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FNDCSchwab

Schwab Fundamental International Small Company Index ETF

$50.84+0.75% today
435152-WK

The fund will invest at least 90% of its net assets in stocks included in the index. The index measures the performance of the small company size segment by fundamental overall company scores, which are created using as the universe the developed ex U.S. companies in the FTSE Global Total Cap Index (the parent index).

Price & daily flows
49.547.244.850.84DAILY NET FLOWAug 19Dec 16Apr 17Aug 19

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

The desk’s read

Flows are quiet — the past month netted out near zero, while the price has returned +13.1% so far this year. At 0.39% a year it is not the cheapest way in — LQD runs the same ground at 0.14%.

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

$3.3Bassets under management
0.39%expense ratio · $39 per $10,000 a year
net flow, trailing month
81Kavg daily volume, 30 days
1798holdings · US-domiciled
2013listed August 14, 2013 · beta 0.92
Sector weights
Other86.68%
Industrials25.09%
Consumer Discretionary22.55%
Finance18.96%
Consumer Cyclical15.15%
Producer Manufacturing13.42%
Financials11.46%
Financial Services11.37%
Basic Materials10.1%
Materials9.41%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
Japan35.81%
Other23.95%
United Kingdom9.6%
South Korea7.54%
Canada6.81%
Korea, Republic of5.81%
Australia5.03%
Sweden4.33%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.7%
1 month+5.5%
3 months+3.6%
6 months+2.1%
YTD+13.1%
1 year+16.4%
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
14%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
15%realized volatility, 1 year
-11.2%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-1.0%where it sits vs. that peak today

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

Options tape
calls today
puts today
put/call ratio
221Kshares traded
The case against FNDC

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IDEV iShares Core MSCI International Developed Markets ETF0.04%$32.7B+$104M-35bp on fee · 10× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$193.2B+$631M-32bp on fee · 58× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF0.09%$160.6B+$1.9B-30bp on fee · 48× the assets · +$1.9B in over the monthHead-to-head
IAGG iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF0.07%$11.4B+$739M-32bp on fee · 3× the assets · +$739M in over the monthHead-to-head
IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF0.07%$46.2B-32bp on fee · 14× the assetsHead-to-head
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