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ACWXISharesINDEX

iShares MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

$77.19+0.54% today
627852-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 is a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted index designed to measure the combined equity market performance of developed and emerging markets countries, excluding the United States.

Price & daily flows
74.770.265.777.19DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$3.8B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$460M of net buying over the past month, about 3.7% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +13.3% so far this year. At 0.34% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IEFA runs the same ground at 0.07%.

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

$12.4Bassets under management
0.34%expense ratio · $34 per $10,000 a year
+$460Mnet flow, trailing month
2Mavg daily volume, 30 days
1901holdings · US-domiciled
2008listed March 25, 2008 · beta 1.12
The book at a glance
ASML-2.5%BA.SHEL+1.2%DTE-0.7%BHP+2.8%RY-2.6%ROP+3.7%AZN+3.3%SAP+3.0%SAN-0.4%TD-2.8%SHOP+0.0%TTE+0.9%NWGCM-2.8%BNS-2.6%RIO+3.4%AEM+10.2%CNQ+0.4%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1LTMLATAM AIRLINES GROUP SA0.02%$51.03+0.7%
2BP.BP0.29%$43.94+1.1%
3ASMLASML HOLDING NV1.91%$1756.82-2.5%
4BA.BOEING0.23%$221.82-0.5%
5SHELSHELL0.66%$93.09+1.2%
6DTEDTE ENERGY0.30%$139.45-0.7%
7BHPBHP GROUP0.59%$91.58+2.8%
8SIGSIGNET JEWELERS0.03%$85.22+0.2%
9PPHVANECK PHARMACEUTICAL ETF0.01%$116.74
10PRUPRUDENTIAL FINANCIAL0.09%$123.28-1.1%
11VODVODAFONE GROUP PUBLIC LTD0.08%$16.21+0.4%
12RYROYAL BANK OF CANADA0.80%$207.47-2.6%
13ROPROPER TECHNOLOGIES0.81%$408.69+3.7%
14MTNVAIL RESORTS0.05%$153.46+2.5%
15AZNASTRAZENECA0.62%$165.38+3.3%

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Sector weights
Financials25.09%
Information Technology20.54%
Industrials14.33%
Consumer Discretionary7.86%
Health Care6.74%
Materials6.74%
Consumer Staples4.98%
Energy4.66%
Communication4.37%
Utilities2.97%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Japan14.12%
Taiwan8.81%
Canada8.46%
United Kingdom8.43%
Korea (South)6.5%
China6.26%
France5.88%
Switzerland5.53%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.7%
1 month+4.3%
3 months+4.1%
6 months+5.4%
YTD+13.3%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$458M
1 month+$460M
3 months+$666M
YTD+$3B
1 year+$3.8B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
16%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
17%realized volatility, 1 year
-11.4%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.2%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 1.9% of the book; the top ten carry 8%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 88 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
2calls today
1puts today
0.50put/call ratio
1.1Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
NBIS Nebius Group NV$162M$181M
MRK MERCK & CO$33M$35M
ASML ASML HOLDING NV$29M$27M
BA. BOEING$12M$19M
NEM NEWMONT$13M$14M

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The case against ACWX

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-29bp on fee · 10× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-30bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-30bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-30bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-27bp on fee · 16× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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