HOLD ETF — Harbor Alpha Layering ETF

Harbor Alpha Layering ETF (HOLD)

Updated October 16, 2026.

HOLD is an ETF. its trailing-12-month yield is 6.90%, its expense ratio is 0.70%. Dividend Vision Distribution Safety Score™ is 50/100 (Unproven). Total return is 16.9% over the past 1.2 years, 3.1 points behind SPY at 20.0%.

Harbor Alpha Layering ETF employs a quantitative strategy that layers a trend-following managed futures approach on top of a passive S&P 500 equity position, delivering approximately 150% total exposure through 75% allocation to each component. The fund carries a current distribution rate in the mid-single digits and distributes annually, though the latest payout was special and may not recur on a regular basis. This approach may appeal to investors seeking equity exposure combined with alternative strategy positioning, though the leveraged structure and non-diversified nature create concentrated risk.

HOLD performance versus SPY

Price and return data through 2026-10-16.

Total return is 16.9% over the past 1.2 years, 3.1 points behind SPY at 20.0%. Its deepest 1-year drawdown was 9.7%.

HOLD key facts

Distribution Safety Score™

50 · Unproven

Issuer

Harbor Capital Advisors

Asset type

ETF

Asset class

Equity

Inception date

08/13/2025

Expense ratio

0.70%

Distribution frequency

Annual

Trailing yield

6.90%

Last close

$32.27 (as of 2026-10-16)

AUM

$8,553,229

Average volume

585.0

Dividend

$2.228

Ex-dividend date

12/19/2025

Payment date

12/24/2025

Beta

0.7567

How Dividend Vision calculates yield and returns

Distribution rate (the posted rate) uses calculation basis unavailable. Issuer rates can use a different denominator and date, including ex-date NAV. Trailing-12-month yield (6.90%) is the sum of split-adjusted cash distributions with ex-dates in the last 12 months, divided by the published price. It lags a recent raise or cut. Total return uses split-adjusted close with distributions reinvested on the ex-dividend date (a modeling convention, not the cash-settlement date) from the first stored bar on or after inception through the latest bar, compared with the same window on the benchmark. That is the security's total return, not your personal gain/loss.

Yield and safety methodology · Distribution rate methodology · Distribution Safety Score methodology

Sources and review

Primary sources: Harbor Capital Advisors; prices and distributions from Dividend Vision, derived from vendor EOD data.

Reviewed by Bert Sweet, CEO and Co-owner of Dividend Vision. Methodology: Distribution Safety Score.

HOLD risks and drawbacks

Payments are annual, so cash flow is lumpy versus a monthly fund. Total return has trailed SPY over the available window. The deepest 1-year drawdown on record here is 9.7%.

Who may consider HOLD — and who may not

It is a weaker fit for investors who need monthly cash flow (HOLD pays annual); investors whose main goal is matching SPY total return. This is educational context, not a recommendation to buy or sell.

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