iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF·Financial Services

iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (IGIB) offers a sturdy 5% yield via a diversified portfolio of USD-denominated, investment-grade corporate bonds. IGIB passively tracks the ICE BofA 5-10 Year US Corporate Index, maintaining a low 0.04% expense ratio and monthly distributions. The ETF's weighted average maturity is 7.53 years, with a weighted average coupon of 4.89% and a current yield to maturity of 5.11%.

IGIB carries a slightly higher expense ratio but also offers a noticeably higher yield than VGIT. IGIB's portfolio is more diversified but more corporate-credit focused, while VGIT sticks to U.S. Treasury bonds.

VCIT and IGIB offer a nearly identical cost and yield. Both ETFs posted the same 1-year total return and experienced similar drawdowns over the past five years.

Fisher Asset Management LLC cut its holdings in iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ: IGIB) by 24.2% during the undefined quarter, according to its most recent 13F filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The institutional investor owned 54,401 shares of the company's stock after selling 17,340 shares during the

AMJ Financial Wealth Management lifted its position in shares of iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF (NASDAQ: IGIB) by 8.1% during the third quarter, according to its most recent disclosure with the Securities and Exchange Commission. The firm owned 183,935 shares of the company's stock after purchasing an additional 13,723 shares

IGIB offers a higher yield and slightly better one-year return than BND. BND has a lower beta, meaning less sensitivity to equity market moves.
The iShares 5-10 Year Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated investment-grade corporate bonds with remaining maturities between five and ten years.
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