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ESGUISharesINDEX

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF

$168.45+0.19% today
13717052-WK

The fund generally will invest at least 90% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index and may invest up to 10% of its assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents. The underlying index is an optimized equity index designed to reflect the equity performance of U.S. companies that have favorable environmental, social and governance ("ESG") characteristics (as determined by the index provider), while exhibiting risk and return characteristics similar to those of the MSCI USA Index (the "parent index").

Price & daily flows
163.4153.9144.5168.45DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$1.1B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$88M walked out over the past month, about 0.5% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +12.9% so far this year. At 0.15% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IVV runs the same ground at 0.03%.

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

$18.2Bassets under management
0.15%expense ratio · $15 per $10,000 a year
−$88Mnet flow, trailing month
380Kavg daily volume, 30 days
281holdings · US-domiciled
2016listed November 30, 2016 · beta 1.01
The book at a glance
NVDA-0.3%AAPL+1.7%MSFT+0.3%AMZN+2.4%GOOG+0.1%AVGO-4.2%GOOGL+0.1%META+0.7%MU-0.9%LLY+4.8%TSLA+3.6%JPM-1.9%AMD-3.5%V+0.7%JNJ+1.0%XOM-0.3%ABBV+3.0%AMAT-3.4%CSCO-0.3%LRCX-5.7%MA+0.3%HD+2.0%COST-0.4%INTC-3.6%CAT-3.3%PANW-3.9%KO+1.8%GS-2.0%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1NVDANVIDIA7.80%$219.17-0.3%
2AAPLAPPLE6.62%$315.45+1.7%
3MSFTMICROSOFT5.10%$483.42+0.3%
4AMZNAMAZON 3.72%$265.60+2.4%
5GOOGALPHABET3.32%$341.65+0.1%
6AVGOBROADCOM2.66%$363.75-4.2%
7GOOGLALPHABET2.02%$344.42+0.1%
8METAMETA1.75%$547.36+0.7%
9MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY1.68%$932.98-0.9%
10LLYELI LILLY1.41%$1285.72+4.8%
11TSLATESLA1.42%$348.97+3.6%
12JPMJPMORGAN CHASE1.43%$356.33-1.9%
13AMDADVANCED MICRO DEVICES1.26%$467.72-3.5%
14VVISA1.09%$366.89+0.7%
15JNJJOHNSON & JOHNSON0.80%$273.70+1.0%

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Sector weights
Information Technology38.08%
Financials12.16%
Health Care9.59%
Industrials9.06%
Communication8.74%
Consumer Discretionary8.29%
Consumer Staples4.59%
Energy3.6%
Materials2.03%
Real Estate1.94%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.6%
1 month+3.3%
3 months+4.8%
6 months+13.7%
YTD+12.9%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month−$88M
3 months+$363M
YTD+$675M
1 year+$1.1B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
13%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
13%realized volatility, 1 year
-9.5%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.2%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 7.8% of the book; the top ten carry 36%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 48 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
149Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY$560M$663M
TSLA TESLA$485M$437M
NVDA NVIDIA$328M$348M
AMD ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES$228M$265M
META META$223M$255M

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

The case against ESGU

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat ESGU 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-12bp on fee · 5× the assets · +$245M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-11bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-11bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$900.9B−$14.2B-12bp on fee · 50× the assetsHead-to-head
VOO Vanguard 500 Index Fund0.03%$500.4B-12bp on fee · 28× the assetsHead-to-head
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