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iShares North American Natural Resources ETF

$65.38+1.57% today
456552-WK

The fund generally invests at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its underlying index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of its underlying index and may invest up to 20% of its assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents. The underlying index measures the performance of U.S.-traded stocks of natural resource-related companies in the U.S. and Canada.

Price & daily flows
63.961.959.965.38DAILY NET FLOWJul 20Jul 29Aug 10Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN · NET −$6M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$6M walked out over the past month, about 0.8% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +27.9% so far this year. At 0.41% a year it is not the cheapest way in — XLE runs the same ground at 0.09%.

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

$789Massets under management
0.41%expense ratio · $41 per $10,000 a year
−$6Mnet flow, trailing month
127Kavg daily volume, 30 days
125holdings · US-domiciled
2001listed October 21, 2001 · beta 0.31
The book at a glance
XOM-0.3%CVX+0.3%COP+0.9%NEM+7.8%ENB-2.2%AEM+11.3%MPC-2.0%CNQ-0.3%VLO-1.4%FCX+3.5%PSX-0.4%WMB-2.5%SLB+0.1%SU-0.4%EOG+0.3%B+7.3%WPM+11.0%TRP-2.7%BKR-0.2%TRGP-0.7%CRH+1.4%KMI-2.7%OKE-1.2%LNG-0.1%DVN+0.7%FNV+6.1%CVE-0.0%OXY+0.3%CCJ+2.2%FANG-0.2%VMC+1.3%KGC+10.3%EQT+1.1%MLM+1.7%FTI-1.6%TECK+3.5%HAL+0.8%PBA

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1XOMEXXON MOBIL9.81%$165.10-0.3%
2CVXCHEVRON9.44%$206.40+0.3%
3COPCONOCOPHILLIPS3.87%$130.97+0.9%
4NEMNEWMONT3.20%$124.90+7.8%
5ENBENBRIDGE2.75%$50.29-2.2%
6AEMAGNICO EAGLE MINES2.39%$207.91+11.3%
7MPCMARATHON PETROLEUM2.60%$359.56-2.0%
8CNQCANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES2.56%$49.47-0.3%
9VLOVALERO ENERGY2.56%$345.32-1.4%
10FCXFREEPORT-MCMORAN2.45%$68.60+3.5%
11PSXPHILLIPS 662.40%$242.40-0.4%
12WMBWILLIAMS COMPANIES2.23%$73.25-2.5%
13SLBSCHLUMBERGER2.00%$53.30+0.1%
14SUSUNCOR ENERGY1.96%$67.44-0.4%
15EOGEOG RESOURCES1.94%$149.19+0.3%

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Sector weights
Energy71.57%
Materials28.06%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.26%
Other0.09%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States74.9%
Canada25.08%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+3.6%
1 month+12.0%
3 months+4.8%
6 months+8.4%
YTD+27.9%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$6M
1 month−$6M
3 months−$79M
YTD−$38M
1 year−$51M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
16%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
17%realized volatility, 1 year
-12.3%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
at peakwhere it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 9.8% of the book; the top ten carry 42%. Spread across 153+ names, it behaves like roughly 32 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
5calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
866Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
XOM EXXON MOBIL$15M$15M
NEM NEWMONT$13M$15M
FCX FREEPORT-MCMORAN$12M$13M
CVX CHEVRON$10M$13M
AEM AGNICO EAGLE MINES$12M$9M

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

The case against IGE

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat IGE 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-36bp on fee · 163× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-37bp on fee · 41× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-37bp on fee · 30× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-37bp on fee · 24× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-34bp on fee · 248× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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