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iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (IGV) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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The desk on IGV

What this diary said about iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF, what it holds and what would change its view — in its own words, dated. Investment diary, not advice.

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Charts from the desk on IGV

The charts this diary drew or picked on iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF, as published — each dated and linked to the piece that explains it.

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Our dispersion engine · constituent internals

improving · Improving below the surface - the A/D line is rising while price is flat-to-down; more names participating than the headline shows. — last 21 sessions: price −3.6%, advance/decline +1.48 per name

WindowFundMedian holdingBeat / lag the fundUp / downDispersion
Day −3.4% −1.6% 74 / 36 30 / 76 3.7pp
Week −5.7% −3.0% 80 / 30 30 / 79 7.1pp
Month −3.6% +5.4% 76 / 33 71 / 38 18.4pp
Year to date −1.3% −1.7% 54 / 55 53 / 56 41.3pp

Drove the month INTU +21.2% · ROP +29.0% · ADSK +18.1% · PTC +33.5% · GEN +30.9%

Dragged the month APP −18.8% · NOW −23.7% · FTNT −23.9% · PANW −7.7% · ORCL −5.4%

Computed by the Closelooknet dispersion engine from the full constituent roster (110 names, 100% of weight) · as of 2026-10-30 · full dispersion read → · methodology · descriptive, not advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 150 pieces · newest: Weekly Signal, “Calendar — The Funds’ New Year and the Midterms: a Fresh Start?” (2026-11-01)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where IGV appears in the diary — 150 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

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Weather around the name 4 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sector × region …

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 46/100 · S&P 500 fund at 49, above its 200-day averageEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-10-30
  • Factor regime Defensive rotation — low-vol leading, regime-change watchMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): below its 50-day trend, 81th percentile of the window, -13.7% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-10-29
  • Sector × region Technology in US: −2.0% week · −9.3% month · +0.9% quarter · +21.6% yearThe Sector Engine cell this name lives in, from XLK.US; the 11 × 4 matrix shows where its sector is being bought and where it is being sold. Sector Engine → 2026-10-31
  • Sovereign pressure Index -1.66 · down 2.24 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-10-30
How it trades on rate days beta 0.28 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How IGV has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.28 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF moved 0.28% on average · correlation 0.08 · higher than 20% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.32 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.16% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.88% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Who it is priced against Software funds · 3 names with week and year-to-date

Peer group

Software funds

Curated competitor set — who the market prices this name against, not just who shares its sector.

Compared against IGV on the nightly bakes; the Peers tab ranks the cohort on the Closelooknet scores where it exists.

Dividends and capital return no distribution in twelve months · last 0.33 USD on 2023-12-20

Dividends and capital return

What IGV pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months No cash distribution in the last twelve months earlier distributions show in the price series, see the years below
  • Last distribution 0.33 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2023-12-20
  • By calendar year 2023: 0.33 USD (partial) first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-12-20

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

About iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF

iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (IGV) is an exchange-traded fund that trades on US exchanges. Closelooknet tracks it as a benchmark: the dailies and the sector dispersion board quote it as a market reference, and the holdings card above matches its largest positions against the names with a Closelooknet page. It is a constituent of Closelooknet benchmark ETF set.

closelook.net is an investment research diary — market structure, index membership and scores are our own readings, not investment advice. Related: index compare · sector dispersion · scanner.

FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-31

Quick answers

What is iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (IGV)?

iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF is an exchange-traded fund trading as IGV on the US exchange (US) and is one of the benchmark ETFs Closelooknet tracks as a market reference, as of the registry build of 2026-10-31.

How does Closelooknet use IGV?

As a benchmark: the daily editions, the sector dispersion board and the index dashboards quote iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF as a market reference, and this page matches the fund's largest holdings against the names Closelooknet covers so a reader can move from the fund to the companies inside it.

Where does IGV trade against its moving averages?

iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF trades 2.5% below its 50-day and 11.0% above its 200-day moving average (4.5% below its 20-day). As of 2026-10-30 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

What does the Closelooknet dispersion engine say about IGV?

Improving below the surface - the A/D line is rising while price is flat-to-down; more names participating than the headline shows. (improving, last 21 sessions). Over 21 sessions the fund moved −3.6% while the median holding moved +5.4%; 76 of 109 holdings beat the fund and 71 rose. Against the S&P 500 fund it is −2.6pp over the same window. The top ten holdings carry 60.0% of the weight (effective N 21.9). As of 2026-10-30, computed from the full constituent roster — the full dispersion read carries the series; a descriptive reading from Closelooknet's research diary, not advice.

How does iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF compare with its peers?

Against its peer group (Software funds), iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF (IGV) sits 10.3% below its 52-week high, 2.5% below its 50-day average; Global X Cloud Computing (CLOU) is 9.0% below, WisdomTree Cloud Computing Fund (WCLD) is 6.6% below, Invesco QQQ Trust (QQQ) is 9.5% below, as of 2026-10-30. Put any of them next to IGV in the chart grid (2×1 or 2×2) and the page lays the companies side by side: performance, trend, valuation, margins and our money-flow reading.

How does iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF had a beta of 0.28 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 20% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.16% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. As of 2026-10-30; The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF?

iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF appears in 150 Closelooknet pieces as of 2026-10-31, most recently Weekly Signal: Calendar — The Funds’ New Year and the Midterms: a Fresh Start? (2026-11-01); Morning 10: AI Trade — Japan, Korea, Taiwan fall, India rises; Bitcoin under 80,000, gold under 4,000, TLT above 81.50 (2026-10-30); Daily Pulse: AI Trade — The Rocky Period May Have Begun (2026-10-30). What Closelooknet said most recently: What each direction would look like in those three days: software — IGV back over its 50-day average (106.99) with the flow still accelerating; the chips — SOXX holding 465, SMH's flow momentum no longer falling, and the equal-weight chip… (Weekly Signal, 2026-11-01). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

Does iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF pay a dividend?

No cash distribution shows in iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF’s price series over the last twelve months. As of 2026-10-30; the "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

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