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AGZISharesINDEX

iShares Agency Bond ETF

$106.53-0.01% vs prior close
10711152-WK

Price through Sep 30 · Flows through Sep 29. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 1. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 1.

The index measures the performance of the agency sector of the U.S. government bond market and is composed of investment-grade U.S. dollar-denominated publicly-issued government agency bonds or debentures. The fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the index and TBAs that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics of the component securities of the index.

Price & daily flows
110.0108.7107.5106.53DAILY NET FLOWOct 1Jan 30Jun 1Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$43M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$6M of net inflows over the past month, about 0.9% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -3.4% so far this year. At 0.20% a year it is not the cheapest way in — GMUN has a reported fee of 0.15%.

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

$627Massets under management
0.20%expense ratio · $20 per $10,000 a year
+$6Mnet flow, trailing month
22Kavg daily volume, 30 days
132holdings · US-domiciled
2008listed November 4, 2008 · beta 0.05
The book at a glance
—13.3%—5.8%—5.7%—4.7%—3.8%—3.7%—3.5%—2.7%—2.6%—2.2%—2.1%—1.6%—1.6%—1.6%—1.6%—1.5%—1.5%—1.3%—1.2%—1.1%—1.1%—1.1%—1.0%—1.0%—0.9%—0.9%—0.9%—0.8%—0.7%—0.7%—0.7%———

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS THE CHANGE IN THE LATEST AVAILABLE SNAPSHOT · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1—FNMA BENCHMARK NOTE13.31%———
2—FNMA BENCHMARK NOTE5.84%———
3—FHLB5.70%———
4—FFCB4.74%———
5—FNMA BENCHMARK NOTE3.77%———
6—FNMA BENCHMARK NOTE3.66%———
7—FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS3.54%———
8—FHLMC REFERENCE BOND2.66%———
9—FHLMC REFERENCE NOTE2.63%———
10—FNMA BENCHMARK NOTE2.23%———
11—TVA2.13%———
12—FHLMC MTN1.63%———
13—FEDERAL FARM CREDIT BANKS FUNDING1.62%———
14—FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANKS1.60%———
15—FNMA1.59%———

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Sector weights
Owned No Guarantee53.47%
Government Sponsored38.92%
Cash and/or Derivatives5.06%
Government Guaranteed2.08%
Treasuries0.44%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.5%
1 month-1.3%
3 months-2.1%
6 months-3.0%
YTD-3.4%
1 year-3.3%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$304K
1 month+$6M
3 months+$93M
YTD+$76M
1 year+$43M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAugSep
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
3%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
3%realized volatility, 1 year
-4.0%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-4.0%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 13.3% of the book; the top ten carry 51%. Spread across 101+ names, it behaves like roughly 25 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
—calls · latest snapshot
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
65Kshares traded
The case against AGZ

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat AGZ on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
STIP iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF0.03%$16.3B+$489M-17bp on fee · 26× the assets · +$489M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$122.8B+$2.3B-15bp on fee · 196× the assets · +$2.3B in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$575M-16bp on fee · 38× the assets · +$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M-16bp on fee · 30× the assets · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
MUB iShares National Muni Bond ETF0.05%$46B+$2B-15bp on fee · 73× the assets · +$2B in over the monthHead-to-head
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