GBFiShares Government/Credit Bond ETF
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 · USDGrowth of $10,000
$9,962-0.4%
Total-return NAV, USD. Net of fund fees, before tax.
What's inside
How Beacon categorizes this fundAsset class
Fixed incomeRegion
North americaStrategy
Index tracking
Index tracked
Bloomberg US Government/Credit Bond Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 6.9% of fund✓ well 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+ yearsVolatility (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