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QDFFlexSharesINDEX

FLEXSHARES QUALITY DIVIDEND INDEX FUND

$91.59+0.24% vs prior close
779452-WK

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

The Fund seeks investment results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance, before fees and expenses, of the Northern Trust Quality Dividend Index (Underlying Index).

Price & daily flows
91.591.090.691.59DAILY NET FLOWSep 8Sep 17Sep 25Oct 6

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

The desk’s read

Recent fund-flow records are unavailable, while the price has returned +13.3% so far this year. At 0.37% a year it is not the cheapest way in — ESMV has a reported fee of 0.18%.

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

$2Bassets under management
0.37%expense ratio · $37 per $10,000 a year
—net flow, trailing month
26Kavg daily volume, 30 days
141holdings · US-domiciled
2023listed October 25, 2023 · beta 0.89
Sector weights
Technology31.9%
Information Technology30.2%
Electronic Technology18.84%
Technology Services17.52%
Finance17.16%
Consumer Discretionary15.77%
Financial Services12.57%
Financials11.83%
Health Technology9.5%
Healthcare9.11%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Country weights
United States98.93%
Ireland1.9%
Other0.71%
United Kingdom0.54%
Israel0.29%
Bermuda0.21%
PORTFOLIO COMPOSITION, LATEST DISCLOSURE
Performance
1 week+1.5%
1 month-1.1%
3 months+1.6%
6 months+15.2%
YTD+13.3%
1 year+15.0%
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
10%realized volatility, 30 days (annualized)
12%realized volatility, 1 year
-8.1%deepest fall from a peak, 1 year
-2.1%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
20Kshares traded
The case against QDF

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

FundFeeAssetsFlow, 1MThe case
IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF0.03%$896.9B+$21.7B-34bp on fee · 455× the assets · +$21.7B in over the monthHead-to-head
BBUS JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Equity ETF0.02%$9.4B+$187M-35bp on fee · 5× the assets · +$187M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPYG State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Growth ETF0.04%$56.2B+$717M-33bp on fee · 28× the assets · +$717M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPTM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 1500 Composite Stock Market ETF0.03%$14.1B+$235M-34bp on fee · 7× the assets · +$235M in over the monthHead-to-head
SPYV State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 Value ETF0.04%$36.2B+$208M-33bp on fee · 18× the assets · +$208M in over the monthHead-to-head
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