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iShares MSCI Philippines ETF

$25.10-0.55% today
232852-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 designed to measure the performance of the large-, mid- and small-capitalization segments of the Philippines equity market. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
27.426.124.825.10DAILY NET FLOWFeb 17Apr 17Jun 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN · NET −$9M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$28M of net buying over the past month, about 18.2% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -0.8% so far this year. At 0.59% a year it is not the cheapest way in — EFRA runs the same ground at 0.47%.

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

$156Massets under management
0.59%expense ratio · $59 per $10,000 a year
+$28Mnet flow, trailing month
158Kavg daily volume, 30 days
34holdings · US-domiciled
2010listed September 27, 2010 · beta 0.62
The book at a glance
AGI-3.3%TEL-6.1%SM+0.0%MWC+10.4%MER3.5%JFC3.0%AEV2.6%GTCAP2.1%AC2.1%PGOLD2.0%CNPF2.0%SGP1.8%LTG1.7%MYNLD1.5%JGS1.4%MONDE1.4%MEG1.4%ALI1.4%PNB1.3%URC1.3%DMC1.2%CNVRG1.1%APX0.9%SCCICT25.9%BDO9.7%SMPH5.9%BPI5.2%MBT4.3%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1PLUSEPLUS0.73%$86.62-0.2%
2AGIALAMOS GOLD1.69%$32.89-3.3%
3TELTE CONNECTIVITY3.33%$205.02-6.1%
4SMSM ENERGY4.50%$35.48+0.0%
5MWCMICWARE CO LTD1.68%$1.49+10.4%
6MERManila Electric Co.3.47%
7JFCJollibee Foods Corp2.96%
8AEVJH MULTIFACTOR EM ETF2.62%
9GTCAPGT Capital Holdings Inc.2.15%
10ACASSOCIATED CAPITAL GROUP2.12%
11PGOLDPUREGOLD PRICE CLUB INC COMMON STOCK PHP 12.04%
12CNPFCentury Pacific Food Inc.1.97%
13SGPSPYGLASS PHARMA INC1.79%
14LTGLT Group Inc.1.71%
15MYNLDMAYNILAD WATER SERVICES INC1.51%

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Sector weights
Industrials40.7%
Financials20.51%
Utilities11.57%
Real Estate10.58%
Consumer Staples6.71%
Communication4.41%
Consumer Discretionary3.69%
Materials0.91%
Energy0.87%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.06%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-3.1%
1 month-2.0%
3 months+2.3%
6 months-6.9%
YTD-0.8%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$6M
1 month+$28M
3 months+$21M
YTD+$43M
1 year+$56M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
12%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
19%realized volatility, 1 year
-15.9%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-11.5%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 25.9% of the book; the top ten carry 68%. Spread across 36+ names, it behaves like roughly 10 equally-weighted positions.

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

The case against EPHE

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat EPHE 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-54bp on fee · 825× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-55bp on fee · 210× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-55bp on fee · 150× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-55bp on fee · 120× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-52bp on fee · 1256× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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