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IYWISharesINDEX

iShares U.S. Technology ETF

$248.12-0.58% today
17426052-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 technology sector of the U.S. equity market, as defined by FTSE Russell. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
241.4216.7192.1248.12DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET −$4.5B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$170M of net buying over the past month, about 0.7% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +24.1% so far this year. At 0.40% a year it is not the cheapest way in — ESMV runs the same ground at 0.18%.

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

$25.2Bassets under management
0.40%expense ratio · $40 per $10,000 a year
+$170Mnet flow, trailing month
531Kavg daily volume, 30 days
136holdings · US-domiciled
2000listed May 14, 2000 · beta 1.70
The book at a glance
NVDA-0.1%AAPL+1.6%MSFT+0.3%GOOGL-0.0%GOOG-0.1%AVGO-3.9%META+1.3%MU-1.1%AMD-3.7%INTC-3.8%AMAT-4.0%PLTR+1.8%LRCX-6.6%PANW-3.6%ORCL+0.9%TXN-0.5%KLAC-3.8%SNDK-3.9%IBM+1.7%MRVLCRWD-5.8%APH-1.9%ADI+0.3%QCOM+1.7%GLW

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1NVDANVIDIA14.29%$219.51-0.1%
2AAPLAPPLE12.15%$315.03+1.6%
3MSFTMICROSOFT10.31%$483.46+0.3%
4GOOGLALPHABET5.57%$344.07-0.0%
5GOOGALPHABET4.51%$341.16-0.1%
6AVGOBROADCOM4.35%$365.04-3.9%
7METAMETA3.62%$550.43+1.3%
8MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY3.41%$931.09-1.1%
9AMDADVANCED MICRO DEVICES3.04%$466.42-3.7%
10INTCINTEL2.30%$92.99-3.8%
11AMATAPPLIED MATERIALS2.07%$493.44-4.0%
12PLTRPALANTIR1.87%$174.64+1.8%
13LRCXLAM RESEARCH2.09%$306.37-6.6%
14PANWPALO ALTO NETWORKS1.48%$360.46-3.6%
15ORCLORACLE1.22%$143.85+0.9%

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Sector weights
Information Technology83.51%
Communication14.28%
Industrials1.61%
Consumer Discretionary0.39%
Financials0.1%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.06%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-2.0%
1 month+3.7%
3 months+5.0%
6 months+30.2%
YTD+24.1%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$27M
1 month+$170M
3 months+$187M
YTD−$608M
1 year−$4.5B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
28%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
24%realized volatility, 1 year
-17.9%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-4.5%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 14.3% of the book; the top ten carry 64%. Spread across 149+ names, it behaves like roughly 17 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
2calls today
6puts today
3.00put/call ratio
184Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY$514M$553M
SNDK Sandisk Corporation $514M$530M
NVDA NVIDIA$308M$323M
AMD ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES$207M$244M
AAPL APPLE$207M$174M

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

The case against IYW

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat IYW 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-37bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$245M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-36bp on fee · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-36bp on fee · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$900.9B−$14.2B-37bp on fee · 36× the assetsHead-to-head
VOO Vanguard 500 Index Fund0.03%$500.4B-37bp on fee · 20× the assetsHead-to-head
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