Personal Investments • Instrument that works like treasuries

Check out the IBond series from Blackrock:

https://www.ishares.com/us/strategies/b ... nd-ladders

You buy a basket of bonds in an ETF wrapper, and it matures like an individual bond.

Would you mind sharing your experience with this ETF a bit? I hold BND and also individual treasuries (typically one year). Would buying the ETF above that matures in one year be very similar to buying several treasuries that mature within a year but at different times? Would one come out at pretty much the same place in terms of return on investment?

Also, the reason I buy individual treasuries is that you can be sure that you will get your principal back when it matures. Is the same true for such an ETF if you hold it to maturity?

Thanks!

Statistics: Posted by saveninvest — Sun Aug 11, 2024 3:25 pm — Replies 26 — Views 3113

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