SGDM

About SGDM

The Fund employs a “passive management” – or indexing – investment approach designed to track the performance of the Underlying Index. The Underlying Index aims to track the performance of gold and silver mining companies whose stocks are traded on major U.S. exchanges. In addition to common stock or American Depository Receipts (“ADRs”) of gold mining companies, the Underlying Index may include common stock or ADRs of silver mining companies. The Underlying Index is compiled by Zacks Index Services (the “Index Provider”).   In order to be included in the Underlying Index, gold or silver mining companies must be traded on one or more major U.S. exchanges, have a minimum per share price of $2 and have a minimum market capitalization of at least $1 billion (or if a market capitalization of $400 million to $1 billion, have a minimum average daily price volume of $800,000). If these rules result in fewer than 25 eligible constituents, the remaining gold or silver mining companies will be ranked according to market capitalization and average daily price volume, and the highest ranking companies – i.e., those with the larger and more liquid common stock – will become eligible constituents for the Underlying Index. At least 80% of the Underlying Index (by weight) must consist of gold mining companies while no more than 20% may consist of silver mining companies.   The Underlying Index employs a modified market capitalization weighted methodology such that each constituent comprises no more than 18% of the weight of the Underlying Index as of each rebalance, provided that, as of each rebalance, no more than 45% of the weight of the Underlying Index may consist of constituents comprising greater than 5% of the weight of the Underlying Index. The Underlying Index is reconstituted and rebalanced quarterly after the close of the third Friday of February, May, August and November.   The Fund will normally invest at least 90% of its net assets in securities that comprise the Underlying Index.