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iShares Trust - iShares Global Equity Factor ETF

$60.92+0.43% today
506252-WK

iShares Trust - iShares Global Equity Factor ETF is an exchange traded fund launched by BlackRock, Inc. The fund is managed by BlackRock Fund Advisors. The fund invests in public equity markets of global region. The fund invests in stocks of companies operating across diversified sectors. It invests in value and momentum stocks of companies across diversified market capitalization. It seeks to track the performance of the MSCI ACWI Diversified Multiple-Factor Index, by using representative sampling technique. iShares Trust - iShares Global Equity Factor ETF was formed on April 28, 2015 and is domiciled in the United States.

Price & daily flows
59.256.153.060.92DAILY NET FLOWFeb 17Apr 17Jun 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN · NET +$39M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$2M walked out over the past month, about 0.7% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +15.0% so far this year. At 0.20% 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

$224Massets under management
0.20%expense ratio · $20 per $10,000 a year
−$2Mnet flow, trailing month
29Kavg daily volume, 30 days
641holdings · US-domiciled
2015listed April 27, 2015 · beta 1.01
The book at a glance
NVDA-2.3%AAPL+1.5%GOOG-0.1%MSFT+0.3%VODAMZN-0.8%AVGO-3.2%META-4.4%JPM+0.6%ABBV+3.4%BNY-0.2%WMT+0.7%V+1.5%ASML-4.3%TSLA-0.7%BKNG+1.7%KLAC-5.3%AMAT-4.0%MRK-0.6%BHPMCK+0.9%AMD-4.3%GM-0.9%FTNT+1.7%STX-9.3%EXPE+0.9%GE+1.7%MPC+2.5%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1NVDANVIDIA4.94%$219.76-2.3%
2AAPLAPPLE4.16%$310.20+1.5%
3CNACNA FINANCIAL0.17%$50.36+0.4%
4GOOGALPHABET3.29%$341.34-0.1%
5MSFTMICROSOFT3.25%$481.85+0.3%
6VODVODAFONE GROUP PUBLIC LTD0.29%$16.15-0.3%
7AMZNAMAZON 2.20%$259.34-0.8%
8BA.BOEING0.29%$223.02-1.3%
9ACAARCOSA0.32%$145.36+0.2%
10AVGOBROADCOM1.81%$379.84-3.2%
11BP.BP0.22%$43.44+1.3%
12METAMETA1.06%$543.59-4.4%
13HHYATT HOTELS0.22%$178.83-1.5%
14JPMJPMORGAN CHASE0.95%$363.33+0.6%
15LLOEWS0.34%$112.50-0.0%

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Sector weights
Information Technology31.06%
Financials16.91%
Industrials9.87%
Consumer Discretionary9.82%
Health Care8.64%
Communication7.31%
Consumer Staples5.26%
Energy4.12%
Materials3.06%
Utilities2.45%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States60.17%
Japan6.97%
Korea (South)3.13%
Taiwan2.99%
China2.94%
United Kingdom2.83%
Switzerland2.43%
Canada2.05%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.2%
1 month+4.2%
3 months+5.2%
6 months+11.5%
YTD+15.0%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$234K
1 month−$2M
3 months+$9M
YTD+$42M
1 year+$37M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
13%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
14%realized volatility, 1 year
-9.1%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.1%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 4.9% of the book; the top ten carry 23%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 51 equally-weighted positions.

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

The case against GLOF

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat GLOF 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-17bp on fee · 437× the assets · +$245M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-16bp on fee · 151× the assets · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-16bp on fee · 146× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-16bp on fee · 125× the assets · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$900.9B−$14.2B-17bp on fee · 4022× the assetsHead-to-head
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