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Upturn Advisory Summary
04/01/2025: PSIL (1-star) is currently NOT-A-BUY. Pass it for now.
Analysis of Past Performance
Type ETF | Historic Profit -22.58% | Avg. Invested days 24 | Today’s Advisory PASS |
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Key Highlights
Volume (30-day avg) 8716 | Beta 0.72 | 52 Weeks Range 7.01 - 15.73 | Updated Date 04/2/2025 |
52 Weeks Range 7.01 - 15.73 | Updated Date 04/2/2025 |
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AdvisorShares Psychedelics ETF
ETF Overview
Overview
The AdvisorShares Psychedelics ETF (PSIL) is designed to invest in companies involved in the legal psychedelics industry, focusing on pharmaceutical, biotechnology, and other related sectors.
Reputation and Reliability
AdvisorShares is known for thematic ETFs and actively managed funds. Reputation is moderate; reliability depends on market sector performance.
Management Expertise
AdvisorShares management team has experience in various niche investment strategies, including cannabis and psychedelics.
Investment Objective
Goal
To seek long-term capital appreciation by investing in companies deriving a significant portion of their net revenue from the psychedelics industry.
Investment Approach and Strategy
Strategy: Actively managed, not designed to track a specific index. Focuses on identifying companies with high growth potential within the psychedelics sector.
Composition Primarily invests in stocks of companies involved in psychedelic drug development, research, and related activities.
Market Position
Market Share: PSIL holds a notable but not dominant share of the emerging psychedelics ETF market.
Total Net Assets (AUM): 19240000
Competitors
Key Competitors
- DEF
Competitive Landscape
The psychedelics ETF market is nascent and competitive. PSIL's active management offers potential upside, but also higher risk compared to passive strategies. Advantage is that this is a pioneering ETF. Disadvantage is it's higher expense ratio.
Financial Performance
Historical Performance: Historical performance data not available, as PSIL is a new fund.
Benchmark Comparison: No specific benchmark, as PSIL targets a unique, emerging sector. Performance comparison is against broader market indices or similar thematic ETFs, if any exist.
Expense Ratio: 0.75
Liquidity
Average Trading Volume
Average trading volume is moderate, reflecting the niche focus of the ETF.
Bid-Ask Spread
The bid-ask spread may be wider than more liquid ETFs, reflecting the emerging nature of the sector.
Market Dynamics
Market Environment Factors
Regulatory changes, scientific advancements, and shifts in public perception regarding psychedelics are key market environment factors. Broader stock market factors also impact performance.
Growth Trajectory
Growth depends on the pace of regulatory approval, clinical trial successes, and market adoption of psychedelic therapies. Strategy and holdings will likely evolve alongside the industry.
Moat and Competitive Advantages
Competitive Edge
PSIL's competitive advantage lies in its active management team's expertise in identifying promising companies within the emerging psychedelics industry. The team's specific focus on a particular sector may lead to outperformance in the long term. Also, this is a pioneer fund. It has first-mover advantage. Active management offers the opportunity to adjust to market changes more quickly.
Risk Analysis
Volatility
Volatility is expected to be high due to the speculative nature of the psychedelics industry and the small size of the underlying companies.
Market Risk
Market risk includes regulatory setbacks, clinical trial failures, competition from alternative treatments, and changes in investor sentiment toward the psychedelics sector.
Investor Profile
Ideal Investor Profile
The ideal investor is risk-tolerant, has a long-term investment horizon, and is interested in the potential of the psychedelics industry. High risk tolerance is required.
Market Risk
Best suited for long-term investors willing to accept high volatility and uncertainty. Not suitable for risk-averse investors or those seeking short-term gains.
Summary
The AdvisorShares Psychedelics ETF (PSIL) offers exposure to the emerging psychedelics industry. Its active management and narrow focus provide potential for high growth, but also high volatility. It is best suited for risk-tolerant investors with a long-term perspective. Performance is dependent on regulatory approvals, clinical trial successes, and market adoption. Consider your risk tolerance before investing.
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Sources and Disclaimers
Data Sources:
- AdvisorShares Website
- ETF.com
- Morningstar
- SEC Filings
Disclaimers:
Past performance is not indicative of future results. Investing in ETFs involves risk, including the potential loss of principal. Psychedelics sector investments are highly speculative.
AI Summarization is directionally correct and might not be accurate.
Summarized information shown could be a few years old and not current.
Fundamental Rating based on AI could be based on old data.
AI-generated summaries may have inaccuracies (hallucinations). Please verify the information before taking action.
About AdvisorShares Psychedelics ETF
Exchange NYSE ARCA | Headquaters - | ||
IPO Launch date - | CEO - | ||
Sector - | Industry - | Full time employees - | Website |
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The fund is an actively managed ETF that seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets (plus any borrowings for investment purposes) in securities of companies that derive at least 50% of their net revenue from or devote 50% of their assets to psychedelic drugs and derivatives that have economic characteristics similar to such securities. The fund primarily invests in publicly listed life sciences companies focused on psychedelic medicines as well as other companies with activities in the psychedelics business. The fund is non-diversified.
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