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iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF

$53.15+1.22% today
405752-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 index is an optimized equity index designed to reflect the equity performance of companies that have favorable ESG characteristics, while exhibiting risk and return characteristics similar to those of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (the "parent index").

Price & daily flows
53.051.650.153.15DAILY NET FLOWJul 20Jul 29Aug 10Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN · NET −$86M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$86M walked out over the past month, about 1.3% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +17.0% so far this year. At 0.25% a year it is not the cheapest way in — ESMV runs the same ground at 0.18%.

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

$6.7Bassets under management
0.25%expense ratio · $25 per $10,000 a year
−$86Mnet flow, trailing month
788Kavg daily volume, 30 days
385holdings · US-domiciled
2016listed June 27, 2016 · beta 1.48
The book at a glance
NRP+1.9%CLS-2.9%SLM-0.7%VOD+0.4%GFI+7.4%SCC.RBAP-0.1%INFY+2.1%NU+1.7%XP+2.8%SCCOTALBZVIPS28850.7%4023400.7%23030.6%13980.6%23170.6%37110.6%23180.6%1055600.6%ICICIBANK0.5%0555500.5%ALE0.5%BAJFINANCE0.5%PETR30.5%12110.5%36900.5%99990.5%0867900.5%AXISBANK0.5%6032590.5%28920.5%VAL0.5%49040.5%70100.5%RELIANCE0.5%20590.5%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1NRPNATURAL RESOURCE PARTNERS LP0.56%$104.98+1.9%
2CLSCELESTICA0.18%$301.36-2.9%
3SLMSLM0.33%$26.67-0.7%
4MTNVAIL RESORTS0.09%$153.46+2.5%
5VODVODAFONE GROUP PUBLIC LTD0.45%$16.21+0.4%
6GFIGOLD FIELDS0.52%$43.91+7.4%
7SCC.RSCHWAB CORE BOND ETF0.12%$25.22+0.4%
8BAPCREDICORP0.34%$368.43-0.1%
9INFYINFOSYS0.30%$12.08+2.1%
10NUNU HOLDINGS0.24%$14.61+1.7%
11XPXP0.15%$16.31+2.8%
12SCCOSOUTHERN COPPER0.11%$194.67+3.7%
13TALTAL EDUCATION GROUP0.10%$12.16+1.0%
14BZKANZHUN0.10%$16.08+1.6%
15VIPSVIPSHOP HOLDINGS0.09%$14.45+1.8%

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Sector weights
Information Technology41.76%
Financials24.04%
Consumer Discretionary7.77%
Communication7.26%
Industrials5%
Materials4.67%
Health Care2.55%
Consumer Staples2.34%
Energy2%
Utilities1.19%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Taiwan28.06%
China21.22%
Korea (South)21.06%
India10.4%
South Africa4.01%
Brazil3.16%
Malaysia2.03%
Saudi Arabia2%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.3%
1 month+4.6%
3 months+2.5%
6 months+7.8%
YTD+17.0%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month−$86M
3 months−$105M
YTD+$32M
1 year−$7M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
27%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
25%realized volatility, 1 year
-13.9%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-6.4%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 0.7% of the book; the top ten carry 6%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 177 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
374Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
CLS CELESTICA$6M$9M
VAL VALARIS$6M$7M
NU NU HOLDINGS$1M$2M
SCCO SOUTHERN COPPER$570,980$415,833
GFI GOLD FIELDS$198,507$333,016

TODAY’S OPTIONS PREMIUM IN THE FUND’S UNDERLYING NAMES

The case against ESGE

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF0.03%$97.9B+$245M-22bp on fee · 15× the assets · +$245M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-21bp on fee · 5× the assets · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-21bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$900.9B−$14.2B-22bp on fee · 134× the assetsHead-to-head
VOO Vanguard 500 Index Fund0.03%$500.4B-22bp on fee · 74× the assetsHead-to-head
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