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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
25.225.024.924.87DAILY NET FLOWFeb 19Apr 21Jun 22Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN · NET −$300M 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
The book at a glance
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CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS TODAY’S MOVE · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC SR SECURED 144A 04/31 6.250.63%
2PR RNO Property Owner 1 LLC 6.5% 05/01/20310.50%
3CENTENE CORPORATION0.49%
4SSI US GOV MONEY MARKET CLASS0.49%
5CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC SECURED 144A 09/29 90.48%
6TRANSDIGM INC SR SECURED 144A 03/29 6.3750.43%
7CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC SR SECURED 144A 03/29 6.50.42%
8VENTURE GLOBAL LNG INC SR SECURED 144A 02/29 9.50.42%
9SV RNO Property Owner 1, LLC 5.875% 02/28/20310.41%
10WULF COMPUTE LLC 144A0.39%
11CCO HLDGS LLC/CAP CORP SR UNSECURED 144A 06/29 5.3750.39%
12PANTHER ESCROW ISSUER LLC 144A0.38%
13CCO HLDGS LLC/CAP CORP SR UNSECURED 144A 03/30 4.750.37%
14MAUSER PACKAGING SOLUT 144A0.35%
15NEPTUNE BIDCO US INC 144A0.35%

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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

The top holding is 0.6% of the book; the top ten carry 5%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 208 equally-weighted positions.

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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