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DENT Tactical ETF

  • Symbol

    DENT

  • Exchange

    NYSE

  • Inception Date

    09/15/2009

  • CUSIP

    00768Y107

  • Management Fee

    .95%

  • Total Exp Ratio

    1.56%

  • Indicative Value

    DENT.IV

How the Dent Tactical ETF Works

The investment objective of the Dent Tactical ETF (NYSE Ticker: DENT) is long term growth of capital. DENT seeks to achieve its investment objective by identifying, through proprietary economic and demographic analysis, the overall trend of the U.S. and global economies and how consumer spending patterns may change based on this analysis. Then, the portfolio manager implements an investment strategy using ETFs (exchange traded funds) across several asset classes such as domestic and foreign equities, domestic or foreign fixed income or commodities. The portfolio manager systematically selects some of the strongest performing asset classes and invests in the specific ETFs that gains exposure to the target allocation. The portfolio is monitored daily given market changes and the portfolio can be reallocated at any time using a sell discipline designed to mitigate risk.
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Why Invest in DENT

An investment in DENT can provide investors with a tactically managed investment vehicle as part of a core strategy or as a complement to a core strategy. The actively managed ETF structure provides daily transparency of holdings.

5 Key Attributes

  1. Demographics - The portfolio manager utilizes the proprietary economic and demographic analysis to seek favorable investment allocations in different asset classes.
  2. Tactical - A tactical investment approach that overweights and underweights different market allocations utilizing ETFs and cash when the portfolio manager doesn’t find attractive areas of the market for investment.
  3. Risk Mitigated - Investment process includes ongoing analysis of the market, a stringent sell discipline and an overall quantitative approach to remove the emotion from the investment decision making process.
  4. Expertise - Harry S. Dent Jr. and Rodney Johnson have significant capital market experience utilizing demographic trend analysis and global economic data.
  5. Active - An actively managed investment strategy that may allocate to cash in certain market conditions. Experienced portfolio managers have the ability to make changes to stay in tuned with changing market conditions.

About The Dent Method

The Dent Method is a long-term economic forecasting tool based on demographic trends. It is used to forecast the health of the economy as well as the future direction of the stock market by identifying long-term trends that help build an overall financial picture. The Dent Method utilizes a proprietary model developed by Harry S. Dent Jr. and looks at demographic and spending trends in economic data such as consumption demand and consumer spending as it related to people’s age and stage of life.

About the Portfolio Managers

Harry S. Dent, Jr. Mr Dent is the developer of The Dent Method - an economic forecasting approach based on changes in demographic trends. In his book The Great Boom Ahead, published in 1992, Harry S. Dent, Jr. stood virtually alone in accurately forecasting the unanticipated “Boom” of the 1990s. Since 1992 Harry S. Dent, Jr. has authored numerous best sellers also publishes the HS Dent Forecast newsletter, which offers current analysis of economic and financial market trends. Harry S. Dent, Jr. received his MBA from Harvard Business School, where he was a Baker Scholar and was elected to the Century Club for leadership excellence. Since 1988 Harry S. Dent, Jr. has been speaking to executives, financial advisors and investors around the world. Harry S. Dent, Jr. has appeared on “Good Morning America”, PBS, CNBC, CNN/FN, and has been featured in Barron’s, Investor’s Business Daily, Entrepreneur, Fortune, Success, US News and World Report, Business Week, The Wall Street Journal and American Demographics.

Rodney Johnson Mr Johnson is the President of HS Dent Investment Management and a member of the HS Dent Investment Committee. For the over a decade he has worked extensively with Harry Dent, prominent author, consultant and investment strategist, in the development of the Dent Method of asset allocation and investment strategies. Mr. Johnson is a graduate of Georgetown University and holds an MBA from Southern Methodist University. He has worked in the financial services industry for over twenty years.

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Price History

As of: 03/09/2010
NAV$20.02Closing Price$19.98
Change$0.05Change$0.32
Shares Outstanding1,355,000Volume24,130
4PM Bid/Offer Midpoint$20.00Premium/Discount($0.02)
Premium/Discount Historical Data

Holdings

As of: 03/09/2010
TickerNameWeight
VBVANGUARD SMALL CAP ETF9.93%
XLYConsumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR9.85%
RSPRydex S&P Equal Weight ETF9.84%
VOVANGUARD MID-CAP ETF9.84%
XLIIndustrial Select Sector SPDR9.83%
IJJISHARES S&P MIDCAP 400/VALUE9.83%
IYTISHARES DOW JONES U.S. TRANSPORTATION AVERAGE IND.9.82%
SDYSPDR S&P DIVIDEND ETF9.79%
PFFISHARES S&P US PREFERRED STOCK INDEX FUND9.69%
XSDSPDR S&P SEMICONDUCTOR ETF9.67%
All remaining percentage of the portfolio not invested is held in cash or cash equivalents. Shares are bought and sold at market price (closing price) not NAV and are not individually redeemed from the Fund. Market price returns are based on the midpoint of the bid/ask spread at 4:00 pm Eastern Time (when NAV is normally determined), and do not represent the return you would receive if you traded at other times. Holdings and allocations are subject to risks and to change.