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ESGEISharesINDEX

iShares ESG Aware MSCI EM ETF

$54.20+0.06% vs prior close
425752-WK

Price through Oct 1 · Flows through Sep 30. 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 90% 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 index is an optimized equity index designed to reflect the equity performance of companies that have favorable ESG characteristics, while exhibiting risk and return characteristics similar to those of the MSCI Emerging Markets Index (the "parent index").

Price & daily flows
53.749.545.354.20DAILY NET FLOWOct 1Jan 30Jun 1Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET −$221M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$10M in net outflows over the past month, about 0.1% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +22.7% so far this year. At 0.25% a year it is not the cheapest way in — ESMV has a reported fee of 0.18%.

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

$6.9Bassets under management
0.25%expense ratio · $25 per $10,000 a year
−$10Mnet flow, trailing month
744Kavg daily volume, 30 days
385holdings · US-domiciled
2016listed June 28, 2016 · beta 1.51
The book at a glance
BBCASDG-1.1%NRP-2.1%CLS+3.2%FAB+0.8%SLM-0.1%MTNVOD+1.4%GFI-0.9%VAL+1.3%SCC.RBAP-0.4%INFY+5.5%NU+5.0%XP+0.8%SCCO-1.7%TAL+0.7%BZ+1.0%YMM-1.2%VIPS-0.6%DSY-4.9%0064000.3%0091500.7%0101200282600.2%0328300.1%0340200.3%0347300.3%0354200.2%0357200555500.5%0643500.1%0665700.2%0710500.1%0867900.5%0967700.3%1055600.6%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1BBCAJPMORGAN BETABUILDERS CANADA ETF0.09%$100.17-0.2%
2SDGISHARES MSCI GLOBAL SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT GOALS ETF0.20%$86.44-1.1%
3NRPNATURAL RESOURCE PARTNERS LP0.52%$106.42-2.1%
4CLSCELESTICA0.18%$373.09+3.2%
5FABFIRST TRUST MULTI CAP VALUE ALPHADEX FUND0.23%$99.51+0.8%
6SLMSLM0.29%$22.61-0.1%
7MTNVAIL RESORTS0.09%$138.99+1.3%
8VODVODAFONE GROUP PUBLIC LTD0.46%$16.38+1.4%
9GFIGOLD FIELDS0.46%$35.79-0.9%
10VALVALARIS0.40%$79.56+1.3%
11SCC.RSCHWAB CORE BOND ETF0.12%$24.27-0.2%
12BAPCREDICORP0.34%$378.35-0.4%
13INFYINFOSYS0.26%$11.35+5.5%
14NUNU HOLDINGS0.20%$13.29+5.0%
15XPXP0.20%$21.17+0.8%

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Sector weights
Information Technology43.44%
Financials24.07%
Communication6.77%
Consumer Discretionary6.7%
Industrials5.07%
Materials4.65%
Consumer Staples2.37%
Health Care2.16%
Energy1.94%
Utilities1.26%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Taiwan29.63%
Korea (South)21.96%
China19.71%
India9.48%
Brazil3.75%
South Africa3.71%
Saudi Arabia2.04%
Malaysia1.91%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-1.7%
1 month+0.6%
3 months+2.0%
6 months+23.7%
YTD+22.7%
1 year+23.8%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$70M
1 month−$10M
3 months−$115M
YTD+$39M
1 year+$64M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAugSep
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
21%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
26%realized volatility, 1 year
-13.9%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-4.6%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 15.6% of the book; the top ten carry 27%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 22 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
748Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
CLS CELESTICA$6M$5M
NU NU HOLDINGS$3M$2M
XP XP$783,996$928,855
GFI GOLD FIELDS$821,275$276,520
INFY INFOSYS$221,836$287,603

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

The case against ESGE

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat ESGE 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-23bp on fee · +$187M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPYG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF0.04%$56.2B+$717M-21bp on fee · 8× 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-22bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$235M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$34.3B+$148M-21bp on fee · 5× the assets · +$148M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$27.5B+$223M-21bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$223M in over the monthHead-to-head
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