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IGEBISharesINDEX

iShares Investment Grade Bond Factor ETF

$44.34+0.45% today
444652-WK

The fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index, and the fund will invest at least 90% of its assets in fixed income securities of the types included in the underlying index that the advisor believes will help the fund track the underlying index. The index consists of U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade corporate bonds.

Price & daily flows
44.544.344.244.34DAILY NET FLOWJul 20Jul 29Aug 10Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN · NET +$55M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$55M of net buying over the past month, about 3.6% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -2.8% so far this year. At 0.18% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IEFA runs the same ground at 0.07%.

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

$1.5Bassets under management
0.18%expense ratio · $18 per $10,000 a year
+$55Mnet flow, trailing month
307Kavg daily volume, 30 days
440holdings · US-domiciled
2017listed July 10, 2017 · beta 0.16
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
1PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP INC (0.53%
2HSBC HOLDINGS PLC0.52%
3DELTA AIR LINES INC0.51%
4BP CAPITAL MARKETS PLC0.51%
5CF INDUSTRIES INC0.51%
6ENTERGY CORPORATION0.50%
7SANTANDER UK GROUP HOLDINGS PLC0.50%
8GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC/THE0.50%
9METLIFE INC0.50%
10BROWN & BROWN INC0.50%
11PNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP INC (0.50%
12WELLS FARGO & COMPANY0.50%
13KEYCORP MTN0.50%
14GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC/THE0.50%
15SOLVENTUM CORP0.50%

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Sector weights
Banking15.89%
Consumer Non-Cyclical14.31%
Energy13.5%
Technology11.75%
Electric10.94%
Communications7.94%
Consumer Cyclical5.35%
Insurance3.87%
Capital Goods3.38%
Reits2.59%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States87.21%
United Kingdom5.66%
Canada3.5%
Ireland1.2%
Australia0.57%
Germany0.49%
Belgium0.48%
France0.47%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.3%
1 month-0.7%
3 months-0.6%
6 months-3.7%
YTD-2.8%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$9M
1 month+$55M
3 months+$186M
YTD+$79M
1 year+$247M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
4%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
4%realized volatility, 1 year
-5.0%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-4.5%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 0.5% of the book; the top ten carry 5%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 220 equally-weighted positions.

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

The case against IGEB

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat IGEB 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-15bp on fee · 11× the assets · +$288M in over the monthHead-to-head
MBB iShares MBS ETF0.04%$39B+$26M-14bp on fee · 26× the assets · +$26M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-13bp on fee · 85× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-14bp on fee · 22× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-14bp on fee · 15× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
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