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EMHYISharesINDEX

iShares J.P. Morgan EM High Yield Bond ETF

$40.35+0.27% today
394152-WK

The fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index, and the fund will invest at least 90% of its assets in fixed income securities of the types included in the underlying index that BFA believes will help the fund track the underlying index. The index tracks the performance of below investment-grade U.S. dollar-denominated, emerging market fixed and floating-rate debt securities issued by corporate, sovereign, and quasi-sovereign entities. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
40.540.039.440.35DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$155M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$22M of net buying over the past month, about 3.4% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -0.0% so far this year. At 0.50% a year it is not the cheapest way in — ITDG runs the same ground at 0.11%.

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

$640Massets under management
0.50%expense ratio · $50 per $10,000 a year
+$22Mnet flow, trailing month
85Kavg daily volume, 30 days
662holdings · US-domiciled
2012listed April 2, 2012 · beta 0.32
The book at a glance
1.3%1.2%1.0%0.9%0.9%0.8%0.8%0.6%0.6%0.6%0.5%0.5%0.5%0.5%0.5%0.4%0.4%0.4%0.4%0.4%0.4%0.4%0.4%0.4%0.4%0.3%0.3%0.3%0.3%0.3%0.3%0.3%0.3%0.3%0.3%0.3%0.3%0.3%0.3%0.3%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1ARGENTINA REPUBLIC OF GOVERNMENT1.27%
2ARGENTINA REPUBLIC OF GOVERNMENT1.16%
3PETROLEOS MEXICANOS0.97%
4ARGENTINA REPUBLIC OF GOVERNMENT0.94%
5PETROLEOS MEXICANOS0.86%
6REPUBLIC OF ECUADOR SR UNSECURED REGS 07/35 VAR0.80%
7Industrial & Commercial Bank Of China L0.76%
8BRAZIL FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF (GOV0.60%
9PETROLEOS MEXICANOS MTN0.59%
10DARLING GLOBAL FINANCE BV 144A0.56%
11TURKEY (REPUBLIC OF)0.49%
12REPUBLIC OF GHANA SR UNSECURED REGS 07/35 VAR0.48%
13PETROLEOS MEXICANOS0.46%
14BRAZIL FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF (GOV0.45%
15BRAZIL FEDERATIVE REPUBLIC OF (GOV0.45%

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Sector weights
Sovereign53.39%
Industrial19.32%
Agency13.17%
Financial Institutions10.9%
Utility2.29%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.82%
Local Authority0.07%
Supranational0.06%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Turkey14.09%
Brazil13.66%
Mexico7.91%
Argentina7.42%
Colombia7.01%
Dominican Republic3.64%
South Africa3.48%
Bahrain2.99%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.1%
1 month0.0%
3 months+0.7%
6 months-1.2%
YTD-0.0%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$6M
1 month+$22M
3 months+$54M
YTD+$103M
1 year+$155M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
4%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
6%realized volatility, 1 year
-4.8%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.5%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 2.0% of the book; the top ten carry 10%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 162 equally-weighted positions.

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

The case against EMHY

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
STIP iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF0.03%$16B+$288M-47bp on fee · 25× the assets · +$288M in over the monthHead-to-head
MBB iShares MBS ETF0.04%$39B+$26M-46bp on fee · 61× the assets · +$26M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-46bp on fee · 37× 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 · 29× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
MUB iShares National Muni Bond ETF0.05%$45.8B+$585M-45bp on fee · 72× the assets · +$585M in over the monthHead-to-head
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