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EWJVISharesINDEX

iShares MSCI Japan Value ETF

$46.60-0.87% today
374852-WK

The index is a free float-weighted index consisting of large- and mid-capitalization Japanese equities exhibiting overall value style characteristics. The fund generally will invest at least 80% 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 and may invest up to 20% of its assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents.

Price & daily flows
45.942.839.846.60DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$166M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$56M of net buying over the past month, about 7.3% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +16.8% so far this year. At 0.15% 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

$767Massets under management
0.15%expense ratio · $15 per $10,000 a year
+$56Mnet flow, trailing month
174Kavg daily volume, 30 days
140holdings · US-domiciled
2019listed March 4, 2019 · beta 0.90
The book at a glance
83069.1%72036.6%83165.9%84114.7%80583.3%99843.3%80312.6%67522.6%69812.0%94331.9%29141.8%80531.7%80021.6%85911.6%94341.6%67231.6%87501.5%72671.4%71821.4%94321.1%87661.1%80151.1%86041.1%83091.1%69711.1%51081.0%45021.0%61780.9%87250.9%77510.9%86300.8%88010.8%49010.8%40630.8%16050.8%50200.8%54010.8%72690.8%63010.7%44520.7%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
18306MITSUBISHI UFJ FINANCIAL GROUP INC9.10%
27203TOYOTA MOTOR CORP6.64%
38316SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP IN5.89%
48411MIZUHO FINANCIAL GROUP INC4.71%
58058MITSUBISHI CORP3.34%
69984SOFTBANK GROUP CORP3.34%
78031MITSUI LTD2.63%
86752PANASONIC HOLDINGS CORP2.59%
96981MURATA MANUFACTURING LTD2.03%
109433KDDI CORP1.94%
112914JAPAN TOBACCO INC1.83%
128053SUMITOMO CORP1.66%
138002MARUBENI CORP1.65%
148591ORIX CORP1.62%
159434SOFTBANK CORP1.56%

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Sector weights
Financials33.2%
Industrials18.69%
Consumer Discretionary15.71%
Communication8.25%
Information Technology6.64%
Consumer Staples4.18%
Materials4.16%
Real Estate2.98%
Health Care2.76%
Energy1.7%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Japan99.89%
United States0.06%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-2.9%
1 month+3.8%
3 months+3.6%
6 months-2.0%
YTD+16.8%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$11M
1 month+$56M
3 months+$41M
YTD+$166M
1 year+$166M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
19%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
20%realized volatility, 1 year
-14.7%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-3.3%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 9.1% of the book; the top ten carry 42%. Spread across 112+ names, it behaves like roughly 36 equally-weighted positions.

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

The case against EWJV

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat EWJV 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-10bp on fee · 167× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-11bp on fee · 44× the assets · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-11bp on fee · 43× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-11bp on fee · 37× the assets · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-11bp on fee · 31× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
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