SGI Enhanced Global Income ETF
$35.60+0.04 (+0.12%)
- 0.99%
- $103M
- +26.0%
- 2.25%
- 0M sh
- $35.31
- low $28.97high $37.38
The ETF.net GINX Grade
B
Score 58 out of 100
- 17 of 51
Score 58 of 100 falls in the B band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.C40 out of 100Rank 29 of 51Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.B69 out of 100Rank 11 of 46Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.B65 out of 100Rank 11 of 51Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.A82 out of 100Rank 7 of 42Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.B66 out of 100Rank 13 of 51
Our read on GINX
BMost premium-income funds sell calls against the stocks they own. GINX splits the job: global-equity ETFs form the core, while a daily credit call spread program on US indexes does the income work. Actively managed, paid quarterly.
The Fund seeks current income as its primary objective and capital appreciation as its secondary objective. It is actively managed and combines global-equity ETFs with daily index credit call spreads to generate income.
Why people hold it
- The income engine is an options overlay on US indexes (daily credit call spreads), not covered calls written against the fund's own holdings.
- The equity core is a basket of global-equity ETFs, reaching past the US large-cap block that most option-income funds recycle.
- Credit spreads are defined-risk by construction: the long call sitting above the short one caps what the option leg can give back in a rally.
- Income is the stated first objective and capital appreciation the second, with cash paid out on a quarterly schedule.
Worth knowing
- At 0.99%, the fee sits at the pricier end of the option-income shelf. Peers running similar overlays, PAPI and DIVO among them, charge less.
- Thinly traded with a modest asset base, so bid-ask spreads tend to be wider than at the giants of the category.
- Launched in 2024, so the daily-spread machinery has been tested across a short stretch of market conditions.
GINX Holdings
- Stocks
- 134
- 24%
- DVYE
Sectors
- Financials38.0%
- Health Care12.0%
- Energy10.2%
- Industrials8.7%
- Technology8.5%
- Consumer Staples7.7%
- Utilities5.0%
- Consumer Discretionary3.6%
- Materials3.1%
- Communication1.9%
- Real Estate1.6%
Geography
- United States51.88%
- United Kingdom6.29%
- Canada5.13%
- Japan5.00%
- Italy4.98%
- France4.48%
- Switzerland3.64%
- Germany3.28%
- 15.32%
Developed 90% · Emerging 10%
GINX Performance
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GINX$12,597
Returns run to the Oct 12, 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 | GINX |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +15.2% |
| 1 month | −3.3% |
| 3 months | +1.1% |
| 1 year | +26.0% |
| 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 | GINX |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +15.2% | |
| 2025 | +25.0% | |
| 2024 | +5.7% |
GINX in the news
Category Review
The payout and the result came apart in option-income funds
GINX Dividends
- 2.25%
- $0.80
- $0.15 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
GINX Risk
- 9.8%
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.
- 1.26
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.
- −12.5%
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.
- 0.53
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
GINX Cost
0.99%
GINX0.99%
- The middle half of Active Option Income funds
- Median 0.95%
28 of the 51 Active Option Income funds charge less.
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