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LQDiShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF

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Tracks the investment results of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade corporate bonds.

By iShares · Launched 2002

Annual Cost

0.14%

#523 of 5,853 · low cost

Fund Size

$33.1B

#104 of 5,853 · large

Dividend YieldGoal

4.55%

Track Record

24 years

#155 of 5,853 · established

Performance

Total-return NAV · USD
Growth of $10,000
$9,794-2.1%

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

Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade Index

What it actually holds

By weight

Concentration

Top 10 holdings = 10.6% of fundwell diversified

BlackRock Funds III
8.2%
BLACKROCK CASH FUNDS TREASURY SL AGENCY SHARES
1.1%
ANHEUSER-BUSCH CO/INBEV
0.2%
CVS HEALTH CORP
0.2%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC
0.2%
T-MOBILE USA INC
0.2%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC
0.2%
ABBVIE INC
0.1%
META PLATFORMS INC
0.1%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC
0.1%

Asset allocation

Bonds
98.6%
Cash
1.4%
Convertible
0.0%

Risk profile

Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ years
Volatility (1Y)
5.3%Low

Year-on-year price swings

Max drawdown
-25.0%Moderate

Worst peak-to-trough loss

Sharpe (3Y)
0.07Below average
Sortino (3Y)
0.09Moderate downside risk

Bond profile

Duration

4.7 years

Avg maturity

9.4 years

Credit ratings

AAA
1.0%
AA
11.2%
A
47.0%
BBB
40.8%

Listing

Exchange
NYSE Arca

Full fund details

Objective
Tracks the investment results of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade corporate bonds.
Strategy
Seeks to track the investment results of the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade Index, a rules-based index of U.S. dollar-denominated, investment-grade corporate bonds. Uses a representative sampling indexing strategy to manage the Fund, investing at least 80% of assets in the index's component securities.
Inception date
July 22, 2002
Fund family
iShares

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Data updated on 2026-08-02