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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.

What we said

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.

Signals for this name

Every Closelooknet reading that exists for IGV, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Closelooknet ETF read

Our dispersion engine · constituent internals

weakening · Weakening below the surface - the A/D line is falling while price holds up; leadership is narrowing. — last 21 sessions: price +3.5%, advance/decline −2.56 per name

WindowFundMedian holdingBeat / lag the fundUp / downDispersion
Day −1.1% −1.5% 47 / 63 17 / 90 2.3pp
Week +1.6% −1.1% 33 / 77 46 / 63 5.8pp
Month +3.5% −2.5% 36 / 74 41 / 68 12.7pp
Year to date +0.3% −8.1% 50 / 60 50 / 60 42.4pp

Drove the month CRWD +33.3% · CRM +13.8% · PANW +10.4% · MSTR +28.8% · PLTR +6.9%

Dragged the month ORCL −7.9% · INTU −20.3% · ADBE −13.9% · ADSK −17.8% · FICO −23.9%

Computed by the Closelooknet dispersion engine from the full constituent roster (110 names, 100% of weight) · as of 2026-09-25 · full dispersion read → · methodology · descriptive, not advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 101 pieces · newest: Morning 10, “Memory — Samsung and SK Hynix drop 4% as Seoul reopens, storage follows; Nasdaq futures slip” (2026-09-28)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where IGV appears in the diary — 101 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

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Long reads

Dailies

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 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sector × region Technology in US: +3.6% week · +7.5% month · +8.5% quarter · +40.3% 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 → 2026-09-27
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 0.30 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 0.30 — shows only a loose link to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF moved 0.30% on average · correlation 0.09 · higher than 30% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.72 more rate-sensitive lately than 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 2026-09-26

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 2026-09-26.

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?

Bullish stack, 200-day still turning: Trades +4.6% vs the 50-day and +13.2% vs the 200-day average, 10% below the 52-week high and +43.4% off the 52-week low; a golden cross printed 28 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — 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?

Weakening below the surface - the A/D line is falling while price holds up; leadership is narrowing. (weakening, last 21 sessions). Over 21 sessions the fund moved +3.5% while the median holding moved −2.5%; 36 of 110 holdings beat the fund and 41 rose. Against the S&P 500 fund it is +2.9pp over the same window. The top ten holdings carry 60.0% of the weight (effective N 21.9). As of 2026-09-25, 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 trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year iShares Expanded Tech-Software Sector ETF had a beta of 0.30 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it shows only a loose link to bond moves, higher than 30% 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. 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 101 Closelooknet pieces, most recently Morning 10: Memory — Samsung and SK Hynix drop 4% as Seoul reopens, storage follows; Nasdaq futures slip (2026-09-28); Chart Pick: The AI software company whose sales grew 93% while its stock fell by half: back within 7% of its record after breaking a two-month range — at 83 times next year's earnings (2026-09-25); Midday 10: Megacaps — Microsoft jumps 3.6%, Meta gives back 3.7%; oil sinks 4% on Iran-deal talk, the 30-year at 5.49% (2026-09-25). What Closelooknet said most recently: Watch whether Microsoft's move carries into the cloud and software names that fell on Friday: the software fund IGV lost 1.06%. (Morning 10, 2026-09-28). 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. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for IGV, fund basics and the top holdings by weight with the Closelooknet names among them marked, the technical state where the data exists, and the research diary mentions — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.