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iShares MSCI France ETF

$41.71-2.09% vs prior close
424852-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- and mid-capitalization segments of the French equity market. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
44.943.742.641.71DAILY NET FLOWSep 1Sep 11Sep 22Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN · NET +$27M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$27M of net inflows over the past month, about 7.9% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned -7.3% 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

$341Massets under management
0.50%expense ratio · $50 per $10,000 a year
+$27Mnet flow, trailing month
347Kavg daily volume, 30 days
68holdings · US-domiciled
1996listed March 12, 1996 · beta 0.88
The book at a glance
ORA-2.0%TTE-1.2%ACAAIR-1.5%DG-0.5%SU+1.8%MT-3.3%EL-2.8%BN+0.2%SAN-4.0%MC-1.0%OR-1.0%AI+1.1%GLE-13.3%ML1.2%PUB1.2%RMS2.6%SAF6.4%SGO1.7%STMPA1.6%URWVIE1.0%

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

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1ORAORMAT TECHNOLOGIES1.41%$89.66-2.0%
2TTETOTALENERGIES SE8.37%$84.51-1.2%
3ACAARCOSA0.89%$146.50+0.2%
4AIRAAR6.26%$99.90-1.5%
5DGDOLLAR GENERAL2.82%$118.93-0.5%
6SUSUNCOR ENERGY9.01%$69.10+1.8%
7MTARCELORMITTAL1.41%$64.56-3.3%
8ELESTEE LAUDER2.32%$90.19-2.8%
9BNBROOKFIELD2.05%$36.54+0.2%
10SANBANCO SANTANDER4.32%$13.28-4.0%
11MCMOELIS &5.41%$56.95-1.0%
12RXLPROSHARES ULTRA HEALTH CARE0.45%$57.24-2.9%
13ADPAUTOMATIC DATA PROCESSING0.19%$263.96+2.3%
14OROSISKO GOLD ROYALTIES5.04%$33.98-1.0%
15AIC3AI5.81%$11.11+1.1%

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Sector weights
Industrials32.39%
Financials13.47%
Consumer Discretionary11.01%
Energy8.37%
Consumer Staples8.27%
Health Care8.19%
Materials7.22%
Information Technology3.29%
Utilities3.29%
Communication2.62%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
France99.39%
European Union0.54%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-4.9%
1 month-8.2%
3 months-7.2%
6 months-0.6%
YTD-7.3%
1 year-6.2%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week−$9M
1 month+$27M
3 months−$27M
YTD−$31M
1 year−$49M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAugSep
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
14%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
17%realized volatility, 1 year
-13.8%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-13.7%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 9.0% of the book; the top ten carry 60%. Spread across 57+ names, it behaves like roughly 23 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
11calls · latest snapshot
10puts · latest snapshot
0.91put/call ratio
650Kshares traded
Most-traded holdings, options premiumBullishBearish
EL ESTEE LAUDER$802,048$3M
ABVX ABIVAX SA$1M$2M
BN BROOKFIELD$194,860$1M
AI C3AI$424,690$536,108
DG DOLLAR GENERAL$323,501$490,132

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

The case against EWQ

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat EWQ 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 · 122× 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 · 53× the assets · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.9B+$497M-46bp on fee · 96× 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 · 69× 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 · 54× the assets · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
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