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Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta International Equity ETF

$48.15+0.67% today
404852-WK

The index is designed to deliver exposure to equity securities of developed market issuers outside of the United States. 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
46.544.241.848.15DAILY NET FLOWAug 22Dec 19Apr 21Aug 21

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 +11.3% so far this year. At 0.25% 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

$3.8Bassets under management
0.25%expense ratio · $25 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
412Kavg daily volume, 30 days
731holdings · US-domiciled
2015listed November 5, 2015 · beta 0.88
Sector weights
Financial Services22.64%
Consumer Discretionary20.96%
Financials20.95%
Finance20.72%
Industrials17.25%
Healthcare12.53%
Health Technology11.55%
Consumer Cyclical11.1%
Consumer Non-Durables9.3%
Information Technology9.19%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Other65.09%
Japan20.91%
United Kingdom12.18%
Canada10.52%
France9.98%
Switzerland8.67%
Germany7.85%
Australia5.8%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.3%
1 month+5.3%
3 months+5.5%
6 months+4.3%
YTD+11.3%
1 year+16.5%
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
11%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
15%realized volatility, 1 year
-10.8%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-0.3%where it sits vs. that peak today

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
874Kshares traded
The case against GSIE

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat GSIE 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-21bp on fee · 9× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$193.2B+$631M-18bp on fee · 51× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF0.09%$160.6B+$1.9B-16bp on fee · 42× the assets · +$1.9B in over the monthHead-to-head
IAGG iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF0.07%$11.4B+$739M-18bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$739M in over the monthHead-to-head
IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF0.07%$46.2B-18bp on fee · 12× the assetsHead-to-head
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