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iShares U.S. Financials ETF

$136.20-0.71% today
11413952-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 U.S. companies in the financial sector of the U.S. equity market.

Price & daily flows
133.2126.2119.3136.20DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET −$37M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$263M walked out over the past month, about 6.0% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +5.1% so far this year. At 0.40% 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

$4.3Bassets under management
0.40%expense ratio · $40 per $10,000 a year
−$263Mnet flow, trailing month
447Kavg daily volume, 30 days
143holdings · US-domiciled
2000listed May 21, 2000 · beta 0.64
The book at a glance
JPM-1.9%BRKB-0.6%BAC-1.9%GS-2.0%WFC-1.9%MS-1.6%C-3.8%SCHW-0.8%BLK+1.2%PGR+4.7%SPGI+2.4%CB-1.2%BNY-2.6%BX+2.7%PNC-3.1%USB-3.2%CME-1.8%MRSH+1.6%ICE+0.7%TRV-1.3%KKR+3.2%MCO+2.6%HOOD+4.6%AON+1.7%ALL-0.1%AJG+4.1%TFC-2.8%APO-0.2%AFL-4.1%MET-1.6%AMP+0.3%NU+1.7%FITB-3.8%STT-3.0%NDAQMSCIIBKRHIG

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1JPMJPMORGAN CHASE11.30%$356.33-1.9%
2BRKBBerkshire Hathaway Inc.10.90%$500.32-0.6%
3BACBANK OF AMERICA4.45%$63.02-1.9%
4GSGOLDMAN SACHS GROUP4.04%$1018.80-2.0%
5WFCWELLS FARGO3.81%$85.73-1.9%
6MSMORGAN STANLEY3.66%$214.08-1.6%
7CCITIGROUP3.53%$132.50-3.8%
8SCHWSCHWAB CHARLES2.70%$110.94-0.8%
9BLKBLACKROCK2.62%$1169.62+1.2%
10PGRPROGRESSIVE1.78%$216.84+4.7%
11SPGIS&P GLOBAL1.82%$428.26+2.4%
12CBCHUBB1.80%$341.61-1.2%
13BNYBLACKROCK NEW YORK MUNICIPAL INCOME TRUST1.69%$159.59-2.6%
14BXBLACKSTONE1.57%$144.54+2.7%
15PNCPNC FINANCIAL SERVICES GROUP1.53%$246.53-3.1%

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Sector weights
Financials99.41%
Industrials0.29%
Information Technology0.2%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.12%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States98.87%
Brazil0.85%
Canada0.3%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-1.1%
1 month+1.9%
3 months+10.7%
6 months+10.0%
YTD+5.1%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$48M
1 month−$263M
3 months+$582M
YTD−$32M
1 year−$37M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
11%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
15%realized volatility, 1 year
-14.3%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.7%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 11.3% of the book; the top ten carry 49%. Spread across 145+ names, it behaves like roughly 26 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
227Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
COIN COINBASE GLOBAL$69M$53M
GS GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP$58M$57M
HOOD ROBINHOOD$36M$29M
CRCL Circle Internet Group$32M$27M
SOFI SOFI TECHNOLOGIES$13M$10M

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

The case against IYF

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat IYF 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 · 30× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-36bp 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-36bp 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-36bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-33bp on fee · 45× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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