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iShares California Muni Bond ETF

$56.65+0.20% today
565852-WK

The index includes municipal bonds issued in the State of California, the interest of which is exempt from Federal income taxes and not subject to AMT. 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 the advisor believes will help the fund track the underlying index. It is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
57.857.056.256.65DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET +$2.4B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$99M of net buying over the past month, about 2.1% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -1.5% so far this year. At 0.080% a year, nothing comparable on our shelf runs cheaper.

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

$4.6Bassets under management
0.080%expense ratio · $8 per $10,000 a year
+$99Mnet flow, trailing month
496Kavg daily volume, 30 days
1214holdings · US-domiciled
2007listed October 3, 2007 · beta 0.09
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
1LOS ANGELES CALIF UNI SCH DIST0.49%
2LOS ANGELES CALIF UNI SCH DIST0.46%
3CALIFORNIA EDL FACS AUTH REV0.45%
4CALIFORNIA ST UNIV REV0.43%
5UNIVERSITY CALIF REVS0.43%
6CALIFORNIA ST0.40%
7UNIVERSITY CALIF REVS0.36%
8EAST CNTY ADVANCED WTR PURIFIC EAWWTR 09/26 FIXED 3.1250.34%
9CALIFORNIA ST0.33%
10CALIFORNIA ST0.31%
11CALIFORNIA ST0.31%
12FOOTHILL / EASTERN TRANSN CORR0.30%
13UNIVERSITY CALIF REVS0.29%
14SAN FRANCISCO CALIF CITY & CNT0.28%
15CALIFORNIA ST PUB WKS BRD LEAS0.27%

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Sector weights
School Districts25.3%
State Tax-Backed21.49%
Utility19.99%
Education11.86%
Local Tax-Backed10.56%
Transportation7.29%
Cash and/or Derivatives2.03%
Prerefund/Escrow0.95%
Other Industries0.55%
Other0.08%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.4%
1 month-0.8%
3 months-0.3%
6 months-2.6%
YTD-1.5%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$42M
1 month+$99M
3 months+$362M
YTD+$912M
1 year+$1.2B

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)
3%realized volatility, 1 year
-3.5%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-3.0%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 0.5% of the book; the top ten carry 4%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 213 equally-weighted positions.

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

The case against CMF

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat CMF 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-5bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$288M in over the monthHead-to-head
MBB iShares MBS ETF0.04%$39B+$26M-4bp on fee · 8× the assets · +$26M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-4bp on fee · 5× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-4bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
MUB iShares National Muni Bond ETF0.05%$45.8B+$585M-3bp on fee · 10× the assets · +$585M in over the monthHead-to-head
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