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BEMBISharesINDEX

iShares Trust - iShares J.P. Morgan Broad USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF

$52.90+0.35% today
525552-WK

The fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index, and the fund will invest at least 90% of its assets in fixed income securities of the types included in the underlying index that BFA believes will help the fund track the underlying index. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
54.053.352.752.90DAILY NET FLOWFeb 17Apr 17Jun 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN · NET — OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned -1.8% so far this year. At 0.18% a year it is not the cheapest way in — AGG runs the same ground at 0.03%.

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

$42Massets under management
0.18%expense ratio · $18 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
1Kavg daily volume, 30 days
259holdings
2023listed February 21, 2023 · beta 0.23
The book at a glance
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CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS TODAY’S MOVE · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1ARGENTINA REPUBLIC OF GOVERNMENT0.76%
2REPUBLIC OF ANGOLA SR UNSECURED REGS 04/32 8.750.73%
3HUNGARY SR UNSECURED REGS 06/29 5.250.73%
4OMAN GOV INTERNTL BOND SR UNSECURED REGS 01/28 5.6250.73%
5PROSUS NV MTN RegS0.68%
6DARLING GLOBAL FINANCE BV 144A0.67%
7PANAMA REPUBLIC OF (GOVERNMENT)0.60%
8JAMAICA (GOVERNMENT OF)0.56%
9PANAMA REPUBLIC OF (GOVERNMENT)0.56%
10TURKEY (REPUBLIC OF)0.55%
11VEDANTA RESOURCES FINANCE II PLC 11 1/4 12/03/310.54%
12REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR SR UNSECURED REGS 07/35 VAR0.54%
13DARLING GLOBAL FINANCE BV 144A0.54%
14COSTA RICA GOVERNMENT UNSECURED REGS 11/54 7.30.53%
15REPUBLIC OF NIGERIA SR UNSECURED REGS 01/31 8.7470.52%

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Sector weights
Government Related73.07%
Corporates25.6%
Cash and/or Derivatives1.28%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Saudi Arabia5.38%
Mexico4.86%
China3.96%
Turkey3.69%
Brazil3.68%
Indonesia3.34%
United Arab Emirates3.32%
Hong Kong3.21%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.3%
1 month-0.1%
3 months+0.1%
6 months-2.5%
YTD-1.8%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month
3 months
YTD
1 year−$5M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
4%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
5%realized volatility, 1 year
-4.7%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-3.4%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 0.8% of the book; the top ten carry 7%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 225 equally-weighted positions.

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

The case against BEMB

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat BEMB 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-15bp on fee · 381× the assets · +$288M in over the monthHead-to-head
MBB iShares MBS ETF0.04%$39B+$26M-14bp on fee · 926× the assets · +$26M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-14bp on fee · 776× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-14bp on fee · 556× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-14bp on fee · 443× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
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