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iShares MSCI Germany ETF

$40.82-1.19% vs prior close
384552-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 80% of its assets in the component securities of its underlying index and in depositary receipts representing securities of the underlying index. The underlying index is designed to measure the performance of the large- and mid-capitalization segments of the German equity market. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
43.241.339.540.82DAILY NET FLOWOct 1Jan 30Jun 1Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET −$536M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money is leaving — −$233M in net outflows over the past month, about 15.8% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -4.0% so far this year. At 0.50% a year it is not the cheapest way in — SIMS has a reported fee of 0.45%.

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

$1.5Bassets under management
0.50%expense ratio · $50 per $10,000 a year
−$233Mnet flow, trailing month
1Mavg daily volume, 30 days
63holdings · US-domiciled
1996listed March 12, 1996 · beta 1.01
The book at a glance
DTE+1.2%SAP+1.1%ALV+1.1%HEICBK+0.4%MRKENR-0.8%IFX4.7%MBG1.7%MUV23.9%RHM2.7%SIE12.3%SY10.8%VNA0.8%VOW30.9%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1DTEDTE ENERGY5.41%$123.27+1.2%
2SAPSAP SE11.34%$210.79+1.1%
3ALVAUTOLIV9.71%$113.07+1.1%
4HEIHEICO1.15%$306.39+1.1%
5CBKCOMMERCIAL BANCGROUP INC1.50%$31.47+0.4%
6MRKMERCK & CO1.07%$143.81-1.0%
7ENRENERGIZER HOLDINGS6.82%$21.21-0.8%
8DTGDTE ENERGY1.17%$15.58+2.2%
9NEMNEWMONT0.21%$114.67-0.6%
10CONCONCENTRA GROUP HOLDINGS PARENT INC0.45%$34.97+1.6%
11MTXMINERALS TECHNOLOGIES1.21%$65.18-0.3%
12BNRBURNING ROCK BIOTECH0.41%$15.99-9.3%
13TLXTELIX PHARMACEUTICALS LTD0.43%$10.72-2.3%
14RAASMI 3FOURTEEN REAL ASSET ALLOCATION ETF0.17%$30.01+0.3%
15FREFresenius SE & Co. KGaA1.13%———

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Sector weights
Industrials29.88%
Financials22.91%
Information Technology16.23%
Health Care7.21%
Consumer Discretionary6.58%
Communication5.41%
Materials4.83%
Utilities4.58%
Consumer Staples1.47%
Real Estate0.76%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Germany99.86%
European Union0.12%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-3.4%
1 month-6.0%
3 months-0.9%
6 months+6.4%
YTD-4.0%
1 year-3.1%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$46M
1 month−$233M
3 months+$68M
YTD−$221M
1 year−$536M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAugSep
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
13%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
18%realized volatility, 1 year
-14.5%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-8.5%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 12.3% of the book; the top ten carry 64%. Spread across 53+ names, it behaves like roughly 17 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
30calls · latest snapshot
786puts · latest snapshot
26.20put/call ratio
1.2Mshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
MRK MERCK & CO$3M$2M
NEM NEWMONT$1M$1M
SAP SAP SE$727,534$443,227
ENR ENERGIZER HOLDINGS$3,829$31,779
DTE DTE ENERGY$8,216$17,222

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The case against EWG

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
SPDW State Street SPDR Portfolio Developed World ex-US ETF0.03%$41.5B+$286M-47bp on fee · 28× the assets · +$286M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPMD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF0.03%$18.2B+$199M-47bp on fee · 12× the assets · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.9B+$497M-46bp on fee · 22× the assets · +$497M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$575M-46bp on fee · 16× the assets · +$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M-46bp on fee · 13× the assets · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
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