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
IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF	122.53	122.83	122.90	122.49	123.41	109.97	-0.26 (-0.21%)	12.00%	9.12%	22.59B	0.15%	A Strong Buy
SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF	86.56	86.56	86.57	86.55	86.80	84.47	-0.01 (-0.01%)	3.02%	1.96%	21.90B	0.15%	A Strong Buy
SHV iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF	110.72	110.72	110.73	110.72	112.99	110.03	0.00 (0.00%)	0.80%	0.18%	21.55B	0.15%	A Strong Buy
TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF	169.88	171.28	171.50	169.58	179.70	134.45	-1.14 (-0.67%)	26.58%	21.32%	20.37B	0.15%	A Strong Buy
GOVT iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF	28.21	28.26	28.29	28.19	28.54	25.82	-0.05 (-0.18%)	9.68%	7.59%	14.39B	0.15%	A Strong Buy
IEI iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF	133.85	134.00	134.03	133.84	134.11	125.30	-0.10 (-0.07%)	7.27%	5.46%	11.70B	0.15%	A Strong Buy
VGSH Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF	62.14	62.16	62.16	62.14	62.47	60.05	-0.02 (-0.03%)	3.01%	1.85%	9.03B	0.05%	A Strong Buy
SCHO Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF	51.55	51.57	51.57	51.55	51.99	50.38	-0.03 (-0.06%)	3.05%	1.78%	7.23B	0.05%	A Strong Buy
VGIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF	70.70	70.79	70.81	70.68	70.86	65.69	-0.06 (-0.08%)	8.35%	6.01%	6.62B	0.05%	A Strong Buy
SCHR Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF	58.85	58.93	58.95	58.82	59.25	54.61	-0.06 (-0.10%)	8.36%	5.83%	3.41B	0.05%	A Strong Buy
SPTS SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF	30.72	30.72	30.72	30.71	31.39	29.89	-0.01 (-0.03%)	3.13%	2.26%	3.10B	0.06%	A Strong Buy
SPTL SPDR Portfolio Long Term Treasury ETF	48.53	48.91	48.98	48.46	51.31	38.64	-0.33 (-0.68%)	26.17%	20.63%	2.69B	0.06%	A Strong Buy
VGLT Vanguard Long-Treasury ETF	103.52	104.32	104.45	103.35	109.76	82.53	-0.65 (-0.62%)	25.70%	20.53%	2.23B	0.05%	A Strong Buy
USFR WisdomTree Floating Rate Treasury Fund	25.13	25.11	25.13	25.11	25.14	25.02	+0.02 (0.08%)	0.63%	0.16%	1.52B	0.15%	A Strong Buy
TLH iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF	170.88	171.95	172.17	170.76	175.92	143.30	-0.85 (-0.49%)	20.04%	15.29%	1.30B	0.15%	A Strong Buy
AGZ iShares Agency Bond ETF	121.58	121.53	121.73	121.53	124.18	115.21	-0.14 (-0.12%)	6.14%	4.58%	813.38M	0.20%	A Strong Buy
TFLO iShares Treasury Floating Rate Bond ETF	50.29	50.31	50.31	50.29	50.37	50.11	0.00 (0.00%)	0.44%	0.09%	412.38M	0.15%	A Strong Buy
GNMA iShares GNMA Bond ETF	51.24	51.12	51.25	51.12	55.03	48.94	+0.10 (0.20%)	3.32%	2.04%	411.76M	0.15%	A Strong Buy
FTSD Franklin Liberty Short Duration U.S. Government ETF	95.96	96.03	96.03	95.94	99.04	92.16	-0.03 (-0.03%)	2.76%	1.18%	403.25M	0.25%	A Strong Buy
PLW Invesco 1-30 Laddered Treasury ETF	40.09	40.31	40.34	39.84	41.55	34.33	-0.14 (-0.35%)	17.07%	13.63%	208.10M	0.25%	A Strong Buy
IBDU iShares iBonds Dec 2029 Term Corporate ETF	27.44	27.55	27.55	27.41	27.95	21.69	-0.08 (-0.29%)	9.12%	9.13%	67.13M	0.10%	A Strong Buy
LGOV First Trust Long Duration Opportunities ETF	30.14	30.11	30.21	30.09	31.61	26.99	-0.06 (-0.20%)	14.00%	7.28%	16.45M	0.70%	A Strong Buy
EDV Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF	174.66	176.49	176.58	174.00	189.78	129.82	-1.25 (-0.71%)	35.70%	27.08%	1.89B	0.07%	B Buy
ZROZ PIMCO 25 Year Zero Coupon U.S. Treasury Index Exchange-Traded Fund	182.70	184.52	185.53	182.03	202.98	132.01	-1.34 (-0.73%)	38.23%	31.41%	446.44M	0.15%	B Buy
DFVL iPath US Treasury 5 Year Bull ETN	76.45	76.45	76.45	76.45	116.05	62.79	-8.85 (-10.38%)	7.12%	3.38%	5.60M	0.75%	C Neutral
STPP iPath US Treasury Steepener ETN	24.24	24.24	24.24	24.24	34.02	19.50	0.00 (0.00%)	-9.82%	-9.15%	1.65M	0.75%	C Neutral
SCHQ Schwab Long-Term U.S. Treasury ETF	58.93	59.42	59.42	58.85	62.22	46.82	-0.37 (-0.62%)	25.93%	19.27%	74.11M	0.05%	NR Not Rated
BTYS iPath Series B US Treasury 10-year Bear ETN	38.63	38.63	38.63	38.63	50.67	38.12	+0.23 (0.60%)	-23.40%	-23.41%	N/A	N/A	NR Not Rated
MTGP WisdomTree Mortgage Plus Bond Fund	51.70	51.73	51.73	51.70	51.83	48.90	+0.01 (0.02%)	4.11%	2.84%	N/A	0.45%	NR Not Rated
IGVT Deutsche X-trackers Barclays International Treasury Bond Hedged ETF	51.91	51.89	51.91	51.88	53.53	48.78	-0.01 (-0.02%)	6.48%	6.42%	N/A	N/A	NR Not Rated
ITE SPDR Bloomberg Barclays Intermediate Term Treasury ETF	62.28	62.15	62.30	62.12	63.21	57.60	+0.19 (0.31%)	5.35%	7.27%	N/A	N/A	NR Not Rated
TUZ PIMCO 1-3 Year US Treasury Index Exchage-Traded Fund	50.79	50.77	50.82	50.77	51.09	49.89	0.00 (0.00%)	1.46%	1.81%	N/A	N/A	NR Not Rated

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