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iShares Core Growth Allocation ETF

$69.92+0.35% today
627052-WK

The fund is a fund of funds and seeks its investment objective by investing primarily in underlying funds that themselves seek investment results corresponding to their own respective underlying indexes. It generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its underlying index. The index measures the performance of the S&P Dow Jones Indices LLC proprietary allocation model.

Price & daily flows
69.869.068.269.92DAILY NET FLOWJul 20Jul 29Aug 10Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned +7.1% so far this year. At 0.15% 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

$2.1Bassets under management
0.15%expense ratio · $15 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
320Kavg daily volume, 30 days
9holdings · US-domiciled
2008listed November 3, 2008 · beta 0.67
Sector weights
ETF99.8%
Miscellaneous52.38%
Technology23.95%
Financial Services15.75%
Industrials11.16%
Healthcare11.07%
Consumer Cyclical10.55%
Communication Services7.15%
Consumer Defensive6.25%
Energy4.37%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States61.99%
Japan6.2%
United Kingdom3.73%
Canada2.84%
Switzerland2.65%
France2.34%
India2.18%
China2.17%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.3%
1 month+2.2%
3 months+2.5%
6 months+4.6%
YTD+7.1%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month
3 months
YTD
1 year

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
9%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
9%realized volatility, 1 year
-6.6%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-0.7%where it sits vs. that peak today

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

Options tape
151calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
560Kshares traded
The case against AOR

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-11bp on fee · 16× the assets · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-11bp on fee · 13× the assets · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
ILCG iShares Morningstar Growth ETF0.04%$3.3B+$7M-11bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$7M in over the monthHead-to-head
VUG Vanguard Growth Index Fund0.04%$135.5B-11bp on fee · 63× the assetsHead-to-head
VTV Vanguard Value Index Fund0.04%$125.5B-11bp on fee · 59× the assetsHead-to-head
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