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QLTAISharesINDEX

iShares Aaa - A Rated Corporate Bond ETF

$44.95-0.09% vs prior close
454952-WK

Price through Oct 1 · Flows through Jul 18. 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. The underlying index is a subset of the Bloomberg U.S. Corporate Index, which measures the performance of the Aaa - A rated range of the fixed-rate, U.S. dollar-denominated taxable, corporate bond market.

Price & daily flows
48.147.045.844.95DAILY NET FLOWOct 1Jan 30Jun 1Oct 1

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 3Y SHOWN · NET +$691M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned -6.5% 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

$1.6Bassets under management
0.15%expense ratio · $15 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
194Kavg daily volume, 30 days
2970holdings · US-domiciled
2012listed February 14, 2012 · beta 0.16
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—PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTERPRISES PTE0.17%———
2—ANHEUSER-BUSCH COMPANIES LLC0.16%———
3—ABBVIE INC0.16%———
4—PFIZER INVESTMENT ENTERPRISES PTE0.15%———
5—ABBVIE INC0.14%———
6—WELLS FARGO & COMPANY MTN0.13%———
7—WELLS FARGO & COMPANY MTN0.13%———
8—COMCAST CORPORATION0.13%———
9—GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC/THE0.13%———
10—MICROSOFT CORPORATION0.13%———
11—WELLS FARGO & COMPANY MTN0.13%———
12—ABBVIE INC0.13%———
13—CITIGROUP INC0.12%———
14—WELLS FARGO & COMPANY MTN0.12%———
15—WELLS FARGO & COMPANY0.12%———

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Sector weights
Banking35.01%
Consumer Non-Cyclical15.52%
Technology9.19%
Electric7%
Consumer Cyclical6.62%
Energy4.45%
Capital Goods4.44%
Insurance4.3%
Communications3.98%
Transportation2.57%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States81.17%
United Kingdom4.93%
Japan3.49%
Canada3.33%
Australia2.02%
Belgium1.16%
Switzerland0.81%
Spain0.74%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.9%
1 month-2.5%
3 months-4.9%
6 months-5.1%
YTD-6.5%
1 year-7.3%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

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

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJul
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
6%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
5%realized volatility, 1 year
-8.3%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-8.3%latest close versus that peak

The top holding is 0.3% of the book; the top ten carry 2%. Spread across 250+ names, it behaves like roughly 233 equally-weighted positions.

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

The case against QLTA

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat QLTA 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 · 26× 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 · 11× the assets · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
STIP iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF0.03%$16.3B+$489M-12bp on fee · 10× the assets · +$489M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$122.8B+$2.3B-10bp on fee · 76× 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 · 20× the assets · +$497M in over the monthHead-to-head
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