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EWTISharesINDEX

iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF

$104.70+0.30% today
5811252-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- and mid-capitalization segments of the Taiwanese equity market. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
102.490.278.1104.70DAILY NET FLOWFeb 17Apr 17Jun 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN · NET −$221M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$511M of net buying over the past month, about 4.5% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +61.6% so far this year. At 0.59% a year it is not the cheapest way in — ESMV runs the same ground at 0.18%.

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

$11.2Bassets under management
0.59%expense ratio · $59 per $10,000 a year
+$511Mnet flow, trailing month
5.3Mavg daily volume, 30 days
97holdings · US-domiciled
2000listed June 19, 2000 · beta 1.85
The book at a glance
233020.5%24546.3%23084.1%23173.4%23832.8%37112.8%30372.5%13031.9%23031.8%23451.8%20591.8%30171.8%23271.7%28911.5%66691.5%28811.5%28871.4%23601.4%23821.2%34431.2%28821.2%28851.2%52741.1%34811.1%23571.0%49581.0%64461.0%30081.0%36531.0%23010.9%32310.9%28900.9%77690.9%28830.8%23950.8%64880.8%28840.8%288624120.7%62230.7%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
12330TAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR MANUFACTURING20.52%
22454MEDIATEK INC6.27%
32308DELTA ELECTRONICS INC4.09%
42317HON HAI PRECISION INDUSTRY LTD3.43%
52383ELITE MATERIAL LTD2.79%
63711ASE TECHNOLOGY HOLDING LTD2.77%
73037UNIMICRON TECHNOLOGY CORP2.48%
81303ELECTRICAL INDUSTRIES1.85%
92303UNITED MICRO ELECTRONICS CORP1.83%
102345ACCTON TECHNOLOGY CORP1.83%
112059KING SLIDE WORKS LTD1.81%
123017ASIA VITAL COMPONENTS LTD1.76%
132327YAGEO CORP1.69%
142891CTBC FINANCIAL HOLDING LTD1.49%
156669WIWYNN CORPORATION CORP1.47%

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Sector weights
Information Technology73.97%
Financials13.69%
Materials3.84%
Industrials3.11%
Communication2.02%
Health Care1.35%
Consumer Staples0.96%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.63%
Consumer Discretionary0.43%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Taiwan99.93%
United States0.07%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-1.4%
1 month+7.6%
3 months+14.1%
6 months+43.3%
YTD+61.6%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month+$511M
3 months+$194M
YTD−$4M
1 year+$320M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
41%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
32%realized volatility, 1 year
-19.8%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-6.1%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 20.5% of the book; the top ten carry 48%. Spread across 80+ names, it behaves like roughly 18 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
3Kcalls today
137puts today
0.05put/call ratio
2.5Mshares traded
The case against EWT

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat EWT on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF0.03%$97.9B+$245M-56bp on fee · 9× the assets · +$245M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-55bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-55bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$900.9B−$14.2B-56bp on fee · 80× the assetsHead-to-head
VOO Vanguard 500 Index Fund0.03%$500.4B-56bp on fee · 45× the assetsHead-to-head
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