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SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust

$769.14+0.22% today
63277852-WK

The Trust seeks to achieve its investment objective by holding a portfolio of the common stocks that are included in the index (the “Portfolio”), with the weight of each stock in the Portfolio substantially corresponding to the weight of such stock in the index.

Price & daily flows
746.5704.9663.3Wed Aug 19 · State Street says Trump Accounts default to SPYMWed Aug 19 · AMM-correlated-pairs debate turns on permissionTue Aug 18 · Record highs get bought, but the leverage crowd sits out769.14DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$31B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$4.6B of net buying over the past month, about 0.6% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +12.6% so far this year. At 0.095% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IVV runs the same ground at 0.03%.

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

$818.3Bassets under management
0.095%expense ratio · $9 per $10,000 a year
+$4.6Bnet flow, trailing month
46.2Mavg daily volume, 30 days
503holdings · US-domiciled
1993listed January 21, 1993 · beta 1.00
The book at a glance
NVDA-2.3%AAPL+1.5%MSFT+0.3%AMZN-0.8%GOOGL-0.0%AVGO-3.2%GOOG-0.1%META-4.4%MU-7.0%JPM+0.6%LLY+3.6%TSLA-0.7%BRKB+1.0%AMD-4.3%XOM+2.5%JNJ+3.2%V+1.5%WMT+0.7%INTC-6.6%MA+2.1%ABBV+3.4%CSCO-1.2%COST+0.9%BAC+0.5%LRCX-4.7%AMAT-4.0%PLTR-0.6%GE+1.7%CAT-4.7%CVX+1.6%UNH-0.5%KO+2.1%HDPGMRKNFLXGSRTXPANWPM

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1NVDANVIDIA8.17%$219.76-2.3%
2AAPLAPPLE6.73%$310.20+1.5%
3MSFTMICROSOFT5.35%$481.85+0.3%
4AMZNAMAZON 3.83%$259.34-0.8%
5GOOGLALPHABET3.02%$344.14-0.0%
6AVGOBROADCOM2.79%$379.84-3.2%
7GOOGALPHABET2.42%$341.34-0.1%
8METAMETA1.87%$543.59-4.4%
9MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY1.71%$941.17-7.0%
10JPMJPMORGAN CHASE1.45%$363.33+0.6%
11LLYELI LILLY1.40%$1226.44+3.6%
12TSLATESLA1.43%$336.83-0.7%
13BRKBBerkshire Hathaway Inc.1.37%$503.10+1.0%
14AMDADVANCED MICRO DEVICES1.24%$484.59-4.3%
15XOMEXXON MOBIL1.00%$165.56+2.5%

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Sector weights
Information Technology32.62%
Technology32.62%
Technology Services20.55%
Electronic Technology18.48%
Financial Services12.48%
Financials12.48%
Finance12.28%
Healthcare12.1%
Consumer Cyclical9.84%
Consumer Discretionary9.84%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States99.37%
Switzerland0.3%
Netherlands0.14%
Bermuda0.12%
United Kingdom0.1%
Canada0.09%
Other0.05%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.4%
1 month+3.5%
3 months+4.1%
6 months+12.8%
YTD+12.6%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$3.3B
1 month+$4.6B
3 months+$17.5B
YTD+$12.8B
1 year+$31B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
13%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
13%realized volatility, 1 year
-9.1%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.1%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 8.2% of the book; the top ten carry 37%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 39 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
4.1Mcalls today
5.8Mputs today
1.42put/call ratio
35.5Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY$974M$1.1B
SNDK Sandisk Corporation $832M$971M
META META$364M$489M
NVDA NVIDIA$404M$388M
TSLA TESLA$334M$383M

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

The case against SPY

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat SPY 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-6bp on fee · +$245M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-4bp on fee · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-5bp on fee · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-5bp on fee · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$900.9B−$14.2B-6bp on feeHead-to-head
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