Bill of Materials Approach
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Our Methodology
We map the components, equipment, infrastructure, and technologies required for an investment theme to scale, then identify the companies supplying each piece.
Instead of weighting by market cap, we weight by the role each part of the buildout plays. The result is exposure designed to follow where industry CAPEX is going, not simply where market value already sits.
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FAQ
RTOO란 무엇인가?
RTOO is the VistaShares Robotics Supercycle® ETF, a robotics infrastructure ETF that invests in global robotics companies, including component suppliers, sensing and control technology providers, and businesses developing or integrating complete robotic systems. It seeks long term capital appreciation and covers industrial, healthcare, defense, logistics, consumer and humanoid robotics.
Is RTOO a stock or an ETF?
RTOO is an exchange-traded fund (ETF), not a single company’s stock. One RTOO share represents an interest in a portfolio of global robotics companies, and the shares trade during market hours like a stock under the ticker RTOO.
What does RTOO hold?
RTOO holds stocks of global companies that derive their revenues from robotics hardware, components and subsystems; sensing, perception, compute and software stacks; industrial, manufacturing and logistics automation; healthcare and laboratory robotics; defense, consumer and service robotics; and humanoid and general-purpose robotics platforms. The full holdings list is on the RTOO fund page and is updated daily.
What kinds of companies does RTOO not include?
RTOO seeks companies that derive their revenues from one of its eight robotics segments and that have significant economic exposure to robotics. A company that only buys or uses robots in an otherwise unrelated business would not usually fit that mandate. RTOO does not hold private companies.
Who manages RTOO?
RTOO’s investment adviser is VistaShares Advisors LLC, and the portfolio is run by the VistaShares Investment Committee, which selects and weights companies across RTOO’s eight robotics segments and reviews them between the June and December rebalances. More about the firm is on the VistaShares에 관하여 페이지.
Who oversees the management of VistaShares ETFs?
The VistaShares Investment Committee oversees and manages all VistaShares ETFs, combining academic research in asset pricing and risk management with experience scaling technology and manufacturing companies. For RTOO, the committee applies that experience across the robotics value chain, from component suppliers to complete robotic systems. See the VistaShares에 관하여 page for more.
How does RTOO work?
RTOO maps the robotics supply chain, from motors, sensors and chips to software and complete robots, using VistaShares’ Bill of Materials process, then selects and weights the companies contributing to each step. It is actively managed under a rules-based methodology set out in its rule book, rebalanced each June and December, and the Investment Committee may add or remove companies in between.
How are VistaShares ETFs managed?
VistaShares ETFs are actively managed and follow a researched, rules-based methodology designed to provide exposure to the theme an investor is seeking. In RTOO, the theme is robotics across eight segments, from core hardware to humanoid platforms.
What is the active "risk management overlay"?
In RTOO, the risk management overlay is the Investment Committee’s monitoring of companies across all eight robotics segments between the June and December rebalances. Robotics technology changes quickly, and if the committee considers it necessary, it may add or remove companies before the next rebalance date. The overlay is designed to let the portfolio respond; it does not eliminate risk.
What are supercycles?
Supercycles are long-term trends in which technological advances disrupt existing economic models. RTOO is built around the adoption of robotics and automation across industry, logistics, healthcare, defense, consumer services and humanoid platforms. See our guide to what a supercycle is in investing.
What is the robotics supercycle?
The robotics supercycle is VistaShares’ term for the long-term adoption of robotics and automation across factories, warehouses, hospitals and laboratories, defense, consumer services and general-purpose humanoid platforms. VistaShares calls it a supercycle because it views robotics as a technological advance that is disrupting existing economic models. RTOO seeks Pure Exposure™ to the robotics value chain.
How does VistaShares analyze target industries?
VistaShares analyzes each target industry’s supply chain to identify the companies and profit pools in each sub-industry segment that have significant economic exposure to the theme. For RTOO, that means separating the companies that make robot parts and software from those that build, integrate or deploy complete robotic systems in each end market.
What is the "Bill of Materials" process?
The Bill of Materials process is how VistaShares identifies and weights the companies contributing to each step in the production process that leads to a final product. For RTOO, the final product is a working robot, so the process traces the hardware, sensors, compute and software inside it and the companies that build and deploy it.
What sections are included in the Robotics Supercycle Bill of Materials?
