Fund Asset Allocation for FlexShares Morningstar
The fund invests 99.68% of asset under management in tradable equity instruments, with the rest of investments concentrated in various types of exotic instruments. Asset allocation divides FlexShares Morningstar's investment portfolio among different asset categories to balance risk and reward by investing in a diversified mix of instruments that align with the investor's goals, risk tolerance, and time horizon. Mutual funds, which pool money from multiple investors to buy a diversified portfolio of securities, use asset allocation strategies to manage the risk and return of their portfolios.
Mutual funds allocate their assets by investing in a diversified portfolio of securities, such as stocks, bonds, cryptocurrencies and cash. The specific mix of these securities is determined by the fund's investment objective and strategy. For example, a stock mutual fund may invest primarily in equities, while a bond mutual fund may invest mainly in fixed-income securities. The fund's manager, responsible for making investment decisions, will buy and sell securities in the fund's portfolio as market conditions and the fund's objectives change.
FlexShares Fundamentals
About FlexShares Morningstar Fundamental Analysis
The Macroaxis Fundamental Analysis modules help investors analyze FlexShares Morningstar Market's financials across various querterly and yearly statements, indicators and fundamental ratios. We help investors to determine the real value of FlexShares Morningstar using virtually all public information available. We use both quantitative as well as qualitative analysis to arrive at
the intrinsic value of FlexShares Morningstar Market based on its fundamental data. In general, a quantitative approach, as applied to this etf, focuses on analyzing
financial statements comparatively, whereas a qaualitative method uses data that is important to a company's growth but cannot be measured and presented in a numerical way.
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The market value of FlexShares Morningstar is measured differently than its book value, which is the value of FlexShares that is recorded on the company's balance sheet. Investors also form their own opinion of FlexShares Morningstar's value that differs from its market value or its book value, called intrinsic value, which is FlexShares Morningstar'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 FlexShares Morningstar's market value can be influenced by many factors that don't directly affect FlexShares Morningstar's underlying business (such as a pandemic or basic market pessimism), market value can vary widely from intrinsic value.
Please note, there is a significant difference between FlexShares Morningstar's value and its price as these two are different measures arrived at by different means. Investors typically determine if FlexShares Morningstar is a good investment by looking at such factors as earnings, sales, fundamental and technical indicators, competition as well as analyst projections. However, FlexShares Morningstar's price is the amount at which it trades on the open market and represents the number that a seller and buyer find agreeable to each party.