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KraneShares MSCI Emerging Markets ex China Index ETF

$50.39+0.87% today
325452-WK

Under normal circumstances, the fund will invest at least 80% of its net assets (plus borrowings for investment purposes) in instruments in its underlying index or in instruments that have economic characteristics similar to those in the underlying index. The underlying index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization weighted index designed to measure the equity market performance of mid- and large-cap companies of emerging market countries, excluding China.

Price & daily flows
49.743.437.150.39DAILY NET FLOWAug 22Dec 19Apr 21Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned +32.9% so far this year. At 0.24% 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

$77Massets under management
0.24%expense ratio · $24 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
9Kavg daily volume, 30 days
312holdings · US-domiciled
2019listed April 11, 2019 · beta 1.60
Sector weights
Information Technology31.44%
Technology30.92%
Finance29.04%
Financial Services27.32%
Financials26.8%
Electronic Technology24.44%
Consumer Discretionary11.52%
Materials8.3%
Basic Materials8.05%
Communication Services6.71%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Taiwan27.79%
Taiwan (Province of China)27.04%
India23.11%
Korea, Republic of22.12%
Taiwan, Province of China21.99%
Korea (the Republic of)18.14%
South Korea16.9%
Brazil6.83%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.2%
1 month+3.1%
3 months+3.5%
6 months+15.4%
YTD+32.9%
1 year+52.1%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month
3 months
YTD
1 year

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
29%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
28%realized volatility, 1 year
-16.1%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-7.5%where it sits vs. that peak today

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
2Kshares traded
The case against KEMX

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat KEMX on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-20bp on fee · 423× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$193.2B+$631M-17bp on fee · 2503× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF0.09%$160.6B+$1.9B-15bp on fee · 2081× the assets · +$1.9B in over the monthHead-to-head
IAGG iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF0.07%$11.4B+$739M-17bp on fee · 148× the assets · +$739M in over the monthHead-to-head
IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF0.07%$46.2B-17bp on fee · 598× the assetsHead-to-head
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