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HAWXISharesACTIVE

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI ACWI ex U.S. ETF

$45.67-0.13% today
364752-WK

The fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities (including indirect investments through the underlying fund) and other instruments of the index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of the index.

Price & daily flows
44.941.838.745.67DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$15M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$2M of net buying over the past month, about 0.6% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +14.0% so far this year. At 0.35% 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

$358Massets under management
0.35%expense ratio · $35 per $10,000 a year
+$2Mnet flow, trailing month
17Kavg daily volume, 30 days
228holdings · US-domiciled
2015listed June 28, 2015 · beta 0.97
The book at a glance
ACWX-1.6%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1ACWXISHARES MSCI ACWI EX US ETF99.76%$76.85-1.6%
2CASH COLLATERAL USD MSILW (MSINT) - Cash Collateral and Margins0.21%
3JPY/USD (JPY) - Forwards0.12%
4CAD/USD (CAD) - Forwards0.05%
5EUR/USD (EUR) - Forwards0.04%
6GBP/USD (GBP) - Forwards0.02%
7KRW/USD (KRW) - Forwards0.02%
8KRW/USD (KRW) - Forwards0.02%
9KRW/USD (KRW) - Forwards0.01%
10SEK/USD (SEK) - Forwards0.01%
11KRW/USD (KRW) - Forwards0.01%
12JPY/USD (JPY) - Forwards0.01%
13INR/USD (INR) - Forwards0.01%
14INR/USD (INR) - Forwards0.01%
Performance
1 week-1.6%
1 month+2.3%
3 months+3.8%
6 months+7.5%
YTD+14.0%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$401K
1 month+$2M
3 months+$4M
YTD+$8M
1 year+$15M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
15%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
15%realized volatility, 1 year
-9.4%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-3.3%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 99.8% of the book; the top ten carry 100%. Spread across 14+ names, it behaves like roughly 1 equally-weighted positions.

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

The case against HAWX

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-30bp on fee · 359× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-31bp on fee · 91× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-31bp on fee · 65× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-31bp on fee · 52× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-28bp on fee · 546× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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