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USMVISharesINDEX

iShares MSCI USA Min Vol Factor ETF

$98.21+0.17% vs prior close
9110252-WK

Price through Oct 2 · Flows through Oct 1. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 3. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 3.

The fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its underlying index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of its underlying index. The index measures the performance of large and mid-capitalization equity securities listed on stock exchanges in the U.S. that, in the aggregate, have lower volatility relative to the large- and mid-cap U.S. equity market.

Price & daily flows
100.999.698.498.21DAILY NET FLOWSep 3Sep 15Sep 23Oct 2

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN · NET −$64M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$64M in net outflows over the past month, about 0.3% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +4.3% so far this year. At 0.15% a year, no lower reported fee appears among the alternatives shown here.

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

$23.2Bassets under management
0.15%expense ratio · $15 per $10,000 a year
−$64Mnet flow, trailing month
1.7Mavg daily volume, 30 days
175holdings · US-domiciled
2011listed October 18, 2011 · beta 0.34
The book at a glance
APH+1.5%NVDA+1.3%MSFT+0.9%WELL+0.3%XOM+0.1%CB-0.1%MRK+0.3%JNJ-1.0%MSI-0.1%CSCO+3.2%MCK+0.4%VZ-0.1%VRTX-0.4%DUK+0.3%SO+0.3%KO-0.5%WM+1.3%COR-0.2%RSG+1.2%MA+0.4%ED-0.1%WCN+2.1%CRM-0.8%PLTR-0.7%PG+0.7%NOW-2.5%V+0.2%AAPL+1.0%ROP-2.3%MCD+0.0%TMUS+1.2%TJX-0.7%BNY+1.0%AVGO+3.3%AMD+3.0%FTNT+1.2%T+0.0%TDY+0.7%GILD-1.9%CL-0.3%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1APHAMPHENOL1.70%$86.96+1.5%
2NVDANVIDIA1.64%$233.95+1.3%
3MSFTMICROSOFT1.64%$517.53+0.9%
4WELLWELLTOWER1.49%$227.71+0.3%
5XOMEXXON MOBIL1.48%$164.01+0.1%
6CBCHUBB1.47%$330.89-0.1%
7MRKMERCK & CO1.46%$144.30+0.3%
8JNJJOHNSON & JOHNSON1.46%$256.03-1.0%
9MSIMOTOROLA SOLUTIONS1.44%$447.41-0.1%
10CSCOCISCO SYSTEMS1.38%$112.20+3.2%
11MCKMCKESSON1.40%$902.28+0.4%
12VZVERIZON COMMUNICATIONS1.38%$45.92-0.1%
13VRTXVERTEX PHARMACEUTICALS1.37%$504.73-0.4%
14DUKDUKE ENERGY1.32%$114.13+0.3%
15SOSOUTHERN1.28%$83.72+0.3%

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Sector weights
Information Technology34.03%
Health Care14.09%
Financials12.72%
Consumer Staples9.18%
Utilities6.36%
Industrials5.99%
Consumer Discretionary4.86%
Communication4.76%
Energy3.97%
Real Estate2.53%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.1%
1 month-3.5%
3 months+0.3%
6 months+6.0%
YTD+4.3%
1 year+3.2%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$20M
1 month−$64M
3 months+$267M
YTD−$391M
1 year−$711M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
OctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAugSepOct
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
9%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
9%realized volatility, 1 year
-6.8%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-3.7%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 1.7% of the book; the top ten carry 15%. Spread across 175+ names, it behaves like roughly 112 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
—calls · latest snapshot
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
1.7Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY$849M$948M
NVDA NVIDIA$556M$535M
AMD ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES$444M$425M
SNDK Sandisk Corporation $355M$391M
META META$302M$278M

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

The case against USMV

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$882.6B+$4.6B-12bp on fee · 38× the assets · +$4.6B in over the monthHead-to-head
BBUS JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Equity ETF0.02%$9.4B+$187M-13bp on fee · +$187M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPYG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF0.04%$56.2B+$717M-11bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$717M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPTM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF0.03%$14.1B+$235M-12bp on fee · +$235M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$34.3B+$148M-11bp on fee · +$148M in over the monthHead-to-head
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