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iShares MSCI Sweden ETF

$52.91+1.05% today
455552-WK

The fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its underlying index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of its underlying index. The index is designed to measure the performance of the large- and mid-capitalization segments of the Swedish equity market. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
53.050.848.552.91DAILY NET FLOWFeb 17Apr 17Jun 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN · NET +$383M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$195M of net buying over the past month, about 26.5% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +6.7% so far this year. At 0.54% 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

$735Massets under management
0.54%expense ratio · $54 per $10,000 a year
+$195Mnet flow, trailing month
352Kavg daily volume, 30 days
57holdings · US-domiciled
1996listed March 11, 1996 · beta 1.11
The book at a glance
SPOT+4.4%EQT+1.2%TIGOEVO1.4%SEB A4.3%ASSA B4.2%SWED A4.2%ATCO B3.7%ERIC B3.5%SAAB B2.9%SHB A2.8%HEXA B2.6%EPI A2.1%ESSITY B2.1%ALFA2.1%BOL2.0%TELIA1.3%SKF B1.2%SKA B1.2%SOBI1.2%TEL2 B1.2%TREL B1.2%ADDT B1.1%HM B1.1%EPI B1.1%INDU C1.1%LIFCO B1.0%SECU B0.9%SCA B0.9%INDT0.9%NIBE B0.8%BEIJ B0.7%LUND BLATO B

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1SPOTSPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY SA9.27%$539.53+4.4%
2EQTEQT2.16%$53.79+1.2%
3TIGOMILLICOM INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR SA0.66%$89.20+2.2%
4EVOEVOTEC SE1.37%$1.95
5SEB ASKANDINAVISKA ENSKILDA BANKEN4.34%
6ASSA BASSA ABLOY B4.20%
7SWED ASWEDBANK4.18%
8ATCO BATLAS COPCO CLASS B3.66%
9ERIC BERICSSON B3.50%
10SAAB BSAAB CLASS B2.88%
11SHB ASVENSKA HANDELSBANKEN-A SHS2.81%
12HEXA BHEXAGON CLASS B2.56%
13EPI AEPIROC CLASS A2.14%
14ESSITY BESSITY CLASS B2.11%
15ALFA2.11%

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Sector weights
Industrials44.89%
Financials25.5%
Communication12.45%
Information Technology6.52%
Materials2.82%
Consumer Discretionary2.48%
Consumer Staples2.11%
Health Care1.18%
Cash and/or Derivatives1.07%
Real Estate0.98%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Sweden99.68%
European Union0.23%
United States0.09%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.9%
1 month+5.7%
3 months+4.8%
6 months-1.0%
YTD+6.7%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$153M
1 month+$195M
3 months+$409M
YTD+$406M
1 year+$370M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
15%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
20%realized volatility, 1 year
-14.5%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-3.3%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 9.6% of the book; the top ten carry 58%. Spread across 47+ names, it behaves like roughly 22 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
67Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
SPOT SPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY SA$8M$7M
EQT EQT$460,769$293,639
TIGO MILLICOM INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR SA$89,141$10,905

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

The case against EWD

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat EWD 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-49bp on fee · 175× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-50bp on fee · 44× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-50bp on fee · 32× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-50bp on fee · 25× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-47bp on fee · 266× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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