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iShares Asia 50 ETF

$137.03+1.35% today
8415152-WK

The fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of its index and may invest up to 20% of its assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents. It is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
136.3117.398.3137.03DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$2.9B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$266M of net buying over the past month, about 5.3% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +34.8% so far this year. At 0.50% 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

$5Bassets under management
0.50%expense ratio · $50 per $10,000 a year
+$266Mnet flow, trailing month
425Kavg daily volume, 30 days
65holdings · US-domiciled
2007listed November 12, 2007 · beta 1.84
The book at a glance
233023.6%00593015.3%99884.7%7004.6%24544.1%0006603.6%D052.5%23082.3%9392.3%12992.0%23172.0%O391.9%0059351.8%13981.5%4023401.5%37111.4%36901.3%18101.1%39881.1%3881.1%U1123181055600.8%28910.8%96180.8%2382988899610124502628

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
12330TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING23.55%
2005930SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD15.25%
39988ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD4.65%
4700TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD4.61%
52454MEDIATEK INC4.14%
6000660SK HYNIX INC3.57%
7D05DBS Group Holdings Ltd.2.49%
82308DELTA ELECTRONICS INC2.30%
9939CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H2.28%
101299AIA GROUP LTD2.01%
112317HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY LTD1.98%
12O39Oversea-Chinese Banking Corp. Ltd.1.89%
13005935SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE1.78%
141398INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF1.50%
15402340SK SQUARE LTD1.46%

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Sector weights
Information Technology56.61%
Financials19.79%
Consumer Discretionary9.67%
Communication7.01%
Industrials3.59%
Health Care0.98%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.75%
Materials0.55%
Energy0.52%
Real Estate0.49%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Taiwan36.73%
Korea (South)26.96%
China24.59%
Singapore5.89%
Hong Kong4.73%
United States1.04%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-1.0%
1 month+5.3%
3 months+3.7%
6 months+21.2%
YTD+34.8%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month+$266M
3 months+$258M
YTD+$2.2B
1 year+$2.9B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
34%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
32%realized volatility, 1 year
-17.1%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-9.1%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 23.6% of the book; the top ten carry 65%. Spread across 58+ names, it behaves like roughly 11 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
1calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
107Kshares traded
The case against AIA

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat AIA 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-47bp on fee · 19× the assets · +$245M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-46bp on fee · 7× the assets · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-46bp on fee · 6× the assets · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$900.9B−$14.2B-47bp on fee · 179× the assetsHead-to-head
VOO Vanguard 500 Index Fund0.03%$500.4B-47bp on fee · 100× the assetsHead-to-head
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