VictoryShares US Small Mid Cap Value Momentum ETF

USVM

時価総額 $17.3億

Europe shows tentative signs of improvement, but the recovery remains uneven. AI investment is increasingly influencing U.S. capital spending and trade.

The $85 billion listing last month of SpaceX, Elon Musk's aerospace, satellite communications and artificial intelligence company, was an important market event. The company's dual-class share structure, conferring disproportionate voting power on its founder, could be expected to serve as a template for the next wave of high-profile IPOs, with OpenAI and Anthropic expected to follow suit in the coming quarters.

Despite continued concentration in mega-cap technology stocks, US dividend-focused strategies have generally remained competitive and historically experienced more shallow drawdowns than broader equity markets. Last year, US companies paid a record US$704.8 billion in dividends - the 15th consecutive annual record. Concurrently, dividend growth accelerated across several international markets, highlighting the continued strength of shareholder-return trends.

Bought 618,272 shares of USVM; estimated trade size $56.00 million (quarterly average price) Quarter-end position value rose by $92.68 million, reflecting both purchases and price movement Transaction represented approximately 0.08% change in 13F AUM Post-trade holding: 8,775,986 shares worth $829.51 million USVM now accounts for approximately 1.13% of fund AUM, placing it outside the fund's top five holdings These 10 Stocks Could Mint the Next Wave of Millionaires ›

Markets may be fretting over Federal Reserve policy and economic soft landings, but a handful of momentum ETFs have quietly been stealing the show. Across the array of factor funds, momentum has performed best this year.

The ETF flow leader board tends to show many large funds getting even larger. However, when I looked last week, one more moderately sized ETF caught my eye.

Investor appetite for growth really is something to behold.  Coming into the week of the U.S. presidential inauguration, we had been talking about the importance of diversification in the face of so much uncertainty, geopolitical risk, and lofty equity valuations following massive market gains in recent years.

USVM offers exposure to U.S. small- and mid-cap names that are attractively priced and exhibit robust momentum. USVM does deliver on value and momentum, while growth and quality leave a lot to be desired. It has outperformed a few peers since the index change but nonetheless lagged the market.