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AGZISharesINDEX

iShares Agency Bond ETF

$108.84+0.18% today
10811152-WK

The index measures the performance of the agency sector of the U.S. government bond market and is composed of investment-grade U.S. dollar-denominated publicly-issued government agency bonds or debentures. The fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the index and TBAs that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics of the component securities of the index.

Price & daily flows
110.4109.6108.9108.84DAILY NET FLOWFeb 17Apr 17Jun 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN · NET +$5M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$11M of net buying over the past month, about 1.9% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -1.3% so far this year. At 0.20% a year it is not the cheapest way in — ITDG runs the same ground at 0.11%.

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

$569Massets under management
0.20%expense ratio · $20 per $10,000 a year
+$11Mnet flow, trailing month
16Kavg daily volume, 30 days
132holdings · US-domiciled
2008listed November 4, 2008 · beta 0.05
The book at a glance
13.3%5.8%5.7%4.7%3.8%3.7%3.5%2.7%2.6%2.2%2.1%1.6%1.6%1.6%1.6%1.5%1.5%1.3%1.2%1.1%1.1%1.1%1.0%1.0%0.9%0.9%0.9%0.8%0.7%0.7%0.7%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1FNMA BENCHMARK NOTE13.31%
2FNMA BENCHMARK NOTE5.84%
3FHLB5.70%
4FFCB4.74%
5FNMA BENCHMARK NOTE3.77%
6FNMA BENCHMARK NOTE3.66%
7FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS3.54%
8FHLMC REFERENCE BOND2.66%
9FHLMC REFERENCE NOTE2.63%
10FNMA BENCHMARK NOTE2.23%
11TVA2.13%
12FHLMC MTN1.63%
13FEDERAL FARM CREDIT BANKS FUNDING1.62%
14FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS1.60%
15FNMA1.59%

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Sector weights
Owned No Guarantee53.47%
Government Sponsored38.92%
Cash and/or Derivatives5.06%
Government Guaranteed2.08%
Treasuries0.44%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.3%
1 month+0.1%
3 months+0.1%
6 months-1.5%
YTD-1.3%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$367K
1 month+$11M
3 months+$22M
YTD+$5M
1 year−$39M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
2%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
3%realized volatility, 1 year
-2.4%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.9%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 13.3% of the book; the top ten carry 51%. Spread across 101+ names, it behaves like roughly 25 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
17Kshares traded
The case against AGZ

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
STIP iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF0.03%$16B+$288M-17bp on fee · 28× the assets · +$288M in over the monthHead-to-head
MBB iShares MBS ETF0.04%$39B+$26M-16bp on fee · 69× the assets · +$26M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-16bp on fee · 41× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-16bp on fee · 33× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
MUB iShares National Muni Bond ETF0.05%$45.8B+$585M-15bp on fee · 81× the assets · +$585M in over the monthHead-to-head
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