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iShares MSCI Spain ETF

$62.36+0.45% today
476352-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- and mid-capitalization segments of the Spanish equity market. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
60.457.254.062.36DAILY NET FLOWFeb 17Apr 17Jun 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN · NET +$188M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$160M of net buying over the past month, about 7.2% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +14.0% 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

$2.2Bassets under management
0.50%expense ratio · $50 per $10,000 a year
+$160Mnet flow, trailing month
313Kavg daily volume, 30 days
24holdings · US-domiciled
1996listed March 11, 1996 · beta 0.96
The book at a glance
SAN-0.2%BBVA-0.4%IAG+7.4%FER+1.2%ELE+6.4%IDR+7.8%SAB3.5%ACS3.5%AENA3.3%NTGY3.0%TEF2.4%CLNX2.4%BKT2.3%ANA1.7%IBE13.2%CABK4.7%REP4.6%ITX4.5%AMS3.9%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1SANBANCO SANTANDER19.94%$14.23-0.2%
2BBVABANCO BILBAO VIZCAYA ARGENTARIA SA14.30%$28.65-0.4%
3IAGIAMGOLD1.61%$19.53+7.4%
4FERFERROVIAL SE3.87%$64.30+1.2%
5ELEElemental Royalty2.97%$22.00+6.4%
6IDRIDAHO STRATEGIC RESOURCES1.46%$32.20+7.8%
7SABSABAF SPA3.53%
8ACSACS Actividades de Construccion y Servicios SA3.49%
9AENAID PERFUMES INC3.29%
10NTGYNaturgy Energy Group SA2.95%
11TEFTELEFONICA S A2.39%
12CLNXJH MULTIFACTOR DEV INTL ETF2.36%
13BKTBLACKROCK INCOME TRUST2.34%
14ANAAcciona SA1.71%
15MAPMapfre SA1.23%

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Sector weights
Financials45.99%
Utilities22.25%
Industrials12.26%
Consumer Discretionary8.37%
Communication4.75%
Energy4.58%
Information Technology1.46%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.34%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Spain99.66%
European Union0.24%
United States0.1%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.7%
1 month+5.4%
3 months+10.4%
6 months+12.1%
YTD+14.0%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$51M
1 month+$160M
3 months+$379M
YTD+$167M
1 year+$421M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
18%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
19%realized volatility, 1 year
-11.4%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-0.8%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 19.9% of the book; the top ten carry 76%. Spread across 26+ names, it behaves like roughly 11 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
442Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
SAN BANCO SANTANDER$425,710$255,437
IAG IAMGOLD$312,435$338,548
ELE Elemental Royalty$100,960$74,967
IDR IDAHO STRATEGIC RESOURCES$47,116$12,248
FER FERROVIAL SE$2,460$1,590

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

The case against EWP

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat EWP 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 · 58× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-46bp on fee · 15× 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 · 10× 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 · 8× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-43bp on fee · 88× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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