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iShares China Large-Cap ETF

$35.68+1.77% today
324252-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 designed to measure the performance of the largest companies in the Chinese equity market that trade on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong and are available to international investors. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
39.636.733.835.68DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET −$1.5B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$146M walked out over the past month, about 3.5% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -10.4% so far this year. At 0.74% 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

$4.2Bassets under management
0.74%expense ratio · $74 per $10,000 a year
−$146Mnet flow, trailing month
18.9Mavg daily volume, 30 days
58holdings · US-domiciled
2004listed October 4, 2004 · beta 0.77
The book at a glance
99889.9%9398.9%7008.6%13986.1%36905.0%18104.7%39883.8%23183.7%99993.7%12113.5%96182.9%28992.3%99612.3%98882.3%26282.2%8572.1%12881.9%39681.9%61601.8%10881.5%37501.5%10241.3%23281.1%99921.1%11091.0%3861.0%23591.0%20200.9%963326768693003328

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
19988ALIBABA GROUP HOLDING LTD9.93%
2939CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H8.88%
3700TENCENT HOLDINGS LTD8.62%
41398INDUSTRIAL AND COMMERCIAL BANK OF6.14%
53690MEITUAN5.04%
61810XIAOMI CORP4.74%
73988BANK OF CHINA LTD H3.78%
82318PING AN INSURANCE (GROUP) CO OF CH3.74%
99999NETEASE INC3.72%
101211BYD LTD H3.50%
119618JD.COM CLASS A INC2.93%
122899ZIJIN MINING GROUP LTD H2.27%
139961TRIP.COM GROUP LTD2.26%
149888BAIDU CLASS A INC2.26%
152628CHINA LIFE INSURANCE LTD H2.20%

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Sector weights
Financials34.15%
Consumer Discretionary26.82%
Communication15.91%
Information Technology5.49%
Energy4.66%
Materials3.75%
Industrials3.32%
Health Care2.93%
Real Estate1.03%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.85%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
China99.17%
Hong Kong0.79%
United States0.06%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+1.3%
1 month+4.5%
3 months-1.3%
6 months-6.9%
YTD-10.4%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$88M
1 month−$146M
3 months−$1.5B
YTD−$1.6B
1 year−$1.7B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
17%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
20%realized volatility, 1 year
-24.3%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-14.5%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 9.9% of the book; the top ten carry 58%. Spread across 52+ names, it behaves like roughly 22 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
88Kcalls today
69Kputs today
0.78put/call ratio
13.2Mshares traded
The case against FXI

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat FXI 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-71bp on fee · 23× the assets · +$245M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-69bp on fee · 31× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-70bp on fee · 8× the assets · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-70bp on fee · 8× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-70bp on fee · 7× the assets · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
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