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XLVSPDRINDEX

Health Care Select Sector SPDR Fund

$175.68+3.51% today
13417652-WK

In seeking to track the performance of the index, the fund employs a replication strategy. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 95%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index includes companies from the following industries: pharmaceuticals; health care equipment & supplies; health care providers & services; biotechnology; life sciences tools & services; and health care technology. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
166.7154.9143.1175.68DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET −$5B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$163M of net buying over the past month, about 0.4% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +13.0% so far this year. At 0.090% a year it is not the cheapest way in — HDV runs the same ground at 0.08%.

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

$43.7Bassets under management
0.090%expense ratio · $9 per $10,000 a year
+$163Mnet flow, trailing month
8.9Mavg daily volume, 30 days
64holdings · US-domiciled
1998listed December 15, 1998 · beta 0.27
The book at a glance
LLY+3.6%LLY+3.6%JNJ+3.2%JNJ+3.2%ABBV+3.4%ABBV+3.4%UNH-0.5%UNH-0.5%MRK-0.6%MRK-0.6%AMGN+1.6%AMGN+1.6%TMO+0.7%TMO+0.7%ABT+2.1%ABT+2.1%GILD+3.2%GILD+3.2%PFE+1.4%PFE+1.4%ISRG+0.2%ISRG+0.2%BMY+2.1%BMY+2.1%VRTX+2.6%VRTX+2.6%DHR-1.6%DHR-1.6%CVS+1.0%CVS+1.0%MDT+1.8%MDTSYK-0.2%SYK-0.2%MCK+0.9%ELVELV

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1LLYELI LILLY15.50%$1226.44+3.6%
2LLYELI LILLY16.57%$1226.44+3.6%
3JNJJOHNSON & JOHNSON10.45%$271.02+3.2%
4JNJJOHNSON & JOHNSON10.68%$271.02+3.2%
5ABBVABBVIE7.72%$258.97+3.4%
6ABBVABBVIE7.76%$258.97+3.4%
7UNHUNITEDHEALTH GROUP6.49%$393.66-0.5%
8UNHUNITEDHEALTH GROUP6.59%$393.66-0.5%
9MRKMERCK & CO5.44%$135.12-0.6%
10MRKMERCK & CO5.54%$135.12-0.6%
11AMGNAMGEN3.55%$425.24+1.6%
12AMGNAMGEN3.41%$425.24+1.6%
13TMOTHERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC3.64%$589.64+0.7%
14TMOTHERMO FISHER SCIENTIFIC3.25%$589.64+0.7%
15ABTABBOTT LABORATORIES3.12%$112.69+2.1%

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Sector weights
Healthcare100%
Health Technology76.26%
Health Services17.05%
Distribution Services4.53%
Retail Trade1.77%
Commercial Services0.25%
Mutual fund0.14%
Other0.09%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States100%
Ireland2.5%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+4.3%
1 month+9.1%
3 months+20.6%
6 months+11.4%
YTD+13.0%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$119M
1 month+$163M
3 months+$187M
YTD+$776M
1 year+$2.9B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
18%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
16%realized volatility, 1 year
-10.8%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
at peakwhere it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 16.6% of the book; the top ten carry 93%. Spread across 119+ names, it behaves like roughly 33 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
8Kcalls today
10Kputs today
1.21put/call ratio
6.9Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
LLY ELI LILLY$41M$29M
LLY ELI LILLY$41M$29M
JNJ JOHNSON & JOHNSON$18M$18M
JNJ JOHNSON & JOHNSON$18M$18M
UNH UNITEDHEALTH GROUP$11M$13M

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

The case against XLV

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat XLV 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-4bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$547M 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
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.4B+$520M-5bp on fee · +$520M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.7B+$312M-5bp on fee · +$312M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$195.3B+$631M-2bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
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