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MCHIISharesINDEX

iShares MSCI China ETF

$55.39+0.89% today
506752-WK

The fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of the underlying index. The index is a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted index designed to measure the performance of equity securities in the top 85% in market capitalization of the Chinese equity securities markets, as represented by the H-shares and B-shares markets. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
63.458.754.055.39DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET −$1.9B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$400K of net buying over the past month, while the price has returned -11.0% so far this year. At 0.59% a year it is not the cheapest way in — SCHD runs the same ground at 0.06%.

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

$6.2Bassets under management
0.59%expense ratio · $59 per $10,000 a year
+$400Knet flow, trailing month
2.6Mavg daily volume, 30 days
667holdings · US-domiciled
2011listed March 28, 2011 · beta 0.86
The book at a glance
PDD+2.9%HTHTBZYMM28991.1%96181.3%36902.2%9921.2%10240.6%98881.0%9393.7%12111.6%61600.8%99991.7%18102.2%22690.8%12880.8%10880.7%18010.7%99870.6%3007500.6%1750.6%37500.6%6005190.6%23280.5%39680.9%24238571.0%39881.8%20200.5%23590.4%3003080.4%99920.4%26010.4%96330.4%

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS TODAY’S MOVE · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1PDDPDD HOLDINGS1.93%$89.82+2.9%
2HTHTH WORLD GROUP0.34%$48.75+6.0%
3BZKANZHUN0.24%$16.08+1.6%
4YMMFULL TRUCK ALLIANCE CO0.25%$8.69-1.0%
5TMETENCENT MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT0.20%$9.10+2.9%
6TALTAL EDUCATION GROUP0.15%$12.16+1.0%
7VIPSVIPSHOP HOLDINGS0.15%$14.45+1.8%
8LEGNLEGEND BIOTECH0.06%$22.29+2.6%
92899ZIJIN MINING GROUP LTD H1.07%
109618JD.COM CLASS A INC1.29%
113690MEITUAN2.20%
12992LENOVO GROUP LTD1.22%
131024KUAISHOU TECHNOLOGY0.57%
149888BAIDU CLASS A INC1.04%
15939CHINA CONSTRUCTION BANK CORP H3.73%

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Sector weights
Consumer Discretionary24.7%
Financials18.96%
Communication18.01%
Information Technology11.41%
Industrials5.74%
Health Care5.5%
Materials5.48%
Energy3.32%
Consumer Staples2.88%
Utilities1.77%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
China99.31%
Hong Kong0.6%
United States0.08%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.6%
1 month+4.6%
3 months-1.7%
6 months-8.2%
YTD-11.0%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$22M
1 month+$400K
3 months−$147M
YTD−$864M
1 year−$734M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
14%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
20%realized volatility, 1 year
-24.6%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-17.3%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 13.7% of the book; the top ten carry 42%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 24 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
14calls today
96puts today
6.86put/call ratio
1.2Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
PDD PDD HOLDINGS$4M$2M
LEGN LEGEND BIOTECH$231,834$194,866
BZ KANZHUN$33,022$29,445
HTHT H WORLD GROUP$7,801$53,223
TME TENCENT MUSIC ENTERTAINMENT$23,722$28,217

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The case against MCHI

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-54bp on fee · 21× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-55bp on fee · 5× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-55bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-55bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-52bp on fee · 31× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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