Owns small and mid-sized US industrial companies and community banks, following an RBA index.
AIRR, the First Trust RBA American Industrial Renaissance ETF, is a $8.9 billion ETF whose main story is the trade-war tax. It holds 16.9% of the money in ETFs carrying that story, 2nd of 30. Over the past year it returned +10.0%, against +16.8% for broad US ETFs. Figures to October 2, 2026; past performance, not a recommendation.
The narrative it carries
Its main narrative, at 0.7 of its exposure.
The trade-war tax →
Retailers, brands and US manufacturers: the companies that pay tariffs or are protected by them.
The band is where this narrative’s level sits among the 22 this week. QUIET means less talked about, not falling.
| # | ETF | SHARE | ASSETS | 1 YEAR | COST |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | XLY | 57.4% | $21.27bn | −7.3% | 0.08% |
| 2 | AIRR | 16.9% | $8.94bn | +10.0% | 0.69% |
| 3 | VCR | 16.6% | $6.16bn | −6.1% | 0.09% |
| 4 | FDIS | 4.4% | $1.63bn | −6.0% | – |
| 5 | IYC | 3.1% | $1.17bn | −8.3% | 0.37% |
| 25 other ETFs | 1.6% |
Share is each ETF’s slice of the capital carrying this narrative. 1 year is market price total return; cost is the expense ratio. See all 30 ETFs on the narrative page →
Also carries: The reshoring trade →
Infrastructure, critical metals and materials: what it takes to make more things at home.
FRI OCT 2MARKET PRICE TOTAL RETURN
| 1M | 3M | YTD | 1Y | 3Y* | 5Y* | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AIRR | +0.4% | −15.2% | +8.6% | +10.0% | +28.4% | +20.8% |
| The trade-war taxits narrative | −3.3% | −7.5% | −3.8% | −3.7% | +15.0% | +7.7% |
| The marketbroad US ETFs | +0.8% | +2.6% | +14.6% | +16.8% | +22.9% | +12.9% |
1M, 3M, 1Y, 3Y, 5Y: one month to five years. YTD: year to date. * A year, annualised. A dash means the ETF has not traded for the whole period. Since it started trading on March 11, 2014: +14.6% a year.
$10,000 invested October 31, 2016
Year by year
Total return in each calendar year; this year is year to date. A year appears only if AIRR traded for all of it.
Total return on the market price, with each distribution reinvested on its ex-date. Not the NAV return the issuer publishes; the two differ when the ETF trades above or below the value of its holdings. The narrative is the asset-weighted return of the unlevered ETFs that carry it. The market is the asset-weighted return of broad US index ETFs. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.
FRI OCT 2MARKET PRICE TOTAL RETURN
How closely it moves
AIRR moves closely with the market. When the market has moved 1%, AIRR has tended to move 1.26%.
AIRR moves partly with the trade-war tax. When the trade-war tax has moved 1%, AIRR has tended to move 0.81%.
Weekly returns over 157 weeks. The narrative is measured without AIRR in it, so it is not compared with itself.
ETFs it moves most and least like
Correlation of weekly returns over the last 3 years, among unlevered ETFs StoryVector covers.
Where it sits in The trade-war tax
Each dot is one of 13 unlevered ETFs whose main narrative is the trade-war tax, placed by its return (up) and how much it swung (right) over the last year.
Risk
Cost against its peers
AIRR is the 7th cheapest of 9 ETFs in the trade-war tax. The dashed line is the middle of the group, 0.37% a year.
How it is built
An unlevered long ETF that owns its holdings directly. It counts toward Share of Narrative.
Narrative exposure
Second narrative: read in the ETF’s own filing.
Common questions
What story is AIRR selling?
AIRR’s main story is the trade-war tax, which covers retailers, brands and US manufacturers: the companies that pay tariffs or are protected by them. Its second is the reshoring trade.
Which ETFs compete with AIRR?
The ETFs whose weekly returns move most like AIRR’s over the past 3 years are PAVE (0.93), WELD (0.90) and MDYG (0.89).
How much of the trade-war tax does AIRR hold?
AIRR holds 16.9% of the money in ETFs carrying that story, 2nd of 30.
How has AIRR performed against its story?
Over the past year AIRR returned +10.0%, the ETFs carrying the trade-war tax −3.7% and broad US ETFs +16.8%, to October 2, 2026. Its weekly returns have a correlation of 0.62 with the story. Past performance only.
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