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EIRLISharesINDEX

iShares MSCI Ireland ETF

$82.57-0.08% today
668352-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 a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted index. The index is a broad-based index composed of Irish equities. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
79.474.669.782.57DAILY NET FLOWFeb 17Apr 17Jun 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN · NET +$893K OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$7K walked out over the past month, while the price has returned +11.4% so far this year. At 0.50% 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

$78Massets under management
0.50%expense ratio · $50 per $10,000 a year
−$7Knet flow, trailing month
5Kavg daily volume, 30 days
30holdings · US-domiciled
2010listed May 4, 2010 · beta 0.85
The book at a glance
ICLR-0.8%DOLE-0.1%AMBP-2.0%GHRS-0.5%ASC-0.5%RYA4.3%DCC4.2%GFTU3.9%C5H3.5%AV.3.3%GVR3.0%UPR2.7%PTSB1.9%IRES1.9%CCR1.4%A5G18.9%BIRG14.8%KRZ10.2%KRX5.5%GL94.4%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1ICLRICON5.90%$167.18-0.8%
2DOLEDOLE2.31%$12.93-0.1%
3AMBPARDAGH METAL PACKAGING SA2.21%$5.11-2.0%
4GHRSGH RESEARCH2.00%$29.65-0.5%
5ASCARDMORE SHIPPING1.69%$18.00-0.5%
6RYARyanair Holdings PLC4.25%
7DCCDCC PLC COMMON STOCK GBP 0.254.16%
8GFTUGRAFTON GROUP PLC UTS CDI UNIT EUR.053.85%
9C5HCairn Homes plc3.45%
10AV.Corgi Aerospace & Commercial Aviation ETF3.26%
11GVRGLENVEAGH PROPERTIES PLC2.96%
12UPRUniphar Group Plc2.67%
13PTSBPermanent TSB Group Holdings plc 6.625% 30-JUN-2029, 6.62%, 06/30/291.89%
14IRESIrish Residential Properties REIT PLC1.85%
15CCRC&C GROUP PLC1.42%

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Sector weights
Financials39.21%
Consumer Staples18.75%
Industrials14.37%
Health Care10.57%
Consumer Discretionary6.41%
Energy5.85%
Materials2.21%
Real Estate1.85%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.52%
Information Technology0.21%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Ireland74.42%
United Kingdom12.75%
United States10.45%
Bermuda1.69%
European Union0.43%
Australia0.21%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.1%
1 month+5.1%
3 months+12.2%
6 months+13.7%
YTD+11.4%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$275K
1 month−$7K
3 months−$7K
YTD+$5M
1 year+$1M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
14%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
18%realized volatility, 1 year
-14.3%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-0.5%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 18.9% of the book; the top ten carry 75%. Spread across 30+ names, it behaves like roughly 11 equally-weighted positions.

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

The case against EIRL

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat EIRL 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-45bp on fee · 1637× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-46bp on fee · 417× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-46bp on fee · 299× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-46bp on fee · 238× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-43bp on fee · 2491× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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