounting firm and has
audited the financial statements for the Funds for the fiscal years ended
October 31, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, as applicable.
ADDITIONAL
INFORMATION
The
Trust enters into contractual arrangements with various parties, including among
others, the Funds’ Adviser, sub-adviser(s) (as applicable), custodian(s), and
transfer agent(s) who provide services to the Funds. Shareholders are not
parties to any such contractual arrangements and are not intended beneficiaries
of those contractual arrangements, and those contractual arrangements are not
intended to create in any shareholder any right to enforce them against the
service providers or to seek any remedy under them against the service
providers, either directly or on behalf of the Trust.
This
Prospectus provides information concerning the Funds that investors should
consider in determining whether to purchase Fund Shares. Neither this Prospectus
nor the SAI is intended, or should be read, to be or give rise to an agreement
or contract between the Trust or the Funds and any investor, or to give rise to
any rights in any shareholder or other person other than any rights under
federal or state law that may not be waived.
FINANCIAL
HIGHLIGHTS
Each
Fund had commenced operations and has financial highlights for the fiscal year
ended October 31, 2024. The financial highlights tables are intended to
help investors understand a Fund's financial performance since the Fund's
inception. Certain information reflects financial results for a single Share of
a Fund. The total returns in the tables represent the rate that an investor
would have earned (or lost) on an investment in a Fund, assuming reinvestment of
all dividends and distributions.
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP serves as the Funds' independent registered public accounting firm and has
audited the financial statements of the Funds for the fiscal years ended October
31, 2020, 2021, 2022, 2023 and 2024, as applicable. The Funds' financial
statements are available without charge upon request.
Selected
Per Share Data & Ratios
For
a Share Outstanding Throughout the Period
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Net
Asset Value, Beginning of Period ($) |
Net
Investment Income ($)* |
Net
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments ($) |
Total
from Operations ($) |
Distribution
from Net Investment Income ($) |
Distribution
from Capital Gains ($) |
Return
of Capital ($) |
Total
from Distributions ($) |
Net Asset
Value, End of Period ($) |
Total
Return (%)** |
Net
Assets, End of Period ($)(000) |
Ratio
of Expenses to Average Net Assets (%) |
Ratio
of Net Investment Income to Average Net Assets (%) |
Portfolio
Turnover (%)†† |
Global
X S&P 500® Covered Call ETF |
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2024 |
38.18 |
0.36 |
6.17 |
6.53 |
(3.83) |
— |
— |
(3.83) |
40.88 |
17.72 |
2,778,298 |
0.60 |
0.88 |
3.83 |
2023 |
40.00 |
0.43 |
2.13 |
2.56 |
(0.14) |
— |
(4.24) |
(4.38) |
38.18 |
6.45 |
2,805,206 |
0.60 |
1.07 |
7.90 |
2022 |
50.37 |
0.45 |
(5.50) |
(5.05) |
(1.05) |
(0.11) |
(4.16) |
(5.32) |
40.00 |
(10.72) |
1,934,545 |
0.6 |
1.00 |
15.60 |
2021 |
42.45 |
0.39 |
12.14 |
12.53 |
(4.61) |
— |
— |
(4.61) |
50.37 |
30.67 |
669,855 |
0.6 |
0.80 |
4.84 |
2020 |
49.39 |
0.56 |
(4.17) |
(3.61) |
(0.58) |
— |
(2.75) |
(3.33) |
42.45 |
(7.42) |
103,992 |
0.71
(1) |
1.22 |
7.29 |
