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Avantis Responsible Emerging Markets Equity ETF

$78.80+0.82% today
608552-WK

The fund invests primarily in a diverse group of companies related to emerging markets across market sectors, industry groups and countries. The fund may invest in companies of all market capitalizations. The portfolio management team limits its investable universe of companies by screening out those that raise concerns based on the team’s evaluation of multiple ESG metrics.

Price & daily flows
79.372.465.478.80DAILY NET FLOWAug 22Dec 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 +18.5% so far this year. At 0.33% a year it is not the cheapest way in — LQD runs the same ground at 0.14%.

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

$84Massets under management
0.33%expense ratio · $33 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
11Kavg daily volume, 30 days
2317holdings · US-domiciled
2022listed March 27, 2022 · beta 1.45
Sector weights
Other28.86%
Finance26.74%
Financial Services25.58%
Financials24.12%
Information Technology22.3%
Technology21.05%
Consumer Discretionary20%
Electronic Technology17.81%
Consumer Cyclical16.57%
Industrials10.36%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Other28.25%
India23.33%
China20.71%
Taiwan20.25%
Taiwan (Province of China)16.94%
South Korea12.4%
Korea (the Republic of)10.22%
Brazil5.33%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.2%
1 month+3.3%
3 months+1.3%
6 months+8.6%
YTD+18.5%
1 year+28.6%
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
25%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
24%realized volatility, 1 year
-14.8%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-6.8%where it sits vs. that peak today

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

The case against AVSE

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-29bp on fee · 388× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$193.2B+$631M-26bp on fee · 2294× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF0.09%$160.6B+$1.9B-24bp on fee · 1908× the assets · +$1.9B in over the monthHead-to-head
IAGG iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF0.07%$11.4B+$739M-26bp on fee · 135× the assets · +$739M in over the monthHead-to-head
IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF0.07%$46.2B-26bp on fee · 549× the assetsHead-to-head
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