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WDIVSPDR

SPDR S&P Global Dividend ETF

$85.23+0.32% today
718552-WK

The fund generally invests substantially all, but at least 80%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index and in depositary receipts based on securities comprising the index. The index is designed to measure the performance of high dividend-yield companies included in the S&P Global BMI that have followed a managed-dividends policy of increasing or stable dividends for at least ten consecutive years.

Price & daily flows
82.478.474.585.23DAILY NET FLOWAug 25Dec 19Apr 21Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$26M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$6M of net buying over the past month, about 2.2% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +12.1% so far this year. At 0.40% a year it is not the cheapest way in — ITDG runs the same ground at 0.11%.

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

$289Massets under management
0.40%expense ratio · $40 per $10,000 a year
+$6Mnet flow, trailing month
7Kavg daily volume, 30 days
96holdings · US-domiciled
2013listed May 28, 2013 · beta 0.49
The book at a glance
APA-2.3%DLN+0.4%T+0.6%HIW-0.2%VZ+0.5%MO-1.3%NWBI+0.7%GTY-0.8%PFE+1.0%CNQ+0.7%AMCR+1.6%LTC-1.2%EIX-4.1%OKE-1.3%PEBO+0.2%ENR+2.3%HASI-2.8%VRTS-0.6%KRC-0.5%COLB-0.1%SLF+0.9%FIBK-0.8%DLX-1.2%TRP-1.6%BNS+1.3%CPB+0.8%UVV-1.1%PPL-2.3%EMA-3.3%KEY+0.1%BAER+6.1%89530.8%39680.8%CMBN0.8%HIK0.8%SLW0.8%SCMN0.8%A2A0.8%19280.8%17190.7%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1APAAPA1.49%$43.39-2.3%
2DLNWISDOMTREE US LARGECAP DIVIDEND FUND0.95%$100.73+0.4%
3TAT&T1.47%$25.29+0.6%
4HIWHIGHWOODS PROPERTIES1.74%$31.40-0.2%
5VZVERIZON COMMUNICATIONS1.47%$49.45+0.5%
6MOALTRIA 1.74%$66.09-1.3%
7NWBINORTHWEST BANCSHARES1.57%$15.42+0.7%
8GTYGETTY REALTY1.61%$33.11-0.8%
9PFEPFIZER1.29%$28.07+1.0%
10CNQCANADIAN NATURAL RESOURCES1.11%$51.40+0.7%
11AMCRAMCOR1.28%$48.59+1.6%
12LTCLTC PROPERTIES1.36%$40.27-1.2%
13EIXEDISON INTERNATIONAL1.45%$71.59-4.1%
14OKEONEOK1.29%$93.33-1.3%
15PEBOPEOPLES BANCORP1.28%$40.06+0.2%

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Performance
1 week+0.3%
1 month+2.5%
3 months+4.6%
6 months+4.2%
YTD+12.1%
1 year+15.2%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month+$6M
3 months+$8M
YTD+$16M
1 year+$26M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
9%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
10%realized volatility, 1 year
-8.7%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-0.2%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 2.2% of the book; the top ten carry 17%. Spread across 80+ names, it behaves like roughly 73 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
4Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
PFE PFIZER$4M$5M
VZ VERIZON COMMUNICATIONS$3M$3M
T AT&T$2M$3M
APA APA$1M$1M
MO ALTRIA $1M$1M

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

The case against WDIV

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-36bp on fee · 113× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$193.2B+$631M-33bp on fee · 668× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
DIVB iShares U.S. Dividend and Buyback ETF0.05%$1.9B+$136M-35bp on fee · 6× the assets · +$136M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF0.09%$160.6B+$1.9B-31bp on fee · 555× the assets · +$1.9B in over the monthHead-to-head
IAGG iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF0.07%$11.4B+$739M-33bp on fee · 39× the assets · +$739M in over the monthHead-to-head
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