BRKW vs MSFW

BRKWCRoundhill BRKB WeeklyPay ETF

MSFWBRoundhill MSFT WeeklyPay ETF

In short

BRKW Berkshire Hathaway is the blue-chip outlier in Roundhill's WeeklyPay lineup of high-beta tech tickers. BRKW wraps it in swaps targeting 1.2x Berkshire's weekly total return, with a payout every week, for 1.00% a year.

MSFW Most leveraged single-stock funds reset daily at 2x. MSFW dials it down: 1.2 times Microsoft's calendar-week total return, a payout every week, 1.00% with no fee waiver.

Stated mandate

BRKW BRKW seeks weekly distributions and calendar-week returns before fees and expenses equal to 1.2 times the calendar-week total return of Berkshire Hathaway common shares.

MSFW MSFW seeks to provide weekly distributions and calendar-week returns, before fees and expenses, equal to 1.2 times the calendar-week total return of Microsoft common shares.

Why people hold it

• BRKW Gentle leverage by single-stock standards: 1.2 times, not 2x or 3x, and exposure resets weekly rather than daily, so a single rough session does not reset the whole trade.sec.gov
• Weekly by design: the swap resets at the last close of each week and pays a coupon into the fund, which is the engine behind the weekly distribution.sec.gov
• Costs 1.00% a year with no waiver in play, in line with the typical fund in its single-stock income category and the same sticker as stablemates AAPW and MSFW at 1.00%.
• The reference is Berkshire Hathaway common shares, and the fund's measured volatility sits at the calmer end of the leveraged single-stock crowd.

• MSFW Leverage resets by calendar week, not daily. Hold it a full week and you get the 1.2x target; the day-by-day compounding drift of daily-reset funds is not the mechanism here.roundhillinvestments.com
• 1.2x is a gentler dial than the 2x single-stock crowd: 20% more Microsoft, up weeks and down weeks alike.roundhillinvestments.com
• Weekly distributions are the fund's primary stated objective, with the 1.2x weekly return second. The schedule is the point, not a side effect.roundhillinvestments.com
• At 1.00%, no fee waiver, it sits near its category median and matches Roundhill siblings AAPW and AMDW at 1.00%, and it has stayed close to its stated weekly target.

Worth knowing

• BRKW Weekly, not daily: inside a week the move can drift from 1.2 times the stock, and the filings say plainly it is not built for investors seeking daily exposure.sec.govroundhillinvestments.com
• A small fund that trades lightly and only launched in 2025, so limit orders and a glance at the spread earn their keep.
• Distributions can include return of capital, which reduces your cost basis. A big payout rate is not the same thing as a big total return.sec.gov

• MSFW Roundhill expects a significant share of the weekly payout to be return of capital: your own money back, trimming cost basis rather than adding income.roundhillinvestments.com
• The 1.2x works both ways, amplifying down weeks by about 20%, and the fund takes no defensive positions when Microsoft slides.roundhillinvestments.com
• A 2025 launch that still trades thinly next to mainstream single-stock funds, so limit orders help. Exposure runs through total return swaps, which carry counterparty risk.roundhillinvestments.com

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