The Truth Social Funds lineup includes TSES (American Energy Security), TSIC (American Icons), TSNF (American Next Frontiers), and TSRS (American Red State REITs). Yes, you read that last one correctly. We now have a REIT ETF that screens for properties based on which states voted the right way. Finally, someone has solved the age-old problem of “I want real estate exposure, but only from places that went red in the last election.”
The products are screened by the 1792 Exchange, an organisation dedicated to fighting “woke capitalism” by rating companies on their likelihood to “cancel” conservative customers. The screening methodology ensures alignment with “America First principles and the Truth Social brand.” One imagines the index committee meetings are considerably more entertaining than your typical MSCI reconstitution call.
For those keeping score at home, this brings the Truth Social Funds family to a growing collection that already includes crypto ETF filings covering Bitcoin, Ethereum, Solana, XRP, and Cronos. The company appears committed to building a full-service financial ecosystem where investors can express their political identity through asset allocation. Your portfolio as a bumper sticker, if you will.
The ETFs are sponsored by Yorkville America Equities, a Florida-based firm specialising in “America First themed businesses.” The expense ratios weren't disclosed in the initial filings, though one suspects the fees will be tremendous. Just tremendous.
What remains to be seen is whether there's genuine demand for politically curated equity exposure, or whether this is simply another chapter in the increasingly baroque story of ETF product development. In a market that has given us everything from inverse Cramer funds to literal meme coin ETFs, perhaps a Red State REIT was simply inevitable.
At minimum, the ticker symbols could have been more creative. MAGA was right there, people.