{
 "ticker": "VEGA",
 "name": "AdvisorShares STAR Global Buy-Write ETF",
 "issuer": "AdvisorShares",
 "desk": "income",
 "url": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vega",
 "html": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vega",
 "markdown": "https://etfiq.com/funds/vega.md",
 "as_of": "2026-09-11",
 "verdict": "Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, VEGA paid 1.4% in cash and still finished 8.3 points behind ACWI.",
 "key_facts": [
  {
   "key": "cash_paid_1_year_on_its_starting_price",
   "label": "Cash paid, 1 year, on its starting price",
   "value": "1.4%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "VEGA, cash paid, 1 year, on its starting price: 1.4%, as of Sep 11, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "total_return_1_year",
   "label": "Total return, 1 year",
   "value": "+10.9%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "VEGA, total return, 1 year: +10.9%, as of Sep 11, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "against_acwi",
   "label": "Against ACWI",
   "value": "\u22128.3 pts",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "VEGA, against ACWI: \u22128.3 pts, as of Sep 11, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "latest_payout_annualized",
   "label": "Latest payout, annualized",
   "value": "1.3%",
   "source": null,
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "VEGA, latest payout, annualized: 1.3%, as of Sep 11, 2026."
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$94m",
   "source": "issuer page, as of Sep 11, 2026",
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "VEGA, net assets: $94m (issuer page, as of Sep 11, 2026)."
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "1.25%",
   "source": "485BPOS XBRL, Oct 28, 2025",
   "as_of": "2026-09-11",
   "sentence": "VEGA, expense ratio: 1.25% (485BPOS XBRL, Oct 28, 2025)."
  }
 ],
 "fields": [
  {
   "key": "strategy",
   "label": "Strategy",
   "value": "covered call",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "benchmark",
   "label": "Benchmark",
   "value": "All-country world (ACWI)",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "pays",
   "label": "Pays",
   "value": "annual",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "net_assets",
   "label": "Net assets",
   "value": "$94m",
   "source": "issuer page, as of Sep 11, 2026"
  },
  {
   "key": "latest_payout_annualized",
   "label": "Latest payout, annualized",
   "value": "1.3%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "expense_ratio",
   "label": "Expense ratio",
   "value": "1.25%",
   "source": "485BPOS XBRL, Oct 28, 2025"
  },
  {
   "key": "cash_paid_last_12_months_over_today_s_price",
   "label": "Cash paid, last 12 months, over today\u2019s price",
   "value": "1.3%",
   "source": "ETFIQ"
  },
  {
   "key": "launched",
   "label": "Launched",
   "value": "Sep 18, 2012",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "pays",
   "label": "Pays",
   "value": "annual",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "typical_gap_between_ex_dates",
   "label": "Typical gap between ex-dates",
   "value": "364 days",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "typical_wait_from_ex_date_to_payment",
   "label": "Typical wait from ex-date to payment",
   "value": "2 days",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "last_paid_per_share",
   "label": "Last paid, per share",
   "value": "$0.66 ex Dec 22, 2025",
   "source": null
  },
  {
   "key": "sum_of_the_last_10_distributions",
   "label": "Sum of the last 10 distributions",
   "value": "$3.2308",
   "source": null
  }
 ],
 "periods": [
  {
   "window": "3 months",
   "Cash paid": "0.0%",
   "Price": "+1.5%",
   "Total return": "+1.5%",
   "ACWI": "+3.1%",
   "Ahead or behind": "\u22121.6 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "6 months",
   "Cash paid": "0.0%",
   "Price": "+8.7%",
   "Total return": "+8.7%",
   "ACWI": "+15.6%",
   "Ahead or behind": "\u22126.9 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "1 year",
   "Cash paid": "1.4%",
   "Price": "+9.4%",
   "Total return": "+10.9%",
   "ACWI": "+19.1%",
   "Ahead or behind": "\u22128.3 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "3 years",
   "Cash paid": "4.2%",
   "Price": "+41.9%",
   "Total return": "+46.9%",
   "ACWI": "+76.0%",
   "Ahead or behind": "\u221229.1 pts"
  },
  {
   "window": "Since launch",
   "Cash paid": "12.9%",
   "Price": "+111.3%",
   "Total return": "+130.5%",
   "ACWI": "+341.8%",
   "Ahead or behind": "\u2212211.3 pts"
  }
 ],
 "questions": [
  {
   "q": "How much has VEGA paid over the last year?",
   "a": "Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, VEGA paid 1.4% of its starting price in cash distributions, while the price rose 9.4%."
  },
  {
   "q": "Is VEGA ahead of ACWI?",
   "a": "Over the year to Sep 11, 2026, with every distribution reinvested, VEGA returned +10.9% against +19.1% for All-country world (ACWI), so a holder was behind it by 8.3 points."
  },
  {
   "q": "How often does VEGA pay, and how much?",
   "a": "VEGA pays annual. The latest distribution annualizes to 1.3% at its price on Sep 11, 2026, which is not a promise; the next one can differ."
  },
  {
   "q": "When does VEGA next pay a distribution?",
   "a": "VEGA pays annual. The last distribution went ex on Dec 22, 2025 at $0.66 a share."
  },
  {
   "q": "What does VEGA cost?",
   "a": "The prospectus expense ratio is 1.25% a year."
  }
 ],
 "generated": "2026-09-13",
 "license": "Free to use with attribution. ETFIQ (etfiq.com)."
}