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iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

$106.53+0.65% today
10611352-WK

The fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index, and it will invest at least 90% of its assets in fixed income securities of the types included in the underlying index that the advisor believes will help the fund track the underlying index. The underlying index is designed to provide a broad representation of the U.S. dollar-denominated liquid investment-grade corporate bond market.

Price & daily flows
111.4109.3107.3106.53DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$6.3B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$781M walked out over the past month, about 2.3% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -3.3% so far this year. At 0.14% a year it is not the cheapest way in — VGK runs the same ground at 0.11%.

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

$33.4Bassets under management
0.14%expense ratio · $14 per $10,000 a year
−$781Mnet flow, trailing month
29.1Mavg daily volume, 30 days
2768holdings · US-domiciled
2002listed July 21, 2002 · beta 0.20
The book at a glance
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CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS TODAY’S MOVE · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1CVS HEALTH CORP0.17%
2AMAZON.COM INC0.17%
3T-MOBILE USA INC0.16%
4GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC/THE0.16%
5META PLATFORMS INC0.16%
6META PLATFORMS INC0.15%
7PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTERPRISES PTE0.15%
8AMAZON.COM INC0.14%
9BOEING CO0.14%
10BANK OF AMERICA CORP0.13%
11AT&T INC0.13%
12CVS HEALTH CORP0.13%
13ORACLE CORPORATION0.13%
14BANK OF AMERICA CORP0.13%
15AT&T INC0.13%

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Performance
1 week+0.4%
1 month-1.0%
3 months-1.1%
6 months-4.5%
YTD-3.3%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$1.3B
1 month−$781M
3 months+$5.7B
YTD+$5.2B
1 year+$6.3B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
6%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
6%realized volatility, 1 year
-6.4%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-5.7%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 0.2% of the book; the top ten carry 2%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 232 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
21Kcalls today
17Kputs today
0.80put/call ratio
33.3Mshares traded
The case against LQD

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
STIP iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF0.03%$16B+$288M-11bp on fee · +$288M in over the monthHead-to-head
MBB iShares MBS ETF0.04%$39B+$26M-10bp on fee · +$26M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-10bp on fee · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-10bp on fee · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
MUB iShares National Muni Bond ETF0.05%$45.8B+$585M-9bp on fee · +$585M in over the monthHead-to-head
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