Built on Trust. Designed for Growth. Engineered for Stability.
At Kintra Investments we believe thoughtful investing isn’t about chasing the highest returns, it’s about helping investors pursue long-term growth while managing risk with intention.
TRIO was born from an investment philosophy developed over decades by the team at McCarthy & Cox (now Kintra Investments) and has evolved into a solution supported by the broader investment expertise of Kintra Wealth, the affiliate of Kintra Investments.
Today, TRIO represents our commitment to disciplined portfolio construction, active management, and making sophisticated buffered investing more accessible to investors.
A Smarter Approach to Investing
Why TRIO?
Markets change.
Investor goals don’t.
TRIO is designed for investors seeking long-term equity exposure with a more thoughtful approach to managing downside risk.
Rather than tracking a single market index, TRIO combines exposure across multiple equity markets while using FLEX Options to help buffer against market declines.
The result is an actively managed investment solution designed to help investors stay invested with greater confidence.
A Kintra Investment Solution
TRIO reflects the collaborative investment philosophy that defines Kintra Investments.
Built on decades of practical portfolio management experience and continuously refined through the insights of our investment professionals, TRIO is designed to provide investors with a disciplined approach to growth while helping manage downside risk.
Because investing isn’t about predicting every market move.
It’s about building resilient portfolios designed to endure them.
At inception, the MC Trio Equity Buffered ETF is designed to provide a balanced and risk-managed approach to equity investing, with the following strategic allocation: 70% U.S. large-cap equities; 15% U.S. small-cap equities;15% international developed markets equities
Our approach is to invest in a combination of exchange-traded options contract that provide exposure to ETFS that invest in the three asset classes listed above, while seeking to protect against a predetermined amount of losses (e.g. 10%) in said ETFs.
When the Fund adds exposure to a particular underlying ETF, the Fund will generally seek to protect such investment against the predetermined amount of losses, previously discussed, for a particular period of time (e.g. 3 months).
On a monthly basis, the fund’s allocations, remaining caps, buffers, and time to maturity are evaluated. If, at any point, it is deemed advantageous to adjust positions, the Fund may roll all or part of its options contracts out for another period. Exposures may also be adjusted to capitalize on opportunities.
Additionally, market inefficiencies often create pricing imbalances in call and put options due to investor sentiment and behavioral biases. When such opportunities arise, the Fund may seek to capitalize on these mispricings to enhance returns. Should no adjustments occur, the options will be rolled into new, one-year terms, at maturity.
Unlike passive defined-outcome strategies, this is an actively managed fund, designed to provide a dynamically managed investment experience rather than a rigid, pre-determined outcome.
Overview
Key Selling Points
TRIO builds upon an investment approach that has been refined over many years and is now available through a transparent, actively managed ETF.
As a result, the Fund will not have, and does not seek to have, a particular overall, Buffer or Cap with respect to an underlying ETF or for the Fund overall.
While the Fund seeks to mitigate downside risk with respect to its exposure to underlying ETFs, the Fund’s strategy may not be successful in protecting the Fund against losses from an underlying ETF or the Fund’s overall portfolio for any particular period of time.
The MC Trio Equity Buffered ETF seeks to achieve capital appreciation with limited downside protection.
Performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value will fluctuate so shares may be worth more or less when redeemed or sold. Current performance may be lower or higher than that quoted.
Market Price Return is calculated using the price that investors buy and sell ETF shares in the market. The market returns in the table are based on the midpoint of the bid/ask spread at 4 p.m. EST and do not represent the returns you would have received if you traded shares at other times.
NAV return represents the closing price of the underlying securities.
The Premium/Discount shows the difference between the daily market price of the Fund ‘s shares and the Fund’s net asset value (“NAV”). The table shows the premium or discount of the midpoint price as a percentage of the NAV as well as the number of trading days the Fund traded within the given premium/discount range. The amount that the fund’s Market Price is above the reported NAV is called the premium. The amount that the fund’s Market Price is below the reported NAV is called the discount.
