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TOKISharesINDEX

iShares MSCI Kokusai ETF

$155.10+0.22% today
12915752-WK

The fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of the underlying index. The index is designed to measure equity market performance in those countries that MSCI Inc. (the "index provider" or "MSCI") has classified as having developed economies, excluding Japan ("DEEJ").

Price & daily flows
150.7142.8135.0155.10DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET −$95M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$2M walked out over the past month, about 0.8% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +12.0% so far this year. At 0.26% 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

$258Massets under management
0.26%expense ratio · $26 per $10,000 a year
−$2Mnet flow, trailing month
1Kavg daily volume, 30 days
1255holdings · US-domiciled
2007listed December 9, 2007 · beta 0.95
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%LLY+3.6%JPM+0.6%TSLA-0.7%AMD-4.3%BRKB+1.0%JNJVABBVCSCOBAC+0.5%COST+0.9%INTC-6.6%AMAT-4.0%LRCX-4.7%PLTRUNHKOHD

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1NVDANVIDIA5.95%$219.76-2.3%
2AAPLAPPLE5.14%$310.20+1.5%
3MSFTMICROSOFT3.88%$481.85+0.3%
4AMZNAMAZON 2.90%$259.34-0.8%
5GOOGLALPHABET2.30%$344.14-0.0%
6AVGOBROADCOM2.02%$379.84-3.2%
7GOOGALPHABET1.81%$341.34-0.1%
8METAMETA1.43%$543.59-4.4%
9MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY1.31%$941.17-7.0%
10LLYELI LILLY1.09%$1226.44+3.6%
11JPMJPMORGAN CHASE1.11%$363.33+0.6%
12TSLATESLA1.09%$336.83-0.7%
13AMDADVANCED MICRO DEVICES0.94%$484.59-4.3%
14BRKBBerkshire Hathaway Inc.0.79%$503.10+1.0%
15ASMLASML HOLDING NV0.83%$1802.78-4.3%

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Sector weights
Information Technology30.5%
Financials16.33%
Industrials10.93%
Health Care9.26%
Consumer Discretionary8.36%
Communication7.91%
Consumer Staples4.98%
Energy4.16%
Materials3.25%
Utilities2.5%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States76.6%
Canada3.67%
United Kingdom3.67%
France2.56%
Switzerland2.38%
Germany2.33%
Australia1.74%
Netherlands1.54%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.4%
1 month+3.3%
3 months+4.5%
6 months+11.0%
YTD+12.0%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month−$2M
3 months+$32K
YTD+$32K
1 year−$13M

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)
13%realized volatility, 1 year
-9.1%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.0%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 6.0% of the book; the top ten carry 28%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 44 equally-weighted positions.

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

The case against TOK

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat TOK 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-23bp on fee · 380× the assets · +$245M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-22bp on fee · 131× the assets · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-22bp on fee · 109× the assets · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$900.9B−$14.2B-23bp on fee · 3496× the assetsHead-to-head
VOO Vanguard 500 Index Fund0.03%$500.4B-23bp on fee · 1942× the assetsHead-to-head
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