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iShares MSCI Italy ETF

$62.83+0.18% today
506352-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 underlying index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the performance of the large- and mid-capitalization segments of the Italian equity market. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
60.556.853.162.83DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET +$434M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$169M of net buying over the past month, about 15.0% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +13.9% so far this year. At 0.50% 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

$1.1Bassets under management
0.50%expense ratio · $50 per $10,000 a year
+$169Mnet flow, trailing month
496Kavg daily volume, 30 days
31holdings · US-domiciled
1996listed March 11, 1996 · beta 0.97
The book at a glance
TRN-0.9%FBK-2.4%RACE+2.7%G+5.8%BMED1.3%BMPS4.0%BPE4.0%PRY3.8%BAMI3.5%TIT2.4%PST2.4%UNI2.2%SRG2.1%MONC2.0%TEN1.7%STLAM1.6%UCG16.5%ISP13.6%ENEL10.2%ENI5.2%LDO4.2%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1TRNTRINITY INDUSTRIES2.49%$29.41-0.9%
2FBKFB FINANCIAL2.77%$59.49-2.4%
3RACEFERRARI NV5.08%$424.03+2.7%
4GGENPACT4.70%$36.65+5.8%
5BMEDBLACKROCK FUTURE HEALTH ETF1.29%$34.38
6BMPSBanca Monte dei Paschi di Siena SpA4.05%
7BPEJH MULTIFACTOR DEV INTL ETF3.96%
8PRYPrysmian SpA3.75%
9BAMIJH MULTIFACTOR DEV INTL ETF3.45%
10TITTelecom Italia SpA/Milano2.43%
11PSTPROSHARES ULTRASHORT 7-10 YEAR TREASURY2.36%
12UNIUnipol Assicurazioni SpA2.16%
13SRGSERITAGE GROWTH PROPERTIES2.11%
14MONCMoncler SpA1.96%
15TENTsakos Energy1.66%

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Sector weights
Financials54.87%
Utilities15.96%
Consumer Discretionary8.69%
Industrials7.91%
Energy6.85%
Communication2.43%
Health Care1.28%
Consumer Staples0.96%
Materials0.86%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.21%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Italy99.81%
European Union0.2%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.6%
1 month+4.3%
3 months+7.6%
6 months+13.1%
YTD+13.9%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$351K
1 month+$169M
3 months+$417M
YTD+$313M
1 year+$217M

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)
18%realized volatility, 1 year
-12.5%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-0.8%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 16.5% of the book; the top ten carry 71%. Spread across 28+ names, it behaves like roughly 13 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
4calls today
11puts today
2.75put/call ratio
204Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
TEN Tsakos Energy$733,096$724,448
RACE FERRARI NV$291,748$509,816
G GENPACT$13,574$6,775
TRN TRINITY INDUSTRIES$2,334$2,711
SRG SERITAGE GROWTH PROPERTIES$2,231$980

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

The case against EWI

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat EWI 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 · 114× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-46bp on fee · 29× 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 · 21× 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 · 17× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-43bp on fee · 173× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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