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iShares Copper and Metals Mining ETF

$55.60+3.62% today
315852-WK

iShares Trust - iShares Copper and Metals Mining ETF is an exchange traded fund launched by BlackRock, Inc. The fund is managed by BlackRock Fund Advisors. It invests in public equity markets of global region. The fund invests in stocks of companies operating across materials, metals and mining, copper, copper ores, diversified metals and mining, diversified metal ores, precious metals and minerals, precious metal ores sectors. The fund invests in growth and value stocks of companies across diversified market capitalization. It seeks to track the performance of the STOXX Global Copper and Metals Mining Index, by using representative sampling technique. iShares Trust - iShares Copper and Metals Mining ETF is domiciled in the United States.

Price & daily flows
52.444.536.655.60DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET +$367M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$10M walked out over the past month, about 2.1% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +23.7% so far this year. At 0.47% a year it is not the cheapest way in — VAW runs the same ground at 0.10%.

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

$464Massets under management
0.47%expense ratio · $47 per $10,000 a year
−$10Mnet flow, trailing month
96Kavg daily volume, 30 days
35holdings · US-domiciled
2023listed June 20, 2023 · beta 2.07
The book at a glance
TKOBHP+0.8%FCX-3.2%EVN-0.2%RIO-0.5%SCCO-2.3%NEM-3.7%HBM-3.8%VALE-0.5%AAL-2.7%ERO-5.6%ABX-1.1%GMEXICOB8.1%TECK.B5.3%FM4.5%LUN4.2%ANTO4.0%

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS TODAY’S MOVE · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1TKOTKO GROUP HOLDINGS INC0.86%$192.22-1.6%
2BHPBHP GROUP7.83%$89.12+0.8%
3FCXFREEPORT-MCMORAN7.74%$66.26-3.2%
4EVNEATON VANCE MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST5.41%$10.76-0.2%
5RIORIO TINTO4.75%$96.70-0.5%
6SCCOSOUTHERN COPPER4.51%$187.81-2.3%
7NEMNEWMONT3.82%$115.91-3.7%
8HBMHUDBAY MINERALS2.93%$26.38-3.8%
9VALEVALE2.77%$13.68-0.5%
10AALAMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP7.89%$14.04-2.7%
11CAMLCONGRESS LARGE CAP GROWTH ETF0.10%$40.91-1.9%
12EROERO COPPER0.98%$32.96-5.6%
13ABXABACUS GLOBAL MANAGEMENT INC3.64%$9.02-1.1%
14SLSSELLAS LIFE SCIENCES GROUP0.22%$13.10-0.2%
15ASMAVINO SILVER & GOLD MINES0.33%$6.83-5.3%

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Sector weights
Materials99.68%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.29%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Canada27.64%
United Kingdom20.27%
Australia16.51%
United States11.77%
Mexico8.13%
Peru4.51%
Poland3.5%
China3.27%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.2%
1 month+18.6%
3 months+8.5%
6 months+3.9%
YTD+23.7%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$3M
1 month−$10M
3 months−$8M
YTD+$240M
1 year+$303M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
38%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
42%realized volatility, 1 year
-26.1%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-4.7%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 8.1% of the book; the top ten carry 60%. Spread across 50+ names, it behaves like roughly 21 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
20calls today
1puts today
0.05put/call ratio
227Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
NEM NEWMONT$6M$6M
FCX FREEPORT-MCMORAN$5M$5M
SLS SELLAS LIFE SCIENCES GROUP$4M$5M
AAL AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP$2M$2M
RIO RIO TINTO$835,246$149,837

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The case against ICOP

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-42bp on fee · 276× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-43bp on fee · 70× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-43bp on fee · 50× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-43bp on fee · 40× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-40bp on fee · 421× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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