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FLOTISharesINDEX

iShares Floating Rate Bond ETF

$50.86-0.37% vs prior close
515152-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 will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index, and the fund will invest at least 90% of its assets in fixed income securities of the types included in the underlying index that BFA believes will help the fund track the underlying index.

Price & daily flows
51.050.950.8Wed Sep 16 · The floating-rate trio sells rate cover and charges for credit50.86DAILY NET FLOWOct 1Jan 30Jun 1Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET +$3.7B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$444M of net inflows over the past month, about 4.0% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned 0.0% so far this year. At 0.15% a year it is not the cheapest way in — IEFA has a reported fee of 0.07%.

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

$11.1Bassets under management
0.15%expense ratio · $15 per $10,000 a year
+$444Mnet flow, trailing month
2.5Mavg daily volume, 30 days
354holdings · US-domiciled
2011listed June 14, 2011 · beta 0.02
The book at a glance
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CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS THE CHANGE IN THE LATEST AVAILABLE SNAPSHOT · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1—EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION A MTN1.11%———
2—INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCT0.99%———
3—EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION A MTN0.95%———
4—INTERNATIONAL FINANCE CORP MTN0.91%———
5—INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCT0.86%———
6—INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCT0.85%———
7—INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCT0.81%———
8—INTERNATIONAL BANK FOR RECONSTRUCT MTN0.80%———
9—INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK MTN0.76%———
10—INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK MTN0.75%———
11—KOMMUNALB VRN 03/03/280.74%———
12—INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK MTN0.73%———
13—INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK0.73%———
14—INTER-AMERICAN DEVELOPMENT BANK MTN0.72%———
15—EUROPEAN BANK FOR RECONSTRUCTION A MTN0.72%———

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Sector weights
Banking47.7%
Supranational20.86%
Consumer Cyclical9.76%
Insurance5.6%
Owned No Guarantee5.5%
Capital Goods2.94%
Consumer Non-Cyclical2.59%
Electric1%
Technology0.9%
Energy0.59%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States35.76%
Supranational20.86%
Australia7.95%
Canada6.68%
United Kingdom5.62%
Japan3.41%
Netherlands3.17%
Germany3.01%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.3%
1 month0.0%
3 months-0.1%
6 months+0.1%
YTD0.0%
1 year-0.1%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week+$46M
1 month+$444M
3 months+$1.8B
YTD+$2.1B
1 year+$2.2B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAugSep
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
1%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
1%realized volatility, 1 year
-0.7%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-0.4%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 1.1% of the book; the top ten carry 9%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 177 equally-weighted positions.

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

The case against FLOT

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat FLOT 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-12bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$286M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPMD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF0.03%$18.2B+$199M-12bp on fee · 2× the assets · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
STIP iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF0.03%$16.3B+$489M-12bp on fee · +$489M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$122.8B+$2.3B-10bp on fee · 11× the assets · +$2.3B in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.9B+$497M-11bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$497M in over the monthHead-to-head
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