Quick Read – iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT) has declined 27.4% over five years despite zero bond defaults, while the iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEF) returned negative 5% and iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF (SGOV) returned positive 19% over the same…
riod, all from the same risk-free issuer but different duration exposures. – TLT’s 16-17 year duration means a 1 percentage point yield rise triggers a 17-19% price decline, making it a volatile rate bet rather than the capital preservation product most retirees expect from Treasury bonds. The analyst who called NVIDIA in 2010 just named his top 10 stocks and iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF wasn’t one of them
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Treasuries don’t default. The U.S. government prints the currency it owes you in. And yet TLT holders watched ~50% of the fund’s value evaporate between its 2020 peak and its October 2023 trough, with not a single bond missing a coupon.