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Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta Japan Equity ETF

$54.53+1.22% today
445652-WK

The index is designed to deliver exposure to equity securities of Japanese issuers. The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing 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
55.053.552.054.53DAILY NET FLOWJul 24Aug 4Aug 12Aug 21

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

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned +16.5% so far this year. At 0.25% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IWR runs the same ground at 0.19%.

COMPOSED FROM THE FUND’S OWN DAILY RECORDS · UPDATED WITH EACH REFRESH

$24Massets under management
0.25%expense ratio · $25 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
12Kavg daily volume, 30 days
258holdings · US-domiciled
2016listed March 1, 2016 · beta 1.13
Sector weights
Industrials21.05%
Consumer Discretionary19.92%
Financial Services16.37%
Technology16.13%
Information Technology16.05%
Financials15.77%
Finance15.75%
Consumer Cyclical15.06%
Consumer Durables12.82%
Producer Manufacturing11.88%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Japan100%
Other99.76%
United States0.24%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-2.6%
1 month+5.1%
3 months+5.1%
6 months+3.7%
YTD+16.5%
1 year+21.4%
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
25%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
21%realized volatility, 1 year
-14.1%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-2.9%where it sits vs. that peak today

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

The case against GSJY

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat GSJY 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 · 1370× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$193.2B+$631M-18bp on fee · 8095× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF0.09%$160.6B+$1.9B-16bp on fee · 6731× the assets · +$1.9B in over the monthHead-to-head
IAGG iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF0.07%$11.4B+$739M-18bp on fee · 477× the assets · +$739M in over the monthHead-to-head
IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF0.07%$46.2B-18bp on fee · 1936× the assetsHead-to-head
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