ESGU ETF

The iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (ESGU) is a smart beta exchange-traded fund that was launched on December 1, 2016. It provides wide-ranging access to the All Cap Growth category in the Style Box market.

The iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (ESGU) launched on 12/01/2016 as a smart beta exchange traded fund providing comprehensive coverage of the All Cap Growth Style Box market category.

The iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (ESGU) made its debut on 12/01/2016, and is a smart beta exchange traded fund that provides broad exposure to the Style Box - All Cap Growth category of the market.

The iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (ESGU) was launched on 12/01/2016, and is a smart beta exchange traded fund designed to offer broad exposure to the Style Box - All Cap Growth category of the market.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF is a passively managed fund that follows an ethical investing approach. The sector breakdown is very close to the S&P 500 index, as well as valuation and growth metrics. Quality looks better. The fund has shown similar performance and risk metrics to the S&P 500 since inception. It has moderately lagged other ESG ETFs in the last 3 years.

Even with $2.4 trillion in ETF assets spread across more than 400 ETFs, there's a pending offering from BlackRock that caught my eye. Before I lose you, dear reader, I'm not talking about the hopefully soon-to-be-approved iShares Bitcoin Trust.

Making its debut on 12/01/2016, smart beta exchange traded fund iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (ESGU) provides investors broad exposure to the Style Box - All Cap Growth category of the market.

iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF is not a very helpful fund in our opinion. The ESGU ETF closely matches the sectoral distributions and exposures of the iShares Core S&P 500 ETF, but levies higher expenses. There are economic concerns and reasons to worry about overall market valuations on top of the relative inefficiency of ESGU.

Making its debut on 12/01/2016, smart beta exchange traded fund iShares ESG Aware MSCI USA ETF (ESGU) provides investors broad exposure to the Style Box - All Cap Growth category of the market.