CGGO vs FFND

CGGOACapital Group Global Growth Equity ETF

FFNDCOne Global ETF

In short

CGGO Capital Group's global stock-pickers, wrapped in an ETF: about 100 growth companies picked one at a time, at home and abroad, for 0.47% when the typical active rival in its group charges 0.85%.

FFND An active global stock picker with a lever most equity ETFs lack: short positions, used to hedge or pursue returns in falling markets. Roughly 90 holdings, a 0.98% expense ratio, and a 2025 overhaul that renamed it and widened the map.

Stated mandate

CGGO The fund seeks long-term growth of capital by investing primarily in common stocks and cash or money market instruments. Its strategy emphasizes companies with significant growth potential using a bottom-up analysis.

FFND The Fund seeks capital appreciation through active investing. Its strategy may include short positions in equity securities for hedging or to pursue returns in declining markets.

Why people hold it

• CGGO At 0.47%, the cheapest fund in its global-growth peer group and roughly half the 0.85% cohort median. Rivals like TMFG and PCGG sit at 0.85%; FFND is far higher.
• A multi-billion-dollar fund that trades actively, so getting in and out is among the smoother experiences in this corner of the market.
• Concentrated without being narrow: roughly 100 names, chosen bottom-up on company-level growth potential rather than sliced from an index.
• Stands in the top quartile of its nine-fund active global growth cohort, one of the stronger implementations of the idea.

• FFND Its prospectus allows short positions in equities, for hedging or to capture returns in down markets. That is a tool most long-only global growth funds simply do not carry.futurefundetf.com
• A compact, high-conviction book of roughly 90 stocks, so individual picks carry real weight instead of being diluted across hundreds of names.
• The 2025 rework was substantive, not cosmetic: new name, broadened strategy, a new primary benchmark, and a lowered advisory fee with breakpoints that step down as assets grow.sec.govsec.gov 2

Worth knowing

• CGGO Fully active and growth-tilted. There is no index backstop, and the ride tends to be bumpier than a broad-market fund.
• Distributions arrive annually or semiannually, so this is built around capital growth rather than a regular income stream.
• Launched in 2022, so the ETF's own record is short even though the manager is a long-established shop.

• FFND At 0.98%, the expense ratio sits above the category median for global growth funds, where cheaper active options exist (CGGO charges 0.47%).
• Thinly traded. Bid-ask spreads can run wider than on heavily traded funds, so the mechanics of getting in and out matter more here.
• Shorting cuts both ways: the prospectus notes a short position loses value when the shorted stock's price rises, which can offset gains on the long side.futurefundetf.com

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