- Sector
- Financial Services
- Industry
- Asset Management
- Address
- 4350 La Jolla Village Drive, Suite 670 San Diego CA United States of America 92122
- IPO Date
- May 19, 2022
- Business
- Relative Sentiment Tactical Allocation ETF (MOOD) is an actively managed exchange-traded fund that seeks long-term capital appreciation by tactically allocating among passively-managed U.S. and foreign developed market equity exchange-traded funds (ETFs), bond ETFs, gold exchange-traded products (ETPs), commodities ETPs, and currency ETPs based on relative sentiment factors measuring differences in bullishness or bearishness between institutional and retail investors. The fund employs an ensemble of four relative sentiment indicators—position-based, survey-based using machine learning algorithms, cross-asset, and retail macro sentiment—to determine equity allocations ranging from 0% to 100%, partitioning between U.S. (e.g., Vanguard Total Stock Market ETF, Invesco QQQ Trust) and non-U.S. equities (e.g., Vanguard FTSE Developed Markets ETF, Vanguard FTSE Emerging Markets ETF); bond allocations to high-quality fixed income, Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities (TIPS), or duration-specific U.S. Treasuries based on commodity sentiment and inflation expectations; and opportunistic holdings in gold (e.g., SPDR Gold Shares, VanEck Gold Miners ETF), silver (e.g., iShares Silver Trust), energy sectors (e.g., Energy Select Sector SPDR Fund), or currencies (e.g., U.S. dollar or foreign currencies like Australian dollar, Japanese yen) capped at approximately 20% of the portfolio when equities and bonds exhibit positive correlations or specific sentiment conditions arise, with weekly recomputations and rebalancing only on material deviations to minimize turnover. In addition to core exposures, the fund may invest in other ETFs employing risk-based strategies using derivatives like options or swaps to hedge tail risk events or profit from market dislocations. MOOD, with a gross expense ratio of 0.72% including acquired fund fees and expenses of 0.07%, trades on the Nasdaq Stock Market LLC and targets investors seeking diversified multi-asset exposure across equities, fixed income, commodities, and currencies in developed markets, primarily North America, Europe, Japan, and Asia ex-Japan. Launched on May 18, 2022, the fund is a series of EA Series Trust, formerly Alpha Architect ETF Trust, with investment advisory services provided by Empowered Funds, LLC dba EA Advisers (headquartered in the U.S.), sub-advisory by Relative Sentiment Technologies, LLC (led by CIO Dr. Raymond Micaletti), and operational support from U.S.-based custodians and administrators. Recent operational changes include a distributor transition effective October 27, 2025, from Quasar Distributors, LLC to PINE Distributors LLC (Denver, Colorado), as supplemented in the July 31, 2025 prospectus and statement of additional information, alongside portfolio turnover increases to 247% for the fiscal year ended March 31, 2025, reflecting active tactical adjustments amid market conditions. The fund maintains a contact address at 66 Calle Castejon, Villa Franca 2, Humacao, PR 00791, with net assets around $35-47 million as of mid-2025.