The Robotics Supercycle Bill of Materials has eight sections: core robotics hardware, components and subsystems; sensing, perception, localization, compute, connectivity and software stacks; industrial and manufacturing automation; logistics, warehousing and autonomous mobile robots; healthcare, biotech and laboratory robotics; defense, security and public safety robotics; consumer, service and commercial robotics; and humanoid and general-purpose robotics platforms.
Does RTOO invest in robot components and parts suppliers?
Yes. Core robotics hardware, components and subsystems are the first section of RTOO’s Bill of Materials, so the fund includes suppliers of the physical parts robots are built from. These companies can be affected by semiconductor availability, sensor and actuator supply constraints and reliance on precision engineering.
Does RTOO invest in robot software and sensors?
Yes. One of RTOO’s eight sections covers robotics sensing, perception, localization, compute, connectivity and software stacks: the technology that lets a robot see, locate itself, decide and communicate. Software and control developers face data-security, interoperability and intellectual property risks.
Is there an automation ETF?
RTOO includes industrial and manufacturing automation as one of its eight Bill of Materials sections, along with logistics and warehouse automation. It is a robotics ETF rather than a broad automation fund, so its automation exposure is through companies with significant economic exposure to robotics.
Does RTOO invest in warehouse and logistics robots?
Yes. Logistics, warehousing, autonomous mobile robots (AMRs) and automated guided vehicles (AGVs) form one of RTOO’s eight Bill of Materials sections. Companies deploying autonomous mobility and warehouse automation can face regulatory limits, safety and liability issues, and differing regional standards.
Does RTOO invest in healthcare and surgical robotics?
Healthcare, biotech and laboratory robotics form one of RTOO’s eight Bill of Materials sections. Which specific companies, including any surgical robotics makers, the fund holds at any time is shown in the holdings list on the fund page, with its as-of date.
Does RTOO invest in defense robotics?
Yes. Defense, security and public safety robotics form one of RTOO’s eight Bill of Materials sections. This is one of the places RTOO’s theme touches AMMO, the VistaShares Defense Infrastructure ETF, though each fund has its own mandate.
Does RTOO invest in consumer and service robots?
Yes. Consumer, service and commercial robotics form one of RTOO’s eight Bill of Materials sections, covering robots used in homes, businesses and public settings rather than factories or warehouses.
Does RTOO include humanoid robotics?
Yes. Humanoid and general-purpose robotics platforms, and related robotics-enabled services, form one of RTOO’s eight Bill of Materials sections. The fund also invests in the components, sensors and software humanoid robots rely on. It is not a dedicated humanoid fund; humanoid robotics is one part of a broader robotics mandate. See our guide to humanoid robots.
How many holdings does the portfolio hold at any time?
RTOO typically holds between 50 and 70 robotics companies, and the number varies as the portfolio is rebalanced each June and December. The full list, updated daily, is on the fund page.
How often is the portfolio rebalanced?
RTOO is rebalanced semi-annually, in June and December. Between those dates, the Investment Committee may add or remove robotics companies through its risk management overlay.
Where can I find additional information on the fund construction / methodology?
The full methodology is in the VistaShares Robotics Supercycle® ETF (RTOO) rule book, linked from the RTOO fund page. For the strategy and risks in full, see the prospectus; it is linked on the fund page with the summary prospectus, SAI and shareholder reports.
Is there a robotics ETF?
Yes. RTOO, the VistaShares Robotics Supercycle® ETF, is a robotics ETF holding global companies across eight segments, from components and software to industrial, healthcare, defense, consumer and humanoid robots. It seeks long term capital appreciation. Other robotics ETFs take different approaches, so compare objectives, holdings, fees and risks with a financial advisor.
Is there a robotics infrastructure ETF?
Yes. RTOO is positioned as a robotics infrastructure ETF: it invests in the components, subsystems, sensing and control technology and software that robots depend on, along with companies that build or integrate complete robotic systems. It trades under the ticker RTOO.
Is RTOO an AI ETF?
RTOO is a robotics ETF, not an AI ETF, though its sensing, perception, compute and software section covers technology where AI is used in robots, and its risks include rapid shifts in AI and computer-vision software. For a fund focused on AI semiconductors, data centers and AI-enabled applications, VistaShares offers AIS, the AI Infrastructure ETF.
How is RTOO different from owning a few robotics stocks?
A few robotics stocks concentrate results in those companies and usually in one end market. RTOO holds a portfolio across eight segments, from parts suppliers to industrial, logistics, healthcare, defense, consumer and humanoid robotics, weighted by contribution to each. It is still concentrated in one industry and sensitive to capital spending cycles.
