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GOVT vs BWZ

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF vs State Street SPDR Bloomberg Short Term International Treasury Bond ETF

GOVT

iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF

iShares

Annual cost

0.05%

Fund size

$41.0B

BWZ

State Street SPDR Bloomberg Short Term International Treasury Bond ETF

State Street Investment Management

Annual cost

0.35%

Fund size

$324M

Key differences

  • GOVT costs 0.30% less per year.
  • GOVT is significantly larger than BWZ — larger funds tend to be more liquid and less likely to close.

Side-by-side comparison

GOVTBWZ
Annual cost (TER)0.05%0.35%
Fund size (AUM)$41.0B$324M
Since20122009
Dividend yield3.53%2.02%
Asset classfixed incomefixed income
Regionnorth america
Strategyindex trackingindex tracking
CAGR 1Y+4.2%+0.5%
CAGR 3Y+2.4%+2.2%
CAGR 5Y-0.4%-2.0%
Sharpe 3Y-0.18-0.14
Volatility 1Y3.70%7.03%
Max drawdown-19.07%-24.89%

Green dot indicates the better value for that metric. Performance data is historical and does not predict future results.

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