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iShares iBonds Dec 2029 Term Corporate ETF

$23.08+0.04% today
232452-WK

The fund is a term fund that will terminate on or about December 15, 2029, at which time it will distribute its remaining net assets to shareholders pursuant to a plan of liquidation. The underlying index is composed of U.S. dollar-denominated, taxable, investment-grade (as determined by Bloomberg Index Services Limited (the "index provider" or "Bloomberg")) corporate bonds scheduled to mature between January 1, 2029 and December 15, 2029, inclusive. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
23.423.323.123.08DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$1.3B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$75M of net buying over the past month, about 1.8% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -1.4% so far this year. At 0.10% 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

$4.1Bassets under management
0.10%expense ratio · $10 per $10,000 a year
+$75Mnet flow, trailing month
556Kavg daily volume, 30 days
513holdings · US-domiciled
2019listed September 16, 2019 · beta 0.06
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
1SALESFORCE INC0.74%
2VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC0.67%
3INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS MACHINES CO0.64%
4ORACLE CORPORATION0.62%
5AT&T INC0.61%
6ANHEUSER-BUSCH INBEV WORLDWIDE INC0.61%
7FISERV INC0.61%
8AMAZON.COM INC0.56%
9SUMITOMO MITSUI FINANCIAL GROUP IN0.52%
10ABBVIE INC0.52%
11WELLS FARGO & COMPANY MTN0.51%
12ABBOTT LABORATORIES0.50%
13CISCO SYSTEMS INC0.49%
14BROADCOM INC0.49%
15FOX CORP 4.709% 01/25/290.43%

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Country weights
United States87.97%
Canada2.78%
United Kingdom2.15%
Japan1.92%
Ireland0.94%
Belgium0.61%
Netherlands0.58%
Spain0.52%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.1%
1 month-0.0%
3 months-0.1%
6 months-1.9%
YTD-1.4%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$12M
1 month+$75M
3 months+$351M
YTD+$743M
1 year+$1.3B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
2%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
3%realized volatility, 1 year
-2.4%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-2.1%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 1.0% of the book; the top ten carry 7%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 202 equally-weighted positions.

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

The case against IBDU

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat IBDU 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-7bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$288M in over the monthHead-to-head
MBB iShares MBS ETF0.04%$39B+$26M-6bp on fee · 10× the assets · +$26M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-6bp on fee · 6× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-6bp on fee · 5× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
MUB iShares National Muni Bond ETF0.05%$45.8B+$585M-5bp on fee · 11× the assets · +$585M in over the monthHead-to-head
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