ALPHAGLIDER CORE GLOBAL
MODERATELY CONSERVATIVE STRATEGY (AG-MC)
December 31, 2024
AG-MC DESCRIPTION
The AlphaGlider Core Global Moderately Conservative Strategy (AG-MC) is a broadly diversified1 strategy, primarily utilizing exchange-traded funds (ETFs)2 to achieve exposure across multiple asset classes, industries, and geographic regions. Of the five core investment strategies offered by AlphaGlider, AG-MC is the second most conservative. AG-MC strives to deliver strong risk-adjusted returns over a full market cycle to investors with lower tolerances to risk, and short to medium investment horizons. AlphaGlider anticipates fixed income to make up greater than 30% of AG-MC, and equities to make up between 10% and 70%.
Inception: March 31, 2013
Strategy Manager: Doug Kirkpatrick, CFA
Fund Management Fee:3 5bps (0.05%)
AG-MC Benchmark:4 60% Bloomberg Barclays US Aggregate Bond Index5 and 40% MSCI ACWI IMI, TR Net6
Number of Funds: 18 (17 trade commission-free)
Fund Suppliers: Vanguard ETFs & Mutual Funds, State Street Global Advisors SPDR ETFs, Schwab ETFs, and Invesco ETFs
AG-MC VALUATIONS7 & ACTIVE DEVIATIONS FROM BENCHMARK
Active Deviations from Benchmark:
slightly underweight equities
significantly underweight domestic equities
underweight communications and technology sectors
significantly overweight foreign developed equities, overweight emerging market equities
overweight real estate, utilities, basic materials, and industrials sectors
neutral fixed income
underweight duration (lower sensitivity to changes in interest rates), and securitized and fixed-rate government bonds
significantly overweight inflation-protected securities (lower sensitivity to changes in inflation)
overweight alternatives (market neutral equity)
overweight cash
AG-MC ASSET CLASS ALLOCATION
AG-MC EQUITY ALLOCATION — BY REGION
AG-MC EQUITY ALLOCATION — BY SECTOR
AG-MC FIXED INCOME ALLOCATION — BY REGION
AG-MC FIXED INCOME ALLOCATION — BY SECTOR
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