{"id":26,"date":"2026-10-30T21:36:39","date_gmt":"2026-10-30T21:36:39","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/etfsrock.com\/?page_id=26"},"modified":"2026-10-30T21:36:39","modified_gmt":"2026-10-30T21:36:39","slug":"methodology","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/etfsrock.com\/?page_id=26","title":{"rendered":"Methodology"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The Rock Score is ten factors, ten points each, added up to 100. Every factor has a written definition and published cutoffs. Scores are relative to the fund&#039;s peer group, so compare inside a group, not across groups. The score describes quality for the fund&#039;s stated role. It is not a buy or sell call.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">The ten factors<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\"><li><strong>Mandate clarity<\/strong> (Structure)<\/li><li><strong>Diversification<\/strong> (Structure)<\/li><li><strong>Fees<\/strong> (Cost)<\/li><li><strong>Trading efficiency<\/strong> (Cost)<\/li><li><strong>Total return<\/strong> (Performance)<\/li><li><strong>Downside resilience<\/strong> (Performance)<\/li><li><strong>Capital preservation<\/strong> (Performance)<\/li><li><strong>Distribution dependability<\/strong> (Distributions)<\/li><li><strong>Distribution coverage<\/strong> (Distributions)<\/li><li><strong>Canadian tax fit<\/strong> (Tax)<\/li><\/ol>\n\n\n\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Rules<\/h2>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\"><li>Equal weights. A fee gap counts the same as a capital preservation gap, and the five pillars are shown so you can see where the points come from.<\/li><li>A fund with less than three years of history is stamped Provisional. We score what exists, we never invent a long-term score.<\/li><li>A factor that does not apply is left out and the score is rescaled over the factors that apply, with the count disclosed.<\/li><li>Return of capital is interpreted, not penalized by default.<\/li><li>Every score change is dated, explained, and kept in the revision history.<\/li><\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Rock Score is ten factors, ten points each, added up to 100. Every factor has a written definition and published cutoffs. Scores are relative to the fund&#039;s\u2026<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"menu_order":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","template":"","meta":{"footnotes":""},"class_list":["post-26","page","type-page","status-publish","hentry"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/etfsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/etfsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/etfsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/page"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etfsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/etfsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/etfsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/pages\/26\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/etfsrock.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}