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iShares US Consumer Discretionary ETF

$103.58+1.65% today
9410752-WK

The fund generally 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 the consumer discretionary sector of the U.S. equity market, as defined by FTSE Russell.

Price & daily flows
102.699.696.5103.58DAILY NET FLOWFeb 17Apr 17Jun 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN · NET −$212M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$6M of net buying over the past month, about 0.5% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +0.9% so far this year. At 0.40% a year it is not the cheapest way in — SCHD runs the same ground at 0.06%.

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

$1.2Bassets under management
0.40%expense ratio · $40 per $10,000 a year
+$6Mnet flow, trailing month
105Kavg daily volume, 30 days
182holdings · US-domiciled
2000listed June 11, 2000 · beta 0.86
The book at a glance
AMZN+2.4%TSLA+3.6%WMT-0.6%COST-0.4%HD+2.0%NFLX+3.5%MCD+0.3%DIS+2.6%BKNG+2.7%TJX-4.3%UBER+4.7%LOW+2.6%SBUX-0.5%SPOT+4.4%MAR+1.0%ABNB+1.6%GM+1.5%RCL+0.5%ORLY+0.3%HLT+2.4%ROST-0.5%TGT+5.8%WBD+0.2%F+3.2%DAL-2.8%AZOCVNAGRMN-0.3%CMG+3.9%TTWO-1.9%CPRTLYVWSM

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1AMZNAMAZON 15.41%$265.60+2.4%
2TSLATESLA7.09%$348.97+3.6%
3WMTWALMART4.31%$114.51-0.6%
4COSTCOSTCO WHOLESALE4.18%$958.21-0.4%
5HDHOME DEPOT4.10%$344.89+2.0%
6NFLXNETFLIX3.91%$80.50+3.5%
7MCDMCDONALDS3.13%$267.84+0.3%
8DISWALT DISNEY3.05%$106.72+2.6%
9BKNGBOOKING HOLDINGS2.63%$213.80+2.7%
10TJXTJX COMPANIES2.77%$144.61-4.3%
11UBERUBER2.44%$78.22+4.7%
12LOWLOWES COMPANIES2.01%$221.44+2.6%
13SBUXSTARBUCKS2.04%$105.48-0.5%
14SPOTSPOTIFY TECHNOLOGY SA1.29%$539.53+4.4%
15MARMARRIOTT1.29%$360.88+1.0%

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Sector weights
Consumer Discretionary69.51%
Communication13.36%
Consumer Staples11.11%
Industrials5.85%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.17%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States98.02%
Sweden1.29%
Canada0.69%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.7%
1 month+3.2%
3 months+2.6%
6 months+2.1%
YTD+0.9%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$4M
1 month+$6M
3 months+$10M
YTD−$371M
1 year−$445M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
18%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
15%realized volatility, 1 year
-12.1%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-3.4%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 15.4% of the book; the top ten carry 51%. Spread across 159+ 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
34Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
TSLA TESLA$485M$437M
AMZN AMAZON $230M$190M
NFLX NETFLIX$42M$30M
WMT WALMART$40M$31M
COST COSTCO WHOLESALE$27M$22M

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

The case against IYC

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat IYC 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-35bp on fee · 107× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-36bp on fee · 27× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-36bp on fee · 19× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-36bp on fee · 16× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-33bp on fee · 162× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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