Global
X NASDAQ 100® Covered Call ETF |
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2024 |
16.60 |
0.06 |
3.39 |
3.45 |
(2.09) |
— |
— |
(2.09) |
17.96 |
21.73 |
8,110,941 |
0.60 |
0.34 |
21.54 |
2023 |
16.15 |
0.05 |
2.44 |
2.49 |
— |
— |
(2.04) |
(2.04) |
16.60 |
15.91 |
7,521,213 |
0.61 |
0.31 |
38.93 |
2022 |
22.82 |
0.05 |
(4.13) |
(4.08) |
(0.24) |
(0.50) |
(1.85) |
(2.59) |
16.15 |
(19.18) |
6,397,648 |
0.6 |
0.25 |
31.11 |
2021 |
20.65 |
0.02 |
4.73 |
4.75 |
(2.58) |
— |
— |
(2.58) |
22.82 |
23.89 |
5,036,215 |
0.6 |
0.11 |
19.99 |
2020 |
23.10 |
0.06 |
(0.06) |
— |
(0.06) |
— |
(2.39) |
(2.45) |
20.65 |
0.21 |
1,325,642 |
0.67
(2) |
0.27 |
27.87 |
Global
X Russell 2000 Covered Call ETF |
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2024 |
16.10 |
0.12 |
1.78 |
1.90 |
(0.14) |
— |
(1.83) |
(1.97) |
16.03 |
12.30 |
1,409,648 |
0.56
(3) |
0.76 |
105.44 |
2023 |
19.55 |
0.19 |
(1.47) |
(1.28) |
(0.03) |
— |
(2.14) |
(2.17) |
16.10 |
(7.18) |
1,406,038 |
0.57
(3) |
1.04 |
19.24 |
2022 |
25.18 |
0.19 |
(3.10) |
(2.91) |
(0.44) |
(0.31) |
(1.97) |
(2.72) |
19.55 |
(12.18) |
1,342,241 |
0.57
(3)(4) |
0.86 |
186.48 |
2021 |
20.45 |
0.13 |
7.50 |
7.63 |
(2.90) |
— |
— |
(2.90) |
25.18 |
38.82 |
554,446 |
0.50
(3) |
0.53 |
8.94 |
2020 |
25.24 |
0.12 |
(2.51) |
(2.39) |
(0.11) |
(0.17) |
(2.12) |
(2.40) |
20.45 |
(9.18) |
21,475 |
0.56
(3) |
0.68 |
11.16 |
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* |
Per
share data calculated using average shares method. |
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** |
Total
Return is for the period indicated and has not been annualized. The return
shown does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay
on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. |
|
†† |
Portfolio
turnover rate is for the period indicated and periods of less than one
year have not been annualized. Excludes effect of in-kind
transfers. |
|
(1) |
Excluding
broker fees on written options, the ratio of expenses to average net
assets would have been 0.64% for the year ended October 31, 2020,
respectively. The ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets includes the
effect of a waiver. If these offsets were excluded, the ratio would have
been 0.64% for the year ended October 31, 2020. |
|
(2) |
Excluding
broker fees on written options, the ratio of expenses to average net
assets would have been 0.60% for the year ended October 31, 2020,
respectively. The ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets includes the
effect of a waiver. If these offsets were excluded, the ratio would have
been 0.60% for the year ended October 31, 2020. |
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(3) |
The
ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets includes the effect of a waiver
due to acquired fund fees and expenses. The ratio to Average Net Assets
does not include acquired fund fees and expenses of the underlying
investments, if applicable. If these offsets were excluded, the ratio
would have been 0.60%, 0.60%, 0.60%, and 0.68% for the year ended October
31, 2023 to the year ended October 31, 2020, respectively. |
|
(4) |
Includes
fees charged by the Fund custodian that were reimbursed by the custodian
to the Fund subsequent to the reporting period. Excluding these fees, the
ratio to average net assets would have been 0.54%. |
|
Amounts
designated as "—" are either $0 or have been rounded to $0.
