Current Yields of Bond ETFs
Introduction
Every investor needs to learn to how monitor changing interest rates. Of course, changing interest rates have a direct impact on the value of fixed-income securities like bonds and preferred stocks.
But changing interest rates can also have an indirect effect on stocks, and the U.S. economy as a whole. So investors should develop a good routine and set of tools to constantly monitor interest rates.
One simple way to do that is to look at the current dividend yields of bond ETFs.
U.S. Treasuries
| Symbol | Description | Current yield | Fees |
Adjusted Yield |
|---|
| TLT | iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF | 1.61% | 0.15% | 1.76% |
| GOVT | iShares Barclays U.S. Treasury Bond ETF | 1.52% | 0.15% | 1.67% |
| IEI | iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF | 1.40% | 0.15% | 1.55% |
| SHY | Barclays 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF | 1.40% | 0.15% | 1.55% |
| IEF | Ishares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF | 1.34% | 0.15% | 1.49% |
| SHV | iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF | 1.23% | 0.15% | 1.38% |
Inflation Protected U.S. Treasuries
| Symbol | Description | Current yield | Fees |
Adjusted Yield |
|---|
| SPIP | SPDR Portfolio TIPS ETF | 1.64% | 0.12% | 1.76% |
| SCHP | Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF | 1.02% | 0.05% | 1.07% |
| STIP | iShares Barclays 0-5 Year TIPS ETF | 0.98% | 0.06% | 1.04% |
| TIP | iShares TIPS Bond Fund ETF | 0.81% | 0.20% | 1.01% |
| VTIP | Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETF | 0.69% | 0.06% | 0.75% |
Municipal Bonds
| Symbol | Description | Current yield | Fees |
Adjusted Yield |
|---|
| PZA | Invesco National AMT-Free Municipal Bond ETF | 2.56% | 0.28% | 2.84% |
| ITM | Market Vectors Intermediate Municipal ETF | 2.21% | 0.24% | 2.45% |
| MUB | iShares National Muni Bond ETF | 2.22% | 0.07% | 2.29% |
| TFI | SPDR Nuveen Bloomberg Barclays Municipal Bond ETF | 2.00% | 0.23% | 2.23% |
| SHM | SPDR Nuveen Bloomberg Barclays Short Term Municipal Bond ETF | 1.52% | 0.20% | 1.72% |
| SUB | iShares Short-Term National Muni Bond ETF | 1.41% | 0.07% | 1.48% |
High Yield Municipal Bonds
| Symbol | Description | Current yield | Fees |
Adjusted Yield |
|---|
| HYD | Market Vectors High Yield Municipal Index ETF | 4.22% | 0.35% | 4.57% |
| HYMB | SPDR Nuveen S&P High Yield Municipal Bond ETF | 3.78% | 0.35% | 4.13% |
Investment Grade Corporate Bonds
| Symbol | Description | Current yield | Fees |
Adjusted Yield |
|---|
| VCLT | Vanguard Long-Term Corporate Bond ETF | 3.43% | 0.07% | 3.50% |
| SPLB | SPDR Portfolio Long Term Corporate Bond ETF | 3.29% | 0.07% | 3.36% |
| LQD | iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | 2.89% | 0.15% | 3.04% |
| IGIB | iShares Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF | 2.95% | 0.06% | 3.01% |
| VCIT | Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF | 2.86% | 0.07% | 2.93% |
| IGSB | iShares Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF | 2.62% | 0.06% | 2.68% |
| VCSH | Vanguard Short-Term Corporate Bond ETF | 2.56% | 0.07% | 2.63% |
| SPIB | SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Corporate Bond ETF | 2.49% | 0.07% | 2.56% |
| SPSB | SPDR Portfolio Short Term Corporate Bond ETF | 2.29% | 0.07% | 2.36% |
High Yield Corporate Bonds
| Symbol | Description | Current yield | Fees |
Adjusted Yield |
|---|
| SJNK | Barclays Short Term High Yield Bond ETF | 5.67% | 0.40% | 6.07% |
| JNK | SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond ETF | 5.53% | 0.40% | 5.93% |
| USHY | iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | 5.71% | 0.22% | 5.93% |
| SHYG | iShares 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | 5.40% | 0.30% | 5.70% |
| HYG | iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | 5.04% | 0.49% | 5.53% |
| HYS | PIMCO 0-5 Year High Yield Corporate Bond Index Fund ETF | 4.85% | 0.56% | 5.41% |
Fallen Angel Corporate Bonds
| Symbol | Description | Current yield | Fees |
Adjusted Yield |
|---|
| FALN | iShares Fallen Angels USD Bond ETF | 5.41% | 0.25% | 5.66% |
| ANGL | Market Vectors Fallen Angel High Yield Bond ETF | 5.11% | 0.35% | 5.46% |
Mortgage Backed Securities
| Symbol | Description | Current yield | Fees |
Adjusted Yield |
|---|
| SPMB | SPDR Portfolio Mortgage Backed Bond ETF | 2.99% | 0.06% | 3.05% |
| MBB | iShares MBS Bonds ETF | 2.32% | 0.09% | 2.41% |
| VMBS | Vanguard Mortgage-Backed Securities ETF | 2.20% | 0.07% | 2.27% |
Leveraged Bank Loans
| Symbol | Description | Current yield | Fees |
Adjusted Yield |
|---|
| SRLN | SPDR Blackstone/GSO Senior Loan ETF | 5.09% | 0.70% | 5.79% |
| BKLN | Invesco Senior Loan Portfolio ETF | 4.00% | 0.65% | 4.65% |
| FTSL | First Trust Senior Loan ETF | 3.77% | 0.88% | 4.65% |
Preferred Stocks
These are not "bonds" but let's see what their yields are for comparison purposes:
| Symbol | Description | Current yield | Fees |
Adjusted Yield |
|---|
| PFF | iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF | 5.39% | 0.46% | 5.85% |
| PGF | Invesco Financial Preferred ETF | 5.01% | 0.63% | 5.64% |
| PGX | Invesco Preferred Portfolio ETF | 5.09% | 0.52% | 5.61% |
| VRP | Invesco Variable Rate Preferred ETF | 4.19% | 0.50% | 4.69% |
All data is a live query from our database. The wording was last updated: 09/01/2020.