Summary
Catalyst Buffered Shield Fund Class A is a mutual fund run by Catalyst. It does not trade on an exchange: you buy it from the fund company at a price set once a day. Positions inside: 8. The ten largest make up 106% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 0.00%
- Fund size
- $4.84M
- Positions
- 8
- Dividend yield
- 2.62%
- Running since
- 2015
What speaks for it
- Low costs: 0.00% a year.
- It has been running since 2015.
What to watch
- The ten largest positions make up 106% of the fund, so its result rests on a few names.
- 84% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- In the last five years its price once dropped by 32% from its high.
- A small fund with $4.84M under management; small funds get closed more often.
A fund has no Bulios Score and no Fair Price of its own - both are computed from the results of a single company. This page shows what is inside the fund and what it costs instead.
Price
Performance
- 1 month
- +0.1%
- 3 months
- +1.4%
- This year
- +5.7%
- 1 year
- +4.1%
- 3 years
- +35%
- 5 years
- -1.0%
- 10 years
- +14%
What is inside?
Concentrated- 1 VCVanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF VCSH 34%
- 2 PUPGIM Ultra Short Bond ETF PULS 31%
- 3 IGiShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF IGSB 23%
- 4 State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust IB 09/18/2026 4.5%
- 5 State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust IB 03/19/2027 4.1%
- 6 State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust IB 01/15/2027 3.8%
- 7 State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust IB 06/17/2027 3.5%
- 8 First American Treasury Obligations Fund, Class X, 3.57% (Cost $276,914) 1.5%
Positions in the fund: 8. The ten largest make up 106% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy country
- United States 84%
- Other countries 16%
Largest country: United States (84%).
What does it cost me?
Cheap- Yearly costs
- 0.00%
- A year from $10,000
- $0.00
- Over 20 years
- $0.00
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $0.00 a year. You do not pay it separately - it is taken out of the fund's value. Over 20 years at 5% yearly growth that adds up to about $0.00.
How has it done?
Growing slowly- A year on average, 10 years
- +1.4%
- Deepest drop
- -32%
- Yearly volatility
- 6.3%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 1.4%. Deepest drop in these years: 32% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 2.62%
- Payments a year
- 1
- Last payment
- $0.30
Over the last 12 months it paid $0.30 per share, which is 2.62% of today's price. The last payment was $0.30 on Dec 15, 2025.
Can I buy it as an ETF?
A mutual fund is bought from the fund company. These ETFs hold much of the same and trade on an exchange, so an ordinary broker carries them.
| Fund | Domicile | Size | 1-year change | Dividends | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
OV OVT Overlay Shares Short Term Bond ETF | United States | 0.79% | $61.1M | -4.0% | Pays out | 34% |
KD KDRN Kingsbarn Tactical Bond ETF | United States | 0.57% | $1.12M | -5.0% | Pays out | 23% |
BN BNDC Northern Trust Core Bond ETF | United States | 0.49% | $165.6M | -5.7% | Pays out | 21% |