NANC Traders Beat the Crowd by 33 Points and the Difference Keeps Growing

"NANC bets that political insiders with proximity to regulation, defense contracts, and committee hearings own quality compounders. The portfolio looks like a tech-heavy S&P 500. The top five positions are NVIDIA at 10.44%, Microsoft at 7.88%, Alphabet at 4.88%, Amazon at 4.84%, and Apple at 3.98%, with names like American Express, Salesforce, Philip Morris, and Netflix filling the top ten. The fund holds roughly $255 million and charges 0.74%."

"BUZZ bets that retail attention front-runs price. Its index ranks the 75 most-discussed US large caps by positive sentiment, rebalanced monthly. That mechanic systematically pulls in high-beta tech, momentum names, and whatever Reddit, X, and stock forums favor. When sentiment leads earnings, BUZZ wins. When the crowd is wrong, rebalancing keeps buying losers."

"NANC, launched February 7, 2023, has returned 93.23% through May 13, 2026, beating the SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust ( NYSEARCA:SPY | SPY Price Prediction) return of 78.79% over the same window. BUZZ, launched March 4, 2021, has returned 60.15% since inception, while SPY returned 78.19% over the trailing five years. BUZZ was buying peak meme stocks in 2021, then rebalancing into the wreckage through the 2022 drawdown. The signal amplified exactly the wrong exposures."

"Over the past year, BUZZ returned 37.56% against NANC's 24.45%, with SPY at 26.49%. Sentiment works in trending tape. It breaks in regime shifts."

NANC targets information edges from Democratic members of Congress by mirroring stocks disclosed under the STOCK Act. The portfolio is tech-heavy and resembles a concentrated large-cap growth mix, with top holdings including NVIDIA, Microsoft, Alphabet, Amazon, and Apple. The fund holds about $255 million and charges 0.74%. BUZZ ranks 75 frequently discussed large-cap US stocks using natural language processing and positive sentiment, rebalancing monthly. The strategy tends to favor high-beta tech, momentum names, and retail-favored stocks. BUZZ performed well when sentiment led earnings, but underperformed during periods when the crowd was wrong, including buying peak meme stocks in 2021 and rebalancing into 2022 drawdown losses. NANC delivered stronger long-term and recent performance versus BUZZ and SPY.

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