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Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta Emerging Markets Equity ETF

$50.48+0.98% today
385452-WK

The index is designed to deliver exposure to equity securities of emerging market issuers. The fund invests at least 80% of its assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) in securities included in its underlying index, in depositary receipts representing securities included in its underlying index and in underlying stocks in respect of depositary receipts included in its underlying index.

Price & daily flows
50.746.241.750.48DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned +18.4% so far this year. At 0.45% 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

$941Massets under management
0.45%expense ratio · $45 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
123Kavg daily volume, 30 days
776holdings · US-domiciled
2015listed September 24, 2015
Sector weights
Information Technology24.43%
Financial Services23.94%
Technology23.66%
Finance22.19%
Financials21.89%
Consumer Discretionary19.1%
Electronic Technology18.87%
Consumer Cyclical12%
Communication Services9%
Technology Services8.02%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Other91.22%
China26.25%
India19.91%
Taiwan18.05%
Taiwan, Province of China14.63%
Korea, Republic of13.57%
South Korea11.87%
Brazil4.44%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.8%
1 month+4.5%
3 months+2.6%
6 months+8.3%
YTD+18.4%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month
3 months
YTD
1 year

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
26%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
24%realized volatility, 1 year
-13.5%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-6.7%where it sits vs. that peak today

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

Options tape
1calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
132Kshares traded
The case against GEM

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-41bp on fee · 35× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-38bp on fee · 207× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF0.09%$160.6B+$1.9B-36bp on fee · 171× the assets · +$1.9B in over the monthHead-to-head
IAGG iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF0.07%$11.4B+$739M-38bp on fee · 12× the assets · +$739M in over the monthHead-to-head
IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF0.07%$46.2B-38bp on fee · 49× the assetsHead-to-head
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