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GHYGISharesINDEX

iShares US & Intl High Yield Corp Bond ETF

$45.45+0.61% today
454752-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 that BFA believes will help the fund track the underlying index. The index is a rules-based index consisting of high yield corporate bonds denominated in U.S. dollars, euros, British pounds sterling and Canadian dollars.

Price & daily flows
45.945.444.945.45DAILY NET FLOWFeb 17Apr 17Jun 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN · NET −$5M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$13M of net buying over the past month, about 6.7% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -1.5% so far this year. At 0.40% 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

$199Massets under management
0.40%expense ratio · $40 per $10,000 a year
+$13Mnet flow, trailing month
16Kavg daily volume, 30 days
1520holdings · US-domiciled
2012listed April 2, 2012 · beta 0.24
The book at a glance
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CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS TODAY’S MOVE · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
11261229 BC LTD SR SECURED 144A 04/32 100.30%
2QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC SR SECURED 144A 03/32 6.3750.25%
3WULF COMPUTE LLC 144A0.24%
4CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC SR SECURED 144A 03/29 6.50.24%
5SV RNO Property Owner 1, LLC 5.875% 02/28/20310.24%
6CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC SECURED 144A 09/29 90.24%
7Asurion LLC and Asurion Co-Issuer Inc 8 12/31/20320.22%
8HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD SR SECURED 144A 06/30 7.250.21%
9NEXSTAR MEDIA INC SR SECURED 144A 09/33 6.50.21%
10DISH NETWORK CORP 144A0.21%
11Asurion LLC and Asurion Co-Issuer Inc 8.375% 02/01/20340.21%
12VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC SR SECURED 144A 02/29 9.50.20%
13CENTENE CORPORATION0.20%
14PANTHER ESCROW ISSUER LLC 144A0.19%
15AMERICAN AIRLINES/AADVAN SR SECURED 144A 04/29 5.750.19%

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Sector weights
Consumer Cyclical19.07%
Communications16.38%
Consumer Non-Cyclical12.61%
Capital Goods9.61%
Energy8.87%
Technology7.98%
Basic Industry5.45%
Insurance3.53%
Electric3.4%
Finance Companies3.17%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States67.86%
United Kingdom6%
France5.55%
Canada3.59%
Germany3.25%
Italy2.88%
Luxembourg1.77%
Japan1.53%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.5%
1 month+0.5%
3 months+0.7%
6 months-1.5%
YTD-1.5%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$21K
1 month+$13M
3 months
YTD+$9M
1 year+$28M

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
-4.8%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-2.8%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 0.4% of the book; the top ten carry 3%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 223 equally-weighted positions.

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

The case against GHYG

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat GHYG 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-37bp on fee · 81× the assets · +$288M in over the monthHead-to-head
MBB iShares MBS ETF0.04%$39B+$26M-36bp on fee · 196× the assets · +$26M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-35bp on fee · 647× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-36bp on fee · 165× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-36bp on fee · 118× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
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