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iShares MSCI Austria ETF

$43.53-0.10% today
304452-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 a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the performance of the large-, mid- and small-capitalization segments of the Austrian equity market. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
41.337.333.443.53DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$58M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$41M of net buying over the past month, about 19.5% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +21.7% 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

$208Massets under management
0.50%expense ratio · $50 per $10,000 a year
+$41Mnet flow, trailing month
64Kavg daily volume, 30 days
20holdings · US-domiciled
1996listed March 11, 1996 · beta 0.99
The book at a glance
VOE4.1%VIG+0.1%BG-0.4%EBS+3.6%EVN-0.2%ATS-1.1%PALDOC-0.8%WIE3.1%RBI5.7%POS2.2%OMV9.5%LNZ1.7%MMK1.7%CPI1.6%ANDR4.5%VER3.7%UQA3.6%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1VOEVANGUARD MID-CAP VALUE INDEX FUND4.11%$210.35
2VIGVANGUARD DIVIDEND APPRECIATION INDEX FUND4.09%$244.60+0.1%
3BGBUNGE11.18%$114.43-0.4%
4POSTPOST HOLDINGS2.25%$80.02+0.7%
5CAICaris Life Sciences1.94%$20.95-3.2%
6EBSEMERGENT BIOSOLUTIONS25.36%$4.66+3.6%
7EVNEATON VANCE MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST2.26%$10.76-0.2%
8ATSATS5.30%$19.36-1.1%
9PALPROFICIENT AUTO LOGISTICS INC1.57%$5.63-4.7%
10DOCPHYSICIANS REALTY TRUST2.87%$20.43-0.8%
11WIEWienerberger AG3.08%
12RBIRaiffeisen Bank International AG5.73%
13POSPorr Ag2.16%
14OMVOMV AG COMMON STOCK EUR 09.50%
15LNZLENZING AG COMMON STOCK EUR 01.70%

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Sector weights
Financials49.96%
Industrials14.18%
Materials10.57%
Energy9.5%
Utilities5.93%
Information Technology5.3%
Real Estate3.57%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.99%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Austria99.01%
European Union0.99%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-1.1%
1 month+4.3%
3 months+10.7%
6 months+14.4%
YTD+21.7%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$11M
1 month+$41M
3 months+$64M
YTD+$60M
1 year+$58M

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)
19%realized volatility, 1 year
-14.1%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.7%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 25.4% of the book; the top ten carry 77%. Spread across 24+ names, it behaves like roughly 10 equally-weighted positions.

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

The case against EWO

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat EWO 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 · 616× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-46bp on fee · 157× 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 · 112× 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 · 90× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-43bp on fee · 938× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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