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IBIJISharesINDEX

iShares Trust

$25.42+0.39% today
252752-WK
Price & daily flows
26.125.825.425.42DAILY NET FLOWFeb 17Apr 17Jun 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN · NET +$13M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$5M of net buying over the past month, about 9.4% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -1.6% 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

$53Massets under management
0.10%expense ratio · $10 per $10,000 a year
+$5Mnet flow, trailing month
16Kavg daily volume, 30 days
2holdings
2023listed September 18, 2023 · beta 0.08
HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1TREASURY (CPI) NOTE50.14%
2TREASURY (CPI) NOTE49.85%
Performance
1 week+0.6%
1 month+0.2%
3 months-2.6%
6 months-3.2%
YTD-1.6%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month+$5M
3 months+$5M
YTD+$14M
1 year+$27M

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)
5%realized volatility, 1 year
-5.4%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-4.5%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 50.1% of the book; the top ten carry 100%. Spread across 2+ names, it behaves like roughly 2 equally-weighted positions.

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

The case against IBIJ

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat IBIJ 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 · 302× the assets · +$288M in over the monthHead-to-head
MBB iShares MBS ETF0.04%$39B+$26M-6bp on fee · 736× 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 · 442× 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 · 352× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
MUB iShares National Muni Bond ETF0.05%$45.8B+$585M-5bp on fee · 864× the assets · +$585M in over the monthHead-to-head
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