Bond ETF Overview

Bond ETFs were first introduced in 2002, and since then, investors have poured more than $300 billion in assets into those ETFs. But bond ETFs aren't a one-to-one swap for bonds. The ETF wrapper introduces key differences, which makes these investments behave in unexpected ways. This channel is designed to help you understand bond ETFs and how they work, keep you up-to-date on the latest bond ETF news, and find the right bond ETFs for your portfolio.

With 583 ETFs traded on the U.S. markets, Bond ETFs have total assets under management of $1,357.48B. The average expense ratio is 0.35%. Bond ETFs can be found in the following asset classes:

  • Fixed Income

The largest Bond ETF is the Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF BND with $90.09B in assets. In the last trailing year, the best-performing Bond ETF was TTT at 46.08%. The most recent ETF launched in the Bond space was the American Century Multisector Floating Income ETF FUSI on 03/14/23.

Top ETF Performers

TMF Direxion Daily 20+ Year Treasury Bull 3X Shares 9.89%
IVOL Quadratic Interest Rate Volatility and Inflation Hedge ETF 9.58%
TYD Direxion Daily 7-10 Year Treasury Bull 3x Shares 7.15%
TUA Simplify Short Term Treasury Futures Strategy ETF 6.93%
UBT ProShares Ultra 20+ Year Treasury 6.72%

Bottom ETF Performers

PFFL ETRACS 2xMonthly Pay Leveraged Preferred Stock ETN -19.60%
PFFA Virtus InfraCap U.S. Preferred Stock ETF -13.97%
IPPP Preferred-Plus ETF -13.28%
FPE First Trust Preferred Securities & Income ETF -13.01%
TTT ProShares UltraPro Short 20+ Year Treasury -11.38%

Top Creations

SHV iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF 4.52K
BND Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF 1.69K
SGOV iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF 1.58K
SPTS SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF 1.45K
AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF 1.18K

Top Redemptions

HYG iShares iBoxx USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF -5,129.04
LQD iShares iBoxx USD Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF -4,628.06
JNK SPDR Bloomberg High Yield Bond ETF -2,211.70
EMB iShares JP Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF -1,896.96
TIP iShares TIPS Bond ETF -1,161.05

AUM Winners

XBIL US Treasury 6 Month Bill ETF 1,137.70%
BUCK Simplify Stable Income ETF 374.71%
SIHY Harbor Scientific Alpha High-Yield ETF 344.13%
OBIL US Treasury 12 Month Bill ETF 241.91%
UTEN US Treasury 10 Year Note ETF 138.04%

AUM Losers

UJB ProShares Ultra High Yield -73.60%
GOVZ iShares 25+ Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF -64.37%
BBSA JPMorgan BetaBuilders 1-5 Year U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF -51.22%
WFIG WisdomTree U.S. Corporate Bond Fund -49.98%
QPFF American Century Quality Preferred ETF -43.54%

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