Neil J. Hennessy

Chief Market Strategist and Portfolio Manager
Neil J. Hennessy
“Having invested through many cycles, I've learned that investing success comes from careful evaluation of the market and by selecting and holding quality stocks, never letting headlines or emotion distract from long-term goals.”
  • 44
    Years of Investing Experience

Neil is a seasoned manager with over four decades of financial industry experience. He started his career as a broker in 1979, and today he serves as Portfolio Manager to six Funds, and as Chief Market Strategist he provides market and economic outlook and direction for the firm.

Neil began his career at Paine Webber and worked there and at Hambrecht & Quist until founding his own broker/dealer firm in 1989 and founding Hennessy Funds and launching his first mutual fund in 1996.

Neil is a nationally recognized and respected asset manager, ranking among Barron's Top 100 Mutual Fund Managers for many years*, and he is a frequent guest/contributor in national financial media.

Neil received a BBA in Business Administration from the University of San Diego

Barron's last published a "Top 100 Mutual Fund Managers" list 8/08.

Neil J. Hennessy
“Having invested through many cycles, I've learned that investing success comes from careful evaluation of the market and by selecting and holding quality stocks, never letting headlines or emotion distract from long-term goals.”
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Performance data quoted represents past performance; past performance does not guarantee future results. The investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when redeemed, may be worth more or less than their original cost. Current performance of the Fund may be lower or higher than the performance quoted and can be found here. Neither forward earnings nor earnings growth is a measure of a fund’s future performance.

ETFs are subject to additional risks that do not apply to conventional mutual funds, including the risks that the market price of an ETF’s shares may trade at a premium or discount to its net asset value, an active secondary trading market may not develop or be maintained, or trading may be halted by the exchange in which they trade, which may impact an ETF's ability to sell its shares. Shares of any ETF are bought and sold at market price (not NAV) and are not individually redeemed from the ETF. Brokerage commissions will reduce returns.

ESG investing risk is the risk stemming from the Environmental, Social, and Governance factors that the Fund applies in selecting securities. The Fund intends to invest in companies with measurable high ESG ratings relative to their sector peers, and screen out particular companies that do not meet its ESG criteria. This may affect the Fund’s exposure to certain companies or industries and cause the Fund to forego certain investment opportunities. The Fund’s returns may be lower than other funds that do not seek to invest in companies based on ESG ratings. The Fund seeks to pursue its investment objective by using proprietary models that incorporate quantitative analysis. There is no guarantee that the Portfolio Managers’ use of these models will result in effective investment decisions for the Fund. From time to time, the Fund may concentrate its investments in one or more industry sectors. The Fund is currently substantially invested in the Consumer Discretionary and Health Care sectors and its performance is therefore tied closely to, and affected by, developments in these industries.

The Portfolio Reference Basket is not expected to represent the actual portfolio of the Fund because the weightings of the securities in the Portfolio Reference Basket generally are different from the weightings of the securities in the actual portfolio.

Guardrail Amount: 10%

The Guardrail Amount is the maximum deviation between the weightings of the specific securities in the Portfolio Reference Basket and the weightings of those specific securities in the Actual Portfolio, as well as between the weighting of the respective cash positions. The Guardrail Amount is intended to ensure that no individual security in the Portfolio Reference Basket will be overweighted or underweighted by more than the publicly disclosed percentage when compared to the actual weighting of each security within the Actual Portfolio as of the beginning of each trading day. The Guardrail Amount is designed to help investors evaluate the risk of tracking error, which is the degree to which the performance of the Portfolio Reference Basket deviates from the performance of the Actual Portfolio.

Although the Portfolio Reference Basket is intended to provide investors with enough information to allow for an effective arbitrage mechanism that will keep the market price of the Fund at or close to the underlying NAV per share of the Fund, there is a risk (which may increase during periods of market disruption or volatility) that market prices will vary significantly from the underlying NAV of the Fund.

The Fund's bid-ask spreads and premiums/discounts may be larger than those for traditional ETFs due to the lack of transparency, thus making trading in the Fund's shares more expensive.

Diversification does not eliminate the risk of experiencing investment loss.

Market participants may attempt to reverse engineer the Fund’s trading strategy, which, if successful, could increase opportunities for trading practices that may disadvantage the Fund and its shareholders.

The Fund is subject to certain other risks, including but not limited to, equity securities risk, large-capitalization risk, market risk, active strategy risk, and market trading risk. Investing involves risk, including possible loss of principal. Gains or losses on a single stock may have a greater impact on the Fund. For these and other reasons, there is no guarantee the Fund will achieve its stated objective.

Distribution Rate reflects the investment income per share during the last 12 months divided by the share price at the end of the period, expressed as an annual percentage rate. It is calculated by annualizing the Fund’s most recent distribution. The annualized dividend yield may not reflect the actual yield an investor would receive. 30-Day SEC Yield is a standardized yield computed by dividing the net investment income per share earned during the past 30-day period by the share price at the end of the period, expressed as an annual percentage rate. The 30-Day SEC Yield should be regarded as an estimate of the Fund’s rate of recent investment income, and it may not equal the Fund’s actual distribution rate. Past yields are no guarantee of future yields.

Glossary of Terms contains definitions and additional information.



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