RRF on the other hand does not use ETFs in its investment methodology, but rather actual bonds, swaps, and long and short positions in futures, making it a bit more complex for the average advisor to examine from top to bottom from an exposure standpoint.

Like many niche ETFs, we would expect as CPI approaches its five year mark of live performance (October of 2014), that more institutions that are increasingly using ETFs and especially those that are devoting a slice of their portfolios currently to “Real Return” managers and instruments will take a close look at this fund. Just yesterday as a matter of fact CPI traded more than 100,000 shares, dwarfing its ADV. Year to date, the fund has pulled in $13 million in new assets.

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