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SPHYSPDR

SPDR Portfolio High Yield Bond ETF

$23.30+0.13% today
232452-WK

The fund 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 U.S. dollar denominated below investment grade corporate debt publicly issued in the U.S. domestic market.

Price & daily flows
23.823.523.323.30DAILY NET FLOWAug 25Dec 19Apr 21Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$2.9B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$340M of net buying over the past month, about 2.9% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -1.6% so far this year. At 0.050% a year, nothing comparable on our shelf runs cheaper.

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

$11.9Bassets under management
0.050%expense ratio · $5 per $10,000 a year
+$340Mnet flow, trailing month
7.2Mavg daily volume, 30 days
1940holdings · US-domiciled
2012listed June 17, 2012 · beta 0.22
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
1SSI US GOV MONEY MARKET CLASS0.41%
2MERIDIAN ARC HOLDCO LLC SR SECURED 144A 04/31 6.250.39%
3ECHOSTAR CORP0.38%
4PR RNO Property Owner 1 LLC 6.5% 05/01/20310.29%
5CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC SECURED 144A 09/29 90.28%
6CLOUD SOFTWARE GRP INC SR SECURED 144A 03/29 6.50.27%
7QUIKRETE HOLDINGS INC SR SECURED 144A 03/32 6.3750.25%
8PANTHER ESCROW ISSUER LLC 144A0.25%
9SV RNO Property Owner 1, LLC 5.875% 02/28/20310.25%
10GALAXY HELIOS DATA CNTR SR SECURED 144A 08/31 9.8750.25%
11NEXSTAR MEDIA INC SR SECURED 144A 09/33 6.50.24%
12TRANSDIGM INC SR SECURED 144A 03/32 6.6250.24%
13AMERICAN AIRLINES/AADVAN SR SECURED 144A 04/29 5.750.24%
14CORE SCIENTIFIC FINANCE SR SECURED 144A 05/31 7.750.22%
15DAVITA INC 144A0.22%

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Sector weights
Other100%
Cash & Others100%
Corporate98.57%
Basic Materials65%
Energy35%
Mutual fund1.1%
Communications0.18%
Finance0.08%
Loans0.06%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Other100%
Canada53.85%
United Kingdom46.15%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.0%
1 month+0.5%
3 months-0.5%
6 months-1.9%
YTD-1.6%
1 year-2.1%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$28M
1 month+$340M
3 months+$1.1B
YTD+$1.7B
1 year+$2.9B

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
-3.8%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-2.8%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 0.5% of the book; the top ten carry 3%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 216 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
4Mshares traded
The case against SPHY

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat SPHY 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-2bp on fee · +$288M in over the monthHead-to-head
MBB iShares MBS ETF0.04%$39B+$26M-1bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$26M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M11× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-1bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-1bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
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