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GALSPDR

SPDR SSgA Global Allocation ETF

$53.81+0.40% today
485452-WK

The Adviser primarily invests the assets of the fund among exchange traded products ("ETPs") that provide balanced exposure to domestic and international debt and equity securities. The fund typically allocates approximately 60% of its assets to equity securities, though this percentage can vary based on the Adviser's tactical decisions.

Price & daily flows
53.653.052.453.81DAILY NET FLOWJul 20Jul 29Aug 10Aug 19

SOURCE: MARKET TAPE & DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS · 1M SHOWN · NET +$6M OVER THIS RANGE

The desk’s read

Money keeps arriving — +$6M of net buying over the past month, about 2.0% of the fund's asset base, while the price has returned +8.2% so far this year. At 0.35% a year it is not the cheapest way in — ITDG runs the same ground at 0.11%.

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

$315Massets under management
0.35%expense ratio · $35 per $10,000 a year
+$6Mnet flow, trailing month
12Kavg daily volume, 30 days
20holdings · US-domiciled
2012listed April 24, 2012 · beta 0.69
Sector weights
ETF94.13%
Miscellaneous34.29%
Technology22.09%
Financial Services15.17%
Industrials11.24%
Consumer Cyclical10.07%
Communication Services9.23%
Healthcare9.07%
Energy7.37%
Other6.93%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States54.61%
Other6.93%
Japan6.82%
China4.79%
India4.63%
Taiwan3.83%
United Kingdom3.13%
Canada2.53%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week-0.4%
1 month+2.7%
3 months+2.7%
6 months+4.9%
YTD+8.2%
1 year+12.6%
3 years

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week
1 month+$6M
3 months+$11M
YTD+$19M
1 year+$19M

CREATION/REDEMPTION DOLLARS, DAILY RECORDS

Monthly net flows
SepOctNovDecJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAug
DAILY CREATION/REDEMPTION RECORDS, TRAILING TWELVE MONTHS
The risk read
8%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
10%realized volatility, 1 year
-6.5%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-0.4%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
10Kshares traded
The case against GAL

Due diligence cuts both ways. These funds sit on the same shelf and beat GAL 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-31bp on fee · 104× the assets · +$104M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF0.07%$193.2B+$631M-28bp on fee · 612× the assets · +$631M in over the monthHead-to-head
IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF0.09%$160.6B+$1.9B-26bp on fee · 509× the assets · +$1.9B in over the monthHead-to-head
IAGG iShares Core International Aggregate Bond ETF0.07%$11.4B+$739M-28bp on fee · 36× the assets · +$739M in over the monthHead-to-head
IXUS iShares Core MSCI Total International Stock ETF0.07%$46.2B-28bp on fee · 146× the assetsHead-to-head
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