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About iShares Global Comm Services ETF
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Inception date
Nov 12, 2001
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
Distributes
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Tax on distributions
Qualified dividends
Primary advisor
BlackRock Fund Advisors
Distributor
BlackRock Investments LLC
IXP delivers a market-cap weighted portfolio of global communication services stocks as defined by S&P. The well-established fund changed indexes on June 24, 2019 to a capped version which at quarterly rebalance limits single positions at 22.5% and caps aggregate positions over 4.5% at 45% total. Such index variants are not unusual and still allow for plenty of single-name impact. Moreover, stock selection resulting from the underlying industry classification system (GICS ) is likely a larger driver of returns. (Major changes in GICS communication sector occurred in Fall 2018.) The index pulls from a universe of 1,200 global stocks selected by S&P.
Classification
Returns
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| NAV total return | — | — | — | — | — | — |
What's in the fund
Exposure type
Technology Services
Communications
Consumer Services
Stocks99.81%
Technology Services60.19%
Communications25.17%
Consumer Services10.01%
Commercial Services2.47%
Consumer Durables1.97%
Bonds, Cash & Other0.19%
Cash0.19%
Stock breakdown by region
North America75.42%
Asia15.24%
Europe8.36%
Oceania0.98%
Latin America0.00%
Africa0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history