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iShares Asia 50 ETF

$144.67+1.13% vs prior close
9115152-WK

Price through Oct 2 · Flows through Oct 1. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 3. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 3.

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
144.9142.1139.2144.67DAILY NET FLOWSep 3Sep 15Sep 23Oct 2

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN · NET −$122M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$122M in net outflows over the past month, about 2.5% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +48.4% so far this year. At 0.50% a year it is not the cheapest way in — ANEW has a reported fee of 0.45%.

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

$4.9Bassets under management
0.50%expense ratio · $50 per $10,000 a year
−$122Mnet flow, trailing month
235Kavg daily volume, 30 days
65holdings · US-domiciled
2007listed November 13, 2007 · beta 1.88
The book at a glance
0006607.2%00538000593014.9%0059351.9%012450034020055550105560121112991.8%13030.9%13981.5%18101.0%23031.1%23082.1%23171.8%23180.8%233022.5%24544.7%28810.8%28910.8%289936901.0%37111.4%388

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS THE CHANGE IN THE LATEST AVAILABLE SNAPSHOT · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1—SGD CASH0.01%———
2—HKD CASH0.04%———
3—TWD CASH0.05%———
4—KRW CASH0.25%———
5000270KIA CORPORATION CORP0.37%———
6000660SK HYNIX INC7.19%———
7005380HYUNDAI MOTOR0.64%———
8005385HYUNDAI MOTOR S1 PREF0.06%———
9005387HYUNDAI MOTOR S2 PREF0.08%———
10005930SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD14.89%———
11005935SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE1.94%———
12012450HANWHA AEROSPACE LTD0.48%———
13034020DOOSAN ENERBILITY LTD0.50%———
14035420NAVER CORP0.41%———
15055550SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP LTD0.63%———

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Sector weights
Information Technology59.73%
Financials19.42%
Consumer Discretionary8.01%
Communication6.39%
Industrials3.3%
Materials1.33%
Health Care0.52%
Energy0.49%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.44%
Real Estate0.39%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Taiwan38.96%
Korea (South)29.63%
China21.58%
Singapore5.51%
Hong Kong4.25%
United States0.06%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.0%
1 month+3.8%
3 months+7.7%
6 months+34.7%
YTD+48.4%
1 year+48.5%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$152K
1 month−$122M
3 months−$252M
YTD+$1.9B
1 year+$2.4B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAugSepOct
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
28%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
33%realized volatility, 1 year
-17.1%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-4.0%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 22.5% of the book; the top ten carry 66%. Spread across 59+ names, it behaves like roughly 11 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
—calls · latest snapshot
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
93Kshares 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
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$882.6B+$4.6B-47bp on fee · 180× the assets · +$4.6B in over the monthHead-to-head
BBUS JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Equity ETF0.02%$9.4B+$187M-48bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$187M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPYG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF0.04%$56.2B+$717M-46bp on fee · 11× the assets · +$717M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPTM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF0.03%$14.1B+$235M-47bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$235M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$34.3B+$148M-46bp on fee · 7× the assets · +$148M in over the monthHead-to-head
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