WEAT avoids the front-month contract in its aim to provide exposure to wheat futures. Instead it holds the 2nd to expiration, 3rd to expiration and the subsequent December contracts to mitigate the impact of contango, weighting the contracts 35%, 30% and 35%, respectively. This approach should have some success in contango mitigation but may lag front month at times. The fund's structure means a K-1 at tax time and a blended tax rate.
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