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QDEF — FlexShares Quality Dividend Defensive Index Fund

US equity
91.10 +0.41% today
USD · as of 2026-08-21

Price · 2024-08-26 → 2026-08-21

499 daily closes shown
52w low 77.42 · high 91.71

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Performance

1 day+0.41%
1 week-0.30%
1 month+3.87%
3 months+4.45%
6 months+8.61%
Year to date+12.21%
1 year+17.47%
3 years+62.16%
5 years+63.23%

Technicals

RSI 1467.8
vs 50-day avg+2.86%
vs 200-day avg+8.20%
Volatility 1y9.8%
Max drawdown 1y-7.19%
Avg volume 30d6.6K
Daily bars held2,674
History from2016-01-04

Dividends

Yield (trailing 12m)1.54%
Paid last 12m1.4020
Payments in 12m4
Paying since2016-03-21

Largest institutional holders

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NORTHERN TRUST CORP272.6M3.4M
LPL Financial LLC14.4M180.8K
BANK OF AMERICA CORP /DE/7.3M91.4K
RAYMOND JAMES FINANCIAL INC7.3M91.0K
NORTHWESTERN MUTUAL WEALTH MANAGEMENT CO6.6M82.1K
RVW Wealth, LLC6.4M80.7K
Sloy Dahl & Holst, LLC5.8M72.2K
MORGAN STANLEY5.5M69.0K
Texas Capital Bank Wealth Management Services Inc2.7M34.1K
Creative Planning2.4M30.0K

13F positions as of 2026-03-31, filed up to 45 days after quarter end. Long-only US equity — shorts and derivatives never appear. What 13F does and does not show →

Short selling

Avg short volume, 90d36.0% of tape
Days observed61

This is off-exchange short volume, not short interest: it is flow, not position, and 40–50% is normal because market makers short to fill your buy. Why that number misleads →

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