FFOX vs TACU

FFOXDFundX Future Fund Opportunities ETF

TACUAT. Rowe Price Active Core U.S. Equity ETF

In short

FFOX An active, go-anywhere hunt for capital appreciation in small and mid-cap companies, using ADRs to reach names listed overseas. A 2025 launch priced like a boutique, in a peer group ruled by cheap systematic large-cap funds.

TACU T. Rowe Price's quant-plus-fundamental take on core large-cap U.S. stock, benchmarked to the Russell 1000. Gross fee 0.14%, fully waived to zero through January 30, 2027.

Stated mandate

FFOX The fund seeks capital appreciation. It invests in equity securities and ADRs of small- to mid-capitalization companies, using a generally long-term investment approach.

TACU The fund seeks long-term capital growth through a primarily U.S. equity portfolio. It combines quantitative models with fundamental, bottom-up analysis and seeks excess returns relative to the Russell 1000 Index.

Why people hold it

• FFOX Genuinely go-anywhere: small- and mid-cap equities plus ADRs spanning the US, developed international and emerging markets, all in one actively managed sleeve.
• The stated mandate is long-term ownership of smaller companies rather than fast turnover, which is a clearer promise than most active funds make in writing.
• Plain equity wrapper. No leverage multiple, no buffer period, no options overlay to decode before you can read the holdings.

• TACU Fee fully waived: 0.14% gross, zero net through January 30, 2027. That sits below every top-scoring peer in the category, including DFAU at 0.12% with no waiver.troweprice.com
• Quant models feed bottom-up stock picking with tilts to profitability, quality and value, chasing excess return over the Russell 1000 while holding tracking error tight.troweprice.com
• Several hundred large-cap names, so no single position runs the show. One of the stronger profiles in a crowded active U.S. equity field.troweprice.com

Worth knowing

• FFOX The 1.02% fee sits near the top of the active equity range. The group's highest-graded names, DFAU and AVLC among them, run well under 0.20%.
• Small and thinly traded, so bid-ask spreads can run wider and the market price can sit further from net asset value than in a heavily traded fund.
• Launched in 2025, so the record here is short, and distributions come only once or twice a year. Built around price appreciation, not a paycheck.

• TACU Launched in December 2025, so the live record is short and the risk read rests on limited history.
• Still a small fund that trades lightly, which can mean wider spreads than the category's giants.
• Distributions are annual at most, with no declared income target. This is a growth mandate, not a cash-flow one.

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