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PFXFVanEckINDEX

VanEck Preferred Securities ex Financials ETF

$17.75+1.20% vs prior close
17.0718.9552-WK

Price through Oct 2 · Flows through Jul 11. Figures use the latest available records, not a live quote. Fund details retrieved Oct 2. Holdings snapshot retrieved Oct 2.

The fund normally invests at least 80% of its total assets in securities that comprise the fund's benchmark index. The index is comprised of U.S. exchange-listed hybrid debt, preferred stock and convertible preferred stock issued by non-financial corporations. The fund is non-diversified.

Price & daily flows
18.5518.0117.4717.75DAILY NET FLOWOct 2Feb 2Jun 2Oct 2

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

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +0.5% so far this year. At 0.41% a year it is not the cheapest way in — GSIG has a reported fee of 0.14%.

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

$17.6Bassets under management
0.41%expense ratio · $41 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
654Kavg daily volume, 30 days
76holdings · US-domiciled
2012listed July 19, 2012 · beta 0.63
Sector weights
Cash & Others100%
Utilities100%
Finance34.54%
Communications16.17%
Process Industries5.47%
Consumer Durables4.76%
Industrial Services4.44%
Other4.29%
UNIT4.2%
Cash3.73%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States100%
Canada18.51%
Luxembourg5.68%
Ireland3.46%
Bermuda2.6%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+0.2%
1 month0.0%
3 months0.0%
6 months+1.2%
YTD+0.5%
1 year-1.0%
3 years—

PRICE RETURN, DISTRIBUTIONS NOT REINVESTED

Net flows
1 week—
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
13%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
11%realized volatility, 1 year
-8.6%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-6.3%latest close versus that peak

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

Options tape
—calls · latest snapshot
—puts · latest snapshot
—put/call ratio
1.6Mshares traded
The case against PFXF

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
STIP iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF0.03%$16.3B+$489M-38bp on fee · +$489M in over the monthHead-to-head
IJH iShares Core S&P Mid-Cap ETF0.05%$122.8B+$2.3B-36bp on fee · 7× the assets · +$2.3B in over the monthHead-to-head
SPTS State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF0.03%$7.5B+$1.4B-38bp on fee · +$1.4B in over the monthHead-to-head
IGSB iShares 1-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$23.7B+$575M-37bp on fee · +$575M in over the monthHead-to-head
IGIB iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF0.04%$18.6B+$412M-37bp on fee · +$412M in over the monthHead-to-head
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