ROPE

ROPE is designed to provide exposure to the large-cap spectrum of the US equity market with a focus on dividend-paying securities. It seeks to benefit in the upward market trends and provide protection during downsides by shifting up to 100% of its portfolio into cash and cash equivalents using a series of stop levels. In constructing the portfolio, the adviser begins with identifying the investable universe of the 100 largest US-listed stocks. Within the initial universe, 25-50 dividend-paying companies are then identified and included for their high-quality characteristics including positive absolute momentum, attractive dividend yields, strong balance sheets, and reasonable valuations. The top 10-20 securities with the highest dividend yields are then selected to equally make up 40% of the portfolio. The remaining securities also approximately equally weighted while the fund maintains 5% of less in small cash.