{
 "ticker": "CBLS",
 "name": "Clough Hedged Equity ETF",
 "issuer": "Clough",
 "desk": "alternatives",
 "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/cbls",
 "html": "https://etfiq.com/funds/cbls",
 "markdown": "https://etfiq.com/funds/cbls.md",
 "as_of": "2026-09-18",
 "verdict": "In the S&P 500\u2019s down weeks over the year to Sep 18, 2026, CBLS fell 15% as much as the index.",
 "key_facts": [
  {
   "key": "correlation_with_the_s_p_500",
   "label": "Correlation with the S&P 500",
   "value": "+0.36",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-18",
   "sentence": "CBLS, correlation with the S&P 500: +0.36, as of Sep 18, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "beta_to_the_s_p_500",
   "label": "Beta to the S&P 500",
   "value": "+0.40",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-18",
   "sentence": "CBLS, beta to the S&P 500: +0.40, as of Sep 18, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "down_week_capture",
   "label": "Down-week capture",
   "value": "14.5%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-18",
   "sentence": "CBLS, down-week capture: 14.5%, as of Sep 18, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "against_t_bills_52_weeks",
   "label": "Against T-bills, 52 weeks",
   "value": "+5.7 pts",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-18",
   "sentence": "CBLS, against T-bills, 52 weeks: +5.7 pts, as of Sep 18, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$53m",
   "source": "SEC N-PORT, whole fund, as filed for Apr 30, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-09-18",
   "sentence": "CBLS, net assets: $53m (SEC N-PORT, whole fund, as filed for Apr 30, 2026)."
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "1.89%",
   "source": "485BPOS XBRL, Feb 27, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-09-18",
   "sentence": "CBLS, expense ratio: 1.89% (485BPOS XBRL, Feb 27, 2026)."
  }
 ],
 "fields": [
  {
   "key": "issuer",
   "label": "Issuer",
   "value": "Clough",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "strategy",
   "label": "Strategy",
   "value": "Long-short equity",
   "source": "ETFIQ, from its prospectus"
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "1.89%",
   "source": "485BPOS XBRL, Feb 27, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$53m",
   "source": "SEC N-PORT, whole fund, as filed for Apr 30, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "weeks_measured",
   "label": "Weeks measured",
   "value": "52, from Sep 19, 2025 to Sep 18, 2026",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "weeks_the_s_p_500_fell",
   "label": "Weeks the S&P 500 fell",
   "value": "22",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "the_s_p_500_in_those_weeks_on_average",
   "label": "The S&P 500 in those weeks, on average",
   "value": "\u22121.24%",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "cbls_in_those_weeks_on_average",
   "label": "CBLS in those weeks, on average",
   "value": "\u22120.18%",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "cbls_total_return_over_those_weeks",
   "label": "CBLS total return over those weeks",
   "value": "+9.3%",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "t_bills",
   "label": "T-bills",
   "value": "+3.6%",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "listed_since",
   "label": "Listed since",
   "value": "Nov 13, 2020",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "days_traded",
   "label": "Days traded",
   "value": "90",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "quoted",
   "label": "Quoted",
   "value": "on an exchange, every trading day",
   "source": null
  }
 ],
 "periods": [
  {
   "window": "3 months",
   "The fund": "\u22127.1%",
   "S&P 500": "+2.3%",
   "Difference, percentage points": "\u22129.3 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "6 months",
   "The fund": "+7.6%",
   "S&P 500": "+18.0%",
   "Difference, percentage points": "\u221210.4 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "1 year",
   "The fund": "+9.9%",
   "S&P 500": "+16.6%",
   "Difference, percentage points": "\u22126.7 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "3 years",
   "The fund": "+64.1%",
   "S&P 500": "+78.4%",
   "Difference, percentage points": "\u221214.3 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "Since it listed",
   "The fund": "+55.5%",
   "S&P 500": "+130.7%",
   "Difference, percentage points": "\u221275.2 pts"
  }
 ],
 "questions": [
  {
   "q": "Does CBLS move with the S&P 500?",
   "a": "Over the year to Sep 18, 2026, CBLS\u2019s weekly returns had a correlation of +0.36 with the S&P 500\u2019s, on a scale where 1 moves in step, 0 shows no pattern and \u22121 moves opposite. Its beta was +0.40, so for each 1% the index moved it moved about 0.40% the same way."
  },
  {
   "q": "What did CBLS do when stocks fell?",
   "a": "The S&P 500 fell in 22 of the 52 weeks to Sep 18, 2026, by 1.24% on average. In those weeks CBLS fell 0.18% on average, a down-week capture of 14.5%."
  },
  {
   "q": "Did CBLS earn more than cash?",
   "a": "Over the same 52 weeks CBLS returned +9.3% with distributions reinvested, and BIL, a fund of Treasury bills, returned +3.6%. CBLS finished 5.7 percentage points ahead of it."
  },
  {
   "q": "What does CBLS cost?",
   "a": "The prospectus expense ratio is 1.89% a year."
  },
  {
   "q": "Why is CBLS listed as long-short equity?",
   "a": "ETFIQ files each fund by what its own prospectus says it does, and CBLS\u2019s, filed Feb 27, 2026, describes a long-short equity fund."
  }
 ],
 "generated": "2026-09-21",
 "license": "Free to use with attribution. ETFIQ (etfiq.com)."
}