What is the best robotics ETF?
VistaShares does not rank ETFs, and no single fund suits every investor. RTOO is an actively managed robotics infrastructure ETF that weights companies across eight segments through a Bill of Materials process, rebalanced semi-annually. Compare objectives, holdings, fees and risks with a financial advisor.
How is RTOO different from other robotics ETFs?
RTOO differs from broad thematic funds mainly in how it selects companies. It breaks the robotics value chain into eight segments through its Bill of Materials, including humanoid and general-purpose platforms as a separate segment, identifies companies with significant economic exposure to each, and weights them by their contribution. The Investment Committee applies an active risk management overlay between rebalances.
How is RTOO different from AMMO?
RTOO invests across robotics in many end markets. AMMO, the VistaShares Defense Infrastructure ETF, invests across the defense supply chain, including electronics, aircraft, naval, missile, space and ground vehicle systems. Defense robotics is one of RTOO’s eight sections, so the themes touch, but each fund has its own mandate.
Why is now the right time to invest in the Robotics Supercycle?
RTOO is designed to give investors access to companies that build, enable and operate the global robotics ecosystem across industrial, healthcare, defense, logistics, consumer and humanoid robotics. Through an actively managed process guided by a rules-based methodology, it seeks Pure Exposure™ to the robotics value chain. This describes the fund’s design, not a forecast. Investments involve risk, including possible loss of principal.
Where is the fund traded?
RTOO is listed on the New York Stock Exchange (NYSE) under the ticker RTOO. Its current price and holdings, with their as-of dates, are on the RTOO fund page.
What is RTOO's CUSIP, and when did it launch?
RTOO’s CUSIP is 88635U606. The fund launched on July 15, 2026.
How can I buy RTOO?
RTOO is available through brokerage accounts and financial advisors under the ticker RTOO, and trades throughout the day while the market is open; the minimum purchase is one share. The price paid is the market price, which may differ from net asset value, and brokerage commissions may apply. Current holdings and performance, with their as-of dates, are on the RTOO fund page. For fund information, call (844) 875-2288.
What is RTOO's expense ratio?
RTOO’s expense ratio is 0.75%, as stated on the fund page on November 12, 2026. It is the annual cost of running the fund as a percentage of assets and is reflected in returns rather than charged separately.
Does RTOO pay distributions?
RTOO’s distribution frequency is annual. The fund seeks long term capital appreciation from robotics companies rather than income. Any distribution amounts and dates are on the fund page.
What are the main risks of RTOO?
RTOO’s main risks are robotics and automation investing risks, concentration risk and foreign securities risk. It also carries IPO risk, equity market risk and economic and market risk, and as a new fund from a recently formed firm it has no extensive track record. Investments involve risk, including possible loss of principal.
How does technological change affect robotics companies?
Robotics companies face rapid technological evolution, high research and development costs and competition from global industrial, semiconductor and software providers. Shifts in AI, computer vision and automation software can quickly change which products succeed. Investments involve risk, including possible loss of principal.
Why are robotics companies sensitive to the economy?
Robotics and automation demand depends on industrial production, capital spending cycles and adoption rates across manufacturing, logistics, transportation and commercial sectors. Systems integrators can be hurt by slower factory activity, labor market changes and weaker finances at their industrial customers. Investments involve risk, including possible loss of principal.
What supply chain risks do robotics companies face?
Robot hardware makers depend on semiconductors, sensors, actuators and specialized materials, and can be hurt by shortages, manufacturing delays or limits on precision engineering capacity. These constraints can delay deliveries and raise costs. Investments involve risk, including possible loss of principal.
What regulatory risks apply to autonomous robots?
Companies deploying autonomous mobility or warehouse and logistics automation may face regulatory constraints, safety and liability concerns, and different regional standards for autonomous technology, which can slow adoption or raise costs. Investments involve risk, including possible loss of principal.
Does RTOO invest outside the US?
Yes. RTOO invests in global robotics companies, so it can hold companies listed outside the United States. Non-US securities can be more volatile, foreign markets may be less developed or liquid, and political and economic developments abroad, including sanctions, can affect them. Investments involve risk, including possible loss of principal.
Can RTOO buy shares in IPOs?
