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SPSBSPDR

SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF

$29.940.00% today
303052-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 the short term U.S. corporate bond market.

Price & daily flows
30.230.130.029.94DAILY NET FLOWAug 22Dec 19Apr 21Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned -0.9% so far this year. At 0.040% a year it is not the cheapest way in — AGG runs the same ground at 0.03%.

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

$10.5Bassets under management
0.040%expense ratio · $4 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
4.9Mavg daily volume, 30 days
1437holdings · US-domiciled
2009listed December 15, 2009 · beta 0.04
Sector weights
Cash & Others100%
Other100%
Corporate99.16%
Mutual fund0.66%
Structured0.13%
Miscellaneous0.05%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States100%
Other100%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week0.0%
1 month+0.2%
3 months-0.2%
6 months-1.2%
YTD-0.9%
1 year-1.0%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month
3 months
YTD
1 year

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
2%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
2%realized volatility, 1 year
-1.6%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.3%where it sits vs. that peak today

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 SPSB

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat SPSB 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-1bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$288M in over the monthHead-to-head
MBB iShares MBS ETF0.04%$39B+$26M4× the assets · +$26M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M12× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M2× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M2× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
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