SLQDiShares 0-5 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF
Tracks the investment results of the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade 0-5 Index.
By iShares · Launched 2013
Annual Cost
0.06%
#169 of 5,861 · low cost
Fund Size
$2.4B
#682 of 5,861 · large
Dividend YieldGoal
4.31%
Track Record
12 years
#1,106 of 5,861 · established
Performance
Total-return NAV · USDGrowth of $10,000
$10,257+2.6%
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
Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade 0-5 Index
What it actually holds
By weightConcentration
Top 10 holdings = 7.3% of fund✓ well diversified
BlackRock Funds III
5.5%
BLACKROCK CASH FUNDS TREASURY SL AGENCY SHARES
0.4%
T-MOBILE USA INC
0.2%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP
0.2%
BANK OF AMERICA CORP
0.2%
ABBVIE INC
0.2%
CVS HEALTH CORP
0.2%
AMAZON.COM INC
0.2%
BOEING CO
0.1%
GOLDMAN SACHS GROUP INC
0.1%
Asset allocation
Bonds
95.8%
Cash
4.3%
Risk profile
Last 12 months · Sharpe & Sortino need 3+ yearsVolatility (1Y)
1.5%Low
Year-on-year price swings
Max drawdown
-12.7%Mild
Worst peak-to-trough loss
Sharpe (3Y)
0.78Decent risk-adjusted returns
Sortino (3Y)
1.16Good downside protection
Bond profile
Duration
4.1 years
Avg maturity
9.9 years
Credit ratings
AAA
0.5%
AA
9.6%
A
48.0%
BBB
41.9%
Listing
- Exchange
- NASDAQ Global Select Market
Full fund details
- Objective
- Tracks the investment results of the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade 0-5 Index.
- Strategy
- Invests primarily in U.S. dollar-denominated investment-grade corporate bonds with maturities of less than five years, using a representative sampling indexing strategy to track the Markit iBoxx USD Liquid Investment Grade 0-5 Index. The Fund aims to keep portfolio turnover low and does not seek to outperform the index.
- Inception date
- October 15, 2013
- Fund family
- iShares
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Data updated on 2026-08-04