Selected
Per Share Data & Ratios
For
a Share Outstanding Throughout the Period
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Net
Asset Value, Beginning of Period ($) |
Net
Investment Income (Loss) ($)* |
Net
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments ($) |
Total
from Operations ($) |
Distribution
from Net Investment Income ($) |
Distribution
from Capital Gains ($) |
Return
of Capital ($) |
Total
from Distributions ($) |
Net Asset
Value, End of Period ($) |
Total
Return (%)** |
Net
Assets, End of Period ($)(000) |
Ratio
of Expenses to Average Net Assets (%) |
Ratio
of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets (%) |
Portfolio
Turnover (%)†† |
Global
X Nasdaq 100® Covered Call & Growth ETF |
2024 |
26.07 |
0.14 |
7.58 |
7.72 |
(1.90) |
— |
— |
(1.90) |
31.89 |
30.15 |
104,271 |
0.46 |
0.46 |
14.82 |
2023 |
22.8 |
0.07 |
4.73 |
4.80 |
— |
— |
(1.53) |
(1.53) |
26.07 |
21.43 |
102,179 |
0.6 |
0.27 |
28.03 |
2022 |
33.09 |
0.06 |
(7.29) |
(7.23) |
(0.20) |
(1.60) |
(1.26) |
(3.06) |
22.80 |
(23.57) |
61,105 |
0.61
(1) |
0.23 |
18.12 |
2021 |
26.27 |
0.02 |
8.56 |
8.58 |
(1.76) |
— |
— |
(1.76) |
33.09 |
33.42 |
44,671 |
0.6 |
0.06 |
11.21 |
2020(2) |
26.30 |
— |
0.11 |
0.11 |
— |
— |
(0.14) |
(0.14) |
26.27 |
0.40 |
6,568 |
0.60
† |
(0.10)
† |
1.65 |
Global
X S&P 500® Covered Call & Growth ETF |
2024 |
26.07 |
0.30 |
6.75 |
7.05 |
(1.41) |
— |
— |
(1.41) |
31.71 |
27.47 |
59,295 |
0.46 |
1.00 |
3.25 |
2023 |
25.47 |
0.28 |
1.75 |
2.03 |
(0.19) |
— |
(1.24) |
(1.43) |
26.07 |
8.01 |
61,006 |
0.6 |
1.05 |
5.25 |
2022 |
31.83 |
0.27 |
(4.03) |
(3.76) |
(0.42) |
(1.10) |
(1.08) |
(2.60) |
25.47 |
(12.63) |
41,511 |
0.61
(1) |
0.94 |
9.36 |
2021 |
24.69 |
0.22 |
8.29 |
8.51 |
(1.37) |
— |
— |
(1.37) |
31.83 |
35.18 |
35,018 |
0.60 |
0.74 |
12.17 |
2020(2) |
25.22 |
0.02 |
(0.41) |
(0.39) |
(0.02) |
— |
(0.12) |
(0.14) |
24.69 |
(1.60) |
3,704 |
0.60
† |
0.75
† |
0.75 |
Global
X NASDAQ 100® Risk Managed Income ETF |
2024 |
16.64 |
0.05 |
2.25 |
2.30 |
(0.05) |
— |
(2.00) |
(2.05) |
16.89 |
14.48 |
17,392 |
0.6 |
0.31 |
8.02 |
2023 |
18.17 |
0.05 |
0.58 |
0.63 |
— |
— |
(2.16) |
(2.16) |
16.64 |
3.42 |
11,813 |
0.61
(3) |
0.30 |
22.73 |
2022 |
24.12 |
0.04 |
(4.04) |
(4.00) |
(0.25) |
— |
(1.70) |
(1.95) |
18.17 |
(17.24) |
10,720 |
0.62
(3) |
0.19 |
27.40 |
2021(4) |
24.60 |
(0.01) |
(0.16) |
(0.17) |
— |
— |
(0.31) |
(0.31) |
24.12 |
(0.69) |
4,341 |
0.60
† |
(0.15)
† |
2.16 |
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* |
Per
share data calculated using average shares method. |
|
** |
Total
Return is for the period indicated and has not been annualized. The return
shown does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay
on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. |
|
† |
Annualized. |
|
†† |
Portfolio
turnover rate is for the period indicated and periods of less than one
year have not been annualized. Excludes effect of in-kind
transfers. |
|
(1) |
Includes
fees charged by the Fund custodian that were reimbursed by the custodian
to the Fund subsequent to the reporting period. Excluding these fees, the
ratio to average net assets would have been 0.60%. |
|
(2) |
The
Fund commenced operations on September 18, 2020. |
|
(3) |
Includes
fees charged by the Fund custodian that were reimbursed by the custodian
to the Fund subsequent to the reporting period. Excluding these fees, the
ratio to average net assets would have been 0.60% and 0.61%. |
|
(4) |
The
Fund commenced operations on August 25, 2021. |
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Amounts
designated as "—" are either $0 or have been rounded to $0.
