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IWLISharesINDEX

iShares Russell Top 200 ETF

$190.25+0.21% today
15619252-WK

The index measures the performance of the largest capitalization sector of the U.S. equity market, as defined by Russell. The fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of its index and may invest up to 20% of its assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents.

Price & daily flows
184.6174.2163.8190.25DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET +$426M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$59K walked out over the past month, while the price has returned +11.5% so far this year. At 0.15% 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

$2.2Bassets under management
0.15%expense ratio · $15 per $10,000 a year
−$59Knet flow, trailing month
39Kavg daily volume, 30 days
201holdings · US-domiciled
2009listed September 21, 2009 · beta 1.03
The book at a glance
NVDA-0.3%AAPL+1.7%MSFT+0.3%AMZN+2.4%GOOGL+0.1%AVGO-4.2%GOOG+0.1%META+0.7%MU-0.9%LLY+4.8%TSLA+3.6%JPM-1.9%BRKB-0.6%AMD-3.5%XOM-0.3%JNJ+1.0%V+0.7%WMT-0.6%ABBV+3.0%MA+0.3%CSCO-0.3%INTC-3.6%COST-0.4%BAC-1.9%AMAT-3.4%PLTR+2.3%LRCX-5.7%CVX+0.3%MRK+12.6%CAT-3.3%GE-4.9%KO+1.8%UNHHDNFLXPGRTXPMGSPANW

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1NVDANVIDIA9.15%$219.17-0.3%
2AAPLAPPLE7.70%$315.58+1.7%
3MSFTMICROSOFT6.22%$483.42+0.3%
4AMZNAMAZON 4.42%$265.60+2.4%
5GOOGLALPHABET3.49%$344.42+0.1%
6AVGOBROADCOM3.18%$363.70-4.2%
7GOOGALPHABET2.83%$341.65+0.1%
8METAMETA2.18%$547.36+0.7%
9MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY1.99%$932.98-0.9%
10LLYELI LILLY1.65%$1285.72+4.8%
11TSLATESLA1.73%$348.97+3.6%
12JPMJPMORGAN CHASE1.68%$356.33-1.9%
13BRKBBerkshire Hathaway Inc.1.62%$500.32-0.6%
14AMDADVANCED MICRO DEVICES1.43%$467.72-3.5%
15XOMEXXON MOBIL1.17%$165.10-0.3%

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Sector weights
Information Technology40.66%
Financials11.92%
Communication10.73%
Consumer Discretionary9.24%
Health Care8.78%
Industrials8.14%
Consumer Staples4.29%
Energy2.72%
Materials1.28%
Utilities1.15%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States99.77%
Sweden0.14%
Brazil0.09%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.5%
1 month+3.5%
3 months+3.5%
6 months+13.0%
YTD+11.5%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$10M
1 month−$59K
3 months+$18M
YTD−$6M
1 year+$103M

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)
13%realized volatility, 1 year
-10.0%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.2%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 9.2% of the book; the top ten carry 43%. Spread across 203+ names, it behaves like roughly 36 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
24Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY$560M$663M
SNDK Sandisk Corporation $552M$573M
TSLA TESLA$485M$437M
NVDA NVIDIA$328M$349M
AMD ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES$228M$265M

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

The case against IWL

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat IWL 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-12bp on fee · 44× the assets · +$245M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-11bp on fee · 15× the assets · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-11bp on fee · 12× the assets · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$900.9B−$14.2B-12bp on fee · 400× the assetsHead-to-head
VOO Vanguard 500 Index Fund0.03%$500.4B-12bp on fee · 222× the assetsHead-to-head
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