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IYZISharesINDEX

iShares U.S. Telecommunications ETF

$42.99-0.34% today
304652-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 telecommunications sector of the U.S. equity market, as defined by FTSE Russell. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
42.638.233.742.99DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$489M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$21M walked out over the past month, about 1.7% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +26.3% 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

$1.3Bassets under management
0.40%expense ratio · $40 per $10,000 a year
−$21Mnet flow, trailing month
1Mavg daily volume, 30 days
23holdings · US-domiciled
2000listed May 21, 2000 · beta 0.89
The book at a glance
CSCO+1.2%ANET+1.5%VZ-0.8%T-0.5%CMCSA-2.4%MSI-1.9%LITE+4.6%TMUS-1.4%CIEN+3.9%ROKU+0.4%SPCX+4.7%CHTR-6.6%IRDM-0.3%TIGO+0.4%GSAT+1.1%UI+1.0%VIAV+6.2%AAOI+3.0%LBRDK-6.4%ASTS+0.3%ECHO+1.0%LBTYK-1.0%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1CSCOCISCO SYSTEMS21.15%$112.92+1.2%
2ANETARISTA NETWORKS12.79%$201.82+1.5%
3VZVERIZON COMMUNICATIONS12.11%$48.07-0.8%
4TAT&T4.79%$24.75-0.5%
5CMCSACOMCAST3.91%$25.57-2.4%
6MSIMOTOROLA SOLUTIONS3.71%$457.72-1.9%
7LITELUMENTUM HOLDINGS3.17%$968.64+4.6%
8TMUST-MOBILE US3.54%$180.08-1.4%
9CIENCIENA3.17%$445.59+3.9%
10ROKUROKU2.84%$158.35+0.4%
11SPCXSpace Exploration Technologies Corp2.71%$146.27+4.7%
12CHTRCHARTER COMMUNICATIONS2.88%$144.02-6.6%
13IRDMIRIDIUM COMMUNICATIONS2.59%$50.07-0.3%
14TIGOMILLICOM INTERNATIONAL CELLULAR SA2.54%$94.27+0.4%
15GSATGLOBALSTAR2.42%$83.06+1.1%

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Sector weights
Information Technology50.97%
Communication49.01%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States97.46%
Sweden2.54%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-4.0%
1 month+7.2%
3 months+0.1%
6 months+12.0%
YTD+26.3%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$6M
1 month−$21M
3 months+$133M
YTD+$381M
1 year+$489M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
24%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
20%realized volatility, 1 year
-13.6%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-6.4%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 21.1% of the book; the top ten carry 71%. Spread across 25+ names, it behaves like roughly 11 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
951Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
SPCX Space Exploration Technologies Corp$296M$291M
LITE LUMENTUM HOLDINGS$102M$89M
AAOI APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS$31M$39M
ECHO EchoStar$27M$38M
ASTS AST SPACEMOBILE$16M$18M

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

The case against IYZ

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat IYZ 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 · 77× 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 · 27× the assets · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-36bp on fee · 22× the assets · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$900.9B−$14.2B-37bp on fee · 709× the assetsHead-to-head
VOO Vanguard 500 Index Fund0.03%$500.4B-37bp on fee · 394× the assetsHead-to-head
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