Government Bonds ETFs

Most of these ETFs offer investors exposure to fixed income securities issued by government agencies. Bonds featured in these ETFs include U.S. Treasuries of varying maturities, floating rate Treasury bonds, and TIPS. In a low interest rate environment, government bonds will tend to perform generally well and will remain quite liquid from a buying and selling standpoint. While we are concerned about the outlook for interest rates to rise, there aren't many better category options currently for conservative investors who are in capital preservation mode and have little to no appetite for stock market volatility.

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Fund Symbol/Name	Last	Open	High	Low	52-Wk Hi	52-Wk Lo	Day Chg	YTD Chg	12-Mo Chg	AUM	Exp. Ratio	SMART Grade
SHV iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF	110.60	110.59	110.60	110.27	110.67	110.07	+0.03 (0.03%)	0.73%	0.20%	15.16B	0.15%	A Strong Buy
SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF	84.61	84.63	84.64	84.61	84.85	82.83	+0.01 (0.01%)	1.35%	1.63%	13.46B	0.15%	A Strong Buy
GOVT iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF	25.74	25.77	25.77	25.72	25.87	24.05	+0.03 (0.12%)	3.25%	4.76%	6.62B	0.15%	A Strong Buy
SCHO Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF	50.48	50.51	50.51	50.48	50.63	49.42	-0.01 (-0.02%)	1.40%	1.61%	2.77B	0.06%	A Strong Buy
ITE SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Intermediate Term Treasury ETF	61.65	61.70	61.70	61.63	61.92	57.60	+0.02 (0.03%)	4.29%	5.24%	586.41M	0.10%	A Strong Buy
SPTS SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Short Term Treasury ETF	29.95	29.96	29.96	29.94	30.04	29.33	0.00 (0.00%)	0.79%	1.49%	522.15M	0.06%	A Strong Buy
AGZ iShares Agency Bond ETF	114.88	115.02	115.02	114.88	115.46	109.81	-0.05 (-0.04%)	2.21%	3.25%	406.03M	0.20%	A Strong Buy
TFLO iShares Treasury Floating Rate Bond ETF	50.28	50.28	50.30	50.28	50.39	50.21	0.00 (0.00%)	0.56%	-0.02%	201.04M	0.15%	A Strong Buy
FTSD Franklin Liberty Short Duration U.S. Government ETF	94.83	94.89	94.90	94.83	96.90	92.62	-0.05 (-0.05%)	-0.24%	-0.08%	166.12M	0.25%	A Strong Buy
IGVT Deutsche X-trackers Barclays International Treasury Bond Hedged ETF	51.97	51.93	51.97	51.93	51.99	48.63	+0.05 (0.10%)	6.61%	5.43%	4.90M	0.25%	A Strong Buy
USFR WisdomTree Bloomberg Floating Rate Treasury Fund	25.10	25.09	25.11	25.09	25.15	25.05	+0.01 (0.04%)	0.99%	0.04%	N/A	N/A	A Strong Buy
GNMA iShares GNMA Bond ETF	50.18	50.22	50.22	50.11	50.22	47.27	+0.01 (0.02%)	2.25%	3.52%	N/A	N/A	A Strong Buy
VGSH Vanguard Short-Term Government ETF	60.82	60.83	60.84	60.82	60.99	59.55	0.00 (0.00%)	1.39%	1.60%	N/A	N/A	A Strong Buy
TUZ PIMCO 1-3 Year US Treasury Index Exchage-Traded Fund	50.80	50.81	50.81	50.80	50.94	49.70	-0.01 (-0.02%)	1.48%	1.72%	N/A	N/A	A Strong Buy
IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF	109.67	109.79	109.80	109.63	110.40	99.60	+0.05 (0.05%)	4.59%	7.29%	9.16B	0.15%	B Buy
TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF	131.94	132.47	132.49	131.74	134.29	111.90	+0.25 (0.19%)	4.88%	9.26%	7.52B	0.15%	B Buy
IEI iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF	125.44	125.49	125.52	125.41	125.97	118.15	+0.05 (0.04%)	3.28%	4.72%	7.36B	0.15%	B Buy
SCHR Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF	54.84	54.88	54.88	54.82	55.09	51.31	+0.02 (0.04%)	3.51%	5.04%	2.89B	0.06%	B Buy
SPTL SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Long Term Treasury ETF	37.96	38.12	38.12	37.90	38.61	32.29	+0.05 (0.13%)	4.64%	9.21%	1.04B	0.06%	B Buy
EDV Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF	125.92	126.58	126.68	125.70	129.27	101.61	+0.27 (0.21%)	4.81%	11.07%	589.63M	0.07%	B Buy
TLH iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF	142.51	142.88	142.90	142.46	144.09	125.53	+0.09 (0.06%)	5.46%	8.98%	588.96M	0.15%	B Buy
PLW Invesco 1-30 Laddered Treasury ETF	33.96	34.03	34.04	33.94	34.35	30.32	-0.04 (-0.12%)	4.51%	7.47%	153.45M	0.25%	B Buy
ZROZ PIMCO 25 Year Zero Coupon U.S. Treasury Index Exchange-Traded Fund	126.36	126.99	127.29	126.10	130.00	100.44	-0.10 (-0.08%)	4.78%	11.29%	N/A	N/A	B Buy
VGIT Vanguard Intermediate -Term Government Bond ETF	65.78	65.82	65.83	65.77	66.08	61.52	+0.01 (0.02%)	3.51%	5.21%	N/A	N/A	B Buy
VGLT Vanguard Long-Term Government Bond ETF	81.09	81.43	81.43	80.96	82.49	68.97	+0.11 (0.14%)	4.88%	9.27%	N/A	N/A	B Buy
DFVL Barclays PLC - iPath US Treasury 5 Year Bull ETN	71.21	71.21	71.21	71.21	72.09	66.98	+0.06 (0.08%)	12.94%	6.08%	N/A	N/A	NR Not Rated
STPP Barclays PLC - iPath US Treasury Steepener ETN	27.84	27.94	27.94	27.84	31.00	24.30	-0.13 (-0.46%)	-9.46%	-6.88%	N/A	N/A	NR Not Rated
LGOV First Trust Long Duration Opportunities ETF	27.22	27.28	27.28	27.22	27.43	25.00	+0.02 (0.07%)	0.00%	8.86%	N/A	N/A	NR Not Rated

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