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ILCGISharesINDEX

iShares Morningstar Growth ETF

$115.45-0.46% today
9212052-WK

The fund will invest 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. The underlying index measures the performance of stocks issued by large-mid capitalization companies that have exhibited above-average “growth” characteristics. It is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
114.1106.097.8115.45DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET −$2M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$7M of net buying over the past month, about 0.2% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +10.8% so far this year. At 0.040% 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

$3.2Bassets under management
0.040%expense ratio · $4 per $10,000 a year
+$7Mnet flow, trailing month
55Kavg daily volume, 30 days
396holdings · US-domiciled
2004listed June 27, 2004 · beta 1.40
The book at a glance
NVDA-0.1%AAPL+1.6%AVGO-4.0%AMZN+1.9%GOOGL+0.1%LLY+4.2%GOOG-0.1%MSFT+0.5%AMD-3.8%TSLA+3.3%MU-1.1%META+1.3%INTC-3.8%AMAT-4.0%PLTR+1.7%LRCX-6.6%GE-4.8%NFLX+3.7%V+1.0%PANW-3.6%MA+0.3%GEV-2.3%KLAC-3.9%STXBAWELLWDC

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1NVDANVIDIA15.92%$219.51-0.1%
2AAPLAPPLE6.77%$315.04+1.6%
3AVGOBROADCOM5.51%$364.73-4.0%
4AMZNAMAZON 4.25%$264.17+1.9%
5GOOGLALPHABET3.45%$344.64+0.1%
6LLYELI LILLY2.86%$1277.74+4.2%
7GOOGALPHABET2.76%$341.16-0.1%
8MSFTMICROSOFT2.65%$484.05+0.5%
9AMDADVANCED MICRO DEVICES2.49%$466.12-3.8%
10TSLATESLA1.79%$348.06+3.3%
11MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY1.88%$930.57-1.1%
12METAMETA1.36%$550.43+1.3%
13INTCINTEL1.36%$92.99-3.8%
14AMATAPPLIED MATERIALS1.28%$493.44-4.0%
15PLTRPALANTIR1.15%$174.50+1.7%

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Sector weights
Information Technology53.6%
Industrials11.01%
Communication9.25%
Consumer Discretionary9.04%
Health Care5.36%
Financials5.18%
Consumer Staples1.71%
Real Estate1.54%
Materials1.52%
Utilities0.86%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States99.95%
United Kingdom0.05%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-1.9%
1 month+2.6%
3 months+0.8%
6 months+15.0%
YTD+10.8%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month+$7M
3 months+$100M
YTD−$11M
1 year−$122M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
21%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
19%realized volatility, 1 year
-15.9%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-4.0%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 15.9% of the book; the top ten carry 49%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 23 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
43Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY$516M$558M
SNDK Sandisk Corporation $515M$532M
TSLA TESLA$445M$388M
NVDA NVIDIA$310M$325M
AMD ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES$209M$247M

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

The case against ILCG

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat ILCG 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-1bp on fee · 30× the assets · +$245M in over the monthHead-to-head
DYNF BLACKROCK US EQUITY FACTOR ROTATION ETF$41.4B+$1.5B13× the assets · +$1.5B in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M10× the assets · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M9× the assets · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$900.9B−$14.2B-1bp on fee · 279× the assetsHead-to-head
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