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Global X S&P 500 Quality Dividend ETF

$41.08+0.65% today
344152-WK

The fund invests at least 80% of its total assets in the securities of the underlying index. The underlying index is designed to provide exposure to U.S. equity securities included in the S&P 500® Index that exhibit high quality and dividend yield characteristics, as determined by Standard & Poor's Financial Services LLC, the provider of the underlying index (the "index provider"). The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
40.639.939.341.08DAILY NET FLOWJul 24Aug 4Aug 12Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned +17.8% so far this year. At 0.20% 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

$28Massets under management
0.20%expense ratio · $20 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
1Kavg daily volume, 30 days
64holdings · US-domiciled
2018listed July 12, 2018 · beta 0.30
The book at a glance
BDX+2.3%TGT+4.5%BR+2.1%ADP+0.6%BMY+2.4%BX+1.4%FDS-0.0%GILD+1.9%CTSH+1.6%MDT+1.1%APA-2.3%UNP+1.3%ERIE+1.0%BLK+1.5%MMM+0.5%ALL-0.3%IFF+1.1%COP-0.0%BBY+0.2%ITW-0.2%DG+2.3%MKC+0.3%FAST+1.2%XOM-0.6%EG+0.5%AOS+1.0%EXE+0.0%PFE+1.0%ACN+2.2%KMB+0.6%CDW+2.8%LMT-1.4%BFB+0.1%HSY-1.0%DVN-0.4%TROW-0.6%TSN+0.1%SNA+0.5%PFG+0.2%CL+1.5%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1BDXBECTON DICKINSON &2.30%$192.00+2.3%
2TGTTARGET2.24%$165.44+4.5%
3BRBROADRIDGE FINANCIAL SOLUTIONS2.21%$182.18+2.1%
4ADPAUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING2.18%$280.81+0.6%
5BMYBRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB2.14%$67.01+2.4%
6BXBLACKSTONE2.16%$143.38+1.4%
7FDSFACTSET RESEARCH SYSTEMS2.19%$299.91-0.0%
8GILDGILEAD SCIENCES2.14%$146.12+1.9%
9CTSHCOGNIZANT TECHNOLOGY SOLUTIONS2.14%$61.87+1.6%
10MDTMEDTRONIC2.08%$93.35+1.1%
11APAAPA2.14%$43.39-2.3%
12UNPUNION PACIFIC2.06%$308.05+1.3%
13ERIEERIE INDEMNITY2.07%$264.85+1.0%
14BLKBLACKROCK2.05%$1156.55+1.5%
15MMM3M2.06%$178.96+0.5%

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Sector weights
Consumer Discretionary33.45%
Consumer Defensive25.73%
Consumer Non-Durables21.36%
Industrials17.26%
Financial Services12.53%
Financials12.15%
Energy12.1%
Electronic Technology11.71%
Health Technology11.47%
Finance11.41%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States98.72%
Switzerland1.98%
Ireland1.28%
Other0.1%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+2.3%
1 month+5.9%
3 months+9.8%
6 months+7.0%
YTD+17.8%
1 year+15.7%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month
3 months
YTD
1 year

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
14%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
12%realized volatility, 1 year
-8.2%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
at peakwhere it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 2.3% of the book; the top ten carry 22%. Spread across 53+ names, it behaves like roughly 51 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
shares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
TGT TARGET$12M$17M
COP CONOCOPHILLIPS$7M$8M
XOM EXXON MOBIL$7M$7M
ACN ACCENTURE$6M$4M
NKE NIKE$5M$5M

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

The case against QDIV

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF0.03%$97.9B+$245M-17bp on fee · 3448× the assets · +$245M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-15bp on fee · 4519× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-16bp on fee · 1191× the assets · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-16bp on fee · 1151× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-16bp on fee · 989× the assets · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
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