ETF Foundry
DRAFT — HYPOTHETICAL MODEL PORTFOLIO — NOT A REGISTERED FUND, NOT AN OFFER TO SELL SECURITIES, NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE.
investment factor · long-only model fund

Foundry Technology InvestPPEInv Factor ETF

ETF Foundry Research (hypothetical) · rebalanced monthly

FINTHYPOTHETICAL MODEL
Since ’99
+32%
Expense Ratio
0.45%
placeholder
Holdings
80
cap-weighted
Inception
Feb 2020
placeholder
Full Sharpe
0.15
Ann. Return (LS)
3.1%
Ann. Volatility
20.6%
Max Drawdown
-63.8%
Test Sharpe ’19–26
0.14
Test FF5 α (ann.)
8.1%
vs Fama-French 5
Test FF5 α t-stat
0.91
not significant
Monthly turnover
15%
of the long leg, per rebalance
Cumulative return (LS)
32%
over 331 months
This fund holds the long leg only
Long leg Sharpe
0.58
what this fund holds
Long leg ann. return
16.1%
buyable, long-only
Long-short Sharpe
0.15
requires shorting
Bottom bucket ann. return
13.0%
the basket shorted

Every other metric on this page is the long-shortstrategy, which needs a short book. This fund is the long leg alone, so these are the figures for what it actually holds. The bottom-bucket number is that basket’s own return — not short P&L.

