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BYLDISharesINDEX

iShares Yield Optimized Bond ETF

$21.57+0.14% vs prior close
222352-WK

Price through Sep 30 · Flows through Dec 3. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 1. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 1.

The fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index and to-be-announced transactions (“TBAs”) that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics of the component securities of the underlying index. The underlying index is a broadly diversified fixed-income index that seeks to deliver current income while maintaining long-term capital appreciation.

Price & daily flows
22.121.921.721.57DAILY NET FLOWSep 1Sep 11Sep 22Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned -5.3% so far this year. At 0.19% a year it is not the cheapest way in — XLE has a reported fee of 0.09%.

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

$233Massets under management
0.19%expense ratio · $19 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
119Kavg daily volume, 30 days
12holdings · US-domiciled
2014listed April 21, 2014 · beta 0.18
Sector weights
Energy100%
Cash & Others100%
ETF99.89%
Miscellaneous53.21%
Other46.79%
Cash0.11%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.7%
1 month-3.1%
3 months-4.7%
6 months-3.7%
YTD-5.3%
1 year-6.0%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD—
1 year—

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
JanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
6%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
4%realized volatility, 1 year
-6.7%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-6.5%latest close versus that peak

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

The case against BYLD

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat BYLD 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-16bp on fee · 70× the assets · +$489M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$122.8B+$2.3B-14bp on fee · 528× the assets · +$2.3B in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$575M-15bp on fee · 102× the assets · +$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M-15bp on fee · 80× the assets · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
MUB iShares National Muni Bond ETF0.05%$46B+$2B-14bp on fee · 198× the assets · +$2B in over the monthHead-to-head
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