FlexShares Credit-Scored US Corporate Bond Index Fund
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- Description
- Performance
- Fundamentals
- Rate Sensitivity
- Rating
The FlexShares Credit-Scored US Corporate Bond Index Fund tracks a proprietary intermediate maturity investment-grade corporate bond index, aiming for improved credit quality and underlying liquidity. |
Category | Corporate |
Fund Sponsor | Northern Trust |
Website | www.flexshares.com |
Inception date | Nov 12, 2014 |
Assets (mns) | $551 |
Currency | USD |
Expense ratio | 22 bp |
Distributions | Monthly |
Regulation | Open-Ended Fund |
Custodian | |
Weighting | Proprietary |
Index replication |
No. of constituents | 1100 |
No of distinct issuers | 506 |
Inflation protected | 0% |
Variable/Fixed coupon | 22% /78% |
Non-standard maturity (callable, etc.) | 87% |
0.0% // | 0.5 % |
0.0% // | 0.4 % |
0.0% // | 0.3 % |
0.0% // | 0.3 % |
0.0% // | 0.3 % |
0.0% // | 0.3 % |
0.0% // | 0.3 % |
0.0% // | 0.3 % |
0.0% // | 0.3 % |
0.0% // | 0.3 % |
TOTAL | 3.1 % |
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WELLS FARGO & COMPANY | 3.0% |
JPMORGAN CHASE & CO. | 2.9% |
CITIGROUP INC. | 2.8% |
BANK OF AMERICA CORPORATION | 2.5% |
APPLE INC. | 1.6% |
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UNITED STATES | 82.3 % |
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CANADA | 3.6 % |
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JAPAN | 2.9 % |
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UNITED KINGDOM | 2.4 % |
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BRITAIN | 1.0 % |
HISTORICAL RETURNS 

Custom date range | Compare to | ||
thru |
Year-to-date | 1 year | 5 years | 10 years | Since Incep. |
2.1% | 2.6% | 0.5% | 2.6% | 2.6% |
versus... | Beta | R-squared |
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Barclays Agg. Bond | 0.73 | 88% |
S&P500 | 0.25 | 47% |
MSCI EAFE | 0.28 | 66% |
MSCI Emg. Mkts. | 0.25 | 57% |
Recent close | $49.06 |
30d moving avg. | $48.72 |
Annualized volatility | 5.6% |
Short interest (ETF) | 0.1% |
Relative strength (RSI) | 60 |
Avg. volume (thou.) | 39 |
Avg. daily value traded (mns) | $2 |
Turnover | 0.3% |
Bid/Ask (% of price) | 0.05 |
DISTRIBUTION YIELD (TRAILING 12 MONTHS)
SKOR | 4.7 yrs | Category Avg.* |
4.7 yrs |
SKOR | 4.5% | Category Avg.* |
4.5% |
Change in YTM |
New YTM |
Est. Price Change |
Est. New Price |
+300 bp | 7.65% | -15.8% | $41.30 |
+200 bp | 6.65% | -10.1% | $44.13 |
+150 bp | 6.15% | -7.4% | $45.45 |
+100 bp | 5.65% | -4.8% | $46.72 |
+75 bp | 5.40% | -3.5% | $47.32 |
+50 bp | 5.15% | -2.3% | $47.92 |
+25 bp | 4.90% | -1.1% | $48.50 |
0 bp | 4.65% | 0% | $49.06 |
-25 bp | 4.40% | 1.1% | $49.61 |
-50 bp | 4.15% | 2.2% | $50.14 |
-75 bp | 3.90% | 3.3% | $50.66 |
-100 bp | 3.65% | 4.3% | $51.16 |
-150 bp | 3.15% | 6.2% | $52.12 |
-200 bp | 2.65% | 8.1% | $53.02 |
-300 bp | 1.65% | 11.4% | $54.64 |
*Fund Category: CORPORATE
ALTAR Score™
Calculation of ALTAR Score™ | ||
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Adj. Yield to Maturity ![]() |
465 | bp |
Less: Annual "default factor" ![]() |
20 | bp |
Less: Expense ratio | 22 | bp |
Equals: ALTAR Score | 4.23 | % |
Average ALTAR Score™ by Category | |
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Aggregate | 2.9% |
Corporate | 3.8% |
Emerging Market | 5.4% |
Government | 6.9% |
Inflation Protected | 2.1% |
Mortgage | 4.8% |
Municipals | 3.4% |
*Note: The FlexShares Credit-Scored US Corporate Bond Index Fund is classified as a Corporate fund. |