Hypothetical growth of $1 — long-short backtest

Gross of the placeholder expense ratio and trading costs · not investor results

331 months

Holdings

Every constituent of the long leg — sort, search or filter by sector

80 of 80 · 100.0% of book
TickerCompanySectorMarket capWeight
1INTC
INTEL CORPTechnology$477.67B
38.46%
2TXN
TEXAS INSTRUMENTS INCTechnology$258.48B
20.81%
3APP
APPLOVIN CORPTechnology$142.62B
11.48%
4MCHP
MICROCHIP TECHNOLOGY INCTechnology$43.89B
3.53%
5ON
ON SEMICONDUCTOR CORPTechnology$34.24B
2.76%
6ZM
ZOOM COMMUNICATIONS INCTechnology$26.72B
2.15%
7VRSN
VERISIGN INCTechnology$25.27B
2.03%
8TEAM
ATLASSIAN CORPTechnology$23.67B
1.91%
9FSLR
FIRST SOLAR INCTechnology$22.78B
1.83%
10FTV
FORTIVE CORPTechnology$18.83B
1.52%
11U
UNITY SOFTWARE INCTechnology$12.66B
1.02%
12AUR
AURORA INNOVATION INCTechnology$11.88B
0.96%
13CGNX
COGNEX CORPTechnology$10.66B
0.86%
14VSAT
VIASAT INCTechnology$9.76B
0.79%
15IT
GARTNER INCTechnology$9.39B
0.76%
16QRVO
QORVO INCTechnology$7.53B
0.61%
17YOU
CLEAR SECURE INCTechnology$7.49B
0.60%
18TTAN
SERVICETITAN INCTechnology$7.25B
0.58%
19CRUS
CIRRUS LOGIC INCTechnology$6.98B
0.56%
20ST
SENSATA TECHNOLOGIES HOLDING PLCTechnology$6.55B
0.53%
21G
GENPACT LTDTechnology$5.24B
0.42%
22VNT
VONTIER CORPTechnology$4.25B
0.34%
23EXTR
EXTREME NETWORKS INCTechnology$3.97B
0.32%
24POWI
POWER INTEGRATIONS INCTechnology$3.93B
0.32%
25LASR
NLIGHT INCTechnology$3.91B
0.31%
26ITRI
ITRON INCTechnology$3.81B
0.31%
27SEDG
SOLAREDGE TECHNOLOGIES INCTechnology$3.25B
0.26%
28AGYS
AGILYSYS INCTechnology$3.00B
0.24%
29ICHR
ICHOR HOLDINGS LTDTechnology$2.88B
0.23%
30TDC
TERADATA CORPTechnology$2.87B
0.23%
31BHE
BENCHMARK ELECTRONICS INCTechnology$2.81B
0.23%
32VISN
VISTANCE NETWORKS INCTechnology$2.74B
0.22%
33NVTS
NAVITAS SEMICONDUCTOR CORPTechnology$2.68B
0.22%
34AEHR
AEHR TEST SYSTEMSTechnology$2.55B
0.21%
35ROG
ROGERS CORPTechnology$2.36B
0.19%
36BAND
BANDWIDTH INCTechnology$2.30B
0.19%
37APPN
APPIAN CORPTechnology$1.92B
0.15%
38SONO
SONOS INCTechnology$1.80B
0.14%
39NN
NEXTNAV INCTechnology$1.78B
0.14%
40ASAN
ASANA INCTechnology$1.77B
0.14%
41DXC
DXC TECHNOLOGY COTechnology$1.55B
0.12%
42VPG
VISHAY PRECISION GROUP INCTechnology$1.38B
0.11%
43AI
C3AI INCTechnology$1.37B
0.11%
44HLIT
HARMONIC INCTechnology$1.31B
0.11%
45VYX
NCR VOYIX CORPTechnology$1.13B
0.09%
46ADTN
ADTRAN HOLDINGS INCTechnology$944M
0.08%
47DAKT
DAKTRONICS INCTechnology$923M
0.07%
48DJCO
DAILY JOURNAL CORPTechnology$817M
0.07%
49FEIM
FREQUENCY ELECTRONICS INCTechnology$650M
0.05%
50PUBM
PUBMATIC INCTechnology$591M
0.05%
51IIIV
I3 VERTICALS INCTechnology$579M
0.05%
52YEXT
YEXT INCTechnology$535M
0.04%
53MEI
METHODE ELECTRONICS INCTechnology$532M
0.04%
54SPT
SPROUT SOCIAL INCTechnology$518M
0.04%
55QMCO
QUANTUM CORPTechnology$419M
0.03%
56CLFD
CLEARFIELD INCTechnology$416M
0.03%
57VELO
VELO3D INCTechnology$316M
0.03%
58OSS
ONE STOP SYSTEMS INCTechnology$313M
0.03%
59BKTI
BK TECHNOLOGIES CORPTechnology$307M
0.02%
60OPTX
SYNTEC OPTICS HOLDINGS INCTechnology$302M
0.02%
61TSSI
TSS INCTechnology$274M
0.02%
62AVNW
AVIAT NETWORKS INCTechnology$269M
0.02%
63TBCH
TURTLE BEACH CORPTechnology$258M
0.02%
64ALOT
ASTRONOVA INCTechnology$222M
0.02%
65IMMR
IMMERSION CORPTechnology$220M
0.02%
66GSIT
GSI TECHNOLOGY INCTechnology$208M
0.02%
67LTRX
LANTRONIX INCTechnology$207M
0.02%
68KVHI
KVH INDUSTRIES INCTechnology$178M
0.01%
69TRAK
REPOSITRAK INCTechnology$160M
0.01%
70DMRC
DIGIMARC CORPTechnology$133M
0.01%
71INSG
INSEEGO CORPTechnology$122M
0.01%
72WYY
WIDEPOINT CORPTechnology$115M
0.01%
73TCX
TUCOWS INCTechnology$114M
0.01%
74SSTI
SOUNDTHINKING INCTechnology$111M
0.01%
75SOTK
SONO TEK CORPTechnology$86M
0.01%
76AIRG
AIRGAIN INCTechnology$76M
0.01%
77BNAI
BRAND ENGAGEMENT NETWORK INCTechnology$76M
0.01%
78WFCF
WHERE FOOD COMES FROM INCTechnology$63M
0.01%
79STEM
STEM INCTechnology$56M
0.00%
80TACT
TRANSACT TECHNOLOGIES INCTechnology$54M
0.00%

Full long-leg book as of July 2026 · cap-weighted · total market cap $1.24T. Hypothetical model holdings — not a registered fund’s portfolio.

Sector Breakdown

1 sectors
Technology
100.0%

Portfolio Style

Size × value map of the long-leg book

80 classified
Value
Blend
Growth
Large
Mid
Small
43%4
8%5
37%4
2%6
2%8
3%6
1%20
<1%9
1%10

Share of long-leg capital by market cap × book-to-market, using terciles of the 421-name universe at July 2026. Rows: Large ≥ $8.9B, Small < $1.9B. Columns: Value ≥ 0.63, Growth < 0.38 B/M. The dot marks the capital-weighted centroid of the book — 95% toward Large, 47% toward Growth. +3% unclassified (8 missing size/value). Hypothetical holdings — descriptive, not realized P&L.

Tilt over time
Size tilt95% → Large
SmallLarge
Value ↔ growth tilt47% → Growth
ValueGrowth

Capital-weighted centroid of the long leg, December 1998July 2026; the right-hand end is the same value as the box’s dot. 80 names now. Hypothetical holdings — descriptive, not P&L.

