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Tuttle Capital Management
Tuttle Capital Management was founded in 2012 by Matthew Tuttle, an investment manager who previously ran Tuttle Wealth Management and authored books on...
Tuttle Capital Management
Tuttle Capital Management was founded in 2012 by Matthew Tuttle, an investment manager who previously ran Tuttle Wealth Management and authored books on tactical investing. Based in Riverside, Connecticut, the firm evolved from a wealth-management practice into a registered investment adviser that specializes in launching and operating exchange-traded funds. Tuttle Tactical Management, a related entity, serves as sub-adviser for portfolio management, reflecting a modular structure designed to keep ETF operation and advisory functions separate. The firm's primary vehicle is the Tuttle Capital Short Innovation ETF (SARK), designed to provide inverse exposure to the ARK Innovation ETF. Beyond SARK, Tuttle has become a notable issuer of leveraged and inverse single-stock ETFs, launching products tied to companies such as Tesla, Nvidia, and Apple. Its strategy centers on packaging high-conviction tactical views — long, short, leveraged — into ETF wrappers. The geographic focus is U.S. markets, with all products listed on Nasdaq or NYSE Arca. The firm has also filed for ETFs tracking unusual niches, such as short-term high-yield, behaviorally driven factors, and short-biased long/short equity indexes. The firm's product roster has grown to more than a dozen ETFs, though total assets across the complex remain modest relative to platform-scale issuers. Tuttle operates a lean team, partnering with white-label platform providers to handle ETF administration and custody. The firm's distribution model relies on brokerage-agnostic listing and marketing via financial media and trader-focused platforms rather than institutional gatekeepers. Tuttle's structural differentiator is its willingness to operate at the regulatory frontier of ETF packaging. It was early to market with single-stock leveraged ETFs, a product category that faced SEC scrutiny and drew comparisons to exchange-traded notes for their risk profile. The firm's governance is tied closely to Matthew Tuttle, who functions as CEO, portfolio manager, and primary public voice — a concentration unusual among RIAs managing public-market vehicles.
General information
Firm type
Bank / Wealth / Trust
Year founded
2012
AUM
Undisclosed
Location
Region
North America
Country
United States
City
Riverside
Corporate office
Riverside, CT, United States
Principals
Matthew Tuttle
Chief Executive Officer
Sector focus
Frequently asked questions
Who runs investment decisions at Tuttle Capital Management?
Matthew Tuttle, the founder and CEO, is the lead decision-maker for product design and portfolio management. He serves as portfolio manager for the firm's ETFs and directs the tactical strategies underpinning the firm's funds. Tuttle Tactical Management, an affiliated entity, acts as sub-adviser and is also led by Matthew Tuttle.
What is the SARK ETF, and how does it fit Tuttle's broader strategy?
The Tuttle Capital Short Innovation ETF (SARK) provides inverse exposure to the ARK Innovation ETF. It is the firm's highest-profile product and encapsulates Tuttle's approach: packaging a strong tactical view — in this case, betting against high-growth, high-multiple tech stocks — into a simple, liquid ETF that can be traded intraday. SARK functions as a hedge or directional bet for investors bearish on ARK's cohort of companies.
How does Tuttle Capital Management source its fund ideas?
Tuttle's fund ideas typically stem from the firm's own tactical and quantitative research, which Matthew Tuttle has written about in books and financial commentary. The firm identifies themes, sectors, or securities it believes are mispriced and builds ETFs — often leveraged or inverse — around those convictions. There is no evidence of a formal pipeline or external sourcing network.
Is Tuttle Capital Management a family office or a traditional asset manager?
Tuttle Capital Management is registered as an investment adviser and operates as an ETF issuer and wealth manager, not a family office. Its structure as a boutique RIA with a heavy reliance on a single principal makes it resemble a proprietary trading firm reorganized into a fund-management business, but it does not serve a single family's capital.
Does Tuttle participate in fund commitments or only direct deals?
Tuttle does not make fund commitments or private direct deals. The firm operates entirely within public markets, focusing on listed ETFs. Its vehicles hold public equities, derivatives, and short-term instruments to achieve their stated exposures. There is no private-equity, venture-capital, or real-asset activity.
What are the primary regulatory risks facing Tuttle's product suite?
The SEC has scrutinized leveraged and inverse single-stock ETFs, which Tuttle pioneered. These products use derivatives to deliver daily resetting multiples of a single stock's performance, introducing volatility decay and path-dependency risks that regulators worry retail investors may not fully understand. The firm's entire product line operates in a segment that could face stricter rules without notice.
Where does Tuttle Capital Management's AUM stand relative to other ETF issuers?
Total assets across Tuttle's ETF complex are not publicly disclosed on a consolidated basis but are understood to be small — likely under $1B — based on public fund-level data. This places the firm in the category of boutique, thematic issuers rather than the multi-trillion-dollar platforms. The firm has not published a firmwide AUM figure.
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