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iShares Latin America 40 ETF

$33.73+1.49% today
263852-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. It seeks to track the investment results of the S&P Latin America 40TM (the "underlying index"), which is composed of selected equities trading on the exchanges of five Latin American countries. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
35.431.928.433.73DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$1.5B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$19M of net buying over the past month, about 0.5% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +9.4% so far this year. At 0.48% 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

$3.6Bassets under management
0.48%expense ratio · $48 per $10,000 a year
+$19Mnet flow, trailing month
2.7Mavg daily volume, 30 days
61holdings · US-domiciled
2001listed October 24, 2001
The book at a glance
LTMNU+1.1%VALE+2.2%ITUB+1.7%PBRA+2.5%PBR+2.4%BAP-0.1%SCCO+3.7%BBD+1.1%ABEV+1.6%SQM+3.8%CIB1.7%TIGO+2.6%GGB-3.6%RENT30.9%AC*0.9%BIMBOA0.8%FUNO110.8%GCARSOA1ISAGMEXICOB6.4%GFNORTEO4.3%AMXB3.4%FEMSAUBD3.1%CEMEXCPO2.7%B3SA32.3%ITSA42.2%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1LTMLATAM AIRLINES GROUP SA1.06%$51.03+0.7%
2NUNU HOLDINGS9.07%$14.52+1.1%
3VALEVALE7.73%$13.98+2.2%
4ITUBITAU UNIBANCO HOLDING SA6.38%$7.41+1.7%
5PBRA-5.78%$16.77+2.5%
6PBRPETROBRA5.44%$18.64+2.4%
7BAPCREDICORP4.12%$368.46-0.1%
8SCCOSOUTHERN COPPER2.60%$194.67+3.7%
9BBDBANK BRADESCO2.62%$3.08+1.1%
10ABEVAMBEV SA1.90%$2.82+1.6%
11SQMCHEMICAL & MINING CO OF CHILE1.72%$76.74+3.8%
12CIBBANCOLOMBIA SA1.70%$99.00
13TIGOMILLICOM INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR SA1.47%$89.58+2.6%
14GGBGERDAU SA0.98%$4.49-3.6%
15BSACBANCO SANTANDER CHILE0.86%$35.00+1.4%

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Sector weights
Financials36.63%
Materials22.15%
Energy11.92%
Consumer Staples9.24%
Industrials6.19%
Communication5.57%
Utilities4.15%
Consumer Discretionary1.3%
Cash and/or Derivatives1.07%
Health Care1.03%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Brazil54.74%
Mexico26.63%
Chile7.01%
Peru6.72%
Colombia3.08%
Sweden1.47%
United States0.3%
United Kingdom0.05%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.5%
1 month-1.0%
3 months-3.2%
6 months-7.0%
YTD+9.4%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$75M
1 month+$19M
3 months−$860M
YTD+$1B
1 year+$1.5B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
20%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
23%realized volatility, 1 year
-13.9%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-11.5%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 9.1% of the book; the top ten carry 56%. Spread across 49+ names, it behaves like roughly 24 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
12calls today
16puts today
1.33put/call ratio
1.2Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
NU NU HOLDINGS$1M$2M
PBR PETROBRA$2M$922,245
VALE VALE$662,093$699,864
SCCO SOUTHERN COPPER$514,745$288,226
EC ECOPETROL SA$116,266$80,951

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

The case against ILF

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat ILF 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-43bp on fee · 35× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-44bp on fee · 9× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-44bp on fee · 6× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-44bp on fee · 5× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-41bp on fee · 54× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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