Constraint checks

How this book measures against the concentration and liquidity rules — as implemented here

How this book was built

These are UNCONSTRAINED factor sleeves: the construction pipeline sorts on a signal and cap-weights the top bucket, applying no issuer cap, no industry cap and no liquidity screen beyond the universe filter. A failing test therefore reports a constraint that was never applied during construction — it is not a defect in the strategy and not an error in the data. The same signal can be solved subject to these constraints.

Passed
3
Failed
3
Not tested
1
Independent checks
7

7 independent checks plus 1 arithmetically implied by another check (RIC / IRC 851(b)(3)(A) 50% bucket), which is reported separately so the tally cannot overstate scrutiny.

1 of 7 checks could not be tested. Those are neither passes nor failures — they are gaps in what the data can answer, and they are excluded from the passed count above rather than folded into it.

  • With respect to 75% of total assets, no more than 5% may be invested in the securities of any one issuer.

    Required
    >= 75.0%
    Actual
    44.2%
    Margin
    -30.8%
  • No more than 25% of total assets may be invested in the securities of any one issuer.

    Required
    <= 25.0%
    Actual
    38.5%
    Margin
    -13.5%
  • Days required to liquidate the largest position at 20% of one day's dollar volume.

    Required
    <= 7.0 days
    Actual
    unbounded
    Margin
Reported separately — arithmetically implied
  • At least 50% of total assets must sit in cash, government securities, other RICs, and other securities limited to 5% of assets and 10% of the issuer's voting securities per issuer.

    Required
    >= 50.0%
    Actual
    44.2%
    Margin
    -5.8%

    Arithmetically entailed by '40 Act 5(b)(1) diversification (75%/5% asset leg) — it cannot fail independently, so it is reported outside the tally rather than counted as a separate check.

Engineering approximation of the cited rules for a DRAFT / HYPOTHETICAL model portfolio that is not a registered fund. This reports whether the portfolio passes the stated test AS IMPLEMENTED HERE; it is not a compliance opinion and is not a statement that any fund is compliant. Real filings need securities counsel.

No verdict sits within 1.0pp of its limit.

Data version — panel=20260719T025334 rows=2239262 asof=202607 issuers=20260719T014536 rates=20260804T224700

Measured on the 2026-07 formation date across 80 holdings (cap-weighted). A different formation date can produce different verdicts.

Derivatives risk (Rule 18f-4)

Whether this long-only book is subject to the VaR tests at all

This assessment describes the long-only book this fund holds — the top bucket only.

Governing rule
Rule 18f-4(c)(4) limited derivatives user exception

This fund QUALIFIES for the limited-derivatives-user exception, so it is excepted from the VaR tests; the ratio below is informational, not the operative limit.

Limited derivatives user exceptionby construction

Rule 18f-4(c)(4): a fund whose derivatives exposure (gross notional, including the value of assets sold short) is <= 10% of net assets is excepted from the VaR tests and the full derivatives risk management program.

Qualifies
Required
<= 10% of net assets
Exposure
0% of net assets
Margin
+10pp

No confidence interval: this follows from portfolio construction, not from an estimate.

Rule 18f-4(c)(2)(i): fund VaR at 99% over 20 trading days must not exceed 200% of the designated reference portfolio's VaR on the same basis.

Informational — does not govern

This fund is excepted from the VaR tests, so the ratio below is context rather than the operative limit. It is shown because it is still a description of the book’s risk, not because it decides anything.

Measured
2.0 (95% CI 1.3-2.1)
x reference VaR
Limit
2.00x
<= 2.00x reference VaR
Fund VaR
19.4%
99% / 20d
Reference
9.6%
FF5 market (mkt)

historical method · 331 monthly observations · about 3.3 in the 99% tail · paired percentile bootstrap over months

Same test, three estimators
historical
2.02x
over
parametric
1.76x
within
cornish fisher
1.76x
within

The estimators disagree about the verdict, not just the value — the choice of method decides the answer here. Historical VaR gives ratio 2.02 (fail) but Gaussian VaR gives 1.76 (pass). The pass/fail conclusion is an artefact of estimator choice, not a property of the strategy.

Engineering approximation of SEC Rule 18f-4 for research display. Not a compliance opinion and not a determination that any fund is compliant. Hypothetical model portfolio, not a registered fund.

The research long-short construction behind this factor does not qualify for this exception — a dollar-neutral book counts its full short notional, which is 100% of net assets against a 10% threshold. This product sidesteps that by holding the long leg alone, which is also why the long-leg Sharpe is reported separately throughout the site.

