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iShares MSCI Global Min Vol Factor ETF

$127.00+0.77% today
11712752-WK

The fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of the underlying index. The index measures the combined performance of equity securities in both developed and emerging markets that, in the aggregate, have lower volatility relative to the large- and mid-cap developed and emerging markets.

Price & daily flows
124.9122.1119.3127.00DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET −$2.3B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$7M walked out over the past month, about 0.2% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +7.0% so far this year. At 0.20% a year it is not the cheapest way in — ESMV runs the same ground at 0.18%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$3.4Bassets under management
0.20%expense ratio · $20 per $10,000 a year
−$7Mnet flow, trailing month
91Kavg daily volume, 30 days
464holdings · US-domiciled
2011listed October 17, 2011 · beta 0.33
The book at a glance
ORA+0.3%DTE-0.5%JNJ+1.3%CSCO+0.1%MSI+2.3%MSFT+0.5%DUK-0.5%COR+1.7%BRKB-0.4%SO+0.3%WM+1.6%XOM+0.2%CB-0.7%MCK-1.6%RSG+2.4%PEP+1.1%T+1.0%KO+2.1%MCD+0.1%VZ+1.3%ROP+3.4%ED-0.8%PG+0.8%LTMUS+0.9%NVDA-0.0%WEC-0.6%TJX-3.6%MNST+0.4%ADSK+1.7%ORLY+0.1%MRK+13.3%KR+1.0%NOC-0.2%CBOE+0.8%V+1.0%TDY-0.4%MDLZ+2.3%

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS TODAY’S MOVE · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1LTMLATAM AIRLINES GROUP SA0.12%$51.03+0.7%
2ORAORMAT TECHNOLOGIES0.69%$110.02+0.3%
3DTEDTE ENERGY0.50%$139.65-0.5%
4JNJJOHNSON & JOHNSON1.60%$274.68+1.3%
5CSCOCISCO SYSTEMS1.42%$111.74+0.1%
6MSIMOTOROLA SOLUTIONS1.27%$480.31+2.3%
7MSFTMICROSOFT1.24%$484.39+0.5%
8DUKDUKE ENERGY1.18%$123.38-0.5%
9CORCENCORA INC1.13%$321.40+1.7%
10BRKBBerkshire Hathaway Inc.1.05%$501.03-0.4%
11SOSOUTHERN1.05%$92.32+0.3%
12WMWASTE MANAGEMENT1.00%$227.18+1.6%
13XOMEXXON MOBIL0.95%$165.82+0.2%
14CBCHUBB0.96%$343.09-0.7%
15MCKMCKESSON0.88%$855.17-1.6%

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Sector weights
Information Technology26.78%
Health Care14.05%
Financials13.77%
Communication11.15%
Consumer Staples9.29%
Utilities7.16%
Industrials7.03%
Consumer Discretionary4.95%
Energy3.43%
Materials1.44%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States58.76%
Japan9.75%
China6.02%
Taiwan4.66%
India4.18%
Switzerland1.65%
Canada1.53%
Hong Kong1.27%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.6%
1 month+4.3%
3 months+4.1%
6 months+2.6%
YTD+7.0%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$4M
1 month−$7M
3 months−$24M
YTD−$131M
1 year−$96M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
8%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
8%realized volatility, 1 year
-6.4%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
at peakwhere it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 1.6% of the book; the top ten carry 12%. Spread across 249+ names, it behaves like roughly 134 equally-weighted positions.

VOLATILITY & DRAWDOWN FROM THE DAILY TAPE · CONCENTRATION FROM THE LATEST DISCLOSED BOOK

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
53Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY$535M$635M
NVDA NVIDIA$316M$331M
AMD ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES$216M$253M
AAPL APPLE$211M$178M
AVGO BROADCOM$170M$179M

TODAY’S OPTIONS PREMIUM IN THE FUND’S UNDERLYING NAMES

The case against ACWV

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat ACWV on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF0.03%$97.9B+$245M-17bp on fee · 29× the assets · +$245M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-16bp on fee · 10× the assets · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-16bp on fee · 10× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-16bp on fee · 8× the assets · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$900.9B−$14.2B-17bp on fee · 268× the assetsHead-to-head
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