QRAFT AI ETFs recorded returns for its Qraft AI-Enhanced U.S. Large-Cap Momentum ETF (NYSE: AMOM) that outperformed the return of the S&P 500 by 10.59% during the third quarter of 2020. It also recorded returns for its Qraft AI-Enhanced U.S. Large Cap ETF (NYSE: QRFT) that outperformed the S&P 500 by 0.94% during Q3. These returns add to the outperformance of the funds over the S&P 500 for the first nine months of 2020 as well as since the funds' inception of 5/20/19, as the chart below highlights:
| Performance as of 9/30/20 | Annualized | |||
| Since | ||||
| Q3 | YTD | 1 year | Inception | |
| QRFT Market Price | 9.87% | 19.42% | 30.44% | 27.04% |
| QRFT NAV | 9.66% | 19.28% | 30.29% | 26.90% |
| AMOM Market Price | 19.52% | 37.64% | 43.56% | 36.21% |
| AMOM NAV | 19.54% | 37.42% | 43.38% | 36.13% |
| S&P 500 | 8.93% | 5.57% | 15.15% | 15.38% |
Inception Date: 5/21/19. The performance data quoted represents past performance. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance data quoted. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Returns less than one year are not annualized. Performance data current to the most recent month-end may be obtained by visiting qraftaietf.com.
Since their inception, QRFT and AMOM have outperformed the S&P 500 by 11.66% and 20.83%, respectively, on an annualized basis.
"The strong performance of our ETFs over the past year and a half really helps to underscore our investment approach, namely, that artificial intelligence has the potential to outperform the US stock market," said Hyung-Sik Kim, CEO of Qraft Technology. Mr. Kim went on to note that "AI may help us to better analyze data and produce strategies which, we believe, will lead to strong, long-term outperformance relative to the broader equity market."
QRFT and AMOM use artificial intelligence (AI) and machine learning to construct actively managed portfolios which are designed to outperform their benchmark indices. AI technology looks to process the right type of data and automatically searches for patterns that have the potential to produce excess returns. In addition, AI may extract investment strategies with alpha factors that could possibly deliver strong performances.
QRAFT also manages the QRAFT AI-Enhanced U.S. High Dividend ETF (NYSE: HDIV), which uses AI to pick stocks that have the potential to provide investors with, not only regular dividend income, but also capital appreciation.
About the FundsQRFT actively manages US large-cap stocks with the aid of AI technology. Through data pre-processing with Qraft's Kirin API and the automatic extraction of investment strategies with AI technology, Qraft finds alpha factors and optimizes portfolio seeking to outperform the US stock market.
About QRAFT TechnologiesQraft looks to leverage the latest AI technology to innovate away the inefficiencies of today's asset management firms. From data processing to alpha research and order execution, Qraft has had a successful track record of developing innovative AI solutions that have been adopted by major financial institutions and turned them into successful AI products and services, including the world's first AI-driven global equity ETF and Korea's largest robo-advisor service.
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