DWUS: 4th Quarter 2021 Portfolio Review
Strategy
Performance & Holdings
DWUS continues to have an overweighting to growth in its overall large cap core exposure. DWUS maintains its exposure to large cap growth and blend. For the year 2021, DWUS returned 19.78% while its benchmark, the S&P 500 Index, returned 26.89%.
Top Holding(s)
The portfolio continues to be allocated to securities that we believe to display favorable relative strength characteristics. The portfolio is made up of two ETFs, both of which have shown high relative strength versus the broad market. Growth areas in the market have picked up momentum over the last couple of months and the portfolio remains in growth. Its next evaluation period will be at the beginning of February, in which some changes may occur.
| Ticker | Security Description | Portfolio Weight % |
| RSP | INVESCO S&P 500 EQUAL WEIGHT | 50.04% |
| QQQ | INVESCO QQQ TRUST SERIES 1 | 49.76% |
Top Underlying Stock Exposure
| Ticker | Security Description | Portfolio Weight % |
| AAPL | Apple Inc. | 5.66% |
| MSFT | Microsoft Corporation | 4.92% |
| AMZN | Amazon.com, Inc. | 3.33% |
| TSLA | Tesla Inc | 2.13% |
| NVDA | NVIDIA Corporation | 2.07% |
| GOOG | Alphabet Inc. Class C | 1.80% |
| GOOGL | Alphabet Inc. Class A | 1.71% |
| AVGO | Broadcom Inc. | 0.97% |
| CSCO | Cisco Systems, Inc. | 0.96% |
| NFLX | Netflix, Inc. | 0.95% |
As of 12.31.2021. Cash not included.
Sector Allocation
Given the overweighting of growth in DWUS, Information Technology has the largest sector exposure with 32.21%. Following behind Information Technology are Consumer Discretionary, and Communication Services. Sectors that have little to no exposure are Energy, Materials, Utilities, Real Estate, and Financials. DWUS has no sector caps which allows it to fully take advantage of dispersion between different sectors.
As of 12.31.2021.
Respectfully,
Nasdaq Dorsey Wright
AdvisorShares Dorsey Wright FSM US Core ETF (DWUS) Portfolio Strategist
Past Commentary
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