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XSDSPDR

SPDR S&P Semiconductor ETF

$498.23+0.30% today
28265052-WK

In seeking to track the performance of the S&P Semiconductor 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 semiconductors segment of the S&P Total Market Index ("S&P TMI").

Price & daily flows
570.7465.9361.1498.23DAILY NET FLOWAug 25Dec 19Apr 21Aug 21

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$230M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$103M walked out over the past month, about 3.9% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +48.6% so far this year. At 0.35% a year it is not the cheapest way in — ESMV runs the same ground at 0.18%.

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

$2.7Bassets under management
0.35%expense ratio · $35 per $10,000 a year
−$103Mnet flow, trailing month
84Kavg daily volume, 30 days
39holdings · US-domiciled
2006listed January 30, 2006 · beta 2.59
Sector weights
Technology100%
Information Technology100%
Electronic Technology96.91%
Technology Services3.01%
Other0.11%
Mutual fund0.08%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States94.15%
Netherlands3.28%
Taiwan2.23%
Ireland2.22%
Hong Kong0.34%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-9.3%
1 month+0.8%
3 months-17.5%
6 months+40.4%
YTD+48.6%
1 year+74.2%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$14M
1 month−$103M
3 months−$14M
YTD+$200M
1 year+$230M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
56%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
47%realized volatility, 1 year
-30.8%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-23.3%where it sits vs. that peak today

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

Options tape
8calls today
14puts today
1.75put/call ratio
38Kshares traded
The case against XSD

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat XSD 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-32bp on fee · 37× the assets · +$245M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-31bp on fee · 13× the assets · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-31bp on fee · 11× the assets · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$900.9B−$14.2B-32bp on fee · 338× the assetsHead-to-head
VOO Vanguard 500 Index Fund0.03%$500.4B-32bp on fee · 188× the assetsHead-to-head
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