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EMLCVanEck

VanEck J.P. Morgan EM Local Currency Bond ETF

$25.85+0.51% today
252752-WK

The fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities that comprise the fund's benchmark index. The index is comprised of bonds issued by emerging market governments and denominated in the local currency of the issuer. It may concentrate its investments in a particular industry or group of industries to the extent that the index concentrates in an industry or group of industries. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
26.225.725.225.85DAILY NET FLOWAug 21Dec 18Apr 21Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET +$133M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned -0.1% so far this year. At 0.30% a year it is not the cheapest way in — LQD runs the same ground at 0.14%.

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

$25.1Bassets under management
0.30%expense ratio · $30 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
1.9Mavg daily volume, 30 days
244holdings · US-domiciled
2010listed July 22, 2010 · beta 0.36
Sector weights
Other100%
Cash & Others100%
Government97.21%
Cash1.78%
Corporate0.55%
Agency0.47%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.9%
1 month+2.5%
3 months+2.0%
6 months-2.0%
YTD-0.1%
1 year+1.8%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month
3 months
YTD
1 year

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
6%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
7%realized volatility, 1 year
-6.6%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-2.8%where it sits vs. that peak today

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

Options tape
89calls today
82puts today
0.92put/call ratio
4Mshares traded
The case against EMLC

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat EMLC 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-27bp on fee · +$288M in over the monthHead-to-head
MBB iShares MBS ETF0.04%$39B+$26M-26bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$26M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-25bp on fee · 5× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-26bp on fee · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-26bp on fee · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
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