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XLKSPDRINDEX

Technology Select Sector SPDR Fund

$183.83-0.96% today
12819852-WK

In seeking to track the performance of the index, the fund employs a replication strategy, which means that the fund typically invests in substantially all of the securities represented in the index in approximately the same proportions as the index. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
183.0162.9142.7183.83DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$48.4B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$85M walked out over the past month, while the price has returned +27.4% so far this year. At 0.090% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IVV runs the same ground at 0.03%.

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

$124.1Bassets under management
0.090%expense ratio · $9 per $10,000 a year
−$85Mnet flow, trailing month
8Mavg daily volume, 30 days
65holdings · US-domiciled
1998listed December 15, 1998 · beta 1.74
The book at a glance
NVDA-2.3%NVDA-2.3%AAPL+1.5%AAPL+1.5%MSFT+0.3%MSFT+0.3%AVGO-3.2%AVGO-3.2%AMD-4.3%AMD-4.3%MU-7.0%MU-7.0%INTC-6.6%INTC-6.6%CSCO-1.2%CSCO-1.2%LRCX-4.7%AMAT-4.0%LRCX-4.7%AMAT-4.0%PLTR-0.6%PLTR-0.6%PANW-0.5%PANW-0.5%KLAC-5.3%SNDKORCLSNDK-9.2%IBM+1.8%STXANETSTXAPH

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1NVDANVIDIA14.18%$219.76-2.3%
2NVDANVIDIA12.63%$219.76-2.3%
3AAPLAPPLE12.19%$310.20+1.5%
4AAPLAPPLE11.08%$310.20+1.5%
5MSFTMICROSOFT10.12%$481.85+0.3%
6MSFTMICROSOFT7.22%$481.85+0.3%
7AVGOBROADCOM5.38%$379.84-3.2%
8AVGOBROADCOM4.66%$379.84-3.2%
9AMDADVANCED MICRO DEVICES3.93%$484.59-4.3%
10AMDADVANCED MICRO DEVICES4.71%$484.59-4.3%
11MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY3.60%$941.17-7.0%
12MUMICRON TECHNOLOGY4.67%$941.17-7.0%
13INTCINTEL3.03%$96.67-6.6%
14INTCINTEL4.20%$96.67-6.6%
15CSCOCISCO SYSTEMS3.18%$111.58-1.2%

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Sector weights
Information Technology100%
Technology100%
Electronic Technology50.32%
Technology Services46.53%
Producer Manufacturing3.11%
Other0.13%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States99.08%
Ireland2.29%
Netherlands0.71%
Switzerland0.48%
Singapore0.21%
Israel0.06%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-2.7%
1 month+4.7%
3 months+5.4%
6 months+31.7%
YTD+27.4%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$493M
1 month−$85M
3 months−$250M
YTD+$1.2B
1 year+$48.4B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
33%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
26%realized volatility, 1 year
-16.2%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-7.3%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 14.2% of the book; the top ten carry 87%. Spread across 149+ names, it behaves like roughly 37 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
8Kcalls today
13Kputs today
1.72put/call ratio
8.1Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY$974M$1.1B
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY$974M$1.1B
SNDK Sandisk Corporation $832M$971M
SNDK Sandisk Corporation $832M$971M
NVDA NVIDIA$404M$388M

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

The case against XLK

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat XLK 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-6bp on fee · +$245M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$128.4B+$547M-4bp on fee · +$547M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-5bp on fee · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-5bp on fee · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-5bp on fee · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
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