Selected
Per Share Data & Ratios
For
a Share Outstanding Throughout the Period
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Net
Asset Value, Beginning of Period ($) |
Net
Investment Income (Loss) ($)* |
Net
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments ($) |
Total
from Operations ($) |
Distribution
from Net Investment Income ($) |
Distribution
from Capital Gains ($) |
Return
of Capital ($) |
Total
from Distributions ($) |
Net Asset
Value, End of Period ($) |
Total
Return (%)** |
Net
Assets, End of Period ($)(000) |
Ratio
of Expenses to Average Net Assets (%) |
Ratio
of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets (%) |
Portfolio
Turnover (%)†† |
Global
X S&P 500® Risk Managed Income ETF |
2024 |
18.56 |
0.16 |
2.34 |
2.50 |
(0.34) |
— |
(1.94) |
(2.28) |
18.78 |
14.10 |
39,446 |
0.6 |
0.87 |
3.08 |
2023 |
21.05 |
0.22 |
(0.29) |
(0.07) |
(0.03) |
— |
(2.39) |
(2.42) |
18.56 |
(0.61) |
27,098 |
0.6 |
1.08 |
4.85 |
2022 |
26.83 |
0.23 |
(3.38) |
(3.15) |
(0.52) |
(0.07) |
(2.04) |
(2.63) |
21.05 |
(12.39) |
24,634 |
0.63
(1) |
0.97 |
21.62 |
2021(2) |
26.77 |
0.03 |
0.39 |
0.42 |
(0.36) |
— |
— |
(0.36) |
26.83 |
1.60 |
5,902 |
0.60
† |
0.57
† |
7.08 |
Global
X Dow 30® Covered Call ETF |
2024 |
20.89 |
0.31 |
2.54 |
2.85 |
(1.51) |
— |
— |
(1.51) |
22.23 |
13.86 |
90,715 |
0.60 |
1.37 |
6.14 |
2023 |
21.89 |
0.34 |
0.38 |
0.72 |
(0.18) |
— |
(1.54) |
(1.72) |
20.89 |
3.30 |
78,947 |
0.6 |
1.55 |
6.67 |
2022(3) |
24.13 |
0.22 |
(0.86) |
(0.64) |
(0.64) |
— |
(0.96) |
(1.60) |
21.89 |
(2.77) |
52,985 |
0.61
†(4) |
1.42
† |
8.82 |
Global
X Russell 2000 Covered Call & Growth ETF |
2024 |
22.38 |
0.3 |
4.78 |
5.08 |
(1.81) |
— |
— |
(1.81) |
25.65 |
23.12 |
6,413 |
0.38
(5) |
1.19 |
96.85 |
2023 |
26.58 |
0.28 |
(2.31) |
(2.03) |
(0.17) |
(0.82) |
(1.18) |
(2.17) |
22.38 |
(8.16) |
8,279 |
0.50
(5) |
1.11 |
5.48 |
2022(6) |
25.9 |
(0.01) |
0.82 |
0.81 |
(0.13) |
— |
— |
(0.13) |
26.58 |
3.14 |
2,658 |
0.50
†(5) |
(0.50)
† |
— |
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* |
Per
share data calculated using average shares method. |
** |
Total
Return is for the period indicated and has not been annualized. The return
shown does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay
on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. |
† |
Annualized. |
†† |
Portfolio
turnover rate is for the period indicated and periods of less than one
year have not been annualized. Excludes effect of in-kind
transfers. |
(1) |
Includes
fees charged by the Fund custodian that were reimbursed by the custodian
to the Fund subsequent to the reporting period. Excluding these fees, the
ratio to average net assets would have been 0.61%. |
(2) |
The
Fund commenced operations on August 25, 2021. |
(3) |
The
Fund commenced operations on February 23, 2022. |
(4) |
Includes
fees charged by the Fund custodian that were reimbursed by the custodian
to the Fund subsequent to the reporting period. Excluding these fees, the
ratio to average net assets would have been 0.60%. |
(5) |
The
ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets includes the effect of a waiver
