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iShares MSCI Intl Small-Cap Multifactor ETF

$45.68+0.57% today
394652-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 underlying index is designed to select equity securities from the MSCI World ex USA Small Cap Index that have high exposure to four investment style factors: value, quality, momentum and low size, while maintaining a level of risk similar to that of the parent index.

Price & daily flows
45.544.743.945.68DAILY NET FLOWJul 20Jul 29Aug 10Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN · NET +$98K OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$98K of net buying over the past month, while the price has returned +9.2% so far this year. At 0.23% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IJH runs the same ground at 0.05%.

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

$675Massets under management
0.23%expense ratio · $23 per $10,000 a year
+$98Knet flow, trailing month
27Kavg daily volume, 30 days
1036holdings · US-domiciled
2015listed April 27, 2015 · beta 0.93
The book at a glance
AMP+0.4%HLI+1.7%NEU-0.2%PAG-0.5%TRST+0.2%CCL-1.9%JD.SHC-2.1%DIS+0.4%CAML-1.9%ING-0.4%VNT-0.9%PSI-7.7%SKT-0.2%CG-0.2%ELSBMEREGHACKESIAGLMMS+3.3%BMY+2.1%TFI-0.1%DBI+3.0%TRN-0.9%DOW-0.5%GNECHEFIRE-14.1%BTO-0.9%EXE+1.3%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1METAMETA0.01%$543.59-4.4%
2AMPAMERIPRISE FINANCIAL0.10%$563.30+0.4%
3HLIHOULIHAN LOKEY0.30%$127.45+1.7%
4GEMGOLDMAN SACHS ACTIVEBETA(R) EMERGING MARKETS EQUITY ETF0.02%$50.03-2.7%
5NEUNEWMARKET0.12%$950.10-0.2%
6PAGPENSKE AUTOMOTIVE GROUP0.27%$217.10-0.5%
7FWDAB DISRUPTORS ETF0.06%$131.78-3.8%
8WIXWIXCOM0.17%$77.28+4.9%
9ABGASBURY AUTOMOTIVE GROUP0.01%$204.03
10TRSTTRUSTCO BANK CORP N Y0.18%$57.20+0.2%
11CCLCARNIVAL0.31%$27.27-1.9%
12JD.JD.COM0.07%$28.80+1.0%
13SHCSOTERA HEALTH0.18%$18.48-2.1%
14DISWALT DISNEY0.13%$103.97+0.4%
15CAMLCONGRESS LARGE CAP GROWTH ETF0.08%$40.91-1.9%

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Sector weights
Industrials22.8%
Financials14.2%
Consumer Discretionary12.55%
Materials11.87%
Information Technology9.86%
Real Estate8.13%
Health Care5.27%
Energy4.27%
Communication3.59%
Consumer Staples3.58%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Japan25.73%
United Kingdom13.38%
Canada10.55%
Australia7.49%
Switzerland5.69%
Germany5.5%
France5.37%
Netherlands3.49%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.1%
1 month+5.0%
3 months+2.5%
6 months+1.4%
YTD+9.2%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month+$98K
3 months+$22M
YTD+$84M
1 year+$166M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
14%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
15%realized volatility, 1 year
-11.3%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-0.8%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 0.6% of the book; the top ten carry 4%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 161 equally-weighted positions.

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

The case against ISCF

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat ISCF 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-18bp on fee · 190× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-19bp on fee · 48× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-19bp on fee · 35× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-19bp on fee · 28× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-16bp on fee · 289× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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