iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF IEF
- Expense Ratio (TER) 0.15% · Excellent — keeps more returns in your pocket
- AUM (Fund Size) 47.09B · Large — good liquidity & low tracking error
- Distribution Yield 3.88% · Strong income distribution
- Long-Term Track Record 3Y avg +2.6%/yr · 5Y avg -1.5%/yr
- Annual Volatility 4.7% · Very Low
- Worst 1-Year Drawdown -4.1% · Resilient — contained loss periods
- Risk-Adjusted Return Sharpe 0.75 · Fair
Auto-generated from fund data and price history. Not investment advice — verify with the fund issuer's factsheet before investing.
About This Fund
The underlying index consists of publicly-issued U.S. Treasury securities that have a remaining maturity of greater than or equal to seven years and less than ten years and have $300 million or more of outstanding face value, excluding amounts held by the Federal Reserve System (the “Fed”). The fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index, and the fund will invest at least 90% of its assets in U.S. Treasury securities that BFA believes will help the fund track the underlying index.
Investment Strategy & Highlights
- Theme: Tracks Intermediate Treasuries.
- Category: Long Government · managed by iShares.
- Cost: Expense ratio of 0.15% — very low for this category.
- Income: Distributes a yield of approximately 3.88%.
- Track record: 3Y avg +2.62% · 5Y avg -1.47% per year.
- Trading: Listed on NGM, denominated in USD.
Curated from issuer disclosures, fund factsheets, and public market data. Figures are illustrative and not investment advice.
Key Facts
Performance Returns
Total price return over each window. 3Y/5Y use weekly close history; shorter windows use daily closes.
Risk & Volatility
Volatility = stdev of daily returns × √252. Sharpe-like = annualized mean / annualized vol (rf = 0%). Educational estimates from 1-year price history.
Technical Trend
Signal: Mildly bearish (50/200 in downtrend)
Computed from daily close history. SMA-50 above SMA-200 is the classic “golden cross” trend regime. RSI > 70 overbought · RSI < 30 oversold.
PROS
- Very low expense ratio (0.15%) — cost-efficient core holding.
- Large AUM (~$47.1B) — deep liquidity and tight spreads.
- Low volatility (~5% annualized).
CONS
No notable concerns flagged.
* The pros and cons are auto-generated from fund metrics.
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