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HYGISharesINDEX

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

$79.67+0.18% today
798152-WK

The underlying index is a rules-based index consisting of U.S. dollar-denominated, high yield corporate bonds for sale in the U.S. The fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index, and the fund will invest at least 90% of its assets in fixed income securities of the types included in the underlying index that the advisor believes will help the fund track the underlying index.

Price & daily flows
80.880.079.379.67DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET +$3.3B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$1.4B of net buying over the past month, about 7.6% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -1.2% so far this year. At 0.49% a year it is not the cheapest way in — SCHD runs the same ground at 0.06%.

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

$17.9Bassets under management
0.49%expense ratio · $49 per $10,000 a year
+$1.4Bnet flow, trailing month
31.1Mavg daily volume, 30 days
1253holdings · US-domiciled
2007listed April 3, 2007 · beta 0.23
The book at a glance
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CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS TODAY’S MOVE · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1ECHOSTAR CORP0.44%
2CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC SECURED 144A 09/29 90.35%
3QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC SR SECURED 144A 03/32 6.3750.34%
4CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC SR SECURED 144A 03/29 6.50.33%
5DISH NETWORK CORP 144A0.32%
6PANTHER ESCROW ISSUER LLC 144A0.31%
7SV RNO Property Owner 1, LLC 5.875% 02/28/20310.31%
8Asurion LLC and Asurion Co-Issuer Inc 8 12/31/20320.30%
9HUB INTERNATIONAL LTD SR SECURED 144A 06/30 7.250.30%
10Asurion LLC and Asurion Co-Issuer Inc 8.375% 02/01/20340.30%
11VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC SR SECURED 144A 02/29 9.50.29%
12CLOVER SPV II/IV PIK MARGIN LOAN0.27%
131011778 BC UNLIMITED LIABILITY CO 144A0.26%
14WULF COMPUTE LLC 144A0.26%
15DAVITA INC 144A0.26%

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Sector weights
Consumer Cyclical17.86%
Communications15.65%
Consumer Non-Cyclical11.9%
Energy11.36%
Capital Goods9.99%
Technology9.35%
Basic Industry5.49%
Finance Companies4.2%
Insurance3.79%
Electric3.46%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States86.85%
Canada3.95%
United Kingdom2.05%
Japan1.24%
France1.01%
Macau0.77%
Luxembourg0.72%
Israel0.6%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.1%
1 month+0.0%
3 months+0.2%
6 months-1.5%
YTD-1.2%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$152M
1 month+$1.4B
3 months+$870M
YTD−$2B
1 year−$839M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
3%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
4%realized volatility, 1 year
-3.2%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-2.0%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 0.6% of the book; the top ten carry 4%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 216 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
87Kcalls today
253Kputs today
2.91put/call ratio
29Mshares traded
The case against HYG

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
STIP iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF0.03%$16B+$288M-46bp on fee · +$288M in over the monthHead-to-head
MBB iShares MBS ETF0.04%$39B+$26M-45bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$26M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-44bp on fee · 7× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-45bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-45bp on fee · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
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