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SJNKSPDR

SPDR Bloomberg Short Term High Yield Bond ETF

$24.87+0.08% today
252652-WK

The fund generally invests substantially all, but at least 80%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index and in securities that the Adviser determines have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics of the securities that comprise the index. The index is designed to measure the performance of short-term publicly issued U.S. dollar-denominated high yield corporate bonds.

Price & daily flows
25.425.224.924.87DAILY NET FLOWAug 25Dec 19Apr 21Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$13M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$90M walked out over the past month, about 1.9% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -1.8% so far this year. At 0.40% a year it is not the cheapest way in — LQD runs the same ground at 0.14%.

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

$4.8Bassets under management
0.40%expense ratio · $40 per $10,000 a year
−$90Mnet flow, trailing month
2.4Mavg daily volume, 30 days
1052holdings · US-domiciled
2012listed March 13, 2012 · beta 0.20
Sector weights
Other100%
Cash & Others99.99%
Communication Services98.92%
Corporate98.8%
Industrial79.33%
Financial17.41%
Utility1.88%
Corporate-Other1.25%
Mutual fund1.2%
Industrials1.08%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States100%
Other100%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week0.0%
1 month+0.3%
3 months-0.7%
6 months-1.8%
YTD-1.8%
1 year-2.5%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$15M
1 month−$90M
3 months+$83M
YTD−$390M
1 year+$13M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
3%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
4%realized volatility, 1 year
-3.4%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-3.0%where it sits vs. that peak today

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
1.2Mshares traded
The case against SJNK

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat SJNK 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-37bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$288M in over the monthHead-to-head
MBB iShares MBS ETF0.04%$39B+$26M-36bp on fee · 8× the assets · +$26M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-35bp on fee · 27× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-36bp on fee · 5× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-36bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
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