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iShares MSCI EAFE Min Vol Factor ETF

$94.06+1.07% today
849552-WK

The fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of the index. The index measures the performance of international equity securities that in the aggregate have lower volatility relative to the MSCI EAFE Index.

Price & daily flows
92.489.286.094.06DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET −$421M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$101M of net buying over the past month, about 1.9% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +8.5% so far this year. At 0.22% 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

$5.4Bassets under management
0.22%expense ratio · $22 per $10,000 a year
+$101Mnet flow, trailing month
590Kavg daily volume, 30 days
272holdings · US-domiciled
2011listed October 17, 2011 · beta 0.35
The book at a glance
ORA+0.5%AIABA.-0.5%BP.+1.1%SHEL+1.2%DTE-0.7%TSCOEQNR+1.1%TTE+0.9%HLN+1.6%GSK+2.8%IAG+6.9%SAP+3.0%AZN+3.3%TRN-0.9%ARGX+3.2%TLS-0.2%ESLT-4.9%BN+0.3%WES-1.1%RACE+2.5%ADM-1.0%ROP+3.5%NG.+12.4%G+6.1%CCEPELE+6.9%WDSSAN-0.2%ALV+1.9%EL

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1SIGSIGNET JEWELERS0.17%$85.22+0.2%
2ORAORMAT TECHNOLOGIES1.05%$110.25+0.5%
3AIAISHARES ASIA 50 ETF0.23%$136.97+1.4%
4BA.BOEING0.83%$221.90-0.5%
5BP.BP0.62%$43.94+1.1%
6SHELSHELL1.48%$93.09+1.2%
7DTEDTE ENERGY0.59%$139.45-0.7%
8TSCOTRACTOR SUPPLY0.42%$35.72+2.9%
9EQNREQUINOR ASA1.47%$42.33+1.1%
10TTETOTALENERGIES SE1.38%$90.23+0.9%
11HLNHALEON0.66%$9.89+1.6%
12GSKGSK0.50%$52.56+2.8%
13IAGIAMGOLD0.24%$19.44+6.9%
14TELTE CONNECTIVITY0.05%$205.58+0.3%
15SAPSAP SE0.68%$216.82+3.0%

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Sector weights
Financials20.88%
Industrials14.23%
Health Care11.75%
Consumer Staples11.52%
Energy8.61%
Utilities8.41%
Communication8.33%
Consumer Discretionary5.71%
Information Technology5.36%
Real Estate2.76%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Japan27.01%
Switzerland10.49%
United Kingdom9.83%
France6.09%
Hong Kong5.87%
Singapore5.76%
Australia5.26%
Spain4.24%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.8%
1 month+3.3%
3 months+2.6%
6 months+0.3%
YTD+8.5%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$5M
1 month+$101M
3 months−$23M
YTD−$125M
1 year−$421M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
11%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
11%realized volatility, 1 year
-8.4%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-0.9%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 1.5% of the book; the top ten carry 14%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 127 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
394Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MRK MERCK & CO$33M$35M
ASML ASML HOLDING NV$29M$27M
BA. BOEING$12M$20M
SHEL SHELL$13M$13M
EL ESTEE LAUDER$3M$3M

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

The case against EFAV

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-17bp on fee · 24× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-18bp on fee · 6× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-18bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-18bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-15bp on fee · 36× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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