XDAT Stock Discussion

Franklin Exponential Data ETF Description

XDAT provides exposure to companies that may benefit from exponential data or the use of large data sets and/or the growth of data, including systems, services, hardware, software and other digital and physical infrastructure related to data creation, amplification, collection, cleaning, recording, analysis, processing, transmission, delivery, storage, encryption and security. These may include firms that either monetize data or have the potential in the future to monetize data, such as those offering cloud computing technologies and services, data supporting infrastructure, data analytics solutions, artificial intelligence, machine learning, and augmented and virtual reality. In constructing the portfolio the investment managers use a proprietary fundamental, bottom-up research and analysis which leverages insights from diverse sources. The Fund may invest across economic sectors but it leans heavily towards information technology related industries.

Keywords: Artificial Intelligence Machine Learning Big Data Data Management Analytics Virtual Reality Encryption Formal Sciences