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iShares MSCI Frontier and Select EM ETF

$27.19+0.41% vs prior close

Price through Jan 6 · Flows through Jan 6. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Sep 26. Holdings snapshot retrieved Sep 26.

The index aims to reflect the performance of frontier markets and the lower size spectrum of emerging markets, while putting a stronger emphasis on tradability and investability of the constituents compared to the parent index. The fund generally will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of the underlying index.

Price & daily flows

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN

$188Massets under management
0.79%expense ratio · $79 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
—avg daily volume, 30 days
180holdings · US-domiciled
2012listed September 12, 2012
Sector weights
Consumer Cyclical100%
Other64.63%
Materials64.09%
Finance43.44%
Consumer Discretionary33.47%
Non-Energy Minerals12.35%
Consumer Non-Durables6.78%
Energy Minerals5.66%
Communications5.52%
Process Industries3.42%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Other61.37%
Kuwait26.85%
Viet Nam12.65%
Kazakhstan12.38%
Romania8.55%
Kenya8.52%
Nigeria8.3%
Bahrain7.2%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week0.0%
1 month0.0%
3 months0.0%
6 months0.0%
YTD—
1 year0.0%
3 years+4.9%

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

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CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

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DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The case against FM

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat FM 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-76bp on fee · 221× the assets · +$286M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPMD State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 400 Mid Cap ETF0.03%$18.2B+$199M-76bp on fee · 97× the assets · +$199M in over the monthHead-to-head
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.9B+$497M-75bp on fee · 175× the assets · +$497M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$575M-75bp on fee · 126× the assets · +$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M-75bp on fee · 99× the assets · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
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