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AIPI · REX AI EQUITY PREMIUM INCOME ETF
REX · Income desk
Open the live card on ETFIQOver the year to Sep 4, 2026, AIPI paid 31.2% of its starting value in cash distributions while its price fell 10.2%. With every distribution reinvested, the fund returned +25.5%. AI and technology (AIQ), used as the AI proxy returned +42.9% over the same days, so a holder was behind by 17.3 pts. At its price on Sep 4, 2026 the latest distribution annualises to 35.0%, paid weekly. REX estimates that 100% of the distribution paid was a return of capital (19a-1 notice, estimated, a tax characterisation rather than a measure of erosion).
| Strategy | covered call |
|---|---|
| Benchmark | AI and technology (AIQ), used as the AI proxy (proxy) |
| Pays | weekly |
| Payout rate, annualised (ETFIQ) | 35.0% |
| Expense ratio (prospectus XBRL) | 0.65% |
| Cash paid, trailing 12 months (ETFIQ) | 34.8% |
| Launched | Jun 4, 2024 |
| 3 months: paid / price / total / AIQ / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 8.4% / −1.7% / +7.3% / +2.9% / +4.5 pts |
| 6 months: paid / price / total / AIQ / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 16.1% / +3.6% / +21.6% / +31.0% / −9.4 pts |
| 1 year: paid / price / total / AIQ / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 31.2% / −10.2% / +25.5% / +42.9% / −17.3 pts |
| since launch: paid / price / total / AIQ / ahead or behind (ETFIQ) | 63.2% / −26.5% / +54.8% / +91.8% / −37.0 pts |
| Return of capital, latest distribution (REX 19a-1 estimate) | 100.0% |
Questions people ask
- How much has AIPI paid over the last year?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, AIPI paid 31.2% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price fell 10.2%.
- Is AIPI ahead of AIQ?
- Over the year to Sep 4, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, AIPI returned +25.5% against +42.9% for AI and technology (AIQ), used as the AI proxy, so a holder was behind it by 17.3 points.
- How often does AIPI pay, and how much?
- AIPI pays weekly. The latest distribution annualises to 35.0% at its price on Sep 4, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ.
- Is the AIPI distribution return of capital?
- REX estimates 100% of the distribution paid was return of capital. That is a tax characterisation from the fund's own 19a-1 notice, not a measure of erosion.
- What does AIPI cost?
- The prospectus expense ratio is 0.65% a year.
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