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Global X Lithium & Battery Tech ETF

$76.61+2.72% today
469252-WK

The fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the underlying index and in American Depositary Receipts ("ADRs") and Global Depositary Receipts ("GDRs") based on the securities in the underlying index. The underlying index is designed to measure broad-based equity market performance of global companies involved in the lithium industry. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
81.969.056.176.61DAILY 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 +15.6% so far this year. At 0.75% a year it is not the cheapest way in — VAW runs the same ground at 0.10%.

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

$1.2Bassets under management
0.75%expense ratio · $75 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
187Kavg daily volume, 30 days
40holdings · US-domiciled
2010listed July 21, 2010 · beta 1.52
Sector weights
Materials43.01%
Basic Materials40.72%
Producer Manufacturing31.58%
Process Industries28.51%
Industrials28.48%
Non-Energy Minerals20.2%
Information Technology18.5%
Consumer Cyclical16.21%
Consumer Discretionary14.73%
Technology14.59%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
China36.75%
United States25.19%
Korea, Republic of13.59%
Australia12.11%
Japan9.73%
South Korea9.32%
Korea (the Republic of)8.45%
Taiwan, Province of China7.37%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+1.8%
1 month+11.0%
3 months-10.2%
6 months+3.8%
YTD+15.6%
1 year+64.7%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month
3 months
YTD
1 year

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
29%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
34%realized volatility, 1 year
-27.2%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-16.4%where it sits vs. that peak today

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

Options tape
273calls today
5puts today
0.02put/call ratio
226Kshares traded
The case against LIT

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat LIT 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-71bp on fee · 28× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$193.2B+$631M-68bp on fee · 165× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF0.09%$160.6B+$1.9B-66bp on fee · 137× the assets · +$1.9B in over the monthHead-to-head
IAGG iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF0.07%$11.4B+$739M-68bp on fee · 10× the assets · +$739M in over the monthHead-to-head
IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF0.07%$46.2B-68bp on fee · 39× the assetsHead-to-head
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