Yes. RTOO may purchase securities of companies offered in an initial public offering. IPO shares can fluctuate considerably because there is no prior public market and information about the issuer may be limited, and while the fund’s assets are small, IPOs can have a magnified effect on its performance. Investments involve risk, including possible loss of principal.
Is RTOO a new fund?
Yes. RTOO launched on July 15, 2026, so investors do not have an extensive track record on which to base decisions. VistaShares is a recently formed firm with limited experience managing ETFs. Investments involve risk, including possible loss of principal.
Is RTOO a good investment?
RTOO is designed to seek long term capital appreciation by investing in global robotics companies, from components and software to complete robotic systems, as a thematic allocation alongside core equity holdings. It carries robotics and automation investing risks, including sensitivity to capital spending cycles, industry concentration risk and foreign securities risk. Whether RTOO is appropriate depends on your objectives and circumstances; discuss it with your financial advisor and read the prospectus.
A robotics investment cycle, from factories to humanoids
Industrial robots perform tasks such as assembly, welding and material handling. Advances in machine vision, artificial intelligence and motion control may expand the range of tasks robots can perform, including through emerging humanoid systems.
We believe these developments could support investment in both established industrial automation and new robotics applications. Adoption will depend on reliability, safety and whether systems deliver sufficient value relative to their cost.
The VistaShares Robotics Supercycle® ETF (RTOO) invests in global robotics companies, including component suppliers, sensing and control technology providers, and businesses developing or integrating complete robotic systems.
The components behind robotic capabilities
Robots need mechanisms to move, sensors to interpret their surroundings and computing and control systems to coordinate actions. Industrial and humanoid robots share some technologies but differ in their requirements for precision, dexterity, mobility and power.
RTOO uses our Bill of Materials approach to examine these requirements across motors, actuators, precision gears, sensors, controllers, computing and power systems. This analysis helps identify suppliers and inform portfolio construction.
Industrial automation is sensitive to capital-spending cycles, while widespread commercial adoption of humanoid robots remains uncertain. Technological change and competition can adversely affect both.
ETF Objective
The VistaShares Robotics Supercycle® ETF seeks long term capital appreciation by actively investing in a portfolio of global robotics companies that derive their revenues from robotics hardware, components and subsystems; sensing, perception, compute and software stacks; industrial, manufacturing and logistics automation; healthcare and laboratory robotics; defense, consumer and service robotics; and humanoid and general-purpose robotics platforms.
Managed with domain expertise
존 맥닐
공동 창립자
존은 현재 벤처 스튜디오인 DVx Ventures의 CEO이자 공동 창립자입니다. 존은 6개의 회사를 설립하고 성장시킨 경력을 가지고 있으며, 수만 개의 일자리를 창출하고 투자자들에게 수십억 달러의 수익을 창출한 팀을 이끌었습니다. DVx에서 존과 그의 팀은 대규모 시장에서 광범위한 기회를 겨냥한 13개의 회사를 설립했습니다.
이전에는 존은 테슬라의 사장으로 재직하면서 매출이 단 30개월 만에 2억 달러에서 20억 달러로 성장했습니다. 이후 존은 리프트의 COO로 합류하여 매출을 두 배로 늘리고 회사를 상장시키는 데 핵심적인 역할을 수행했습니다. 유니콘을 창출한 실리콘밸리 기업가로 6번이나 성공한 경력을 가진 존은 매출 및 운영 측면에서 극대화된 성장을 거치는 시기에 기업 운영과 확장 과정에서 풍부한 경험을 가지고 있으며, 9배의 수익성을 창출했습니다. 투자자들입니다.
존은 현재 Advent International과 Goodwater Capital에서 자문 파트너로 활동하고 있으며, Cruise의 이사회 부의장으로 활동하고 있습니다. 또한 그는 General Motors, Asurion, CrossFit, Stash 및 Lululemon의 이사회 회원으로도 활동하고 있습니다. Lululemon 이사회에서 재임 중이던 그는 회사의 재정 상태가 개선되어 주식 가치가 5배 증가했습니다.
존은 인기 있는 강연자이며, 하버드 비즈니스 스쿨과 MIT 슬론 경영대학원에서 강의를 자주 합니다. 존은 베인앤컴퍼니에서 경력을 시작하기 전에 노스웨스트 대학을 졸업했습니다.
로버트 위트레이
최고 투자 전략가
로버트 F. 위텔로우는 최근에 학부 대학장의 직을 맡았으며, 뉴욕대학교 레오나드 N. 스턴 경영대학의 에드워드 C. 존슨 3대 기업가금융 교수로서 계속해서 봉사하고 있다.
