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iShares Large Cap Max Buffer Sep ETF
iShares Large Cap Max Buffer Sep ETF is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) from iShares, traded under the ticker SMAX (ISIN US46438G5889). One trade buys a whole basket of holdings, so your money is spread out instead of riding on a single company. In plain terms it is about owning small slices of companies, so you share in their growth when…
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About this fund
How it works
The fund actually buys every share in the index it tracks (full replication).
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Owning every holding keeps things transparent — what is in the index is what the fund actually owns. It can be a touch costlier to run for indexes with thousands of tiny positions, since the fund has to buy and maintain them all. There is no swap bank involved, so there is no extra “what if the partner fails” question to weigh.
Cost
The yearly running cost of the fund, shown as a % of your money. Lower is cheaper.
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For example, a 0.20% fee works out at €0.20 a year for every €100 invested — that’s a generic illustration of the mechanic, not this fund’s own fee. It is skimmed quietly from inside the fund a little each day, so you never get a bill — but it drags on your return every year you hold. On a broad index ETF it is usually a small fraction of a percent; the gap between a cheap and a pricey fund looks tiny on day one but compounds over decades, which is why it is worth a glance.
Fund facts
Performance
Growth of $100 invested — the line starts at $100.
End-of-day prices, rebased to a common start so the shapes are comparable. Past performance does not predict future results.
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Where it trades
| Exchange | Ticker | Currency | |
|---|---|---|---|
| NYSE | SMAX | USD | ★ Primary |
| USD listings | |||
| CC | SMAX | USD | |
| CC | SMAXCL | USD | |
| CI | SMAX | USD | |
| CI | SMAXCL | USD | |
| NYSE Arca | SMAX | USD | |
| OC | SMAX | USD | |
| OD | SMAX | USD | |
| UA | SMAX | USD | |
| UB | SMAX | USD | |
| UC | SMAX | USD | |
| UD | SMAX | USD | |
| UF | SMAX | USD | |
| UM | SMAX | USD | |
| US | SMAX | USD | |
| UT | SMAX | USD | |
| UX | SMAX | USD | |
| VF | SMAX | USD | |
| VG | SMAX | USD | |
| VJ | SMAX | USD | |
| VK | SMAX | USD | |
| VL | SMAX | USD | |
| VP | SMAX | USD | |
| VY | SMAX | USD | |
| XETRA | SMAX | USD | |
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How it ranks vs peers
Versus the Equity (stocks) · Other · USD ETFs we track.
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| Why it's similar | This is the fund on this page. | StocksUnknownPhysicalCheaper fee | StocksUnknownPhysicalCheaper fee | StocksCheaper fee Copies the index with a swap, not by holding the shares. | StocksUnknownPhysicalCheaper fee | StocksPhysicalCheaper fee | StocksPhysicalCheaper fee |
| Index tracked | Technology Select Sector Index | FTSE Developed ex US Index | S&P 500® Total Return (Net) Index | Financial Select Sector Index | ® ® S&p® 500 Mxn Hdg | ® ® S&p® 500 Hdg | |
| Yearly fee (TER) | 0.53% | 0.08% | 0.03% | 0.05% | 0.08% | 0.05% | 0.05% |
| All-in cost | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.00% | 0.12% | 0.00% | 0.06% | 0.06% |
| Fund size | €0 | €100.7B | €57.6B | €50.3B | €48.9B | €36.7B | €36.7B |
| Domicile | United States | United States | Ireland | United States | Ireland | Ireland | |
| Replication | Physical (full) | Physical (full) | Physical (full) | Synthetic (swap) | Physical (full) | Physical (full) | Physical (full) |
| 3-yr return p.a. | +26.5% | +13.9% | -73.9% | +16.7% | |||
| 5-yr return p.a. | +18.6% | +6.7% | +9.2% | ||||
| # holdings | 77 | 1,494 | 572 | 80 | 505 | 505 |
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