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HSCZISharesACTIVE

iShares Currency Hedged MSCI EAFE Small-Cap ETF

$43.41-0.50% today
374452-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
42.740.538.443.41DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$56M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$21M of net buying over the past month, about 8.1% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +10.9% so far this year. At 0.42% 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

$257Massets under management
0.42%expense ratio · $42 per $10,000 a year
+$21Mnet flow, trailing month
38Kavg daily volume, 30 days
182holdings · US-domiciled
2015listed June 28, 2015 · beta 0.69
The book at a glance
SCZ-1.3%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1SCZISHARES MSCI EAFE SMALL-CAP ETF99.71%$85.60-1.3%
2JPY/USD (JPY) - Forwards0.31%
3EUR/USD (EUR) - Forwards0.05%
4BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY (XTSLA) - Money Market0.04%
5SEK/USD (SEK) - Forwards0.03%
6GBP/USD (GBP) - Forwards0.02%
7JPY/USD (JPY) - Forwards0.02%
8EUR/USD (EUR) - Forwards0.01%
Performance
1 week-1.7%
1 month+2.3%
3 months+2.0%
6 months+4.4%
YTD+10.9%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month+$21M
3 months+$32M
YTD+$60M
1 year+$56M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
12%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
12%realized volatility, 1 year
-9.6%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-2.0%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 99.7% of the book; the top ten carry 100%. Spread across 8+ names, it behaves like roughly 1 equally-weighted positions.

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

The case against HSCZ

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat HSCZ 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-37bp on fee · 499× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-38bp on fee · 127× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-38bp on fee · 91× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-38bp on fee · 72× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-35bp on fee · 759× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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