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iShares Short Maturity Municipal Bond ETF

$50.23+0.06% today
505152-WK

The fund normally invests at least 80% of its net assets in municipal securities such that the interest on each bond is exempt from U.S. federal income taxes and the federal alternative minimum tax ("AMT"). It primarily invests in U.S. dollar-denominated investment-grade short-term fixed- and floating-rate municipal securities with remaining maturities of five years or less, such as municipal bonds, municipal notes and variable rate demand obligations, as well as money market instruments and registered investment companies. The fund is an actively managed exchange-traded fund ("ETF").

Price & daily flows
50.550.450.250.23DAILY NET FLOWFeb 17Apr 17Jun 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN · NET +$16M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$13M of net buying over the past month, about 0.9% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -0.2% so far this year. At 0.25% 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

$1.4Bassets under management
0.25%expense ratio · $25 per $10,000 a year
+$13Mnet flow, trailing month
168Kavg daily volume, 30 days
178holdings · US-domiciled
2015listed March 2, 2015 · beta 0.02
The book at a glance
2.0%1.8%1.8%1.4%1.0%1.0%1.0%0.9%0.9%0.9%0.8%0.8%0.8%0.8%0.8%0.8%0.8%0.8%0.7%0.6%0.6%0.5%0.5%0.5%0.5%0.5%0.4%0.4%0.4%0.4%0.4%0.4%0.4%0.4%0.4%0.4%0.4%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1MAIN STR NAT GAS INC GA GAS SU1.96%
2PEFA INC IA GAS PROJ REVENUE PEFUTL 09/49 ADJUSTABLE VAR1.81%
3TEXAS MUN GAS ACQUISITION & SU1.77%
4KENTUCKY INC KY PUB ENERGY AUT1.43%
5INDIANAPOLIS IND LOC PUB IMPT1.04%
6NEW YORK ST HSG FIN AGY REV1.03%
7NEW MEXICO MUN ENERGY ACQUISIT1.00%
8NEW YORK N Y CITY HSG DEV CORP0.94%
9PENNSYLVANIA ECONOMIC DEV FING0.94%
10OREGON ST HSG & CMNTY SVCS DEP0.91%
11KENTUCKY INC KY PUB ENERGY AUT0.85%
12SOUTHEAST ENERGY AUTH AL COMMO SEEPWR 05/53 ADJUSTABLE VAR0.81%
13CHICAGO ILL O HARE INTL ARPT R0.79%
14DALLAS FORT WORTH TEX INTL ARP0.79%
15TARRANT CNTY TEX CULTURAL ED F0.78%

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Sector weights
Cash and/or Derivatives45.77%
Corporate Muni22.51%
Transportation10.79%
Housing8.66%
Health3.77%
State Tax-Backed2.94%
Education1.94%
Utility1.58%
School Districts1.18%
Local Tax-Backed0.83%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.0%
1 month-0.0%
3 months0.0%
6 months-0.7%
YTD-0.2%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$3M
1 month+$13M
3 months+$18M
YTD+$48M
1 year+$181M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
1%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
1%realized volatility, 1 year
-1.0%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-0.8%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 2.3% of the book; the top ten carry 17%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 81 equally-weighted positions.

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

The case against MEAR

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat MEAR 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-22bp on fee · 12× the assets · +$288M in over the monthHead-to-head
MBB iShares MBS ETF0.04%$39B+$26M-21bp on fee · 28× the assets · +$26M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-21bp on fee · 17× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-21bp on fee · 14× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
MUB iShares National Muni Bond ETF0.05%$45.8B+$585M-20bp on fee · 33× the assets · +$585M in over the monthHead-to-head
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