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iShares Russell 2500 ETF

$92.11+0.32% today
709352-WK

The fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its underlying index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of its underlying index and may invest up to 20% of its assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents. The underlying index measures the performance of the small- to mid-capitalization sector of the U.S. equity market, as defined by FTSE Russell.

Price & daily flows
92.391.089.792.11DAILY NET FLOWJul 20Jul 29Aug 10Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN · NET +$129M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$129M of net buying over the past month, about 3.4% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +21.3% so far this year. At 0.15% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IEFA runs the same ground at 0.07%.

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

$3.8Bassets under management
0.15%expense ratio · $15 per $10,000 a year
+$129Mnet flow, trailing month
274Kavg daily volume, 30 days
503holdings · US-domiciled
2017listed July 5, 2017 · beta 1.13
The book at a glance
IWM+0.4%ATINVT

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1IWMISHARES RUSSELL 2000 ETF40.98%$301.50+0.4%
2ATIATI0.41%$216.02-4.6%
3NVTNVENT ELECTRIC0.37%$156.49-5.0%
4CRSCARPENTER TECHNOLOGY0.34%$507.24-4.6%
5USFDUS FOODS HOLDING0.31%$107.87+0.8%
6SOFISOFI TECHNOLOGIES0.30%$18.50+4.7%
7THCTENET HEALTHCARE0.30%$269.28-0.4%
8PKGPACKAGING CORP OF AMERICA0.29%$252.48+0.7%
9FFIVF50.29%$386.99-2.1%
10AFRMAFFIRM HOLDINGS0.27%$77.37+5.2%
11CDECOEUR MINING0.26%$20.74+12.1%
12WWDWOODWARD0.29%$359.71-1.7%
13RGLDROYAL GOLD0.26%$247.06+7.2%
14GHGUARDANT HEALTH0.27%$162.52+1.5%
15ROKUROKU0.27%$156.75-0.7%

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Sector weights
Financials49.77%
Industrials13.36%
Information Technology8.88%
Health Care6.36%
Consumer Discretionary6%
Real Estate4.31%
Materials3.52%
Consumer Staples2.56%
Energy1.88%
Communication1.69%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States99.17%
Canada0.25%
Brazil0.18%
Denmark0.16%
Germany0.12%
Sweden0.11%
Australia0.06%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.5%
1 month+2.7%
3 months+9.2%
6 months+14.5%
YTD+21.3%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$28M
1 month+$129M
3 months+$474M
YTD+$1B
1 year+$1.6B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
13%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
17%realized volatility, 1 year
-9.9%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.3%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 41.0% of the book; the top ten carry 44%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 4 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
174Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
IWM ISHARES RUSSELL 2000 ETF$44M$52M
TLN Talen$11M$31M
AAOI APPLIED OPTOELECTRONICS$18M$18M
IREN IRIS ENERGY$20M$15M
BMNR BitMine Immersion Technologies$17M$15M

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