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LQID
Kurv Enhanced Short Maturity ETF
Kurv Investment Management LLC
Verdict
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Weighted score · 3.10 / 5
Fund Identity
What it is, who runs it, where it lives.
The Kurv Enhanced Short Maturity ETF seeks to provide current income..
The Fund is an actively managed ETF employing two income strategies: (1) an interest income strategy investing in a diversified portfolio of short-duration, investment-grade Fixed Income Instruments (average duration normally not exceeding two years; average maturity not exceeding three years), including bonds, debt securities, mortgage/asset-backed securities, and fixed income ETFs; and (2) an option income strategy that writes (sells) exchange-traded and OTC call and put options on fixed income instruments such as ETFs, futures, or interest rate swaps linked to short-term rates or U.S. Treasury securities. The option writing strategy generates premium income by allowing time decay to erode the value of written options, with a focus on short-term options with less than six months to maturity. Collateral supporting option writing consists of U.S. government securities, money market funds, fixed income ETFs, or investment-grade corporate debt.
Ticker
LQID
Issuer
Kurv Investment Management LLC
Exchange
BATS
Inception
2026-05-13 · 0.1 yrs
Mgmt style
Active
Replication
Physical (sampled/optimized) fixed income portfolio combined with option writing (sold puts and calls) on fixed income instruments
Index-based
—
Leverage
None
Strategy & Options Mechanics
How the portfolio is built and where the income comes from.
PORTFOLIO
Hybrid
actively managed
OPTIONS OVERLAY
Strategy
Short puts and short calls (option writing for premium income); options may also be purchased for hedging or tail risk management
generates income
Underlying
Fixed income ETFs, futures contracts, and interest rate swaps linked to short-term rates (e.g., federal funds rate) or short-term U.S. Treasury securities
income exposure
0.4%
DIST. RATE
— ROC
Ordinary Income
Ordinary Income
Underlying
Fixed income ETFs, futures contracts, and interest rate swaps linked to short-term rates (e.g., federal funds rate) or short-term U.S. Treasury securities
Strategy
Short puts and short calls (option writing for premium income); options may also be purchased for hedging or tail risk management
Tax
Ordinary Income
The Fund writes (sells) exchange-traded and OTC put and call options on fixed income instruments to generate premium income, focusing on short-term options with less than six months to maturity to benefit from accelerated time decay. Written option premiums are treated as capital gains but are referred to as income. The adviser acknowledges that option writing is a form of leveraged investing and may also purchase options for hedging or tail risk management purposes.
Performance & NAV
Total return vs. the underlying, with drawdown context.
NAV HISTORY · MAY '26 – JUN '26
MAY '26JUN '26
Flat-NAV reinvestment hurdle
18.2%
Share of each distribution you’d need to reinvest just to hold NAV flat. Higher means more of the yield is your own capital coming back.
Distribution & Tax
Where the yield comes from — and how it’s taxed.
Composition · Recent Distribution
—
ROC
Frequency
—
Dist. rate
0.44%
ROC %
—
30-day SEC
not reported
Consistency
—
YOC · 1yr-ago buyer
0.4%
Tax Treatment — Ordinary Income
ORDINARY INCOME
Distribution Composition (Recent)
ROC is not free money — it lowers your cost basis. When shares are sold, capital gains are computed against the lower basis.
Composition · Narrative
The Fund's distributions are expected to consist primarily of ordinary income (interest income and option premiums). Gains from written option premiums are capital gains but are commonly referred to as income. The Fund seeks to manage capital gain distributions by limiting portfolio turnover and using tax-loss harvesting, though this strategy may be only partially successful. Distribution rate may change due to changes in market returns, interest rates, and Fund performance.
Distribution Growth & Schedule
Per-period growth of the payout, the latest schedule, and how long distributions take to repay NAV.
Distribution Growth by Lookback Period
Latest Distribution Schedule
Record date
2026-06-17
Ex-dividend
2026-06-17
Pay date
—
Payback Period
227.3 yr
Dist. Since Incep.
$0.1
Holdings & Concentration
Position sizing, top-name weights, and concentration risk.
Sector Mix · Tilt vs S&P 500
No sector feed for this fund.
Holdings
11
Top-10 Wt.
—
Technical Signal & Liquidity
Moving-average posture and a read on tradability.
Price vs. Moving Averages
No moving-average series.
Price $25.00
50-DMA $—
200-DMA $—
Liquidity
Avg daily volume
7K
Avg dollar volume
$168,759
Bid/ask spread
0.08%
Premium/discount
+0.11%
Turnover
—
Estimated bid/ask spread ~0.02% (very tight). Average daily dollar volume ~$0.2M (thin). This spread is a high-low estimate, not a live quote; the issuer's reported median spread and premium/discount to NAV are shown above when available.
Assets Under Management
Source: shares×price (Massive, monthly).
AUM ($)
—
$2M$2M$1M
MAY '26JUN '26
SOURCES Massive market-data API, SEC EDGAR filings, issuer disclosures.
LQID · 2026-06-20
Prepared by denvereyon
Research aid, not investment advice.
Prepared by denvereyon
Research aid, not investment advice.
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