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XTISharesINDEX

iShares Exponential Technologies ETF

$83.14+1.16% today
668452-WK

The fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of the underlying index. The underlying index is a subset of the Morningstar Global Markets Index (the “Parent index”).

Price & daily flows
80.375.069.783.14DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET −$289M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$277K of net buying over the past month, while the price has returned +18.4% so far this year. At 0.46% 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

$3.9Bassets under management
0.46%expense ratio · $46 per $10,000 a year
+$277Knet flow, trailing month
77Kavg daily volume, 30 days
227holdings · US-domiciled
2015listed March 18, 2015 · beta 1.27
The book at a glance
BA.LLY+4.8%NVDA-0.3%MSFT+0.3%TXN-1.2%JNJ+1.0%TSLA+3.6%AMZN+2.4%ADI-0.4%PANW-3.9%ABBV+3.0%GOOGL+0.1%CRWD-5.5%MRK+12.6%AVGO-4.5%ROP+3.5%AZN+3.4%META+0.7%ISRG+2.3%AMGN+4.1%SPGI+2.4%CSCO-0.3%MU-0.9%GILD+3.6%TEL-0.2%NXPI-0.7%PFE+3.5%EMR-0.1%FTNT-3.7%NET-3.1%AMD-3.5%NOC-0.6%BMYVRTXGEV-2.0%DHRAPD

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1BA.BOEING0.85%$221.79-0.6%
2LLYELI LILLY3.99%$1285.72+4.8%
3NVDANVIDIA4.18%$219.17-0.3%
4MSFTMICROSOFT3.98%$483.42+0.3%
5TXNTEXAS INSTRUMENTS3.77%$269.10-1.2%
6JNJJOHNSON & JOHNSON3.32%$273.70+1.0%
7TSLATESLA3.21%$348.97+3.6%
8AMZNAMAZON 2.89%$265.60+2.4%
9ADIANALOG DEVICES3.02%$375.60-0.4%
10PANWPALO ALTO NETWORKS2.95%$359.31-3.9%
11ABBVABBVIE2.34%$266.65+3.0%
12GOOGLALPHABET2.14%$344.42+0.1%
13CRWDCROWDSTRIKE HOLDINGS2.12%$201.31-5.5%
14MRKMERCK & CO1.76%$152.13+12.6%
15AVGOBROADCOM2.10%$362.90-4.5%

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Sector weights
Information Technology42.77%
Health Care27.43%
Industrials9.2%
Consumer Discretionary6.95%
Communication3.98%
Financials3.96%
Utilities3.8%
Materials1.55%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.33%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States71.58%
Japan3.86%
United Kingdom3.66%
Switzerland3.33%
Germany3.16%
China2.78%
Taiwan2.28%
France2.08%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.1%
1 month+3.9%
3 months+5.1%
6 months+15.3%
YTD+18.4%
1 year
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month+$277K
3 months−$54M
YTD−$255M
1 year−$289M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
17%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
20%realized volatility, 1 year
-13.6%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.3%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 4.2% of the book; the top ten carry 34%. Spread across 194+ names, it behaves like roughly 55 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
70calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
57Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MU MICRON TECHNOLOGY$559M$663M
TSLA TESLA$485M$437M
NVDA NVIDIA$328M$348M
MRNA MODERNA$352M$316M
AMD ADVANCED MICRO DEVICES$228M$265M

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

The case against XT

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat XT 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-43bp on fee · 25× the assets · +$245M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-42bp on fee · 9× the assets · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-42bp on fee · 7× the assets · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$900.9B−$14.2B-43bp on fee · 229× the assetsHead-to-head
VOO Vanguard 500 Index Fund0.03%$500.4B-43bp on fee · 127× the assetsHead-to-head
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