AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund (BTAL)

NYSEARCA: BTAL · Real-Time Price · USD
21.73
+0.30 (1.40%)
Apr 4, 2025, 9:59 AM EDT - Market open
1.40%
Assets $416.76M
Expense Ratio 1.43%
PE Ratio 21.90
Shares Out 20.15M
Dividend (ttm) $0.64
Dividend Yield 2.96%
Ex-Dividend Date Dec 30, 2024
Payout Ratio 65.81%
1-Year Return +18.17%
Volume n/a
Open 21.90
Previous Close 21.46
Day's Range 21.56 - 21.91
52-Week Low 17.59
52-Week High 21.91
Beta -0.57
Holdings 404
Inception Date Sep 13, 2011

About BTAL

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The AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund (BTAL) is an exchange-traded fund that mostly invests in long/short alternatives. The fund is an actively managed fund that takes long positions in low beta US stocks, offset by short positions in high beta US stocks. BTAL was launched on Sep 13, 2011 and is issued by AGF.

Asset Class Alternatives
Category Equity Market Neutral
Region North America
Stock Exchange NYSEARCA
Ticker Symbol BTAL
ETF Provider AGF
Index Tracked Dow Jones U.S. Thematic Market Neutral Low Beta Index

Top 10 Holdings

100.30% of assets
Name Symbol Weight
Cash n/a 94.78%
Portfolio Swap Dow Jones Thematic Neu Anti-Beta n/a 1.92%
HEICO Corporation HEI 0.48%
UnitedHealth Group Incorporated UNH 0.46%
Northrop Grumman Corporation NOC 0.45%
MarketAxess Holdings Inc. MKTX 0.44%
Science Applications International Corporation SAIC 0.44%
Chubb Limited CB 0.44%
Crown Castle Inc. CCI 0.44%
W. R. Berkley Corporation WRB 0.44%
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Dividends

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Dec 30, 2024 $0.6449 Jan 2, 2025
Dec 27, 2023 $1.04091 Jan 2, 2024
Dec 28, 2022 $0.21316 Jan 3, 2023
Dec 27, 2019 $0.19584 Jan 3, 2020
Dec 27, 2018 $0.08576 Jan 3, 2019
Full Dividend History

News

BTAL: Can Generate Positive Returns Even In A Recession

BTAL is a market neutral ETF that profits from the spread between low and high beta stocks, ideal for hedging in volatile markets. The fund is long low beta stocks and short high beta stocks, thriving...

8 days ago - Seeking Alpha

BTAL: Could This Market Neutral ETF Save Your Portfolio In 2025?

The AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund ETF is a strong hedge against market downturns, outperforming the S&P 500 during recent volatility. BTAL's strategy involves going long on low-beta stocks an...

4 weeks ago - Seeking Alpha

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2 months ago - CNBC Television

CTA And BTAL: My Recommended S&P 500 Hedges

The S&P 500 has doubled in the last five years, raising concerns about a potential market top and the need for portfolio hedging. Traditional bonds have struggled due to rising interest rates; alterna...

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3 months ago - Seeking Alpha

BTAL: A Wonderful ETF For Bear Markets

BTAL is an ETF with a 1.72% total expense ratio, negative long-term returns, and is down most years. Its design is crazy, like a fox. BTAL is a market-neutral fund designed to perform well only in bea...

7 months ago - Seeking Alpha

BTAL Is Possibly The Most Misunderstood Market-Neutral ETF

BTAL is an anti-beta market-neutral ETF, not beta-neutral, with imbalanced long and short positions. High-beta stocks fall further in market crashes, underperform in calm markets, and perform well aft...

10 months ago - Seeking Alpha

BTAL Anti-Beta Fund: Still A Great Diversifier

The AGF U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund has historically provided diversification benefits by performing well when the broader equity market is down. Despite its expected flat-to-negative annual re...

1 year ago - Seeking Alpha

BTAL: A Smart Way To Hedge The Market

BTAL is a hedging exchange-traded fund that takes a market-neutral stance by shorting high beta names and going long low beta equities. The fund makes money when the market is in a risk-off mode and p...

1 year ago - Seeking Alpha

BTAL: A Great Buy, But Not For The Obvious Reason

BTAL's main objective is to act as a hedge to stocks that can be valuable during times of market distress. While now may be a good time to own BTAL, the benefits of the ETF go beyond the potential suc...

2 years ago - Seeking Alpha

BTAL: Buy While Financial Conditions Are Tightening

The BTAL fund is an actively managed ETF that provides exposure to the spread between low beta and high beta stocks. The low beta/high beta spread is highly correlated to financial conditions.

2 years ago - Seeking Alpha

4 ETFs To Bet On Falling Equities

Shorting equity markets generally has historically been a high-risk proposition, but the risk of significant and protracted downturns is currently very high. Four ETFs, SH, TAIL, DWSH, and BTAL are ex...

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2 years ago - Seeking Alpha

BTAL: Underappreciated Alpha Producer

Producing market-beating returns per unit of risk is hard. The AGFiQ U.S. Market Neutral Anti-Beta Fund may help an investor to achieve this goal. BTAL goes long low beta stocks like H&R Block and Dol...

2 years ago - Seeking Alpha

Preparing For The Next Downturn

Preparing For The Next Downturn

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5 years ago - Seeking Alpha

Coronavirus Versus Market Beta

Coronavirus Versus Market Beta

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5 years ago - Seeking Alpha

ETF Portfolio Hedging Strategy #2: Turning Beta Into Anti-Beta With BTAL

ETF Portfolio Hedging Strategy #2: Turning Beta Into Anti-Beta With BTAL

5 years ago - Seeking Alpha

Factors To Consider

Factors To Consider

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