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	110.39	110.39	110.39	110.37	110.41	110.18	+0.03 (0.03%)	0.14%	0.08%	14.08B	0.15%	A Strong Buy
SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF	83.36	83.35	83.38	83.35	84.72	83.09	+0.07 (0.08%)	-0.58%	-1.45%	13.87B	0.15%	A Strong Buy
SCHO Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF	49.70	49.70	49.73	49.70	50.57	49.55	+0.01 (0.02%)	-0.66%	-1.56%	2.72B	0.06%	A Strong Buy
SCHR Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF	52.14	52.06	52.19	52.06	54.67	51.57	+0.18 (0.35%)	-2.21%	-3.61%	1.40B	0.06%	A Strong Buy
TFLO iShares Treasury Floating Rate Bond ETF	50.31	50.27	50.31	50.27	50.85	50.00	+0.01 (0.02%)	0.18%	0.20%	165.89M	0.15%	A Strong Buy
FTSD Franklin Liberty Short Duration U.S. Government ETF	95.18	95.30	95.68	95.11	98.75	93.46	+0.02 (0.02%)	-0.58%	-1.83%	161.87M	0.30%	A Strong Buy
USFR WisdomTree Bloomberg Floating Rate Treasury Fund	25.09	25.09	25.10	25.09	27.90	24.96	0.00 (0.00%)	0.36%	0.20%	100.83M	0.15%	A Strong Buy
TUZ PIMCO 1-3 Year US Treasury Index Exchage-Traded Fund	49.99	49.98	49.99	49.97	50.80	49.84	+0.03 (0.06%)	-0.60%	-1.45%	87.53M	0.15%	A Strong Buy
IGVT Deutsche X-trackers Barclays International Treasury Bond Hedged ETF	48.98	48.98	48.98	48.98	50.12	48.32	+0.04 (0.08%)	0.29%	0.01%	4.89M	0.25%	A Strong Buy
IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF	101.90	101.81	101.91	101.76	108.81	100.33	+0.40 (0.39%)	-3.48%	-4.70%	8.40B	0.15%	B Buy
IEI iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF	119.78	119.67	119.78	119.67	124.98	118.68	+0.33 (0.28%)	-1.95%	-3.34%	7.20B	0.15%	B Buy
TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF	119.62	119.56	119.84	119.46	129.57	116.09	+0.74 (0.62%)	-5.71%	-2.96%	6.82B	0.15%	B Buy
GOVT iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF	24.53	24.49	24.53	24.49	25.60	24.26	+0.10 (0.41%)	-2.19%	-2.85%	5.60B	0.15%	B Buy
VGSH Vanguard Short-Term Government ETF	59.92	59.91	59.93	59.89	60.93	59.70	+0.04 (0.07%)	-0.59%	-1.50%	2.43B	0.07%	B Buy
VGIT Vanguard Intermediate -Term Government Bond ETF	62.47	62.42	62.48	62.41	65.53	61.81	+0.21 (0.34%)	-2.30%	-3.62%	1.78B	0.07%	B Buy
SPTL SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Long Term Treasury ETF	34.46	34.40	34.48	34.38	37.32	33.45	+0.25 (0.73%)	-5.82%	-3.15%	864.75M	0.06%	B Buy
VGLT Vanguard Long-Term Government Bond ETF	73.55	73.51	73.65	73.45	79.71	71.47	+0.44 (0.60%)	-5.71%	-3.31%	699.12M	0.07%	B Buy
ITE SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Intermediate Term Treasury ETF	58.54	58.49	58.54	58.47	60.59	57.94	+0.18 (0.31%)	-1.46%	-2.71%	665.08M	0.10%	B Buy
TLH iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF	130.10	129.96	130.21	129.89	140.10	127.49	+0.64 (0.49%)	-4.35%	-4.58%	569.05M	0.15%	B Buy
EDV Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF	112.15	112.06	112.37	111.91	123.85	107.64	+1.12 (1.01%)	-7.31%	-2.39%	553.30M	0.70%	B Buy
AGZ iShares Agency Bond ETF	111.19	111.16	111.31	111.13	114.58	110.49	+0.23 (0.21%)	-1.68%	-2.22%	416.14M	0.20%	B Buy
SPTS SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Short Term Treasury ETF	29.56	29.54	29.57	29.54	31.78	29.37	+0.03 (0.10%)	-1.05%	-2.12%	327.78M	0.10%	B Buy
ZROZ PIMCO 25 Year Zero Coupon U.S. Treasury Index Exchange-Traded Fund	111.84	112.00	112.21	111.49	124.10	106.57	+1.07 (0.97%)	-7.89%	-1.46%	168.46M	0.15%	B Buy
PLW PowerShares 1-30 Laddered Treasury Portfolio	31.41	31.43	31.43	31.33	33.52	30.78	+0.23 (0.74%)	-4.21%	-3.41%	149.86M	0.25%	B Buy
GNMA iShares GNMA Bond ETF	48.36	48.12	48.37	48.12	50.15	47.84	+0.12 (0.25%)	-2.26%	-3.42%	105.78M	0.15%	B Buy
DFVL Barclays PLC - iPath US Treasury 5 Year Bull ETN	62.17	62.17	62.17	62.17	68.83	61.02	+0.20 (0.32%)	-4.71%	-3.31%	4.55M	0.75%	NR Not Rated
STPP Barclays PLC - iPath US Treasury Steepener ETN	31.75	32.00	32.20	31.42	35.49	29.08	-0.20 (-0.63%)	3.25%	-4.51%	4.22M	0.75%	NR Not Rated

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