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IEMGISharesINDEX

iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF

$80.56+1.17% today
628652-WK

The fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of the underlying index. The index is designed to measure large-, mid- and small-cap equity market performance in the global emerging markets.

Price & daily flows
80.873.967.080.56DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET +$33.1B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$1.9B of net buying over the past month, about 1.2% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +16.8% so far this year. At 0.090% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IVV runs the same ground at 0.03%.

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

$156.5Bassets under management
0.090%expense ratio · $9 per $10,000 a year
+$1.9Bnet flow, trailing month
10Mavg daily volume, 30 days
3084holdings · US-domiciled
2012listed October 17, 2012 · beta 1.45
The book at a glance
SCC.R+0.4%ABG+4.6%DIABDX+3.1%BVN+1.5%RVNLVIPS+1.7%BAP-0.1%SM+2.5%NRP+1.9%LTM+0.7%OUT+1.1%ARISGMLPAXREM+1.8%TAL+0.7%AUGO+8.1%LEGNTELATHMJKSBA.RSCCO+3.7%INFY+2.6%HTHT+6.6%IFSMOH-1.4%HTOTME+2.7%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1LULULULULEMON ATHLETICA0.01%$119.80+0.7%
2MOMOHELLO GROUP0.01%$5.76+0.3%
3SCC.RSCHWAB CORE BOND ETF0.04%$25.21+0.4%
4JOYYJOYY Inc. American Depositary Shares0.01%$74.63+1.1%
5ABGASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP0.08%$213.34+4.6%
6DIASPDR DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE ETF TRUST0.01%$534.03+0.2%
7BDXBECTON DICKINSON &0.02%$186.67+3.1%
8BVNBUENAVENTURA MINING CO0.04%$33.74+1.5%
9RVNLGRANITESHARES 2X LONG RIVN DAILY ETF0.01%$22.48+5.2%
10VIPSVIPSHOP HOLDINGS0.03%$14.43+1.7%
11PAGSPAGSEGURO DIGITAL0.01%$8.62+2.1%
12MTHMERITAGE HOMES0.01%$74.39+5.2%
13TIGRUP FINTECH HOLDING0.01%$4.83+0.5%
14BAPCREDICORP0.16%$368.46-0.1%
15SRESEMPRA0.01%$86.99-0.3%

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Sector weights
Information Technology39.53%
Financials18.07%
Consumer Discretionary8.45%
Industrials7.7%
Materials6.4%
Communication5.77%
Energy3.24%
Health Care3.2%
Consumer Staples2.9%
Utilities1.86%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Taiwan27.25%
Korea (South)19.93%
China18.73%
India12.36%
Brazil3.68%
South Africa3.25%
Saudi Arabia2.49%
Mexico1.65%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.6%
1 month+4.7%
3 months+1.4%
6 months+7.5%
YTD+16.8%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$2K
1 month+$1.9B
3 months+$1.4B
YTD+$12.6B
1 year+$22.4B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
26%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
24%realized volatility, 1 year
-13.8%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-6.3%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 5.0% of the book; the top ten carry 11%. Spread across 230+ names, it behaves like roughly 32 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
24calls today
5puts today
0.21put/call ratio
7.4Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
DIA SPDR DOW JONES INDUSTRIAL AVERAGE ETF TRUST$8M$8M
CLS CELESTICA$5M$8M
LULU LULULEMON ATHLETICA$2M$2M
PDD PDD HOLDINGS$3M$2M
KRE SPDR(R) S&P REGIONAL BANKING(SM) ETF$2M$2M

TODAY’S OPTIONS PREMIUM IN THE FUND’S UNDERLYING NAMES

The case against IEMG

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF0.03%$97.9B+$245M-6bp on fee · +$245M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-5bp on fee · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-5bp on fee · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-5bp on fee · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$900.9B−$14.2B-6bp on fee · 6× the assetsHead-to-head
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