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URTHISharesINDEX

iShares MSCI World ETF

$209.20+0.22% today
17421252-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 performance of equity securities in the large and mid-capitalization segments of developed market countries.

Price & daily flows
203.4192.7182.0209.20DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$1.3B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$106M walked out over the past month, about 1.3% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +12.2% so far this year. At 0.24% 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

$8.3Bassets under management
0.24%expense ratio · $24 per $10,000 a year
−$106Mnet flow, trailing month
444Kavg daily volume, 30 days
1477holdings · US-domiciled
2012listed January 9, 2012 · beta 0.99
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%ASML-4.3%JNJ+3.2%V+1.5%WMT+0.7%ABBV+3.4%BHPCSCO-1.2%BAC+0.5%COST+0.9%INTC-6.6%LRCX-4.7%AMAT-4.0%GECATUNHKO

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1NVDANVIDIA5.60%$219.76-2.3%
2AAPLAPPLE4.84%$310.20+1.5%
3MSFTMICROSOFT3.66%$481.85+0.3%
4AMZNAMAZON 2.73%$259.34-0.8%
5GOOGLALPHABET2.16%$344.14-0.0%
6AVGOBROADCOM1.90%$379.84-3.2%
7GOOGALPHABET1.70%$341.34-0.1%
8METAMETA1.35%$543.59-4.4%
9MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY1.23%$941.17-7.0%
10LLYELI LILLY1.03%$1226.44+3.6%
11JPMJPMORGAN CHASE1.04%$363.33+0.6%
12TSLATESLA1.03%$336.83-0.7%
13AMDADVANCED MICRO DEVICES0.89%$484.59-4.3%
14ASMLASML HOLDING NV0.79%$1802.78-4.3%
15BRKBBerkshire Hathaway Inc.0.75%$503.10+1.0%

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Sector weights
Information Technology29.76%
Financials16.42%
Industrials11.69%
Health Care9.07%
Consumer Discretionary8.71%
Communication7.85%
Consumer Staples4.83%
Energy3.95%
Materials3.37%
Utilities2.4%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States71.93%
Japan5.84%
Canada3.52%
United Kingdom3.51%
France2.41%
Switzerland2.23%
Germany2.19%
Australia1.64%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.6%
1 month+3.6%
3 months+4.5%
6 months+10.5%
YTD+12.2%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$79M
1 month−$106M
3 months−$19M
YTD+$522M
1 year+$1.3B

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
-1.1%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 5.6% of the book; the top ten carry 26%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 44 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
calls today
1puts today
put/call ratio
323Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY$974M$1.1B
META META$364M$489M
NVDA NVIDIA$404M$388M
TSLA TESLA$334M$383M
AMD ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES$280M$277M

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

The case against URTH

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat URTH 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-21bp on fee · 12× the assets · +$245M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-20bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-20bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-20bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$900.9B−$14.2B-21bp on fee · 109× the assetsHead-to-head
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