iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF ISTB

The iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF is an exchange traded fund which aims to track the results of the Bloomberg U.S. Universal 1-5 Year Index, composed of U.S. dollar-denominated bonds, all of which are rated investment grade or high yield, and which have remaining maturities of between one and five years. All iShares ETFs are backed by the expert portfolio and risk management of the fund manager BlackRock, which has been an ETF provider since 1997, offering over 300 different types of ETFs.

Sectors included in the index are industrials, financial institutions, utility, local authority, and the Treasury. ETFs are popular investments that give investors exposure to a specific set of assets and represent an easier and more convenient way of investing than trading individual stocks. This fund allows exposure to targeted government, corporate, securitised and emerging market bonds.

The distribution frequency of this fund is monthly, and, as of December 2021, the fund had more than 5,000 holdings. The iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF is listed on the NASDAQ stock exchange where it trades under the ticker ISTB.

If you are interested in diversifying your virtual portfolio, consider adding this ETF to monitor the ISTB price chart.