AVGE vs HXE

AVGEAAvantis All Equity Markets ETF

HXE—Mast HedgeIndex Adaptive Equities ETF

In short

AVGE Avantis's whole-world equity portfolio in one ticker: a fund built from its own factor ETFs across US, developed and emerging markets, tilted toward smaller and cheaper stocks, at 0.23% a year with no waiver involved.

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Stated mandate

AVGE The fund seeks long-term capital appreciation through a broadly diversified equity portfolio. It invests directly or through Avantis ETFs and emphasizes companies expected to offer higher returns or better risk characteristics than a passive, market-cap-weighted index.

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Why people hold it

• AVGE One ticker, the whole map: it owns a series of other Avantis ETFs spanning US, developed international and emerging markets.avantisinvestors.com
• 0.23% a year, below the typical global active equity fund, and that is the real number, not a temporary waiver.
• No closet indexing. The mandate emphasizes companies Avantis expects to offer higher returns or better risk traits than a passive, cap-weighted index.ifa.com
• Sits among the strongest implementations in its global active equity peer group, and it pays shareholders quarterly.

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Worth knowing

• AVGE At the fund level you hold a handful of Avantis ETFs, so the stock-level diversification is look-through and one firm's research drives the entire stack.avantisinvestors.com
• The prospectus targets roughly 70% US equity (band 63% to 77%), so the geographic mix follows Avantis's policy rather than global market weights.ifa.com
• A close sibling, AVTM, covers total equity markets at 0.22% with no waiver attached.

HXE —No data

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