due to acquired fund fees and expenses. The ratio to Average Net Assets
does not include acquired fund fees and expenses of the underlying
investments, if applicable. If these offsets were excluded, the ratio
would have been 0.60% and 0.60% for the year ended October 31, 2023 and
the year ended October 31, 2022, respectively. |
(6) |
The
Fund commenced operations on October 4,
2022. |
Amounts
designated as "—" are either $0 or have been rounded to $0.
Selected
Per Share Data & Ratios
For
a Share Outstanding Throughout the Period
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Net
Asset Value, Beginning of Period ($) |
Net
Investment Income (Loss) ($)* |
Net
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments ($) |
Total
from Operations ($) |
Distribution
from Net Investment Income ($) |
Distribution
from Capital Gains ($) |
Return
of Capital ($) |
Total
from Distributions ($) |
Net
Asset Value, End of Period ($) |
Total
Return (%)** |
Net
Assets End of Period ($)(000) |
Ratio
of Expenses to Average Net Assets (%) |
Ratio
of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets (%) |
Portfolio
Turnover (%)†† |
|
Global
X Information Technology Covered Call & Growth ETF |
|
2024 |
28.86 |
0.06 |
7.62 |
7.68 |
(3.02) |
(0.95) |
(0.21) |
(4.18) |
32.36 |
27.98 |
8,414 |
0.55
(1) |
0.20 |
22.38 |
|
2023(2) |
24.74 |
0.11 |
5.55 |
5.66 |
(1.54) |
— |
— |
(1.54) |
28.86 |
23.27 |
3,463 |
0.55†(1) |
0.42
† |
13.93 |
|
Global
X Dow 30® Covered Call & Growth ETF |
|
2024 |
24.20 |
0.40 |
4.67 |
5.07 |
(0.91) |
— |
— |
(0.91) |
28.36 |
21.13 |
1,985 |
0.48 |
1.49 |
6.08 |
|
2023(3) |
25.81 |
0.10 |
(1.48) |
(1.38) |
(0.09) |
— |
(0.14) |
(0.23) |
24.20 |
(5.35) |
2,421 |
0.60
† |
1.43
† |
0.21 |
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Per
share data calculated using average shares method. |
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**
|
Total
Return is for the period indicated and has not been annualized. The return
shown does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay
on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. |
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†
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Annualized. |
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††
|
Portfolio
turnover rate is for the period indicated and periods of less than one
year have not been annualized. Excludes effect of in-kind
transfers. |
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| |
(1) |
The
ratio of Expenses to Average Net Assets includes the effect of a waiver
due to acquired fund fees and expenses. The ratio to Average Net Assets
does not include acquired fund fees and expenses of the underlying
investments, if applicable. If these offsets were excluded, the ratio
would have been 0.60% for the year ended October 31, 2023. |
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(2) |
The
Fund commenced operations on November 21, 2022. |
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(3) |
The
Fund commenced operations on July 25, 2023. |
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Amounts
designated as "—" are either $0 or have been rounded to $0.
