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GBFiShares Government/Credit Bond ETF

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Tracks the investment results of the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index.

By iShares · Launched 2007

Annual Cost

0.20%

#934 of 5,854 · low cost

Fund Size

$125M

#2,791 of 5,854 · mid-size

Dividend YieldGoal

3.77%

Track Record

19 years

#391 of 5,854 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$9,962-0.4%

Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.

What's inside

How Beacon categorizes this fund

Asset class

Fixed income

Strategy

Index tracking

Index tracked

Bloomberg US Government/Credit Bond Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 6.9% of fundwell diversified

FEDERAL HOME LOAN BANK
0.7%
United States Treasury
0.7%
United States Treasury
0.7%
United States Treasury
0.7%
United States Treasury
0.7%
BLACKROCK CASH FUNDS TREASURY SL AGENCY SHARES
0.7%
United States Treasury
0.7%
United States Treasury
0.7%
United States Treasury
0.7%
United States Treasury
0.6%

Asset allocation

Bonds
99.3%
Cash
0.7%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
3.7%Low

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-19.7%Moderate

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
-0.06Below average
Sortino (3Y)
-0.09Moderate downside risk

Bond profile

Duration

3.8 years

Avg maturity

9.4 years

Credit ratings

US Government
66.5%
AAA
2.2%
AA
66.5%
A
15.2%
BBB
16.0%

Listing

Exchange
NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective
Tracks the investment results of the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index.
Strategy
Invests primarily in U.S. dollar-denominated government, government-related, and investment-grade U.S. corporate bonds using a representative sampling indexing strategy. Aims to achieve lower costs and better after-tax performance while tracking the Bloomberg U.S. Government/Credit Bond Index.
Inception date
January 5, 2007
Fund family
iShares

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Data updated on 2026-08-04