of its assets in those issuers than a diversified
investment company.
In buying and selling securities for the Fund, the Adviser uses an active strategy. This strategy consists of a disciplined approach that involves computer-aided, quantitative analysis of fundamental, technical and risk-related factors. The Adviser’s factor model (a method of analyzing and combining multiple data sources) systematically reviews thousands of stocks, using data such as historical earnings growth and expected future growth, valuation, price momentum, and other quantitative factors to forecast return potential. Then, risk characteristics of potential investments and covariation among securities are analyzed along with the return forecasts in determining the Fund’s holdings. The Fund may make use of the unique features of the ETF structure, such as in-kind transactions and custom baskets, to select securities or modify the Fund’s investment exposure.
The Fund is subject to the following principal investment risks, which you should review
carefully and in entirety. An investment in the Fund is not a deposit or other obligation of Thrivent Trust Company, Thrivent Bank, or any bank and is not insured or guaranteed by the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation or any other federal agency. The
Fund may not achieve its investment objective and you could lose money by investing in the Fund.
Equity Security Risk. Equity securities held by the Fund may decline significantly in price, sometimes rapidly or unpredictably, over short or extended periods of time, and such declines may occur because of declines in the equity market as a whole, or because of declines in only a particular country, geographic region, company, industry, or sector of the market. From time to time, the Fund may invest a significant portion of its assets in companies in one particular country or geographic region or one or more related sectors or industries, which would make the Fund more vulnerable to adverse developments affecting such countries, geographic regions, sectors or industries. Equity securities generally do not move in the same direction at the same time and are generally more volatile than most debt securities.
Market Risk. Over time, securities markets generally tend to move in cycles with periods when security prices rise and periods when security prices decline. The value of the Fund’s investments may move with these cycles and, in some instances, increase or decrease more than the
applicable market(s) as measured by
the Fund’s benchmark index(es). The securities markets may also decline because of factors that affect a
particular industry or market sector, or due to impacts from domestic or global events, including regulatory
events, economic downturn, government shutdowns, the spread of infectious illness such as the outbreak of
COVID-19, public health crises, war, terrorism, social unrest, recessions, natural disasters or similar
events.
Non-Diversified Risk. The Fund is not “diversified” within the meaning of the 1940 Act. That means the Fund may invest a greater percentage of its assets in the securities of any single issuer compared to other funds. A non-diversified portfolio is generally more susceptible than a diversified portfolio to the risk that events or developments affecting a particular issuer or industry will significantly affect the Fund’s performance.
ETF Structure Risks. The Fund is structured as an ETF and is subject to risks related to exchange trading, including:
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The Fund’s shares are listed for trading on a national securities exchange (the “Exchange”) and are bought and sold on the secondary market at market prices.
Although it is expected that the market price of Fund shares will typically approximate the Fund’s net
asset value (“NAV”), there may be times when the market price reflects a significant premium or
discount to NAV.
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Although the Fund’s shares are listed on the Exchange, it is possible that an active trading market in the Fund’s shares may not be maintained.
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The Fund could potentially face trading halts and/or delisting from the Exchange. This risk is heightened in times of market stress, including at both the Fund share level and at the Fund holdings level.
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Only an authorized participant (an “Authorized Participant”) may engage in creation or redemption transactions directly with the Fund, and none of those Authorized Participants is
obligated to engage in creation and/or redemption transactions. The Fund has a limited number of institutions
that may act as Authorized Participants on an agency basis (i.e., on behalf of other market participants). To
the extent that Authorized Participants exit the business or are unable to proceed with creation or
redemption orders with respect to the Fund and no other Authorized Participant is able to step forward to
create or redeem Creation Units, Fund shares may be more likely to trade at a premium or discount to NAV and
possibly face trading halts or delisting.
Investment
Adviser Risk. The Fund is actively managed and the success of its investment strategy depends significantly on the skills of the Adviser in assessing the potential of the investments in which the Fund invests. The
assessment of potential Fund investments may prove