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GEMGoldmanACTIVE

Goldman Sachs ActiveBeta Emerging Markets Equity ETF

$50.93-0.33% vs prior close
405452-WK

Price through Oct 1 · Flows through unavailable. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 1. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 1.

The index is designed to deliver exposure to equity securities of emerging market issuers. The fund invests at least 80% of its assets (exclusive of collateral held from securities lending) in securities included in its underlying index, in depositary receipts representing securities included in its underlying index and in underlying stocks in respect of depositary receipts included in its underlying index.

Price & daily flows
51.046.942.8Wed Sep 30 · Moishe Mana sells 30 Wynwood acres to Ken Griffin for $1.1 billionFri Sep 25 · Data-center capital now prices a Senate voteThu Sep 24 · The AI buildout is a fundraise, and the wealth shelf just filedThu Sep 24 · 110 Tower's discount belongs to GEM's 2016 basisThu Sep 24 · Fort Lauderdale office clears at $226 a foot on a 1031 bid50.93DAILY NET FLOWOct 1Jan 30Jun 1Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +22.4% so far this year. At 0.45% 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

$941Massets under management
0.45%expense ratio · $45 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
106Kavg daily volume, 30 days
776holdings · US-domiciled
2015listed September 25, 2015 · beta 1.45
Sector weights
Information Technology24.43%
Financial Services23.94%
Technology23.66%
Finance22.19%
Financials21.89%
Consumer Discretionary19.1%
Electronic Technology18.87%
Consumer Cyclical12%
Communication Services9%
Technology Services8.02%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Other91.22%
China26.25%
India19.91%
Taiwan18.05%
Taiwan, Province of China14.63%
Korea, Republic of13.57%
South Korea11.87%
Brazil4.44%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-2.0%
1 month-0.2%
3 months+0.6%
6 months+22.0%
YTD+22.4%
1 year+23.9%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
1 month—
3 months—
YTD—
1 year—

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

The risk read
22%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
25%realized volatility, 1 year
-13.5%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-5.8%latest close versus that peak

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

Options tape
—calls · latest snapshot
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
310Kshares traded
The case against GEM

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat GEM 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-42bp on fee · 44× the assets · +$286M in over the monthHead-to-head
BBUS JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Equity ETF0.02%$9.4B+$187M-43bp on fee · 10× the assets · +$187M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPYG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF0.04%$56.2B+$717M-41bp on fee · 60× 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-42bp on fee · 15× the assets · +$235M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$34.3B+$148M-41bp on fee · 36× the assets · +$148M in over the monthHead-to-head
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