Selected
Per Share Data & Ratios
For
a Share Outstanding Throughout the Period
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|
Net
Asset Value, Beginning of Period ($) |
Net
Investment Income (Loss) ($)* |
Net
Realized and Unrealized Gain (Loss) on Investments ($) |
Total
from Operations ($) |
Distribution
from Net Investment Income ($) |
Distribution
from Capital Gains ($) |
Return
of Capital ($) |
Total
from Distributions ($) |
Net
Asset Value, End of Period ($) |
Total
Return (%)** |
Net
Assets End of Period ($)(000) |
Ratio
of Expenses to Average Net Assets (%) |
Ratio
of Net Investment Income (Loss) to Average Net Assets (%) |
Portfolio
Turnover (%)†† |
| |
Global
X S&P 500 Quality Dividend Covered Call ETF |
| |
2024(1) |
25.06 |
0.26 |
1.36 |
1.62 |
(0.96) |
— |
(0.05) |
(1.01) |
25.67 |
6.68 |
1,027 |
0.35#† |
2.15
† |
3.19 |
| |
Global
X MLP & Energy Infrastructure Covered Call ETF |
| |
2024(1) |
24.95 |
0.24 |
1.50 |
1.74 |
(1.14) |
— |
(0.05) |
(1.19) |
25.50 |
7.09 |
2,550 |
0.60#† |
1.96
† |
2.51 |
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*
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Per
share data calculated using average shares method. |
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**
|
Total
Return is for the period indicated and has not been annualized. The return
shown does not reflect the deduction of taxes that a shareholder would pay
on Fund distributions or the redemption of Fund shares. |
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†
|
Annualized. |
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| |
††
|
Portfolio
turnover rate is for the period indicated and periods of less than one
year have not been annualized. Excludes effect of in-kind
transfers. |
|
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|
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(1) |
The
Fund commenced operations on May 7, 2024. |
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Amounts
designated as "—" are either $0 or have been rounded to $0.
OTHER
INFORMATION
The
Funds are not sponsored, endorsed, sold or promoted by any national securities
exchange. No national securities exchange makes any representation or warranty,
express or implied, to the owners of Shares or any member of the public
regarding the advisability of investing in securities generally or in the Funds
particularly or the ability of the Funds to achieve their objectives. No
national securities exchange has any obligation or liability in connection with
the administration, marketing or trading of the Funds.
For
purposes of the 1940 Act, shares that are issued by a registered investment
company and purchases of such shares by investment companies and companies
relying on Sections 3(c)(1) or 3(c)(7) of the 1940 Act are subject to the
restrictions set forth in Section 12(d)(1) of the 1940 Act. Registered
investment companies are permitted to invest in certain of the Funds beyond the
limits set forth in section 12(d)(1), subject to certain conditions set forth in
Rule 12d1-4 under the 1940 Act, including that such investment companies enter
into an agreement with such Fund.
The
method by which Creation Units are created and traded may raise certain issues
under applicable securities laws. Because new Creation Units are issued and sold
by the Funds on an ongoing basis, a “distribution,” as such term is used in the
Securities Act, may occur at any point. Broker-dealers and other persons are
cautioned that some activities on their part may, depending on the
circumstances, result in their being deemed participants in a distribution in a
manner which could render them statutory underwriters and subject them to the
prospectus delivery and liability provisions of the Securities Act.
For
example, a broker-dealer firm or its client may be deemed a statutory
underwriter if it takes Creation Units after placing an order with the
Distributor, breaks them down into constituent Shares, and sells such Shares
directly to customers, or if it chooses to couple the creation of a supply of
new Shares with an active selling effort involving solicitation of secondary
market demand for Shares. A determination of whether one is an underwriter for
purposes of the Securities Act must take into account all the facts and
circumstances pertaining to the activities of the broker-dealer or its client in
the particular case, and the examples mentioned above should not be considered a
complete description of all the activities that could lead to a categorization
as an underwriter.
