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Avantis Core Municipal Fixed Income ETF

$45.11-0.12% today
444752-WK

Under normal market conditions, the fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets, plus any borrowings for investment purposes, in municipal fixed income securities with interest payments exempt from federal income tax. The fund will invest primarily in investment grade securities as rated by an independent rating agency or determined by the advisor to be of comparable credit quality if a rating is unavailable.

Price & daily flows
46.545.744.845.11DAILY NET FLOWAug 25Dec 19Apr 21Aug 21

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

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned -2.6% so far this year. At 0.15% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IJH runs the same ground at 0.05%.

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

$144Massets under management
0.15%expense ratio · $15 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
24Kavg daily volume, 30 days
689holdings · US-domiciled
2020listed December 7, 2020 · beta 0.10
Sector weights
Cash & Others100%
Other100%
Municipal99.94%
Cash0.06%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States100%
Other100%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.3%
1 month-0.4%
3 months-1.7%
6 months-3.9%
YTD-2.6%
1 year+1.9%
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
5%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
4%realized volatility, 1 year
-4.6%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-4.3%where it sits vs. that peak today

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

The case against AVMU

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat AVMU 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-12bp on fee · 111× the assets · +$288M in over the monthHead-to-head
MBB iShares MBS ETF0.04%$39B+$26M-11bp on fee · 271× the assets · +$26M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-10bp on fee · 891× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-11bp on fee · 162× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-11bp on fee · 130× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
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