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FALNISharesINDEX

iShares Fallen Angels USD Bond ETF

$27.07+0.31% today
262852-WK

The fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the Underlying Index, and the Fund will invest at least 90% of its assets in fixed income securities of the types included in the Underlying Index. The index is designed to reflect the performance of U.S. dollar denominated, high yield corporate bonds that were previously rated investment grade.

Price & daily flows
27.527.126.727.07DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET +$300M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$8M of net buying over the past month, about 0.5% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -1.0% so far this year. At 0.25% a year it is not the cheapest way in — SCHD runs the same ground at 0.06%.

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

$1.6Bassets under management
0.25%expense ratio · $25 per $10,000 a year
+$8Mnet flow, trailing month
969Kavg daily volume, 30 days
190holdings · US-domiciled
2016listed June 13, 2016 · beta 0.27
The book at a glance
3.0%2.2%1.9%1.8%1.6%1.5%1.5%1.5%1.4%1.2%1.2%1.2%1.2%1.2%1.1%1.1%1.1%1.0%1.0%1.0%1.0%1.0%1.0%1.0%0.9%0.9%0.9%0.9%0.8%0.8%0.8%0.8%0.8%0.8%0.8%0.8%0.8%0.8%0.8%0.8%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1VODAFONE GROUP PLC3.04%
2GFL ENVIRONMENTAL INC SR SECURED 144A 01/31 6.752.17%
3Resorts World Las Vegas Llc / Rwlv Capi1.85%
4PACIFICORP1.81%
5UNITED RENTALS (NORTH AMERICA) INC1.55%
6PERRIGO FINANCE UNLIMITED CO1.50%
7HUNTSMAN INTERNATIONAL LLC1.48%
8METHANEX 5.25% 12/15/291.47%
9VF CORPORATION1.37%
10TRANSOCEAN INC COMPANY GUAR 03/38 6.81.23%
11Newell Brands Inc1.21%
12HORIZON MUTUAL HOLDINGS INC 144A1.20%
13FLUOR CORPORATION1.18%
14BOMBARDIER INC 144A1.17%
15NORDSTROM INC1.12%

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Sector weights
Consumer Cyclical21.54%
Communications14.36%
Basic Industry13.34%
Reits9.52%
Energy8.79%
Consumer Non-Cyclical8.4%
Insurance7.72%
Capital Goods5.82%
Finance Companies4.12%
Electric2.43%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States81.34%
Canada6.83%
Italy3.05%
United Kingdom3.04%
Malaysia2.47%
Japan2.05%
Luxembourg1.16%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.2%
1 month-0.2%
3 months+1.0%
6 months-1.9%
YTD-1.0%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$42M
1 month+$8M
3 months−$132M
YTD−$195M
1 year−$187M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
4%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
5%realized volatility, 1 year
-4.9%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-2.6%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 3.0% of the book; the top ten carry 17%. Spread across 160+ names, it behaves like roughly 111 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
650Kshares traded
The case against FALN

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
STIP iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF0.03%$16B+$288M-22bp on fee · 10× the assets · +$288M in over the monthHead-to-head
MBB iShares MBS ETF0.04%$39B+$26M-21bp on fee · 24× the assets · +$26M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-20bp on fee · 78× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-21bp on fee · 20× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-21bp on fee · 14× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
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