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XTRACKERS MSCI EAFE HEDGED EQUITY ETF

$55.56-0.38% today
455752-WK

Xtrackers MSCI EAFE Hedged Equity ETF (the “Fund”) seeks investment results that correspond generally to the performance, before fees and expenses, of the MSCI EAFE US Dollar Hedged Index (the “Underlying Index”).

Price & daily flows
54.752.149.555.56DAILY NET FLOWFeb 17Apr 17Jun 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned +14.2% so far this year. At 0.36% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IEFA runs the same ground at 0.07%.

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

$6.4Bassets under management
0.36%expense ratio · $36 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
359Kavg daily volume, 30 days
810holdings · US-domiciled
2023listed October 1, 2023 · beta 0.80
Sector weights
Finance20.31%
Financial Services20.13%
Financials19.23%
Consumer Discretionary19.09%
Industrials16.84%
Healthcare14.23%
Health Technology12.39%
Consumer Non-Durables9.83%
Information Technology9.82%
Consumer Cyclical9.66%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Other41.82%
Japan22.46%
United Kingdom14.67%
Switzerland10.78%
France10.66%
Germany8.56%
Australia7.4%
Netherlands5.4%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-1.7%
1 month+2.4%
3 months+6.9%
6 months+8.3%
YTD+14.2%
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
10%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
13%realized volatility, 1 year
-9.4%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.9%where it sits vs. that peak today

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
748Kshares traded
The case against DBEF

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat DBEF 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-32bp on fee · 5× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-29bp on fee · 30× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF0.09%$160.6B+$1.9B-27bp on fee · 25× the assets · +$1.9B in over the monthHead-to-head
IAGG iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF0.07%$11.4B+$739M-29bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$739M in over the monthHead-to-head
IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF0.07%$46.2B-29bp on fee · 7× the assetsHead-to-head
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