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SMHVanEckINDEX

VanEck Semiconductor ETF

$562.06-1.35% today
28666952-WK

The fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities that comprise the fund's benchmark index. The index includes common stocks and depositary receipts of U.S. exchange-listed companies in the semiconductor industry. Such companies may include medium-capitalization companies and foreign companies that are listed on a U.S. exchange. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
586.7477.7368.7562.06DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$10.2B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$723M walked out over the past month, about 1.0% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +50.6% so far this year. At 0.35% a year it is not the cheapest way in — ESMV runs the same ground at 0.18%.

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

$71.6Bassets under management
0.35%expense ratio · $35 per $10,000 a year
−$723Mnet flow, trailing month
10.8Mavg daily volume, 30 days
26holdings · US-domiciled
2000listed June 4, 2000 · beta 2.38
The book at a glance
NVDA-2.3%TSM-4.0%AVGO-3.2%AMD-4.3%MU-7.0%ASML-4.3%AMAT-4.0%LRCX-4.7%TXN-3.7%ADI-3.3%KLAC-5.3%INTC-6.6%MRVL-7.9%QCOM-1.2%CDNS-2.1%SNPS-2.1%TER-8.8%MPWR-5.7%NXPI-1.7%STM-6.4%ARM-6.9%ALABMCHP-2.5%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1NVDANVIDIA21.80%$219.76-2.3%
2TSMTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR9.28%$413.64-4.0%
3AVGOBROADCOM6.05%$379.84-3.2%
4AMDADVANCED MICRO DEVICES5.43%$484.59-4.3%
5MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY5.51%$941.17-7.0%
6ASMLASML HOLDING NV5.27%$1802.78-4.3%
7AMATAPPLIED MATERIALS4.70%$513.98-4.0%
8LRCXLAM RESEARCH4.67%$327.90-4.7%
9TXNTEXAS INSTRUMENTS4.38%$272.36-3.7%
10ADIANALOG DEVICES4.34%$377.09-3.3%
11KLACKLA4.21%$194.86-5.3%
12INTCINTEL4.22%$96.67-6.6%
13MRVLMARVELL TECHNOLOGY4.05%$215.94-7.9%
14QCOMQUALCOMM3.63%$160.26-1.2%
15CDNSCADENCE DESIGN SYSTEMS2.05%$316.70-2.1%

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Sector weights
Information Technology100%
Technology99.99%
Electronic Technology84.93%
Producer Manufacturing8.97%
Technology Services6.07%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States77.78%
Taiwan14.53%
Taiwan (Province of China)12.97%
Taiwan, Province of China11.02%
Netherlands6.79%
France2.47%
Switzerland0.9%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-3.9%
1 month+1.0%
3 months+2.9%
6 months+37.9%
YTD+50.6%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$1.4B
1 month−$723M
3 months+$3.5B
YTD+$7.5B
1 year+$10.2B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
JulOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
47%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
39%realized volatility, 1 year
-24.6%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-16.0%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 21.8% of the book; the top ten carry 71%. Spread across 25+ names, it behaves like roughly 12 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
108Kcalls today
158Kputs today
1.46put/call ratio
10.9Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY$974M$1.1B
NVDA NVIDIA$404M$388M
AMD ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES$280M$277M
INTC INTEL$146M$158M
AVGO BROADCOM$110M$130M

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

The case against SMH

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat SMH 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-32bp on fee · +$245M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-31bp on fee · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-31bp on fee · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$900.9B−$14.2B-32bp on fee · 13× the assetsHead-to-head
VOO Vanguard 500 Index Fund0.03%$500.4B-32bp on fee · 7× the assetsHead-to-head
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