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iShares MSCI South Korea ETF

$174.43+2.58% today
7121952-WK

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 a free float-adjusted market capitalization-weighted index that is designed to measure the performance of the large- and mid-capitalization segments of the Korean equity market. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
187.4145.2103.0174.43DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1Y SHOWN · NET +$11B OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$3.3B of net buying over the past month, about 12.1% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +70.6% so far this year. At 0.59% a year it is not the cheapest way in — ESMV runs the same ground at 0.18%.

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

$27Bassets under management
0.59%expense ratio · $59 per $10,000 a year
+$3.3Bnet flow, trailing month
22.8Mavg daily volume, 30 days
109holdings · US-domiciled
2000listed May 8, 2000 · beta 2.77
The book at a glance
00593022.7%00066020.8%4023403.5%0091502.9%1055602.0%0053801.9%0555501.6%0124501.4%0867901.4%0340201.2%0354201.2%0002701.2%0682701.2%0123301.2%0282601.1%0064001.1%0328301.0%3161400.9%0665700.9%0054900.9%0008100.9%2079400.9%0347300.8%033780196170267260373220009540010120298040329180018260

CELL SIZE IS PORTFOLIO WEIGHT · COLOR IS TODAY’S MOVE · TOP 40 POSITIONS

HoldingsDownload CSV
#HoldingWeightPriceDay52-wk
1005930SAMSUNG ELECTRONICS LTD22.70%
2000660SK HYNIX INC20.76%
3402340SK SQUARE LTD3.47%
4009150SAMSUNG ELECTRO MECHANICS LTD2.91%
5105560KB FINANCIAL GROUP INC2.03%
6005380HYUNDAI MOTOR1.86%
7055550SHINHAN FINANCIAL GROUP LTD1.60%
8012450HANWHA AEROSPACE LTD1.36%
9086790HANA FINANCIAL GROUP INC1.35%
10034020DOOSAN ENERBILITY LTD1.21%
11035420NAVER CORP1.20%
12000270KIA CORPORATION CORP1.18%
13068270CELLTRION INC1.18%
14012330HYUNDAI MOBIS LTD1.16%
15028260SAMSUNG C&T CORP1.14%

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Sector weights
Information Technology49%
Industrials20%
Financials11.03%
Consumer Discretionary6.48%
Health Care3.91%
Communication3.24%
Consumer Staples2.25%
Energy1.57%
Materials1.47%
Cash and/or Derivatives0.77%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-2.3%
1 month+7.1%
3 months+0.2%
6 months+30.2%
YTD+70.6%
1 year+144.2%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month+$3.3B
3 months+$5B
YTD+$9.9B
1 year+$11B

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
AugSepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
74%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
56%realized volatility, 1 year
-34.2%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-20.4%where it sits vs. that peak today

The top holding is 22.7% of the book; the top ten carry 59%. Spread across 80+ names, it behaves like roughly 10 equally-weighted positions.

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

Options tape
53Kcalls today
52Kputs today
0.99put/call ratio
18.1Mshares traded
The case against EWY

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat EWY on at least one dimension that matters — the fee, the asset base, or where the money is going.

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
ITOT iShares Core S&P Total U.S. Stock Market ETF0.03%$97.9B+$245M-56bp on fee · 4× the assets · +$245M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSG iShares Core S&P U.S. Growth ETF0.04%$33.8B+$668M-55bp on fee · +$668M in over the monthHead-to-head
IUSV iShares Core S&P U.S. Value ETF0.04%$28.1B+$103M-55bp on fee · +$103M in over the monthHead-to-head
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$900.9B−$14.2B-56bp on fee · 33× the assetsHead-to-head
VOO Vanguard 500 Index Fund0.03%$500.4B-56bp on fee · 19× the assetsHead-to-head
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