How The Funds Work Together
Blending Components To Deliver A Ride That Makes Sense To Investors
When investors are comfortable with the portfolio, managing their expectations and keeping them focused on a long-term goal becomes much easier. Multi-Market Portfolios are understandable because they are built around a select list of funds that act like the components of a car — each serving a clear function to support the investment objective.
Find an overview of the funds used in the Multi-Market Portfolio Series and their roles within each model below.
AAMA Equity Fund
Gas Pedal | Core Beta
Tilting allocations toward more attractive sectors of the market and away from sectors with higher relative risk, the AAMA Equity Fund serves as the strategy’s gas pedal — seeking consistent and reliable growth through market pricing and sector valuation fundamentals.
Main Sector Rotation ETF
Steering Wheel | Active & Tactical
Actively managed to seek market sectors trading below their historical value and poised to respond favorably to market catalysts, the Main Sector Rotation ETF is a lot like the strategy’s steering wheel — guiding the ride toward more attractive routes and roads.
Main BuyWrite ETF
Lane Assist | Active & Tactical
Using covered call writing to dampen volatility and seek a target 6% annualized distribution yield, the Main BuyWrite ETF works similarly to a lane assist feature — keeping the portfolio “between the lines” and delivering a smoother ride by hedging and diversifying from the other strategies within the portfolio.
Potomac Defensive Bull Fund
Adaptive Cruise Control | Active & Tactical
With the ability to seek capital growth in rising markets through ETFs that provide leveraged exposure to a particular index, as well as derivatives, and downside risk mitigation in falling markets through a transition to cash, longer-maturity fixed income securities, and in cases of particular market weakness, ETFs that provide inverse exposure to the index, the Potomac Defensive Bull Fund acts as the strategy’s adaptive cruise control — adjusting in response to the surrounding environment.
Icon Flexible Bond Fund
Brakes | Income & Diversifying
Using a systematic valuation methodology to identify and pursue bond market inefficiencies, the ICON Flexible Bond Fund functions like a brake pedal. When value is identified in the bond market, sector, duration, and credit allocations are adjusted to seek maximum total return. When value is less present, the brakes are applied, and allocations are adjusted to actively manage rate risk.
AAMA INcome Fund
Shocks| Income & Diversifying
Used as a risk managing tool, the AAMA Income Fund is designed to deliver stability — similar to shocks — through investment-grade credit, which is managed through a fundamental valuation process.