Data as of .
CBLS vs FFLS: which moved less with stocks?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, CBLS moved less with the S&P 500 than FFLS: correlation +0.36 against +0.69.
ETFIQ Diversifier Score: CBLS scores higher
How much does it diversify a stock portfolio?
A percentile among the 63 alternatives ETFs with a full year. It is a position in a set, not a rating, and neither end of it is a recommendation. All alternatives ETFs ranked by it · How it is computed
One strategy, two funds
CBLS and FFLS both run a long-short equity strategy. Over the same 52 weeks to Sep 18, 2026, CBLS’s weekly returns had a correlation of +0.36 with the S&P 500 and FFLS’s +0.69. In the 22 weeks the index fell, by 1.24% a week on average, CBLS averaged −0.18% and FFLS −1.05%. Over the same weeks, CBLS finished 5.7 percentage points ahead of cash and FFLS finished 8.3 points behind cash.
Performance, window by window
| Window | Total return | vs the S&P 500 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| CBLS | FFLS | CBLS | FFLS | |
| 3 months | −7.1% | +0.6% | −9.3 pts | −1.7 pts |
| 6 months | +7.6% | +4.9% | −10.4 pts | −13.1 pts |
| 1 year | +9.9% | −5.0% | −6.7 pts | −21.6 pts |
| 3 years | +64.1% | +28.9% | −14.3 pts | −49.5 pts |
| Since launch | +55.5% | +28.6% | −75.2 pts | −53.6 pts |
| CBLS Clough Hedged Equity ETF Long-short equity fund: owns stocks and sells others short, so part of its exposure to the stock market cancels out | FFLS The Future Fund Long/Short ETF Long-short equity fund: owns stocks and sells others short, so part of its exposure to the stock market cancels out | |
|---|---|---|
| Issuer | Clough | The Future Fund |
| Strategy | Long-short equity | Long-short equity |
| Correlation with the S&P 500 | +0.36 | +0.69 |
| Beta to the S&P 500 | +0.40 | +0.64 |
| Down-week capture | 14.5% | 84.7% |
| Average week when the S&P 500 fell | −0.18% | −1.05% |
| The S&P 500 in those weeks | −1.24% | −1.24% |
| Total return, same 52 weeks | +9.3% | −4.7% |
| Against T-bills, percentage points | +5.7 pts | −8.3 pts |
| Expense ratio | 1.89% | 1.24% |
| Listed | Nov 13, 2020 | Jun 21, 2023 |
| Net assets | $53m | $43m |
CBLS in plain words
CBLS is a long-short equity fund. ETFIQ measures what every alternatives fund is sold on: whether it moves differently from the stock market. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, its weekly returns had a correlation of +0.36 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of +0.40, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.40% the same way. The S&P 500 fell in 22 of those 52 weeks, by 1.24% on average. In the same weeks CBLS fell 0.18% on average, a down-week capture of 14.5%. Over the same 52 weeks CBLS returned +9.3% and a Treasury bill fund +3.6%, so it finished 5.7 percentage points ahead of cash.
FFLS in plain words
FFLS is a long-short equity fund. Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, its weekly returns had a correlation of +0.69 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of +0.64, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.64% the same way. In the same weeks FFLS fell 1.05% on average, a down-week capture of 84.7%. Over the same 52 weeks FFLS returned −4.7% and a Treasury bill fund +3.6%, so it finished 8.3 percentage points behind cash.
Questions people ask
- Which moved less with the S&P 500, CBLS or FFLS?
- Over the 52 weeks to Sep 18, 2026, CBLS’s weekly returns had a correlation of +0.36 with the S&P 500 and FFLS’s +0.69, so CBLS moved less with the index.
- Which did better when the S&P 500 fell, CBLS or FFLS?
- In the 22 weeks the S&P 500 fell, by 1.24% a week on average, CBLS averaged −0.18% and FFLS −1.05%, so CBLS returned more in those weeks.
- Which earned more than cash, CBLS or FFLS?
- Over the same weeks, CBLS finished 5.7 percentage points ahead of cash and FFLS finished 8.3 percentage points behind cash. Cash here is BIL, a fund of Treasury bills.
- Which is cheaper, CBLS or FFLS?
- CBLS charges 1.89% a year and FFLS charges 1.24%, so FFLS is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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