The iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF (IVW) is an exchange-traded fund designed to provide exposure to U.S. companies classified within the growth segment of the S&P 500 Index. The ETF is managed by BlackRock through its iShares division and trades under the ticker IVW on the NYSE Arca.

Classified as a growth-focused equity ETF, the fund seeks to reflect, before fees and expenses, the performance of the S&P 500 Growth Index.

The ETF follows a passive management strategy, maintaining a portfolio structured to replicate the composition and weighting of its benchmark index. The benchmark selects S&P 500 companies associated with growth characteristics, using metrics related to revenue growth, earnings expansion, and corporate growth expectations.

Diversification and sector exposure

IVW provides exposure primarily associated with:

• Information technology.
• Communication services.
• Consumer discretionary.
• Artificial intelligence.
• Digital platforms.
• Semiconductors.
• U.S. growth-oriented companies.
• U.S. mega-cap equities.

The ETF’s performance is particularly sensitive to U.S. monetary conditions, interest-rate expectations, and growth trends among technology and innovation companies.

Changes in Federal Reserve monetary policy, fluctuations in interest rates, and shifts in technology-sector expectations may directly affect the fund’s behavior. The ETF may also reflect developments associated with artificial intelligence expansion, cloud computing, economic digitalization, and growth in global technology infrastructure.

Structure and costs

IVW shares trade on the secondary market on the NYSE Arca during regular trading hours. Share creation and redemption occur through authorized participants, a mechanism intended to help align the ETF’s market price with its net asset value (NAV).

The fund charges a management fee as outlined in its prospectus and does not apply a performance fee. IVW may distribute income derived from dividends paid by companies held within the portfolio.

Because the ETF maintains meaningful concentration in growth companies and U.S. mega-cap equities, its performance may exhibit elevated sensitivity to financial-liquidity conditions and changes in investor risk appetite.

History and evolution of the ETF

The iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF was launched in 2000 during a period marked by expansion in factor-based ETFs tied to the U.S. growth-equity segment.

Since inception, the fund has reflected movements associated with U.S. growth companies, including technological advances, monetary-policy cycles, and structural transformations within the technology sector.

In recent years, IVW has reflected the expansion of artificial intelligence, growth in U.S. mega-cap equities, changes in interest rates, and equity-market fluctuations amid ongoing global digital transformation.

Additional Information

iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF (United States) is an exchange-traded fund (ETF), with assets under management totaling $79.21 billion.

Over the past 12 months, iShares S&P 500 Growth ETF recorded a return of 20.49%, with its price trading between $108.71 and $146.48 during the same period.

The ETF is traded under the ticker IVW.