Broker-dealers
who are not “underwriters” but are participating in a distribution (as
contrasted with ordinary secondary trading transactions), and thus dealing with
Shares that are part of an “unsold allotment” within the meaning of Section
4(a)(3)(C) of the Securities Act, would be unable to take advantage of the
prospectus delivery exemption provided by Section 4(a)(3) of the Securities Act.
This is because the prospectus delivery exemption in Section 4(a)(3) of the
Securities Act is not available in respect of such transactions as a result of
Section 24(d) of the 1940 Act. As a result, broker-dealer firms should note that
dealers who are not underwriters but are participating in a distribution (as
contrasted with ordinary secondary market transactions) and thus dealing with
the Shares that are part of an overallotment within the meaning of Section
4(a)(3)(A) of the Securities Act would be unable to take advantage of the
prospectus delivery exemption provided by Section 4(a)(3) of the Securities Act.
Firms that incur a prospectus delivery obligation with respect to Shares are
reminded that, under Rule 153 of the Securities Act, a prospectus delivery
obligation under Section 5(b)(2) of the Securities Act owed to an exchange
member in connection with a sale on NYSE Arca or NASDAQ is satisfied by the fact
that the prospectus is available at NYSE Arca or NASDAQ upon request. The
prospectus delivery mechanism provided in Rule 153 is only available with
respect to transactions on an exchange.
For
more information visit our website at
www.globalxetfs.com
or
call 1-888-493-8631
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| |
Investment
Adviser and Administrator
Global
X Management Company LLC
605
Third Avenue, 43rd Floor
New
York, NY 10158
|
Distributor
SEI
Investments Distribution Co.
One
Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks,
PA 19456
|
Custodians
and Transfer Agents
Brown
Brothers Harriman & Co.
50
Post Office Square
Boston,
MA 02110
The
Bank of New York Mellon
240
Greenwich Street
New
York, New York 10286
|
Sub-Administrator
SEI
Investments Global Funds Services
One
Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks,
PA 19456
|
Legal
Counsel to the Global X Funds®
and Independent Trustees
Stradley
Ronon Stevens & Young, LLP
2000
K Street, N.W., Suite 700
Washington,
DC 20006
|
Independent
Registered Public Accounting Firm
PricewaterhouseCoopers
LLP
Two
Commerce Square, Suite 1800
2001
Market Street
Philadelphia,
PA 19103 |
A
Statement of Additional Information dated March 1, 2025, which contains
more details about the Funds, is incorporated by reference in its entirety into
this Prospectus, which means that it is legally part of this Prospectus.
Additional
information about each Fund that has commenced operations and its investments is
available in its annual and semi-annual reports to shareholders and in Form
N-CSR. The annual report explains the market conditions and investment
strategies affecting each Fund’s performance during its last fiscal year. In
Form N-CSR you will find each Fund’s annual and semi-annual financial
statements.
You
can ask questions or obtain a free copy of each such Fund’s semi-annual and
annual report, the Statement of Additional Information, or other information,
such as Fund financial statements, by calling 1-888-493-8631. Free copies of a
Fund’s semi-annual and annual report and the Statement of Additional Information
are available from our website at www.globalxetfs.com.
Information
about each Fund, including its semi-annual and annual reports and the Statement
of Additional Information, has been filed with the SEC. It can be reviewed and
copied on the EDGAR database on the SEC’s internet site (http://www.sec.gov).
You can also request copies of these materials, upon payment of a duplicating
fee, by electronic request at the SEC’s e-mail address ([email protected]).
PROSPECTUS
Distributor
SEI
Investments Distribution Co.
One
Freedom Valley Drive
Oaks,
PA 19456
March 1,
2025
Investment
Company Act File No.: 811-22209