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SOXXISharesINDEX

iShares Semiconductor ETF

$520.65-2.02% today
24265552-WK

The fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of its index and may invest up to 20% of its assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
580.8482.4384.0520.65DAILY NET FLOWFeb 17Apr 17Jun 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN · NET +$8.1B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$4.8B walked out over the past month, about 10.8% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +66.0% 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

$44Bassets under management
0.35%expense ratio · $35 per $10,000 a year
−$4.8Bnet flow, trailing month
9.6Mavg daily volume, 30 days
35holdings · US-domiciled
2001listed July 9, 2001 · beta 2.61
The book at a glance
NVDA-2.3%MU-7.0%AMD-4.3%AVGO-3.2%INTC-6.6%AMAT-4.0%MRVL-7.9%LRCX-4.7%TSM-4.0%KLAC-5.3%ADI-3.3%TXN-3.7%MPWR-5.7%TER-8.8%NXPI-1.7%QCOM-1.2%ASML-4.3%ALAB-5.3%MCHP-2.5%CRDO-13.3%ON-4.7%ENTG-7.7%ASX-8.9%MTSI-10.6%UMCSTM

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1NVDANVIDIA8.77%$219.76-2.3%
2MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY8.58%$941.17-7.0%
3AMDADVANCED MICRO DEVICES8.07%$484.59-4.3%
4AVGOBROADCOM7.23%$379.84-3.2%
5INTCINTEL5.37%$96.67-6.6%
6AMATAPPLIED MATERIALS4.90%$513.98-4.0%
7MRVLMARVELL TECHNOLOGY4.71%$215.94-7.9%
8LRCXLAM RESEARCH4.45%$327.90-4.7%
9TSMTAIWAN SEMICONDUCTOR4.41%$413.64-4.0%
10KLACKLA4.41%$194.86-5.3%
11ADIANALOG DEVICES3.88%$377.09-3.3%
12TXNTEXAS INSTRUMENTS3.81%$272.36-3.7%
13MPWRMONOLITHIC POWER SYSTEMS3.44%$1333.73-5.7%
14TERTERADYNE3.53%$404.15-8.8%
15NXPINXP SEMICONDUCTORS NV2.98%$228.63-1.7%

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Sector weights
Information Technology99.86%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.14%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States88.98%
Taiwan6.48%
Netherlands2.5%
United Kingdom0.69%
Israel0.68%
France0.67%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-4.7%
1 month-0.2%
3 months+5.0%
6 months+46.8%
YTD+66.0%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$957M
1 month−$4.8B
3 months+$6.7B
YTD+$9.6B
1 year+$10.4B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
57%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
45%realized volatility, 1 year
-29.0%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-20.5%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 8.8% of the book; the top ten carry 61%. Spread across 32+ names, it behaves like roughly 20 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
27Kcalls today
47Kputs today
1.76put/call ratio
9.1Mshares 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 SOXX

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat SOXX 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 · 2× the assets · +$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 · 20× the assetsHead-to-head
VOO Vanguard 500 Index Fund0.03%$500.4B-32bp on fee · 11× the assetsHead-to-head
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