위트레이 교수는 시장 수준의 위험-수익 불일치를 해결하고 정보 처리의 역할이 과도한 변동성 요인을 설명하는 방안을 제시했으며, 마찰 요인들이 시장의 명백한 비효율성을 유발하는 요인이라는 점을 밝혀낸 등 경험적 자산 가격 결정에 관한 종합적인 연구로 가장 잘 알려져 있다. 그의 연구는 고정수익 증권의 가격 결정과 헤징, 그리고 위험 측정 및 관리에도 적용된다.
그의 논문은 재무학 저널(Journal of Finance), 금융경제학 저널(Journal of Financial Economics), 재무연구저널(Review of Financial Studies) 등 학술지에 게재되었으며, 파생상품 저널(Journal of Derivatives), 고정금리저널(Fixed Income, Risk), 재무분석가 저널(Financial Analysts Journal) 등 실무자들을 위한 저널에도 게재되었습니다. 그의 연구는 골드만삭스 자산운용 및 시카고 정량협회(Chicago Quantitative Alliance) 등 기관으로부터 상을 받았습니다. 또한 그는 국립경제연구원(NBER) 자산가격화 프로그램(Asset Pricing Program)의 연구조교이자 재무연구저널 및 재무학저널의 전임 부편집장입니다.
그는 스탠포드 경영대학원에서 금융학 박사 학위를 받았으며, MIT에서 수학 학사 학위를 받았습니다. 위트레일 교수는 MBA, 학부 및 임원 과정에서 포트폴리오 관리, 투자/자본시장, 국제금융을 가르치고 있으며, 박사 과정에서는 자산가격학을 가르치고 있습니다.
아담 파티
최고 경영 책임자
아담은 교환형 펀드 산업의 선구자입니다. VistaShares 설립 이전, Adam은 모든 투자자들의 포트폴리오 구축을 강화하기 위해 기관 수준의 대체 투자 전략과 ETF의 강력한 장점을 결합하겠다는 비전을 가지고 IndexIQ를 설립했습니다. IndexIQ는 ETF 업계의 선도적인 대체투자 관리사로 자리매김했으며, 2015년에 뉴욕 라이프 보험 회사에 인수되었습니다.
IndexIQ의 회장 겸 CEO로서 Adam은 IndexIQ의 수상 경력에 빛나는 대체투자 전략 제품 라인의 설계자였으며, 인수 후에는 회사를 뉴욕라이프 인베스트먼트의 인프라에 성공적으로 통합하는 데 힘써 왔으며, 이는 전 세계적으로 IndexIQ 브랜드의 ETF 출시를 포함합니다.
IndexIQ를 설립하기 전, 아담은 TimeWarner에서 일련의 고위 임원직을 맡았습니다. 그 중에서도 Fortune Magazine에서 Fortune Indexes의 리더 역할을 맡았습니다. Fortune Indexes는 최초의 스마트 베타 지수인 IndexIQ의 창시자입니다. 이 회사는 2000년 State Street Global Advisors와 협력하여 Fortune 500 ETF를 출시한 최초의 ETF 기업이기도 합니다.
아담은 종종 언론에 소개되며 ETF 및 대체투자 분야의 전문가로서 다수의 상을 받았습니다. 그는 노스웨스트 대학교(케일로그 경영대학)에서 금융, 마케팅 및 기업가 정신을 전공으로 삼고 MBA 학위를 받았으며, B.S. 학위를 취득했습니다. 알바니 대학교에서 금융학을 전공했습니다.
데이비드 페터스톤호
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데이비드는 DVx의 대표이며, 신규 사업 및 외부 투자에 대한 검토를 감독합니다. DVx에 합류하기 전, 데이비드는 글로벌 기술 투자 펀드인 Mithril Capital Management에서 근무했습니다. Mithril에서 데이비드는 투자팀에서 일하며 이종 투자 기회를 평가하고 포트폴리오 기업을 지원했습니다. 데이비드는 맥길 대학교를 졸업했습니다.
