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iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

$66.06+1.11% today
507152-WK

The fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its underlying index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of its underlying index. The index is designed to measure equity market performance in the global emerging markets. The underlying index includes large- and mid-capitalization companies and may change over time.

Price & daily flows
66.064.262.466.06DAILY NET FLOWJul 20Jul 29Aug 10Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN · NET +$1.4B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$1.4B of net buying over the past month, about 4.6% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +17.5% so far this year. At 0.70% a year it is not the cheapest way in — ESMV runs the same ground at 0.18%.

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

$31.3Bassets under management
0.70%expense ratio · $70 per $10,000 a year
+$1.4Bnet flow, trailing month
21.5Mavg daily volume, 30 days
1314holdings · US-domiciled
2003listed April 6, 2003 · beta 1.48
The book at a glance
LTM-2.7%BBCA-0.9%MTN+2.2%NU-2.5%PDD+0.4%SLM-1.7%GFI-1.5%INFY+1.7%BAP-2.2%VAL-0.6%SCC.R+0.0%SCCO-2.3%REM-0.1%VOD-0.3%HTOHTHT-1.5%YMM-0.8%BZ+1.8%HAL-0.4%BVN-2.3%TMEJBSTALVIPSLTM-2.7%AUGOBDXBCI-0.2%

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS TODAY’S MOVE · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1LTMLATAM AIRLINES GROUP SA0.07%$50.69-2.7%
2BBCAJPMORGAN BETABUILDERS CANADA ETF0.14%$106.22-0.9%
3MTNVAIL RESORTS0.17%$149.78+2.2%
4TMTOYOTA MOTOR0.02%$188.93-0.1%
5ABGASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP0.10%$204.03
6CLSCELESTICA0.02%$310.24-8.9%
7NRPNATURAL RESOURCE PARTNERS LP0.05%$102.99-0.8%
8NUNU HOLDINGS0.44%$14.36-2.5%
9PDDPDD HOLDINGS0.40%$87.27+0.4%
10SLMSLM0.08%$26.87-1.7%
11GFIGOLD FIELDS0.30%$40.89-1.5%
12INFYINFOSYS0.30%$11.83+1.7%
13BAPCREDICORP0.21%$368.73-2.2%
14OUTOUTFRONT MEDIA0.03%$29.98+0.7%
15VALVALARIS0.19%$86.54-0.6%

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Sector weights
Information Technology41.64%
Financials19.24%
Consumer Discretionary8.34%
Industrials6.63%
Communication6.16%
Materials6.02%
Energy3.37%
Consumer Staples2.73%
Health Care2.64%
Utilities1.8%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Taiwan27.31%
Korea (South)20.5%
China20.4%
India11.31%
Brazil3.77%
South Africa3.17%
Saudi Arabia2.42%
Mexico1.68%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.6%
1 month+4.4%
3 months+1.7%
6 months+8.1%
YTD+17.5%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$480M
1 month+$1.4B
3 months+$1.4B
YTD+$4.9B
1 year+$5.2B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
27%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
25%realized volatility, 1 year
-14.2%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-7.2%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 5.2% of the book; the top ten carry 14%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 52 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
80Kcalls today
130Kputs today
1.63put/call ratio
20.6Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
CLS CELESTICA$11M$12M
NU NU HOLDINGS$3M$2M
HAL HALLIBURTON$3M$647,155
PDD PDD HOLDINGS$1M$2M
GFI GOLD FIELDS$179,258$917,512

TODAY’S OPTIONS PREMIUM IN THE FUND’S UNDERLYING NAMES

The case against EEM

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF0.03%$97.9B+$245M-67bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$245M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-66bp on fee · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-66bp on fee · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-66bp on fee · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$900.9B−$14.2B-67bp on fee · 29× the assetsHead-to-head
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