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TLT

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

Fixed Income

TLT

iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF

How To Buy

Overview

Why TLT?

1. Exposure to long-term U.S. Treasury bonds

 

2. Targeted access to a specific segment of the U.S. Treasury market

 

3. Use to customize your exposure to Treasuries

INVESTMENT OBJECTIVE

The iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. Treasury bonds with remaining maturities greater than twenty years.
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Performance

Performance

  • Returns

  1y 3y 5y 10y Incept.
Total Return (%) Total return represents changes to the NAV and accounts for distributions from the fund. -2.07 2.63 6.25 3.26 6.20
Market Price (%) Market price return represents changes to the midpoint price and accounts for distributions from the fund. The midpoint is the average of the bid-ask prices at 4:00 PM ET (when NAV is normally determined for most funds). -1.62 2.81 6.33 3.28 6.22
Benchmark (%) On 4/1/2016, TLT began to track the ICE U.S. Treasury 20+ Year Bond Index. Historical index data prior to 4/1/2016 is for the Barclays U.S. 20+ Year Treasury Bond Index; index data on or after 4/1/2016 is for the ICE U.S. Treasury 20+ Year Bond Index. -1.98 2.72 6.34 3.37 6.29
After Tax Pre-Liq. (%) Return after taxes on distributions. Assumes fund shares have not been sold. -3.14 1.54 5.07 2.04 4.75
After Tax Post-Liq. (%) Return after taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares. -1.25 1.53 4.33 1.97 4.33
  YTD 1m 3m 6m 1y 3y 5y 10y Incept.
Total Return (%) Total return represents changes to the NAV and accounts for distributions from the fund. -2.07 5.61 4.16 0.94 -2.07 8.12 35.42 37.85 168.75
Market Price (%) Market price return represents changes to the midpoint price and accounts for distributions from the fund. The midpoint is the average of the bid-ask prices at 4:00 PM ET (when NAV is normally determined for most funds). -1.62 5.87 4.58 1.45 -1.62 8.67 35.92 38.03 169.73
Benchmark (%) On 4/1/2016, TLT began to track the ICE U.S. Treasury 20+ Year Bond Index. Historical index data prior to 4/1/2016 is for the Barclays U.S. 20+ Year Treasury Bond Index; index data on or after 4/1/2016 is for the ICE U.S. Treasury 20+ Year Bond Index. -1.98 5.62 4.18 1.02 -1.98 8.37 35.96 39.26 172.57
After Tax Pre-Liq. (%) Return after taxes on distributions. Assumes fund shares have not been sold. -3.14 5.41 3.76 0.28 -3.14 4.70 28.07 22.35 114.37
After Tax Post-Liq. (%) Return after taxes on distributions and sale of fund shares. -1.25 3.32 2.45 0.54 -1.25 4.66 23.58 21.57 100.68
  2014 2015 2016 2017 2018
Total Return (%) Total return represents changes to the NAV and accounts for distributions from the fund. 27.35 -1.65 1.36 8.92 -2.07
Market Price (%) Market price return represents changes to the midpoint price and accounts for distributions from the fund. The midpoint is the average of the bid-ask prices at 4:00 PM ET (when NAV is normally determined for most funds). 27.35 -1.79 1.17 9.19 -1.62
Benchmark (%) On 4/1/2016, TLT began to track the ICE U.S. Treasury 20+ Year Bond Index. Historical index data prior to 4/1/2016 is for the Barclays U.S. 20+ Year Treasury Bond Index; index data on or after 4/1/2016 is for the ICE U.S. Treasury 20+ Year Bond Index. 27.48 -1.59 1.44 8.99 -1.98
The performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor's shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted.

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The Hypothetical Growth of $10,000 chart reflects a hypothetical $10,000 investment and assumes reinvestment of dividends and capital gains. Fund expenses, including management fees and other expenses were deducted.

The performance quoted represents past performance and does not guarantee future results. Investment return and principal value of an investment will fluctuate so that an investor’s shares, when sold or redeemed, may be worth more or less than the original cost. Current performance may be lower or higher than the performance quoted, and numbers may reflect small variances due to rounding. Standardized performance and performance data current to the most recent month end may be found in the Performance section.