iShares Edge MSCI USA Quality QUAL

iShares Edge MSCI USA Quality, launched on 16 July 2013, is an exchange traded fund managed by BlackRock, Inc. This ETF follows the investment results in its benchmark, the MSCI USA Sector Neutral Quality Index. The index draws from its parent index, the MSCI USA Index, which weights stocks based on their total market capitalisation. The MSCI USA Sector Neutral Quality Index covers mid- to large-capitalisation US stocks with specific essential traits: high returns on shareholders’ net assets, consistent revenue growth year-over-year, and low reliance on debt as leverage for asset financing.

Through this ETF, investors obtain index-based information on factors affecting companies’ year-over-year performance. The fund helps investors manage risk and exposure by investing most of its resources in securities comprising the MSCI USA Sector Neutral Quality Index and the rest of the resources in financial derivatives such as swaps, futures, and options contracts, and in cash and equivalents. The top sectors in which the fund operates are information technology, healthcare, consumer discretionary, communication, financials, industrials, consumer staples, real estate, energy, materials, utilities, and cash and/or derivatives. Its base currency is the US dollar.

iShares Edge MSCI USA Quality trades on the NASDAQ using the stock ticker QUAL.

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