Bluemonte Large Cap Core ETF
$32.21−0.23 (−0.71%)
- Expense ratio
- 0.28%
- Fund size
- $361M
- 1Y return
- +15.7%
- Yield · Last 12 months
- Data unavailable
- Holdings
- 4
- Volume · 30D
- 0M sh
- NAV per share
- $31.80
- 52W range
The ETF.net BLUC Grade
Score 48 of 100 sits in the C band. Bands: A ≥ 70, B ≥ 55, C ≥ 40, D ≥ 25, F < 25; the scale skips E.
Cost
What you pay to own it — the expense ratio plus trading frictions, ranked within its category.CScore 43Category rankMission
How faithfully it does the job it claims — tracking its mandate or index with minimal slippage.AScore 74Category rankRisk
How violently it can move — volatility, drawdown depth, and downside capture versus its category.DScore 30Category rankTradability
How cheaply and easily you can get in and out — liquidity, spread, and premium/discount stability.CScore 48Category rankHoldings
What it actually owns — the quality, breadth, and concentration of the underlying portfolio.DScore 26Category rankDurability
Whether it will still be here — the fund’s assets, age, flows, and issuer staying power.CScore 48Category rank
Our read on BLUC
CActive large-cap management that shops other issuers' shelves. BLUC assembles its core position mostly out of unaffiliated ETFs and charges 0.25% for the assembly, pricing that is rare on an actively managed fund.
The Fund seeks capital growth through active management and normally invests at least 80% of its assets in investments providing exposure to large-capitalization companies, primarily through unaffiliated ETFs. Those underlying funds may invest in domestic and international equities and real-estate-related securities or instruments.
Why people hold it
- 0.25% a year, far below the typical fee in its active global-equity peer group and level with index-plus names like AVGE.
- Open architecture by design: at least 80% of assets target large-cap exposure, primarily through unaffiliated ETFs, so the manager can use any issuer's building blocks.
- The mandate reaches past US blue chips. Underlying funds may hold domestic and international equities plus real-estate-related securities.
- A 2025 launch that already stands among the stronger entries in its active global-equity peer group, and it pays shareholders quarterly.
Worth knowing
- Funds inside a fund: the underlying ETFs charge their own fees, which stack on top of BLUC's 0.25%.
- Not one of the busier tickers in its category. Spreads on lightly traded ETFs can widen, which is why limit orders are standard practice.
- It opened in June 2025, so there is not yet a full market cycle of history behind the manager's calls.
BLUC Holdings
- Stocks
- 4
- 100%
- SPYM
Sectors
- Technology43.3%
- Communication11.3%
- Financials9.9%
- Consumer Discr.9.8%
- Health Care8.0%
- Industrials7.1%
- Cons. Staples3.6%
- Energy2.6%
- Real Estate1.5%
- Utilities1.4%
- Materials1.4%
Geography
- United States100.00%
BLUC Performance
Shows how $10,000 changes over the selected period, with cash distributions reinvested at the closing price on each ex-dividend date.
Returns run to the Sep 22, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | BLUC |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +13.4% |
| 1 month | +2.0% |
| 3 months | +4.6% |
| 1 year | +15.7% |
| 3 years | — |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | BLUC |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +13.4% | |
| 2025 | +14.0% |
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BLUC Dividends
- $0.04 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution data unavailable.
Distribution history
| Ex-date | Pay date | Amount per share |
|---|---|---|
| Jun 26, 2026 | Jun 30, 2026 | $0.04 |
| Mar 27, 2026 | Mar 31, 2026 | $0.03 |
| Dec 30, 2025 | Dec 31, 2025 | $0.05 |
| Sep 29, 2025 | Sep 30, 2025 | $0.08 |
BLUC Risk
- 13.6%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- 1.12
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −10.7%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 1.11
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
BLUC Cost
- The middle half of US Large-Cap funds
- Median 0.20%
15 of the 28 US Large-Cap funds charge less.