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UAEISharesINDEX

iShares MSCI UAE ETF

$19.55-0.05% today
17.452252-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 the equity market in the United Arab Emirates ("UAE"). The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
21.219.8418.48Wed Aug 19 · Hong Kong's first regulated stablecoin is set to settle trade and insuranceWed Aug 19 · Coinbase makes Abu Dhabi its tokenized-securities hubWed Aug 19 · Emirates NBD writes the rulebook for its $30 billion transition pledgeWed Aug 19 · Mubadala weighs ¥1 trillion bet on 500MW Akita data center19.55DAILY NET FLOWFeb 17Apr 17Jun 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN · NET +$134M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$13M walked out over the past month, about 4.2% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +1.7% so far this year. At 0.59% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IEFA runs the same ground at 0.07%.

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

$314Massets under management
0.59%expense ratio · $59 per $10,000 a year
−$13Mnet flow, trailing month
206Kavg daily volume, 30 days
84holdings · US-domiciled
2014listed April 28, 2014 · beta 0.96
The book at a glance
EMIRATESNBD9.1%ADIB4.9%ADCB4.8%ALDAR3.9%DIB3.5%ADNOCGAS3.4%ADNOCDRILL2.7%DEWA2.7%ADNOCDIST2.1%AIRARABIA2.1%ADNOCLS1.9%SALIK1.7%DIC1.4%AGILITY1.4%EMAARDEV1.3%SIB1.0%DANA1.0%PARKIN0.9%EMPOWER0.7%ADNH0.7%DUBAIRESI0.6%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1AMRALPHA METALLURGICAL RESOURCES1.45%$169.49-0.2%
2LULULULULEMON ATHLETICA0.70%$119.00+2.8%
3ALECALECTOR0.41%$2.20+7.6%
4EMIRATESNBDEMIRATES NBD9.10%
5ADIBAbu Dhabi Islamic Bank PJSC4.87%
6ADCBAbu Dhabi Commercial Bank PJSC4.85%
7ALDARAldar Properties PJSC3.90%
8DIBDubai Islamic Bank PJSC3.53%
9ADNOCGASADNOC GAS PLC3.40%
10ADNOCDRILLADNOC DRILLING COMPANY2.74%
11DEWADubai Electricity and Water Authority2.73%
12ADNOCDISTABU DHABI NATIONAL OIL COMPANY FOR2.11%
13AIRARABIAAIR ARABIA2.06%
14ADNOCLSADNOC LOGISTICS & SERVICES1.94%
15SALIKSalik Company PJSC1.72%

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Sector weights
Financials40.47%
Real Estate17.62%
Communication11.78%
Industrials9.81%
Energy9.19%
Consumer Discretionary4.95%
Utilities3.86%
Consumer Staples1.5%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.52%
Information Technology0.23%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.5%
1 month+3.8%
3 months+5.1%
6 months-10.9%
YTD+1.7%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$18M
1 month−$13M
3 months+$22M
YTD+$143M
1 year+$139M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
21%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
23%realized volatility, 1 year
-21.5%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-12.1%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 13.6% of the book; the top ten carry 68%. Spread across 56+ names, it behaves like roughly 16 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
6calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
297Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
LULU LULULEMON ATHLETICA$4M$2M
AMR ALPHA METALLURGICAL RESOURCES$49,554$39,727
ALEC ALECTOR$8,708$25,111

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
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-54bp on fee · 409× the assets · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-55bp on fee · 104× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-55bp on fee · 75× the assets · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-55bp on fee · 60× the assets · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-52bp on fee · 623× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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