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iShares MSCI Germany ETF

$44.04+0.82% today
384552-WK

The fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its underlying index and in depositary receipts representing securities of the underlying index. The underlying index is designed to measure the performance of the large- and mid-capitalization segments of the German equity market. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
43.442.441.444.04DAILY NET FLOWJul 20Jul 29Aug 10Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN · NET +$95M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$95M of net buying over the past month, about 5.6% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +3.5% so far this year. At 0.50% 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

$1.7Bassets under management
0.50%expense ratio · $50 per $10,000 a year
+$95Mnet flow, trailing month
905Kavg daily volume, 30 days
63holdings · US-domiciled
1996listed March 11, 1996 · beta 1.01
The book at a glance
DTE-0.8%SAP+2.9%HEIALV+1.1%MRKENR-2.1%BAS2.6%EOAN2.3%RWE2.2%MBG1.9%CBK1.5%ADS1.4%DTG1.2%MTX1.2%FRE1.1%BMW1.1%HNR10.9%VOW30.9%VNA0.8%SHL0.8%SY10.7%HEN30.7%G1A0.6%FMEQIA

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1DTEDTE ENERGY5.61%$139.27-0.8%
2SAPSAP SE10.79%$216.58+2.9%
3HEIHEICO1.22%$365.17-0.8%
4ALVAUTOLIV9.60%$121.76+1.1%
5MRKMERCK & CO1.02%$152.13+12.6%
6ENRENERGIZER HOLDINGS7.26%$21.88-2.1%
7NEMNEWMONT0.20%$124.90+7.8%
8CONCONCENTRA GROUP HOLDINGS PARENT INC0.44%$34.98-0.3%
9BASJH MULTIFACTOR DEV INTL ETF2.59%
10EOANJH MULTIFACTOR DEV INTL ETF2.25%
11RWERWE FINANCE 5.875% 04/342.18%
12MBGMercedes-Benz Group AG1.89%
13CBKCOMMERCIAL BANCGROUP INC1.48%
14ADSadidas AG1.42%
15DTGDTE ENERGY1.20%

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Sector weights
Industrials30.33%
Financials22.61%
Information Technology15.65%
Consumer Discretionary6.87%
Health Care6.86%
Communication6.1%
Materials4.74%
Utilities4.43%
Consumer Staples1.42%
Real Estate0.84%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Germany99.85%
European Union0.14%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.4%
1 month+7.0%
3 months+4.0%
6 months+0.2%
YTD+3.5%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month+$95M
3 months+$207M
YTD−$82M
1 year−$1.1B

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)
18%realized volatility, 1 year
-14.5%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.2%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 12.1% of the book; the top ten carry 63%. Spread across 55+ names, it behaves like roughly 18 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
151calls today
82puts today
0.54put/call ratio
509Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MRK MERCK & CO$37M$40M
NEM NEWMONT$13M$15M
SAP SAP SE$1M$1M
HEI HEICO$16,346$167,075
ALV AUTOLIV$92$30,916

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

The case against EWG

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat EWG 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-45bp on fee · 75× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-46bp on fee · 19× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-46bp on fee · 14× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-46bp on fee · 11× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-43bp on fee · 115× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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