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Cantor Fitzgerald Commodity Ret Strat C Overview

Cantor Fitzgerald Commodity Ret Strat C (CRSCX) is an actively managed Commodities Commodities Broad Basket fund. Cantor launched the fund in 2004.

The investment seeks total return. The fund is designed to achieve positive total return relative to the performance of the Bloomberg Commodity Index Total Return. The advisor intends to invest its assets in a combination of commodity linked-derivative instruments and fixed income securities. It invests in a portfolio of fixed income securities normally having an average duration of one year or less, and emphasizes investment-grade fixed income securities. The fund may invest up to 25% of its total assets in the subsidiary, a wholly-owned subsidiary of it organized under the laws of the Cayman Islands. It is non-diversified.

About Cantor Fitzgerald Commodity Ret Strat C (CRSCX)

There are 2 members of the management team with an average tenure of 12.17 years: Christopher Burton (2005), Scott Ikuss (2023). Management tenure is more important for actively managed funds than passive index funds.

The fund has 2 primary benchmarks: Bloomberg US Agg Bond TR USD index with a weighting of 100% and Bloomberg Commodity TR USD index with a weighting of 100%. Cantor Fitzgerald Commodity Ret Strat C has 46 securities in its portfolio. The top 10 holdings constitute 53.1% of the fund’s assets. The fund meets the SEC requirement of being classified as a nondiversified fund. The fund is not considered to have an ESG focus with its investment selection and management.

Cantor Fitzgerald Commodity Ret Strat C is part of the Real Assets global asset class and is within the Commodities fund group. Cantor Fitzgerald Commodity Ret Strat C has 17.9% of its portfolio invested in foreign issues. The overall assets allocated to domestic stock is 0.0%. There is 0.0% allocated to foreign stock, and 0.0% is allocated to preferred stocks. The bond allocation as a percentage of total assets is 78.4% (60.4% domestic bond, 17.9% foreign bond and 0.0% convertible bond). Cantor Fitzgerald Commodity Ret Strat C has 10.3% of the portfolio in cash.

Assets Under Management

The fund has $5 million in total assets, which is below the $481 million average for the Commodities Broad Basket category. Normally, lower assets under management translates to higher average expense ratios, and greater total assets are desired. However, for some investment categories, such as small-cap investing, it may be difficult for the manager to fully employ the desired active strategy if assets grow too large or too quickly.

CRSCX Performance and Fees

The expense ratio measures how much of a fund’s assets are used for administrative expenses and operating expenses, including adviser fees and fees for the transfer agent and custodial services. The Cantor Fitzgerald Commodity Ret Strat C expense ratio is high compared to funds in the Commodities Broad Basket category. Cantor Fitzgerald Commodity Ret Strat C has an expense ratio of 1.80%, which is 63% higher than its category average, making the fund expense ratio grade a F. While it is difficult to predict returns, it is known that high annual expense ratios reduce your rate of return, and excessive fees are difficult to overcome. Active management normally comes with higher expense ratios than passive index management. Certain investment categories such as small company and foreign also normally have higher expense ratios. It is best to compare fund expense ratios against the category averages for meaningful assessments.

High portfolio turnover can translate to higher expenses and lower aftertax returns. Cantor Fitzgerald Commodity Ret Strat C has a portfolio turnover rate of 60%, indicating that holds its assets around 0.0 years. By way of comparison, the average portfolio turnover is 73% for the Commodities Broad Basket category.

Recently, in the month of July 2026, Cantor Fitzgerald Commodity Ret Strat C returned 7.4%, which earned it a grade of B, as the Commodities Broad Basket category had an average return of 6.9%. The letter grades of A, B, C, D and F are based upon relative rankings within the investment category. A grade of A, for example, would indicate that the return is in the highest 20% for that time period compared to all funds in that category.

Cantor Fitzgerald Commodity Ret Strat C has a trailing yield of 7.75%, which is below the 9.29% category average.

It’s natural to seek the best-performing investments, but you must consider the relationship between risk and return and the impact of costs and taxes on your realized returns.

Cantor Fitzgerald Commodity Ret Strat C Grades

Year to date, the fund has returned 22.2%, 0.2 percentage points worse than the category, which translates into a grade of C. The fund has returned 33.9% over the past year (grade of D), 10.9% over the past three years (grade of D) and 9.3% per year over the past five years (grade of D) and 6.2% per year over the past 10 years (grade of F).

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