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MAXJISHARES LARGE CAP MAX BUFFER JUN ETFINDEX

ISHARES LARGE CAP MAX BUFFER JUN ETF

$29.46+0.03% today
282952-WK
Price & daily flows
29.128.628.129.46DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET +$69M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$12M of net buying over the past month, about 7.2% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +4.5% so far this year.

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

$164Massets under management
expense ratio
+$12Mnet flow, trailing month
34Kavg daily volume, 30 days
0holdings · US-domiciled
2024listed August 12, 2024 · beta 0.15
HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1IVVISHARES CORE S&P 500 ETF100.78%$771.00-0.7%
2CASH COLLATERAL USD GSCFT (GSCFT) - Cash Collateral and Margins0.11%
3BLK CSH FND TREASURY SL AGENCY (XTSLA) - Money Market0.34%
4JUL27 IVV US P @ 748.89 (IVV US.FLEX) - Other Derivatives4.23%
Performance
1 week0.0%
1 month+1.0%
3 months+1.9%
6 months+4.1%
YTD+4.5%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$1M
1 month+$12M
3 months+$14M
YTD−$3M
1 year−$7M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
2%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
3%realized volatility, 1 year
-1.7%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-0.1%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 100.8% of the book; the top ten carry 105%. Spread across 4+ names, it behaves like roughly 1 equally-weighted positions.

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

The case against MAXJ

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IBRN iShares Neuroscience and Healthcare ETF0.47%$7931.50T+$2M48415620× the assets · +$2M in over the monthHead-to-head
ESMV iShares ESG MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF0.18%$7904.06T−$41K48248090× the assetsHead-to-head
EFRA iShares Environmental Infrastructure and Industrials ETF0.47%$5719.22T−$35K34911376× the assetsHead-to-head
ETEC iShares Trust - iShares Breakthrough Environmental Solutions ETF0.47%$4278.23T−$53K26115271× the assetsHead-to-head
SPY SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust0.09%$818.3B+$2.8B4995× the assets · +$2.8B in over the monthHead-to-head
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