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IXJISharesINDEX

iShares Global Healthcare ETF

$107.31+3.27% today
8610752-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 and may invest up to 20% of its assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents. The index measures the performance of companies that the index provider deems to be a part of the healthcare sector of the economy and that the index provider believes are important to global markets.

Price & daily flows
102.696.490.2107.31DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET −$252M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$2M of net buying over the past month, while the price has returned +9.8% so far this year. At 0.42% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IWM runs the same ground at 0.19%.

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

$4.3Bassets under management
0.42%expense ratio · $42 per $10,000 a year
+$2Mnet flow, trailing month
138Kavg daily volume, 30 days
128holdings · US-domiciled
2001listed November 12, 2001 · beta 0.33
The book at a glance
LLY+4.2%JNJ+1.3%ABBV+2.8%MRK+13.3%UNH-1.2%ROP+3.4%AZN+3.4%AMGN+3.9%TMO+4.4%GSK+2.8%ABT+2.0%GILD+3.7%CSLPFE+3.8%ISRG+2.4%VRTX+3.7%BMY+2.8%DHR+6.1%MDT+1.5%CVS-0.8%SYK+2.8%MCK-1.6%ELV-0.0%REGN+3.7%BSX+3.6%CI+0.3%ARGXHCA-0.6%IDXXAIQV

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1LLYELI LILLY10.38%$1277.74+4.2%
2JNJJOHNSON & JOHNSON7.00%$274.68+1.3%
3SIGSIGNET JEWELERS0.15%$85.41+0.5%
4ABBVABBVIE4.90%$266.10+2.8%
5MRKMERCK & CO4.19%$153.14+13.3%
6UNHUNITEDHEALTH GROUP4.03%$388.80-1.2%
7ROPROPER TECHNOLOGIES3.86%$407.70+3.4%
8AZNASTRAZENECA3.03%$165.49+3.4%
9AMGNAMGEN2.83%$441.96+3.9%
10TMOTHERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC2.72%$615.47+4.4%
11GSKGSK1.27%$52.56+2.8%
12ABTABBOTT LABORATORIES2.40%$114.93+2.0%
13GILDGILEAD SCIENCES2.15%$148.70+3.7%
14CSLCARLISLE COMPANIES0.58%$366.23+2.7%
15PFEPFIZER1.91%$28.30+3.8%

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Sector weights
Health Care99.54%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.46%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States72.09%
Switzerland10%
United Kingdom5.05%
Japan3.79%
Denmark2.21%
France2.04%
Germany1.69%
Belgium1.15%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+4.0%
1 month+8.2%
3 months+16.1%
6 months+6.3%
YTD+9.8%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$15M
1 month+$2M
3 months+$225M
YTD−$501M
1 year−$252M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
17%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
15%realized volatility, 1 year
-10.8%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
at peakwhere it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 10.4% of the book; the top ten carry 46%. Spread across 118+ names, it behaves like roughly 31 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
103Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MRNA MODERNA$328M$299M
LLY ELI LILLY$143M$82M
MRK MERCK & CO$35M$37M
MRK MERCK & CO$35M$37M
UNH UNITEDHEALTH GROUP$40M$25M

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

The case against IXJ

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat IXJ 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-37bp on fee · 30× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-38bp on fee · 8× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-38bp on fee · 5× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-38bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-35bp on fee · 46× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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