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UAEISharesINDEX

iShares MSCI UAE ETF

$19.55-1.31% vs prior close
17.452252-WK

Price through Oct 2 · Flows through Oct 1. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 2. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 2.

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 the equity market in the United Arab Emirates ("UAE"). The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
21.219.8418.48Wed Sep 30 · Brown Advisory's HIG Infrastructure II feeders report $41.3m sold in five daysWed Sep 30 · SPP's Western adequacy stop-gap draws four protests, including its own monitorTue Sep 29 · Alibaba Cloud names Turkey, Finland and the Netherlands as next regionsThu Sep 24 · Qivalis has the banks; the euro corridor is unprovenThu Sep 24 · Microsoft's $10 billion Gulf plan buys capacity, not partners19.55DAILY NET FLOWOct 2Feb 2Jun 2Oct 2

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$156M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$16M of net inflows over the past month, about 5.0% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +2.2% so far this year. At 0.59% a year it is not the cheapest way in — EFAS has a reported fee of 0.56%.

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

$325Massets under management
0.59%expense ratio · $59 per $10,000 a year
+$16Mnet flow, trailing month
284Kavg daily volume, 30 days
84holdings · US-domiciled
2014listed April 29, 2014 · beta 0.92
The book at a glance
AMRFAB+0.0%DANA-0.1%ADNOCDIST2.0%ADNOCDRILL2.5%ADNOCGAS3.3%ADNOCLS2.1%AGILITY1.2%AIRARABIA2.0%ALDAR4.1%DEWA2.7%DFMDIB3.4%EAND11.2%EMAAR10.6%EMIRATESNBD8.6%EMPOWERPARKIN1.0%

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS THE CHANGE IN THE LATEST AVAILABLE SNAPSHOT · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1AMRALPHA METALLURGICAL RESOURCES1.32%$171.54+0.7%
2LULULULULEMON ATHLETICA0.67%$94.46-1.5%
3FABFIRST TRUST MULTI CAP VALUE ALPHADEX FUND13.22%$99.54+0.0%
4DANADANA LIMITED VOLATILITY ETF0.95%$24.91-0.1%
5ICAPINFRACAP EQUITY INCOME FUND ETF0.40%$27.46+0.6%
6ALECALECTOR0.40%$1.81-2.7%
7ADNOCDISTABU DHABI NATIONAL OIL COMPANY FOR2.03%———
8ADNOCDRILLADNOC DRILLING COMPANY2.55%———
9ADNOCGASADNOC GAS PLC3.28%———
10ADNOCLSADNOC LOGISTICS & SERVICES2.11%———
11AGILITYAGILITY GLOBAL PLC1.23%———
12AGTHIAAgthia Group PJSC0.37%———
13AIRARABIAAIR ARABIA1.99%———
14AJMANBANKAJMAN BANK0.48%———
15ALDARAldar Properties PJSC4.06%———

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Sector weights
Financials39.04%
Real Estate17.8%
Communication13.73%
Energy9.47%
Industrials9.34%
Consumer Discretionary4.88%
Utilities3.79%
Consumer Staples1.44%
Information Technology0.26%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.16%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United Arab Emirates98.63%
United States1.33%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-3.4%
1 month+1.6%
3 months+2.8%
6 months+4.8%
YTD+2.2%
1 year+2.5%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$17M
1 month+$16M
3 months+$4M
YTD+$160M
1 year+$156M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAugSepOct
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
13%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
23%realized volatility, 1 year
-21.5%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-12.1%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 13.2% of the book; the top ten carry 66%. Spread across 57+ names, it behaves like roughly 16 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
6calls · latest snapshot
40puts · latest snapshot
6.67put/call ratio
691Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
LULU LULULEMON ATHLETICA$8M$9M
AMR ALPHA METALLURGICAL RESOURCES$25,573$19,547
ALEC ALECTOR$3,035$15,454

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

The case against UAE

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat UAE on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
SPDW State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF0.03%$41.5B+$286M-56bp on fee · 127× the assets · +$286M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPMD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF0.03%$18.2B+$199M-56bp on fee · 56× the assets · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.9B+$497M-55bp on fee · 101× the assets · +$497M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$575M-55bp on fee · 73× the assets · +$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M-55bp on fee · 57× the assets · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
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