Summary
AdvisorShares STAR Global Buy-Write ETF is an ETF - a fund traded on an exchange like a stock - run by AdvisorShares. Positions inside: 12. The ten largest make up 100% of the fund.
- Yearly costs
- 1.25%
- Fund size
- $92.5M
- Positions
- 12
- Dividend yield
- 1.26%
- Running since
- 2012
What speaks for it
- Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 6.8%.
- It has been running since 2012.
What to watch
- The ten largest positions make up 100% of the fund, so its result rests on a few names.
- 96% of the fund is in one country (United States).
- Costs of 1.25% a year are above the middle of comparable funds (0.44%).
- A small fund with $92.5M under management; small funds get closed more often.
- It trades little: only about $325.5K changes hands a day.
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
- -1.0%
- 3 months
- +1.0%
- This year
- +6.4%
- 1 year
- +6.3%
- 3 years
- +47%
- 5 years
- +27%
- 10 years
- +92%
What is inside?
Concentrated- 1 SPSPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust SPY 42%
- 2 IUiShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF IUSB 16%
- 3 EFiShares MSCI EAFE ETF EFA 11%
- 4 DYiShares U.S. Equity Factor Rotation Active ETF DYNF 7.5%
- 5 GOiShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF GOVT 6.0%
- 6 EEiShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF EEM 5.0%
- 7 IWiShares Russell Mid-Cap Growth ETF IWP 3.8%
- 8 MBiShares MBS ETF MBB 3.6%
- 9 BLACKROCK LIQUIDITY T 60 3.6%
- 10 IAiShares Gold Trust IAU 1.6%
Positions in the fund: 12. The ten largest make up 100% of it.
Composition as of Oct 18, 2026.
Where is it spread?
One countryBy sector
- Technology 36%
- Financials 14%
- Industrials 9.9%
- Healthcare 9.1%
- Communication services 8.5%
- Other 22%
By country
- United States 96%
- Other countries 3.6%
Largest sector: Technology (36%). Largest country: United States (96%).
What does it cost me?
Expensive- A year from $10,000
- $125
- Over 20 years
- $5,651
From every $10,000 invested the fund takes $125 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 $5,651.
How has it done?
Growing over the long run- A year on average, 10 years
- +6.8%
- Deepest drop
- -23%
- Yearly volatility
- 10%
Average yearly growth over the last ten years: 6.8%. Deepest drop in these years: 23% below the earlier high.
Does it pay dividends?
Yes, it pays out- Yield
- 1.26%
- Payments a year
- 1
- Last payment
- $0.66
Over the last 12 months it paid $0.66 per share, which is 1.26% of today's price. The last payment was $0.66 on Dec 22, 2025.
Is it easy to buy and sell?
It trades little- Traded a day
- $325.5K
- Shares a day
- 6.2K
On an average day about $325.5K of the fund changes hands.
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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HE HEGD Swan Hedged Equity US Large Cap ETF | United States | 0.88% | $538.1M | +7.0% | Pays out | 42% |
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HT HTUS Hull Tactical US ETF | United States | 0.96% | $171.3M | +6.6% | Pays out | 42% |
KS KSPY KraneShares Hedgeye Hedged Equity Index ETF | United States | 0.88% | $123.2M | +4.8% | Pays out | 42% |
RH RHTX RH Tactical Outlook ETF | United States | 1.54% | $7.78M | +7.5% | Reinvests | 42% |