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AIAISharesINDEX

iShares Asia 50 ETF

$143.06+0.63% vs prior close
9115152-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 fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of its index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of its index and may invest up to 20% of its assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents. It is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
137.9120.9104.0143.06DAILY NET FLOWOct 1Jan 30Jun 1Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$2.5B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$298M in net outflows over the past month, about 6.0% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +46.7% so far this year. At 0.50% a year it is not the cheapest way in — ANEW has a reported fee of 0.45%.

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

$5Bassets under management
0.50%expense ratio · $50 per $10,000 a year
−$298Mnet flow, trailing month
254Kavg daily volume, 30 days
65holdings · US-domiciled
2007listed November 12, 2007 · beta 1.88
The book at a glance
0006607.0%00538000593014.9%0059352.0%0124500340200555501055600.8%121112991.8%13030.8%13981.5%18101.1%23031.1%23082.1%23171.8%23180.8%233022.4%24544.7%28810.8%28910.8%37111.4%3881.1%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1—HKD CASH0.04%———
2—TWD CASH0.05%———
3—KRW CASH0.25%———
4000270KIA CORPORATION CORP0.38%———
5000660SK HYNIX INC7.01%———
6005380HYUNDAI MOTOR0.65%———
7005385HYUNDAI MOTOR S1 PREF0.06%———
8005387HYUNDAI MOTOR S2 PREF0.09%———
9005930SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD14.87%———
10005935SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS NON VOTING PRE1.96%———
11012450HANWHA AEROSPACE LTD0.47%———
12034020DOOSAN ENERBILITY LTD0.49%———
13035420NAVER CORP0.43%———
14055550SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP LTD0.68%———
151CK HUTCHISON HOLDINGS LTD0.45%———

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Sector weights
Information Technology59.31%
Financials19.77%
Consumer Discretionary8.06%
Communication6.48%
Industrials3.25%
Materials1.31%
Health Care0.51%
Energy0.49%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.41%
Real Estate0.39%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Taiwan38.77%
Korea (South)29.54%
China21.68%
Singapore5.64%
Hong Kong4.28%
United States0.06%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-1.1%
1 month+3.3%
3 months+4.9%
6 months+40.1%
YTD+46.7%
1 year+49.3%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$59M
1 month−$298M
3 months+$57M
YTD+$1.9B
1 year+$2.5B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAugSep
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
27%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
33%realized volatility, 1 year
-17.1%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-5.1%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 22.4% of the book; the top ten carry 66%. Spread across 58+ names, it behaves like roughly 11 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
—calls · latest snapshot
1puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
51Kshares traded
The case against AIA

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
BBUS JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Equity ETF0.02%$9.4B+$187M-48bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$187M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPYG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF0.04%$56.2B+$717M-46bp on fee · 11× the assets · +$717M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPTM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF0.03%$14.1B+$235M-47bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$235M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$34.3B+$148M-46bp on fee · 7× the assets · +$148M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$27.5B+$223M-46bp on fee · 6× the assets · +$223M in over the monthHead-to-head
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