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EWKISharesINDEX

iShares MSCI Belgium ETF

$27.33+1.03% today
222852-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-, mid- and small-capitalization segments of the equity market in Belgium. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
26.525.023.527.33DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET +$128M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$138K walked out over the past month, while the price has returned +11.7% so far this year. At 0.50% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IBRN runs the same ground at 0.47%.

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

$164Massets under management
0.50%expense ratio · $50 per $10,000 a year
−$138Knet flow, trailing month
29Kavg daily volume, 30 days
37holdings · US-domiciled
1996listed March 11, 1996 · beta 0.57
The book at a glance
ARGX+0.3%CMBT+0.6%UCB-0.2%SYENS2.7%GBLB2.6%ELI2.5%LOTB2.5%UMI2.4%WDP1.9%SOF1.9%KBCA1.9%DIE1.8%TUB1.7%AZE1.5%SOLB1.1%MELEFAGRCOLRDEMEBEKBMONTVGPABI20.5%KBC5.2%AGS4.6%AED3.4%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1ARGXARGENX SE16.61%$993.93+0.3%
2BARGRANITESHARES GOLD TRUST0.45%$42.73-1.8%
3CMBTEuronav1.35%$17.49+0.6%
4UCBUnited Community Banks7.51%$36.54-0.2%
5LKFTGalapagos0.63%$27.75+0.8%
6SYENSSyensqo SA/NV2.66%
7GBLBGroupe Bruxelles Lambert SA2.59%
8ELIElia Group SA/NV2.52%
9LOTBLotus Bakeries NV2.45%
10UMIUSCF MIDSTREAM ENERGY INCOME FUND2.43%
11WDPWarehouses De Pauw SA1.92%
12SOFAMPLIFY SAMSUNG SOFR ETF1.90%
13KBCAKBC Ancora1.86%
14DIEJH MULTIFACTOR DEV INTL ETF1.82%
15TUBTUBACEX SA1.73%

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Sector weights
Health Care27.45%
Consumer Staples23.86%
Financials16.85%
Real Estate9.33%
Materials7.58%
Industrials5.83%
Utilities2.52%
Consumer Discretionary1.82%
Information Technology1.5%
Communication1.42%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Belgium99.51%
European Union0.52%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+2.4%
1 month+3.7%
3 months+4.1%
6 months-0.0%
YTD+11.7%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$2M
1 month−$138K
3 months+$63M
YTD+$123M
1 year+$116M

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)
16%realized volatility, 1 year
-15.5%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.3%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 20.5% of the book; the top ten carry 68%. Spread across 41+ names, it behaves like roughly 11 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
1calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
14Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
ARGX ARGENX SE$1M$2M
CMBT Euronav$5,976$30,266

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

The case against EWK

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat EWK 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 · 783× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-46bp on fee · 199× 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 · 143× 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 · 114× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-43bp on fee · 1191× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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