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With the rapid growth of ETF’s and because of their superiority to mutual funds, fixed income ETF’s are gaining ground on other categories as they are a much cheaper alternative than what is currently available. That being said, they are still fairly new and there will be many more options made available in the coming months. But I decided to take a look at the current top bond ETF’s, see what type of fees are being charged and what is available.
1-Different types: It is surprising to see how many treasury funds are available, they seem to form the majority of what is currently offered. There are also some inflation protected bonds, and a variety of corporate bonds.
2-Fees: Fees start off at .11% for BND, a Vanguard ETF that tracks the total bond market. I will need to do more research but this one looks to be the most interesting with such low fees. On the higher end, ProShares offers a 20 year treasury fund which costs almost 1% annualy (.95%), which is surprising since TLT (from Ishares) offers the same thing more or less for .15%!
3-Returns: In a year where stocks have been up and down, it has been a similar story for bond ETF’s and they have in fact all performed between -2,74% and 1.37%, a very narrow spread.
So without further wait, here are the top US Bond ETF’s by market cap:
Ticker Name Market Cap Price Return YTD Fees
TIP iShares Barclays TIPS Bond Fund 19971880000 103.75 0.31 0.2
LQD iShares iBoxx Investment Grade Corporate Bond Fund 12256420000 105.75 0.11 0.15
AGG iShares Barclays Aggregate Bond Fund 11333910000 104.46 1.02 0.2
BND Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF 7053326000 79.34 0.89 0.11
CSJ iShares Barclays 1-3 Year Credit Bond Fund 5685344000 104.51 0.58 0.2
HYG iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Fund 4884460000 87.85 -1.12 0.5
TBT ProShares UltraShort 20+ Year Treasury 4587030000 48.54 0.22 0.95
BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF 4187484000 80.22 0.93 0.11
JNK SPDR Barclays Capital High Yield Bond ETF 3935937000 39.35 -0.17 0.4
IEF iShares Barclays 7-10 Year Treasury Bond Fund 2691000000 90 1.37 0.15
TLT iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund 2298880000 89.8 -0.67 0.15
CIU iShares Barclays Intermediate Credit Bond Fund 2309466000 104.03 0.84 0.2
SHV iShares Barclays Short Treasury Bond Fund 2468704000 110.21 0.03 0.15
MBB iShares Barclays MBS Bond Fund 1790407000 107.21 1.27 0.25
BIV Vanguard Intermediate-Term Bond ETF 1384256000 80.48 1.25 0.11
EMB iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Fund 1205334000 103.02 -0.72 0.6
SHM SPDR Barclays Capital Short Term Municipal Bond ETF 1053428000 24.16 0.55 0.2
WIP SPDR DB International Government Inflation-Protected Bond ETF 1003930000 54.56 -2.74 0.5
IEI iShares Barclays 3-7 Year Treasury Bond Fund 916268000 111.74 1.33 0.15
BIL SPDR Barclays Capital 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF 870981100 45.84 -0.02 0.14
TFI SPDR Barclays Capital Municipal Bond ETF 866423500 22.92 0.96 0.2
CFT iShares Barclays Credit Bond Fund 552852000 102.38 1.07 0.2
PZA PowerShares Insured National Municipal Bond Portfolio 505112500 23.77 0.46 0.28
GVI iShares Barclays Intermediate Government/Credit Bond Fund 435994000 106.34 1.1 0.2
Do any of these interest you??? Do you own any of these?
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Can you put market cap easier to analyze? Thanks!
Good post. I just discover your blog. It’s pretty awesome that you have such lists!
There is one bond ETF that I own:
iShares Barclays 3-7 Year Treasury Bond Fund (for its mid-term horizon)
There is one bond ETF that I am interested in:
iShares Barclays TIPS Bond Fund (for its protection against inflation)
And you, which ones are you interested and which ones do you own? Thanks for sharing.
With interest rates about to raise the only bond funds I will touch right now are short duration and for right now managed high yield funds. I think High yield has 6-18 months left and I will be out of them.
Daddy Paul, don’t you think short duration are really volatile? Better not touch long term bond though. Rates are way too low for the moment!
@John – This is improved in posts now, thanks for the comments, I am now rounding by millions which makes it easier to see
@Andrew – I am actually unsure, I am probably looking to buy a high yield fund for now, I’m maybe a little late for the trade, but there still seems to be gains in there
@ Daddy Paul – Do you anticipate that rates will move up quickly? I just don’t see it happening in the US…will probably take a while longer
Great post. Thanks for the numbers. Is there a site I can go to to see a quarter by quarter breakdown of the amount of money flowing into Bond ETFs?