See the long-short verdict on the factor page →

Since publication

Did the edge survive the paper coming out?

published 2008
Before publication (pre-2008)
0.17
Sharpe · 3.7% p.a.
January 1999December 2008 · 120 mo
Since publication
0.14
Sharpe · 2.7% p.a.
January 2009July 2026 · 211 mo
Change in Sharpe−0.03Sharpe weakened since publication26% of the prior annual return given up

Split at January of the year after the factor was published. The post-publication stretch IS genuinely out-of-sample relative to the original study -- the predictor was public by then -- so it speaks to whether the effect survived being known. Nothing is fitted here, so this is performance SINCE PUBLICATION, not validation of a model. Note the 'pre' side is our data before publication (our panel starts ~1999), NOT the study's original in-sample period, which usually ran decades earlier; a decay figure compares before-vs-after within our sample and is not a comparison against the published result.

Consistency across eras

Is this record broadly durable, or one regime?

26 windows
Positive windows
58%
15 of 26 3-year windows made money
Worst window
-0.86
Sharpe, January 2023 – December 2025
January 1999July 2026
Median Sharpe
0.02
Dispersion
0.46
Best window
1.08

3-year rolling windows, stepping 1 year (26 windows). Dispersion is the spread of window Sharpes — higher means the record depends more on which era you look at.

Rules-based factors fit no parameters, so these windows are not out-of-sample tests and do not validate a fitted model. They show whether the factor's record is consistent across eras or driven by one regime.

Returns

Long leg is what this fund holds — long-short is shown for reference

since January 1999
Trailing
PeriodLong legLong-short
1 yearcum.94.9%86.9%
3 yearsp.a.38.0%11.1%
5 yearsp.a.20.0%-2.2%
10 yearsp.a.26.8%-1.0%
Since inceptionp.a.13.0%1.0%
Calendar years
YearLong legLong-short
20267 mo63.7%60.0%
202522.6%-9.5%
202414.1%-7.8%
202333.9%-34.8%
2022-23.1%7.7%
202122.2%-11.5%
202067.8%17.3%
201947.6%7.8%
20187.6%7.2%
201730.8%-14.6%
201626.4%7.4%
2015-7.8%-0.9%
20149.3%-10.0%
201359.1%29.4%
201211.8%13.5%
2011-6.5%10.2%
201014.2%-17.3%
200961.7%-5.1%
2008-46.0%24.7%
2007-0.8%-26.1%
20067.9%-0.9%
200515.5%1.5%
2004-3.1%-12.2%
200372.0%15.2%
2002-48.9%-19.4%
2001-7.9%37.1%
2000-31.5%3.4%
1999107.8%5.4%

Long leg = the top bucket this fund holds; long-short additionally shorts the bottom bucket and is not achievable in a long-only vehicle. Trailing figures run through July 2026: 1 year is a plain cumulative 12-month return (cum.), 3 years and longer are annualised (p.a.). Years marked with a month count are partial. These match the fact sheet’s tables by construction. Hypothetical backtest, gross of the placeholder expense ratio and trading costs — not investor results.

Fund Facts

Ticker (pseudo)FINT
IssuerETF Foundry Research (hypothetical)
SeriesHypothetical Model Portfolio Series (not a registered trust)
Expense ratio0.45% (placeholder)
Inception2020-02-27 (placeholder)
Listing exchangeNot listed (hypothetical)
CUSIPNot applicable (hypothetical model portfolio)
RebalanceMonthly
Holdings as ofJuly 2026
Total mkt cap (long leg)$1.24T

Methodology

The Foundry Technology InvestPPEInv Factor ETF tracks a rules-based model that ranks Technology common stocks each month by a InvestPPEInv signal and holds the top quintile with the lowest values. Signals are computed from point-in-time Sharadar fundamentals and total-return prices. The portfolio reconstitutes monthly and is cap-weighted within the long leg.

This is a hypothetical model portfolio for research display only — not a registered fund, not an offer, and not investment advice.

Documents (draft — hypothetical)

Auto-generated from the model’s metrics and current holdings. Every document is labeled DRAFT / hypothetical.

Summary Prospectus

Objective, fees, strategy, and key risks.

View →
Prospectus

Full strategy, model methodology, and risks.

View →
Statement of Additional Information

Policies, construction, and governance.

View →
Fact Sheet

One-page snapshot with top holdings.

View →
Daily Holdings

Full current constituent list.

View →

DRAFT — HYPOTHETICAL MODEL PORTFOLIO — NOT A REGISTERED FUND, NOT AN OFFER TO SELL SECURITIES, NOT INVESTMENT ADVICE.