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HYGWISharesACTIVE

iShares High Yield Corporate Bond Buywrite Strategy ETF

$28.98+0.24% today
293052-WK

The fund will seek to write call options up to (but not exceeding) the full amount of shares of the underlying fund held in the fund (i.e., the short position in the call option is offset, or “covered,” by the long position the fund holds in shares of the underlying fund).

Price & daily flows
30.129.629.228.98DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET −$102M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$912K walked out over the past month, about 0.8% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -3.0% so far this year. At 0.69% a year it is not the cheapest way in — AGG runs the same ground at 0.03%.

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

$112Massets under management
0.69%expense ratio · $69 per $10,000 a year
−$912Knet flow, trailing month
22Kavg daily volume, 30 days
1holdings
2022listed August 17, 2022 · beta 0.15
HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1ISHARES IBOXX $ HIGH YIELD CORPORA99.91%
2USD CASH0.23%
3BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY - Money Market0.15%
Sector weights
Corporates99.91%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.09%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.3%
1 month+0.2%
3 months+0.2%
6 months-3.2%
YTD-3.0%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month−$912K
3 months+$5M
YTD−$137M
1 year−$102M

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
-5.3%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-4.7%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 99.9% of the book; the top ten carry 100%. Spread across 3+ names, it behaves like roughly 1 equally-weighted positions.

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

The case against HYGW

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat HYGW 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-66bp on fee · 143× the assets · +$288M in over the monthHead-to-head
MBB iShares MBS ETF0.04%$39B+$26M-65bp on fee · 348× the assets · +$26M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-65bp on fee · 209× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-65bp on fee · 167× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
MUB iShares National Muni Bond ETF0.05%$45.8B+$585M-64bp on fee · 409× the assets · +$585M in over the monthHead-to-head
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