- 출시일
- July 15, 2026
- 비용 비율
- 0.75%
- 순자산
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- 타이커
- RTOO
- CUSIP
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- 주요 거래소
- 뉴욕 증권거래소
- 유통중인 주식 수
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- 지분 보유 수
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- 프리미엄/할인
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- 30일 평균 매수/매도 스프레드
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Median 30 Day Spread is a calculation of Fund’s median bid-ask spread, expressed as a percentage rounded to the nearest hundredth, computed by: identifying the Fund’s national best bid and national best offer as of the end of each 10 second interval during each trading day of the last 30 calendar days; dividing the difference between each such bid and offer by the midpoint of the national best bid and national best offer; and identifying the median of those values.
이펀드는 향후 어떻게 성과를 내는지에 대한 보장은 없습니다. 또한 특정 달에 지급될 지급금이 정해진 대로 이루어질 것이라는 보장은 없습니다. 또한 결과는 매우 달라질 수 있습니다.
- SEC 수익률 30일 평균
- --%
- 유통 빈도
- Annually
The 30-Day SEC Yield represents net investment income earned by the Fund over the 30-day period ended on the date indicated by the Yield, expressed as an annual percentage rate based on the Fund’s share price at the end of the 30-day period. The unsubsidized 30-Day SEC Yield does not reflect any fee waivers/reimbursements/limits in effect.
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주식 시장 위험요소. Common stocks are generally exposed to greater risk than other types of securities, such as preferred stock and debt obligations, because common stockholders generally have inferior rights to receive payment from specific issuers. The equity securities held in the Fund’s portfolio may experience sudden, unpredictable drops in value or long periods of decline in value.
Economic and Market Risk. Economies and financial markets throughout the world are becoming increasingly interconnected, which increases the likelihood that events or conditions in one country or region will adversely impact markets or issuers in other countries or regions. Securities in the Fund’s portfolio may underperform in comparison to securities in the general financial markets, a particular financial market, or other asset classes, due to a number of factors, including inflation (or expectations for inflation), deflation (or expectations for deflation), interest rates, global demand for particular products or resources, market instability, financial system instability, debt crises and downgrades, embargoes, tariffs, sanctions and other trade barriers, regulatory events, other governmental trade or market control programs and related geopolitical events.
Robotics & Automation Investing Risks. Companies engaged in the design, manufacture, integration, or deployment of robotics and automation systems may be affected by rapid technological evolution, high research and development costs, and competitive pressures from global industrial, semiconductor, and software providers. The robotics and automation industry is sensitive to trends in industrial production, capital-expenditure cycles, supply-chain conditions, and adoption rates of automation technologies across manufacturing, logistics, transportation, and commercial sectors. Hardware and component manufacturers may face risks associated with semiconductor availability, sensor and actuator supply constraints, manufacturing delays, and reliance on specialized materials or precision engineering capabilities. Systems integrators and industrial automation firms may be adversely affected by fluctuations in factory activity, labor market dynamics, and the financial health of industrial end-users. Software and control-system developers may encounter data-security vulnerabilities, interoperability challenges, intellectual-property risks, and rapid shifts in AI, computer-vision, and automation software architecture. Companies deploying autonomous mobility systems or warehouse/logistics automation may be subject to regulatory constraints, safety and liability considerations, and varying regional standards governing autonomous technologies. These combined factors may cause companies in the robotics and automation industry to experience periods of significant volatility and performance that differs materially from the broader equity market.
Concentration Risk. To the extent that the Fund concentrates in an industry, it will be subject to the risk that economic, political, or other conditions that have a negative effect on that industry will negatively impact the Fund to a greater extent than if its assets were invested in a wider variety of industries.
Foreign Securities Risk. Investments in securities or other instruments of non-U.S. issuers involve certain risks not involved in domestic investments and may experience more rapid and extreme changes in value than investments in securities of U.S. companies. Financial markets in foreign countries often are not as developed, efficient, or liquid as financial markets in the United States, and therefore, the prices of non-U.S. securities and instruments can be more volatile. In addition, the Fund will be subject to risks associated with adverse political and economic developments in foreign countries, which may include the imposition of economic sanctions.
IPO Risk. The Fund may purchase securities of companies that are offered in an IPO. The risk exists that the market value of IPO shares will fluctuate considerably due to factors such as the absence of a prior public market, unseasoned trading, the small number of shares available for trading and limited information about the issuer. When the Fund’s asset base is small, a significant portion of the Fund’s performance could be attributable to investments in IPOs, because such investments would have a magnified impact on the Fund.
Newer Sub-Adviser Risk. VistaShares is a recently formed entity and has limited experience with managing an exchange-traded fund, which may limit the Sub-Adviser’s effectiveness.