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IAGGISharesINDEX

iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF

$49.84+0.12% today
505252-WK

The fund seeks to track the investment results of the index, which measures the performance of the global investment-grade bond market. The fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index.

Price & daily flows
51.350.750.149.84DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$957M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$779M of net buying over the past month, about 6.8% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -0.4% so far this year. At 0.070% 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

$11.4Bassets under management
0.070%expense ratio · $7 per $10,000 a year
+$779Mnet flow, trailing month
1.2Mavg daily volume, 30 days
5419holdings · US-domiciled
2015listed November 29, 2015 · beta 0.11
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
1CHINA PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF (GOVERNM0.70%
2CHINA GOVERNMENT BOND BONDS 05/34 2.270.58%
3CHINA PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF (GOVERNM0.54%
4CHINA DEVELOPMENT BANK0.53%
5CHINA PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF (GOVERNM0.50%
6CHINA PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF (GOVERNM0.49%
7CHINA PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF (GOVERNM0.46%
8CHINA DEVELOPMENT BANK0.46%
9CHINA PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF (GOVERNM0.43%
10CHINA PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF (GOVERNM0.43%
11CHINA DEVELOPMENT BANK0.40%
12CHINA PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF (GOVERNM0.40%
13CHINA PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF (GOVERNM0.38%
14GERMANY (FEDERAL REPUBLIC OF) RegS0.37%
15CHINA PEOPLES REPUBLIC OF (GOVERNM0.36%

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Sector weights
Treasury61.71%
Government Related20.82%
Corporates6.35%
Covered3.33%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.51%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
China18.45%
Japan10.54%
France8.63%
Germany7.54%
United Kingdom6.4%
Italy5.42%
Canada5.11%
Spain4.01%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.1%
1 month-0.0%
3 months+0.1%
6 months-1.3%
YTD-0.4%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$40M
1 month+$779M
3 months−$1.9B
YTD+$420M
1 year+$957M

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
-4.1%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-3.8%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 0.7% of the book; the top ten carry 5%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 174 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
733Kshares traded
The case against IAGG

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat IAGG 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-4bp on fee · +$288M in over the monthHead-to-head
MBB iShares MBS ETF0.04%$39B+$26M-3bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$26M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-3bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-3bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-3bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
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