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EEMSISharesINDEX

iShares MSCI Emerging Markets Small-Cap ETF

$74.77+0.92% today
657952-WK

The fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of the underlying index. The index is designed to measure the performance of equity securities of small-capitalization companies in emerging market countries.

Price & daily flows
76.773.470.074.77DAILY NET FLOWFeb 17Apr 17Jun 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN · NET −$68M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$35K walked out over the past month, while the price has returned +9.6% 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

$380Massets under management
0.70%expense ratio · $70 per $10,000 a year
−$35Knet flow, trailing month
24Kavg daily volume, 30 days
1742holdings · US-domiciled
2011listed August 15, 2011 · beta 1.21
The book at a glance
AMR-0.2%LULU+2.8%HCCOSKPLUSNXST-1.6%SAP+1.2%IEX-3.0%ECL+1.6%AGIKRE-0.7%SRE+1.6%PTCTRU+0.9%ALG-3.2%STCSMUMOH+0.7%SCI-0.1%MTH-2.2%DRD-1.3%DIA-0.2%HCI+0.9%MRP-0.8%CPS+0.0%AIABOX+0.5%RA0.1%AVL-6.5%ATAT-0.5%CCL-1.9%CCU-0.9%RES-3.9%JOYY+0.1%IFS0.1%MWCATHM-2.5%PAGS-2.5%INTR-3.4%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1AMRALPHA METALLURGICAL RESOURCES0.11%$169.49-0.2%
2LULULULULEMON ATHLETICA0.05%$119.00+2.8%
3HCCWARRIOR MET COAL0.02%$97.71-0.5%
4OSKOSHKOSH0.03%$148.28-3.5%
5PLUSEPLUS0.02%$86.62-0.2%
6NXSTNEXSTAR MEDIA GROUP0.08%$182.54-1.6%
7SAPSAP SE0.03%$210.44+1.2%
8IEXIDEX0.03%$234.36-3.0%
9ECLECOLAB0.04%$280.01+1.6%
10AGIALAMOS GOLD0.02%$32.89-3.3%
11KRESPDR(R) S&P REGIONAL BANKING(SM) ETF0.05%$76.81-0.7%
12SRESEMPRA0.03%$87.26+1.6%
13PTCPTC0.02%$146.41+0.3%
14TRUTRANSUNION0.07%$79.45+0.9%
15ALGALAMO GROUP0.03%$159.17-3.2%

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Sector weights
Information Technology25.42%
Industrials16.79%
Financials10.26%
Consumer Discretionary10.1%
Materials9.68%
Health Care8.81%
Real Estate5.63%
Consumer Staples5.22%
Communication2.89%
Utilities2.75%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Taiwan27.35%
India21.37%
Korea (South)14.57%
China8.94%
South Africa3.58%
Saudi Arabia3.14%
Brazil3.03%
Malaysia2.88%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-1.3%
1 month+4.3%
3 months-1.3%
6 months+1.4%
YTD+9.6%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month−$35K
3 months−$68M
YTD−$68M
1 year−$68M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
22%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
21%realized volatility, 1 year
-13.9%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-5.7%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 0.7% of the book; the top ten carry 5%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 171 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
9Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
DIA SPDR DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE ETF TRUST$5M$7M
LULU LULULEMON ATHLETICA$4M$2M
KRE SPDR(R) S&P REGIONAL BANKING(SM) ETF$2M$2M
CCL CARNIVAL$786,849$2M
SAP SAP SE$962,903$840,318

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

The case against EEMS

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat EEMS 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 · 258× the assets · +$245M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-65bp on fee · 338× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-66bp on fee · 89× the assets · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-66bp on fee · 86× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-66bp on fee · 74× the assets · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
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