Fund invests in U.S. companies poised to benefit from the reshaping of America’s industrial and economic landscape
BOSTON – GMO, a global investment manager known for its long-term, valuation-oriented strategies, today announced the launch of the GMO Domestic Resilience ETF (DRES). This actively managed ETF is designed to own U.S. companies that GMO believes are positioned to benefit from the nation’s changing role in the world, with a portfolio focused on sectors including manufacturing (onshoring), transportation, energy, automation, and defense.
Domestic Resilience aims to build a fundamentally selected portfolio that is far more concentrated and oriented toward the U.S. economy than traditional U.S. equity benchmarks. With an investment universe comprised primarily of U.S. equities, the strategy applies GMO’s time-tested views on the importance of company quality and valuation to invest in companies with high U.S. revenue exposure.
“The GMO Domestic Resilience ETF is built to identify and own businesses poised to benefit as the U.S. brings manufacturing and other strategic capabilities back home. By combining GMO’s discipline around quality and valuation to find attractive investments with a targeted approach to determine the sectors driving America’s new industrial era, the fund seeks to offer exposure that is more fundamentally focused—and more ‘U.S.’—than conventional benchmarks,” said Sam Klar, Portfolio Manager of DRES.
“Our process provides a portfolio with concentrated exposure to the backbone of American industrial strength: manufacturing, transportation, energy, automation, and defense. We believe that significant changes in public policy and corporate strategy are creating a unique investment opportunity tied to the future of the U.S. economy. This is an opportunity for investors to participate in the next chapter of U.S. growth and resilience,” said Tom Hancock, Co-Portfolio Manager of DRES and Head of GMO Focused Equity.
The launch of DRES further expands GMO's ETF lineup, which provides access to long-running GMO strategies and delivers specialized solutions for investors seeking to align their portfolios with secular trends in the global economy and markets. GMO’s ETF suite includes QLTY (U.S. Quality), QLTI (International Quality), GMOV (U.S. Value), GMOI (International Value), BCHI (Beyond China), and INVG (Systematic Investment Grade Credit).
More information about GMO’s ETFs is available at www.gmo.com.
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Global investment manager GMO, established in 1977, brings together focused expertise within its investment teams, industry-leading research, and client solutions and service to advance clients’ goals. Privately owned and renowned for conviction in a valuation-based, long-term investment philosophy, GMO serves sophisticated institutions, financial intermediaries, and families, and managed $70 billion as of August 31, 2025. The firm is headquartered in Boston, with offices in London, Sydney, Amsterdam, Singapore, and Tokyo (representative office).
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