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XPHSPDR

SPDR S&P Pharmaceuticals ETF

$72.80+0.71% today
467452-WK

In seeking to track the performance of the S&P Pharmaceuticals Select Industry Index (the "index"), the fund employs a sampling strategy. It generally invests substantially all, but at least 80%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index. The index represents the pharmaceuticals segment of the S&P Total Market Index ("S&P TMI").

Price & daily flows
69.262.756.272.80DAILY NET FLOWFeb 19Apr 21Jun 22Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 6M SHOWN · NET +$138M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$53M of net buying over the past month, about 9.4% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +31.9% so far this year. At 0.35% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IWM runs the same ground at 0.19%.

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

$561Massets under management
0.35%expense ratio · $35 per $10,000 a year
+$53Mnet flow, trailing month
110Kavg daily volume, 30 days
41holdings · US-domiciled
2006listed June 18, 2006 · beta 0.76
The book at a glance
AMLX-2.5%CRNX+0.0%MBX-0.0%ATAI-0.5%DFTX-1.1%OMER+3.4%ELVN+1.5%CORT+1.0%NUVB+1.5%ETON+5.9%EWTX+2.1%TRVI-1.6%NKTR-0.7%MRK+2.4%PRGO+4.0%OCUL-0.1%BMY+2.4%ALMS+5.7%MAZE+1.7%TARS+1.7%AMRX+0.1%LGND-0.4%HROW-2.6%JNJ+1.1%RPRX+1.2%JAZZ+2.2%MANE-2.4%LLY+0.9%PFE+1.0%RAPP+0.8%HRMY+0.2%PCRX+3.5%LQDA-3.4%ELAN+1.7%PBH+1.6%VTRS+1.2%OGN+0.1%SUPN-3.4%XERS+1.2%ANRO+0.1%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1AMLXAMYLYX PHARMACEUTICALS2.04%$38.66-2.5%
2CRNXCRINETICS PHARMACEUTICALS1.66%$84.69+0.0%
3MBXMBX Biosciences2.72%$66.33-0.0%
4ATAIATAI LIFE SCIENCES NV2.13%$7.38-0.5%
5DFTXDefinium Therapeutics3.09%$44.91-1.1%
6OMEROMEROS1.42%$19.27+3.4%
7ELVNENLIVEN THERAPEUTICS2.09%$59.82+1.5%
8CORTCORCEPT THERAPEUTICS1.70%$122.25+1.0%
9NUVBNUVATION BIO1.89%$6.93+1.5%
10ETONETON PHARMACEUTICALS1.30%$63.47+5.9%
11EWTXEDGEWISE THERAPEUTICS1.88%$44.18+2.1%
12TRVITREVI THERAPEUTICS2.12%$17.96-1.6%
13NKTRNEKTAR THERAPEUTICS1.88%$74.02-0.7%
14MRKMERCK & CO1.65%$152.55+2.4%
15PRGOPERRIGO CO1.42%$14.25+4.0%

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Sector weights
Healthcare100%
Health Technology99.68%
Other0.33%
Mutual fund0.32%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States99.6%
Ireland9.31%
Singapore0.4%
Cayman Islands0.39%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+3.4%
1 month+7.1%
3 months+26.0%
6 months+26.7%
YTD+31.9%
1 year+53.8%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$14M
1 month+$53M
3 months+$118M
YTD+$230M
1 year+$247M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
22%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
23%realized volatility, 1 year
-12.1%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.7%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 3.1% of the book; the top ten carry 22%. Spread across 66+ names, it behaves like roughly 60 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
27calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
81Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
LLY ELI LILLY$65M$59M
JNJ JOHNSON & JOHNSON$59M$51M
MRK MERCK & CO$12M$16M
PFE PFIZER$4M$5M
BMY BRISTOL MYERS SQUIBB$3M$3M

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