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EWKISharesINDEX

iShares MSCI Belgium ETF

$25.23-2.29% vs prior close
232852-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 investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of its underlying index. The index is designed to measure the performance of the large-, mid- and small-capitalization segments of the equity market in Belgium. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
26.925.624.225.23DAILY NET FLOWOct 1Jan 30Jun 1Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET +$214M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$84M of net inflows over the past month, about 34.9% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +3.8% so far this year. At 0.50% a year it is not the cheapest way in — FDHT has a reported fee of 0.39%.

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

$240Massets under management
0.50%expense ratio · $50 per $10,000 a year
+$84Mnet flow, trailing month
55Kavg daily volume, 30 days
37holdings · US-domiciled
1996listed March 12, 1996 · beta 0.59
The book at a glance
ARGX-2.4%ABI-0.0%UMI+1.2%CMBT+3.6%UCB+1.3%RECTDEME0.9%DIE1.8%ELI2.4%FAGR1.0%GBLB2.6%KBC7.9%KBCA2.0%LOTB2.5%SOF1.9%SOLB1.1%SYENS2.6%TUB1.8%WDP1.9%ACKB2.8%AED3.3%AGS4.7%AZE1.5%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1ARGXARGENX SE16.99%$936.00-2.4%
2ABIVICTORYSHARES PIONEER ASSET-BASED INCOME ETF19.80%$24.54-0.0%
3UMIUSCF MIDSTREAM ENERGY INCOME FUND2.24%$57.25+1.2%
4BARGRANITESHARES GOLD TRUST0.54%$41.08+0.4%
5CMBTEuronav1.52%$19.61+3.6%
6LKFTGalapagos0.72%$28.86-2.7%
7UCBUnited Community Banks4.32%$33.77+1.3%
8RECTRECTITUDE HOLDINGS LTD0.82%$1.26-4.0%
9DEMEDredging Environmental & Marine Engineering NV0.93%———
10DIEJH MULTIFACTOR DEV INTL ETF1.76%———
11ELIElia Group SA/NV2.39%———
12FAGRFagron1.02%———
13GBLBGroupe Bruxelles Lambert SA2.59%———
14GIMBGimv NV0.88%———
15KBCKBC Group, NV7.91%———

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Sector weights
Health Care24.81%
Consumer Staples23.19%
Financials20.05%
Real Estate9.24%
Materials7.4%
Industrials6.08%
Utilities2.39%
Consumer Discretionary1.76%
Communication1.64%
Information Technology1.57%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Belgium99.65%
European Union0.38%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-5.5%
1 month-8.0%
3 months-5.6%
6 months+7.3%
YTD+3.8%
1 year+6.7%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$59M
1 month+$84M
3 months+$148M
YTD+$209M
1 year+$218M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAugSep
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
15%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
16%realized volatility, 1 year
-15.5%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-9.6%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 19.8% of the book; the top ten carry 67%. Spread across 41+ names, it behaves like roughly 12 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
152Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
ARGX ARGENX SE$133,617$645,186
CMBT Euronav$50,969$65,921
LKFT Galapagos—$655

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

The case against EWK

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat EWK 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 · 173× 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 · 76× the assets · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.9B+$497M-46bp on fee · 137× 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 · 99× 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 · 77× the assets · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
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