FLXR

TCW Flexible Income ETF

TCW · $3.61bn in assets, October 8, 2026

An actively managed ETF: owns bonds from many sectors, credit qualities and maturities around the world, and takes positions in credit, currencies and interest rates, aiming for high income.

FLXR, the TCW Flexible Income ETF, is a $3.6 billion ETF whose main story is the credit signal. Over the past year it returned +1.1%, against +16.8% for broad US ETFs. Figures to October 2, 2026; past performance, not a recommendation.

FLXR · the ETFFRI OCT 2Market price total return
+5.7% a yearTotal return since launch, June 2024
+1.1%Last 12 months
−0.1%Year to date
2.8%Volatility since launch

The narrative it carries

This is its only narrative.

The credit signal →

Corporate bonds, loans and the banks that make them: the price of lending to companies.

The credit signal · the narrative this week
34.7QUIET level, 22 of 22
last four weeks
431ETFs carry it
26.5%held by the top five
XLFlargest holder, 6.2%
$685 bncapital, 4th of 22

The band is where this narrative’s level sits among the 22 this week. QUIET means less talked about, not falling.

Who owns the capital
XLF 6.2%BND 5.9%VCIT 5.7%AGG 4.9%VCSH 3.8%426 other ETFs 73.5%26.5%top five
#ETFSHAREASSETS1 YEARCOST
1XLF6.2%$50.97bn+1.8%0.08%
2BND5.9%$161.78bn−2.1%0.03%
3VCIT5.7%$67.63bn−2.7%0.03%
4AGG4.9%$135.65bn−2.2%0.03%
5VCSH3.8%$44.97bn+0.9%0.03%
426 other ETFs73.5%
FLXR: 0.4%

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 431 ETFs on the narrative page →

FRI OCT 2MARKET PRICE TOTAL RETURN

1M3MYTD1Y3Y*5Y*
FLXR−1.7%−1.8%−0.1%+1.1%––
The credit signalits narrative−2.2%−2.4%−0.5%+0.6%+8.2%+2.7%
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 June 24, 2024: +5.7% a year.

$10,000 invested June 30, 2024

FLXR $11,342The credit signal $11,511The market $14,542
$10,000$20,000Jun 2024Dec 2024Jun 2025Dec 2025Jun 2026$10,000$20,000Jun 2024Jun 2025Jun 2026

Year by year

FLXRThe credit signalThe market
-10%0%10%20%FLXR 2025: +8.4%Narrative 2025: +10.0%The market 2025: +16.8%2025FLXR YTD: -0.1%Narrative YTD: -0.5%The market YTD: +14.6%YTD-10%0%10%20%FLXR 2025: +8.4%Narrative 2025: +10.0%The market 2025: +16.8%2025FLXR YTD: -0.1%Narrative YTD: -0.5%The market YTD: +14.6%YTD

Total return in each calendar year; this year is year to date. A year appears only if FLXR 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.

Common questions

What story is FLXR selling?

FLXR’s main story is the credit signal, which covers corporate bonds, loans and the banks that make them: the price of lending to companies.

Which ETFs compete with FLXR?

The ETFs whose weekly returns move most like FLXR’s over the past 3 years are DYNB (0.95), EVTR (0.95) and TOTL (0.95).

How has FLXR performed against its story?

Over the past year FLXR returned +1.1%, the ETFs carrying the credit signal +0.6% and broad US ETFs +16.8%, to October 2, 2026. Its weekly returns have a correlation of 0.73 with the story. Past performance only.

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Narrative figures are from the weekly board. Performance is market price total return as of October 2, 2026. Assets are StoryVector’s weekly figure. Classification and measurement. Not investment advice. How the measurement works →