W Reed - IShares Transportation Independent Trustee

IYT Etf  USD 74.72  0.25  0.34%   
W Reed is Portfolio Manager at iShares Transportation Average
Age 70
Tenure 22 years
IssueriShares
Inception Date2003-10-06
BenchmarkS&P Transportation Select Industry FMC Capped Index
Entity TypeRegulated Investment Company
Asset Under Management774.66 Million
Average Trading Valume541,647
Asset TypeEquity
CategorySector
FocusIndustrials
Market ConcentrationDeveloped Markets
The fund generally will invest at least 80 percent of its assets in the component securities of its underlying index and in investments that have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the component securities of its underlying index. Transportation Average is traded on BATS Exchange in the United States. iShares Transportation Average [IYT] is traded in USA and was established 2003-10-06.

iShares Transportation Money Managers

Charles Hurty, Independent Trustee
John Kerrigan, Independent Trustee
Cecilia Herbert, Independent Trustee
Lee Kranefuss, Chairman of the Board of Trustees and Presidentident
W Reed, Independent Trustee
Michael Latham, Principal Financial Officer, Treasurer, Secretary
George Parker, Independent Trustee
John Martinez, Trustee
Richard Lyons, Independent Trustee

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The market value of iShares Transportation is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of IShares that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of IShares Transportation's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is IShares Transportation's true underlying value. Investors use various methods to calculate intrinsic value and buy a stock when its market value falls below its intrinsic value. Because IShares Transportation's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect IShares Transportation's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
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