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ESGDISharesINDEX

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EAFE ETF

$106.54+0.26% today
9010852-WK

The fund generally will invest at least 90% 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 underlying index is composed of large- and mid-capitalization developed market equities, excluding the U.S. and Canada that have positive environmental, social and governance characteristics as identified by the index provider while exhibiting risk and return characteristics similar to those of the parent index.

Price & daily flows
106.5104.7103.0106.54DAILY NET FLOWJul 20Jul 29Aug 10Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN · NET +$45M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$45M of net buying over the past month, about 0.4% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +10.9% so far this year. At 0.20% 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

$12.2Bassets under management
0.20%expense ratio · $20 per $10,000 a year
+$45Mnet flow, trailing month
263Kavg daily volume, 30 days
408holdings · US-domiciled
2016listed June 27, 2016 · beta 0.98
The book at a glance
ASML-2.7%BP.+0.6%SHEL+1.1%BHP+3.4%ALL-0.1%ACATSCOSAP+2.9%ROP+3.5%AZN+3.4%GSK+2.8%TTE+0.7%DTE-0.8%BBVA-0.4%NWG-1.4%SMIN-0.3%SAN-0.0%CSLALCRXLMRK+12.6%G+5.9%NG.+13.2%HLNWDS+1.6%SPOT+4.4%ALV+1.1%BN-0.0%AIR-6.5%EQTEQNR

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1SIGSIGNET JEWELERS0.11%$85.62+0.7%
2BA.BOEING0.57%$221.79-0.6%
3ASMLASML HOLDING NV3.44%$1753.66-2.7%
4BP.BP0.38%$43.70+0.6%
5SHELSHELL0.97%$93.01+1.1%
6BHPBHP GROUP0.89%$92.17+3.4%
7ALLALLSTATE0.29%$260.85-0.1%
8ACAARCOSA0.23%$145.37+0.0%
9TSCOTRACTOR SUPPLY0.20%$35.74+3.0%
10SAPSAP SE1.14%$216.58+2.9%
11ROPROPER TECHNOLOGIES1.20%$407.93+3.5%
12TELTE CONNECTIVITY0.07%$204.54-0.2%
13AZNASTRAZENECA0.92%$165.49+3.4%
14GSKGSK0.41%$52.56+2.8%
15TTETOTALENERGIES SE0.84%$90.07+0.7%

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Sector weights
Financials27.23%
Industrials18.71%
Information Technology11.26%
Health Care9.6%
Consumer Discretionary8%
Consumer Staples6.5%
Materials5.63%
Energy3.75%
Utilities3.64%
Communication3.49%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Japan23.87%
United Kingdom14.05%
Switzerland9.68%
France9.04%
Germany8.56%
Australia6.54%
Netherlands6.26%
Spain4.17%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-1.0%
1 month+4.0%
3 months+5.0%
6 months+3.5%
YTD+10.9%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$43M
1 month+$45M
3 months+$252M
YTD+$39M
1 year+$565M

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)
16%realized volatility, 1 year
-11.7%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.2%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 3.4% of the book; the top ten carry 12%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 104 equally-weighted positions.

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

The case against ESGD

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat ESGD 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-15bp on fee · 11× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-16bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-16bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-16bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-13bp on fee · 16× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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