iShares Core Conservative Allocation ETF (AOK)

NYSEARCA: AOK · Real-Time Price · USD
37.81
-0.02 (-0.05%)
Nov 20, 2024, 4:00 PM EST - Market closed
-0.05%
Assets $617.23M
Expense Ratio 0.15%
PE Ratio 17.17
Shares Out 16.45M
Dividend (ttm) $1.18
Dividend Yield 3.11%
Ex-Dividend Date Nov 4, 2024
Payout Ratio 53.32%
1-Year Return +8.93%
Volume 93,409
Open 37.76
Previous Close 37.83
Day's Range 37.68 - 37.81
52-Week Low 34.80
52-Week High 38.77
Beta 0.43
Holdings 9
Inception Date Nov 4, 2008

About AOK

Fund Home Page

The iShares Core Conservative Allocation ETF (AOK) is an exchange-traded fund that is based on the S&P Target Risk Conservative index. The fund tracks a proprietary index that provides significant exposure to fixed income securities and a small portion to equities with a goal of seeking current income while preserving capital. AOK was launched on Nov 4, 2008 and is issued by BlackRock.

Asset Class Asset Allocation
Category Moderately Conservative Allocation
Stock Exchange NYSEARCA
Ticker Symbol AOK
ETF Provider BlackRock
Index Tracked S&P Target Risk Conservative

Dividends

Ex-Dividend Amount Pay Date
Nov 4, 2024 $0.075 Nov 7, 2024
Oct 2, 2024 $0.100 Oct 7, 2024
Sep 4, 2024 $0.073 Sep 9, 2024
Aug 2, 2024 $0.075 Aug 7, 2024
Jul 2, 2024 $0.151 Jul 8, 2024
Jun 4, 2024 $0.069 Jun 10, 2024
Full Dividend History

News

AOK: With The Yield Curve Shift Lower, This ETF Is Now A Hold (Rating Downgrade)

The iShares Core Conservative Allocation ETF is a balanced fund suitable for conservative investors. AOK has a significant overweight in fixed income, primarily through IUSB and IAGG. The recent decli...

2 months ago - Seeking Alpha

AOK: A One-Stop Fund For Conservative Investors

iShares Core Conservative Allocation ETF is a convenient, automatically rebalancing fund that provides exposure to global equity and fixed-income markets. The AOK ETF includes a mix of fixed income an...

4 months ago - Seeking Alpha

AOK: Worst May Be Behind

The iShares Core Conservative Allocation ETF (AOK) is a stock-and-bond fund with a large allocation to bonds and a smaller allocation to equity funds. AOK outperformed the S&P 500 in terms of efficien...

8 months ago - Seeking Alpha

AOK: A Retired Investor's 401k Aggregator

The iShares Core Conservative Allocation ETF is a 70% fixed income, 30% equities fund that seeks to track the performance of a conservative stock-bond allocation strategy. The fund's composition inclu...

10 months ago - Seeking Alpha

AOK: Just Buy IVV And IUSB Instead

AOK is another one of these ETFs that make you pay for no value-add, where its performance is mostly dictated by a combination of two lower maintenance ETFs. While AOK would benefit from peak rates, w...

1 year ago - Seeking Alpha

AOK: There's Plenty That Is Not OK With This Allegedly Conservative ETF

AOK is iShares benchmark ETF to track a "Conservative" asset allocation. As a traditional stock/bond allocation, AOK satisfies the definition of conservative. But I argue that the definition needs to ...

1 year ago - Seeking Alpha

Monitoring Investment Trends With ETF Pairs: November 18, 2022

Risk-off sentiment continues to dominate global markets. The downside bias for medium-term Treasuries (IEF) relative to short-term Treasuries (SHY) certainly hasn't changed.

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2 years ago - Seeking Alpha

AOK Isn't That Conservative Considering Duration Risk

AOK is supposed to be a conservative allocation fund, and traditionally bond investments are conservative. But fixed income is still risky, and when the economic regime is rate hikes, they are actuall...

2 years ago - Seeking Alpha

iShares Core Conservative: Buy This Dip And The Next

The markets panicked on May 5. A sharp, simultaneous pullback in stocks and bonds has rarely happened in the past few decades. History suggests that the iShares Core Conservative Allocation ETF could ...

2 years ago - Seeking Alpha

AOK: Income With A Boost

With yields pulling back from a five-month peak, I look for alternatives to an intermediate-term treasury ETF. AOK is a fund of funds that invests in stocks and bonds, both issued in the US and abroad...

3 years ago - Seeking Alpha

iShares Slashes Fees On 8 ETFs

The affected funds include the firm's lineup of asset allocation ETFs.

3 years ago - ETFcom

iShares Provides 4 Core Allocation ETFs: The Most Aggressive And Conservative Are Compared Here

Some investors like the convenience of one investment providing both equity and fixed income exposure. iShares provides four with different equity/fixed income allocations. Here I will explain how the...

Other symbols: AOA
3 years ago - Seeking Alpha

Asset Allocation ETFs: The Neglected Few

Although they are a small percentage of the ETF universe, they could hold a lot of appeal for investors.

4 years ago - ETFcom