Investment Objective: |
The Fund employs a passive management (or indexing) investment approach designed to track the total return performance, before fees and expenses of Metaurus US Large Cap Dividend Multiplier Index - Series 400. The Index, as designed, has two components: (i) an S&P 500 Index component (the S&P 500 Component ) and (ii) a dividend component (the Dividend Component ) consisting of long positions in annual futures contracts that provide exposure to ordinary dividends paid on the common stocks of companies included in the S&P 500 ( S&P Dividend Futures ). The S&P 500 Index consists of approximately 500 leading U.S.-listed companies representing approximately 80% of the U.S. equity market capitalization.The Dividend Component is designed to give the Fund exposure to approximately 400% of the ordinary dividends the Fund would otherwise have expected to receive from its investment in the S&P 500 Component. The Dividend Component consists of annual futures contracts whose value represents the market s expectation of the amount of ordinary dividends to be paid by S&P 500 companies during the term of the futures contract. As of June 1, 2021, the S&P 500 Component comprised approximately 88% of the Index. |