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LQDBISharesINDEX

iShares BBB Rated Corporate Bond ETF

$84.99+0.50% today
848952-WK

The fund invests at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index, and the fund 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 fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
87.486.385.384.99DAILY NET FLOWFeb 17Apr 17Jun 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN · NET +$9M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned -2.4% so far this year. At 0.15% a year it is not the cheapest way in — AGG runs the same ground at 0.03%.

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

$59Massets under management
0.15%expense ratio · $15 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
2Kavg daily volume, 30 days
906holdings
2021listed May 17, 2021 · beta 0.16
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
1FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY LLC0.42%
2AERCAP IRELAND CAPITAL DAC0.42%
3SANTANDER UK GROUP HOLDINGS PLC0.38%
4NOMURA HOLDINGS INC0.37%
5TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD0.37%
6FORD MOTOR CREDIT COMPANY LLC (FXD0.37%
7BARCLAYS PLC0.36%
8TAKEDA PHARMACEUTICAL CO LTD0.36%
9NOMURA HOLDINGS INC0.33%
10VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS INC0.30%
11GENERAL MOTORS FINANCIAL COMPANY I0.29%
12DEUTSCHE BANK AG (NEW YORK BRANCH)0.28%
13FORD MOTOR COMPANY0.28%
14AERCAP IRELAND CAPITAL DAC / AERCA0.27%
15AMERICAN TOWER CORPORATION0.26%

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Sector weights
Corporates97.19%
Cash and/or Derivatives3.05%
Government Related0.05%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States89.51%
Canada2.86%
United Kingdom2.73%
Japan1.56%
Ireland1.16%
Germany0.77%
Spain0.49%
Brazil0.41%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.3%
1 month-0.7%
3 months-0.7%
6 months-3.5%
YTD-2.4%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month
3 months+$4M
YTD+$13M
1 year+$17M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
4%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
4%realized volatility, 1 year
-4.9%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-4.3%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 0.6% of the book; the top ten carry 4%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 207 equally-weighted positions.

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

The case against LQDB

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat LQDB 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-12bp on fee · 271× the assets · +$288M in over the monthHead-to-head
MBB iShares MBS ETF0.04%$39B+$26M-11bp on fee · 659× the assets · +$26M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-11bp on fee · 396× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-11bp on fee · 316× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
MUB iShares National Muni Bond ETF0.05%$45.8B+$585M-10bp on fee · 774× the assets · +$585M in over the monthHead-to-head
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