Data as of .
EHLS vs FFLS: which moved less with stocks?
Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, EHLS moved less with the S&P 500 than FFLS: correlation +0.55 against +0.69.
ETFIQ Diversifier Score: EHLS 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
EHLS and FFLS both run a long-short equity strategy. Over the same 52 weeks to Sep 18, 2026, EHLS’s weekly returns had a correlation of +0.55 with the S&P 500 and FFLS’s +0.69. In the 22 weeks the index fell, by 1.24% a week on average, EHLS averaged −0.47% and FFLS −1.05%. Over the same weeks, EHLS finished 6.2 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 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| EHLS | FFLS | EHLS | FFLS | |
| 3 months | −4.1% | +0.6% | −6.3 pts | −1.7 pts |
| 6 months | +5.3% | +4.9% | −12.7 pts | −13.1 pts |
| 1 year | +11.3% | −5.0% | −5.3 pts | −21.6 pts |
| 3 years | not published | +28.9% | not published | −49.5 pts |
| Since launch | +30.3% | +28.6% | −20.9 pts | −53.6 pts |
| EHLS Even Herd Long Short 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 | Even Herd | The Future Fund |
| Strategy | Long-short equity | Long-short equity |
| Correlation with the S&P 500 | +0.55 | +0.69 |
| Beta to the S&P 500 | +0.58 | +0.64 |
| Down-week capture | 38.3% | 84.7% |
| Average week when the S&P 500 fell | −0.47% | −1.05% |
| The S&P 500 in those weeks | −1.24% | −1.24% |
| Total return, same 52 weeks | +9.8% | −4.7% |
| Against T-bills, percentage points | +6.2 pts | −8.3 pts |
| Expense ratio | 3.35% | 1.24% |
| Listed | Apr 2, 2024 | Jun 21, 2023 |
| Net assets | $61m | $43m |
EHLS in plain words
EHLS 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 +0.55 with the S&P 500’s and a beta of +0.58, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.58% the same way. The S&P 500 fell in 22 of those 52 weeks, by 1.24% on average. In the same weeks EHLS fell 0.47% on average, a down-week capture of 38.3%. Over the same 52 weeks EHLS returned +9.8% and a Treasury bill fund +3.6%, so it finished 6.2 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, EHLS or FFLS?
- Over the 52 weeks to Sep 18, 2026, EHLS’s weekly returns had a correlation of +0.55 with the S&P 500 and FFLS’s +0.69, so EHLS moved less with the index.
- Which did better when the S&P 500 fell, EHLS or FFLS?
- In the 22 weeks the S&P 500 fell, by 1.24% a week on average, EHLS averaged −0.47% and FFLS −1.05%, so EHLS returned more in those weeks.
- Which earned more than cash, EHLS or FFLS?
- Over the same weeks, EHLS finished 6.2 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, EHLS or FFLS?
- EHLS charges 3.35% a year and FFLS charges 1.24%, so FFLS is cheaper. Fees come from each fund's prospectus.
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