HEDG yields 1.90% · GBDC yields 11.86%● Live data
📍 GBDC pulled ahead of the other in Year 1
Combined, HEDG + GBDC cover 0 of 12 months — good coverage
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HEDG is a fund-of-funds, aiming to generate income and mitigate downside risk through a covered call option-writing strategy. The fund invests in equity securities based on the S&P 500 index, using either ETFs or direct stock purchases. It writes covered call options on these securities to earn premiums, which provide partial downside protection while limiting potential gains. Options positions are typically rolled quarterly. To maintain liquidity or meet redemptions, the fund may hold cash, cash equivalents, ETFs, or money-market funds, capped at 20%. Additionally, assets may fully shift to the same short-term instrumetns in response to adverse market conditions. Prior to October 13, 2025, HEDG was a mutual fund called Equable Shares Hedged Equity Fund before converting to an ETF structure, starting with $275.2 million in assets.
Full HEDG Calculator →Golub Capital BDC, Inc. (GBDC) is a business development company and operates as an externally managed closed-end non-diversified management investment company. It invests in debt and minority equity investments in middle-market companies that are, in most cases, sponsored by private equity investors. It typically invests in diversified consumer services, automobiles, healthcare technology, insurance, health care equipment and supplies, hotels, restaurants and leisure, healthcare providers and services, IT services and specialty retails. It seeks to invest in the United States. It primarily invests in first lien traditional senior debt, first lien one stop, junior debt and equity, senior secured, one stop, unitranche, second lien, subordinated and mezzanine loans of middle-market companies, and warrants.
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