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XLCI
State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR Premium Income
SSGA Funds Management, Inc.
Verdict
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Weighted score · 3.40 / 5
Fund Identity
What it is, who runs it, where it lives.
The Fund seeks to provide current income while maintaining prospects for long term growth of capital..
The Fund invests at least 80% of its net assets in a combination of Communication Services companies (directly or via an underlying ETF) and investments that produce premium income. It achieves this by investing in shares of the State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF (the Underlying Select Sector Fund) and systematically selling (writing) call options on that underlying ETF to generate additional income. The call options typically have expirations of less than one year (approximately one to two months), with strike prices set based on option delta to balance income generation and potential price appreciation. The Adviser rolls short options positions before expiration based on market and liquidity conditions.
Ticker
XLCI
Issuer
SSGA Funds Management, Inc.
Exchange
ARCX
Inception
2025-07-30 · 0.9 yrs
Mgmt style
Active
Replication
Physical (full replication via affiliated underlying ETF) + Derivatives (options/futures)
Index-based
— · Communication Services Select Sector Index (tracked by the Underlying Select Sector Fund)
Leverage
None
Strategy & Options Mechanics
How the portfolio is built and where the income comes from.
PORTFOLIO
Hybrid
actively managed
OPTIONS OVERLAY
Strategy
Covered Calls (short call writing / call overwriting)
generates income
Underlying
State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLC)
income exposure
MONTHLY
10.2%
DIST. RATE
— ROC
Ordinary Income
Ordinary Income
Underlying
State Street Communication Services Select Sector SPDR ETF (XLC)
Strategy
Covered Calls (short call writing / call overwriting)
Tax
Ordinary Income
The Fund systematically sells (writes) call option contracts with expirations of less than one year (typically approximately one to two months) on the Underlying Select Sector Fund to generate premium income. Listed Options or FLEX Options may be utilized, with strike prices set using option delta to balance income and upside participation. The Adviser rolls short options positions before expiration taking into consideration market and liquidity conditions.
Performance & NAV
Total return vs. the underlying, with drawdown context.
NAV HISTORY · JUL '25 – JUN '26
JUL '25JUN '26
Flat-NAV reinvestment hurdle
56.6%
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
Monthly
Dist. rate
10.23%
ROC %
—
30-day SEC
not reported
Consistency
1 w/o cut
YOC · 1yr-ago buyer
9.7%
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 intends to make distributions that may be taxed as ordinary income, qualified dividend income, and/or capital gains. Some distributions may be treated as a return of capital for tax purposes. Frequent selling of call options may result in increased distributions, including potentially increased distributions taxable as ordinary income.
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
2026-06-01
Ex-dividend
2026-06-01
Pay date
—
Payback Period
9.8 yr
Dist. Since Incep.
$2.4
Holdings & Concentration
Position sizing, top-name weights, and concentration risk.
Sector Mix · Tilt vs S&P 500
No sector feed for this fund.
Holdings
4
Top-10 Wt.
—
Technical Signal & Liquidity
Moving-average posture and a read on tradability.
Price vs. Moving Averages
$24.8$24.3$23.9$23.4
MAY '26JUN '26
Price $23.49
50-DMA $24.40
200-DMA $23.91
Bullish — 50-DMA above 200-DMA
Price $23.49 is below the 200-day SMA ($23.91); 50-day SMA $24.40. The 50-day SMA sits above the 200-day — an established uptrend, no recent crossover. Moving-average signals are a timing aid, not a recommendation — weigh them against the distribution profile and framework score.
Liquidity
Avg daily volume
3K
Avg dollar volume
$67,190
Bid/ask spread
0.05%
Premium/discount
—
Turnover
1%
Estimated bid/ask spread ~0.05% (tight). Average daily dollar volume ~$0.1M (thin). This spread is a high-low estimate, not a live quote; the issuer's reported median spread and premium/discount to NAV are shown above when available.
Assets Under Management
Trend: Falling. Source: shares×price (Massive, monthly).
AUM ($)
$2M
$2M$2M$2M
AUG '25JUN '26
SOURCES Massive market-data API, SEC EDGAR filings, issuer disclosures.
XLCI · 2026-06-22
Prepared by denvereyon
Research aid, not investment advice.
Prepared by denvereyon
Research aid, not investment advice.
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