Claymore has filed paperwork with the SEC for a new “Guggenheim Enhanced Ultra-Short Bond ETF” (GSY). The interesting part of the filing is a footnote that states, “Prior to __________, 2010, the Fund was known as the ”Claymore U.S. Capital Markets Micro-Term Fixed Income ETF (NYSE:ULQ).” With an average volume of around 549 shares, the existing Micro-Term Fixed Income ETF has struggled to gather assets since its introduction in 2008.

The Guggenheim Enhanced Ultra-Short Bond ETF will be an active ETF as opposed to its indexed based predecessor.

PRINCIPAL INVESTMENT STRATEGIES

The Fund uses a low duration strategy to seek to outperform the 1-3 month Treasury Bill Index in addition to providing returns in excess of those available in U.S. Treasury bills, government repurchase agreements, and money market funds, while providing preservation of capital and daily liquidity. The Fund is not a money market fund and thus does not seek to maintain a stable net asset value of $1.00 per share. The Fund expects, under normal circumstances, to hold a diversified portfolio of fixed income instruments of varying maturities, but that have an average duration of less than 1 year. In comparison to maturity (which is the date on which a debt instrument ceases and the issuer is obligated to repay the principal amount), duration is a measure of the price volatility of a debt instrument as a result of changes in market rates of interest, based on the weighted average timing of the instrument’s expected principal and interest payments. Duration differs from maturity in that it considers a security’s yield, coupon payments, principal payments and call features in addition to the amount of time until the security finally matures. As the value of a security changes over time, so will its duration.

 The Fund primarily invests in U.S. dollar-denominated investment grade debt securities, rated Baa or higher by Moody’s Investors Service, Inc. (“Moody’s”), or equivalently rated by Standard & Poor’s Rating Group (“S&P”) or Fitch Investor Services (“Fitch”) or, if unrated, determined by the Investment Adviser to be of comparable quality. The Fund may invest, without limitation, in U.S. dollar-denominated securities and instruments of foreign issuers. The Fund may also invest in securities denominated in foreign currencies. The Investment Adviser may attempt to reduce this risk by entering into contracts with banks, dealers to purchase or sell securities or foreign currencies at a future date (“forward contracts”). The Fund may invest in high yield securities (“junk bonds”), which are debt securities that are rated below investment grade by nationally recognized statistical rating organizations, or are unrated securities that the Investment Adviser believes are of comparable quality. The
Fund may also invest in municipal securities. 

The Fund may invest a substantial portion of its assets in short-term instruments such as commercial paper and/or repurchase agreements. The Fund may also invest in a wide range of fixed income instruments selected from, but not limited to, the following sectors: U.S. Treasury securities, corporate bonds, emerging market debt and non-dollar denominated sovereign and corporate debt. The Fund may invest up to [__]% of its assets in mortgage-backed securities (“MBS”) or in other asset-backed securities. This limitation does not apply to securities issued or guaranteed by federal agencies and/or U.S. government sponsored instrumentalities, such as the Government National Mortgage Administration (“GNMA”), the Federal Housing Administration (“FHA”), the Federal National Mortgage Association (“FNMA”) and the Federal Home Loan Mortgage Corporation (“FHLMC”). In addition to securities issued or guaranteed by such agencies or instrumentalities, the Fund may invest in MBS or other asset-backed securities issued or guaranteed by private issuers. The MBS in which the Fund may invest may also include residential mortgage-backed securities (“RMBS”), collateralized mortgage obligations (“CMOs”) and commercial mortgage-backed securities (“CMBS”). The asset-backed securities in which the Fund may invest include collateralized debt obligations (“CDOs”). CDOs include collateralized bond obligations (“CBOs”), collateralized loan obligations (“CLOs”) and other similarly structured securities. A CBO is a trust which is backed by a diversified pool of high risk, below investment grade fixed income securities. A CLO is a trust typically collateralized by a pool of loans, which may include, among others, domestic and foreign senior secured loans, senior unsecured loans, and subordinate corporate loans, including loans that may be rated below investment grade or equivalent unrated loans.

The Fund may obtain exposure to the securities in which it normally invests by engaging in various investment techniques, including, but not limited to, forward purchase agreements, mortgage dollar roll and “TBA” mortgage trading. A mortgage dollar roll involves the sale of a MBS by a Fund and its agreement to repurchase the instrument (or one which is substantially similar) at a specified time and price. A TBA transaction is a method of trading MBS. In a TBA transaction, the buyer and seller agree upon general trade parameters such as agency, settlement date, par amount and price. The actual pools delivered generally are determined two days prior to the settlement date. The Fund also may invest directly in exchange-traded funds (“ETFs”) and other investment companies that provide exposure to fixed income securities similar to those securities in which the Fund may invest in directly.

The Fund will normally invest at least 80% of its net assets in fixed income securities. The Fund has adopted a policy that requires the Fund to provide shareholders with at least 60 days notice prior to any material change in this policy. The Board of Trustees may change the Fund’s investment strategy and other policies without shareholder approval, except as otherwise indicated.

For the full filing click: HERE

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