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iShares MSCI Global Metals & Mining Producers ETF

$63.23+2.20% today
406952-WK

The fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of the index. The index measure the combined performance of equities of companies in both developed and emerging markets that are primarily involved in the extraction or production of diversified metals, the production of aluminum or steel and in the mining of precious metals and minerals. It is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
62.754.346.063.23DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET +$336M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$49M walked out over the past month, about 2.1% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +20.8% so far this year. At 0.39% a year it is not the cheapest way in — VAW runs the same ground at 0.10%.

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

$2.3Bassets under management
0.39%expense ratio · $39 per $10,000 a year
−$49Mnet flow, trailing month
757Kavg daily volume, 30 days
328holdings · US-domiciled
2012listed January 30, 2012 · beta 1.63
The book at a glance
BHP+3.2%RIO+3.4%FCX+3.6%NUE-6.6%RIO+3.4%STLD-7.3%MT+2.5%RS-5.5%SCCO+3.7%AAL-1.3%AAHBMMP+1.0%CMC-4.2%BVNHCCMTRN

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1LINLINDE0.04%$483.52+1.0%
2BHPBHP GROUP13.40%$91.97+3.2%
3NICNICOLET BANKSHARES0.08%$173.05-1.6%
4RIORIO TINTO6.14%$100.03+3.4%
5FCXFREEPORT-MCMORAN5.86%$68.67+3.6%
6TKOTKO GROUP HOLDINGS INC0.19%$199.80+3.9%
7ELVELEVANCE HEALTH0.07%$399.32-0.0%
8NUENUCOR3.61%$246.87-6.6%
9RIORIO TINTO2.65%$100.03+3.4%
10STLDSTEEL DYNAMICS2.12%$231.91-7.3%
11MTARCELORMITTAL1.87%$73.78+2.5%
12RSRELIANCE STEEL & ALUMINUM1.31%$398.08-5.5%
13SCCOSOUTHERN COPPER1.07%$194.67+3.7%
14AALAMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP3.37%$13.86-1.3%
15AAALCOA0.81%$50.91+1.8%

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Sector weights
Materials99.59%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.33%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Australia22.86%
United States17.26%
United Kingdom15.14%
Canada7.11%
China5.53%
Japan5.47%
India4.44%
Brazil3.65%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.7%
1 month+12.4%
3 months+0.9%
6 months+4.3%
YTD+20.8%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$25M
1 month−$49M
3 months+$294M
YTD+$797M
1 year+$982M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
28%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
31%realized volatility, 1 year
-19.5%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-8.3%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 13.4% of the book; the top ten carry 46%. Spread across 249+ names, it behaves like roughly 27 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
36calls today
3puts today
0.08put/call ratio
514Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
FCX FREEPORT-MCMORAN$11M$12M
SLS SELLAS LIFE SCIENCES GROUP$11M$4M
VAL VALARIS$6M$7M
AAL AMERICAN AIRLINES GROUP$2M$2M
CLF CLEVELAND-CLIFFS$2M$1M

TODAY’S OPTIONS PREMIUM IN THE FUND’S UNDERLYING NAMES

The case against PICK

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat PICK 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-34bp on fee · 56× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-35bp on fee · 14× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-35bp on fee · 10× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-35bp on fee · 8× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-32bp on fee · 85× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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