iShares Core 10+ Year USD Bond ETF (the “Fund”) (formerly the iShares Core Long-Term USD Bond ETF) seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated bonds that are rated either investment grade or highyield with remaining maturities greater than ten years, as represented by the Barclays US Universal 10+ Year Index (the “Index”). The Fund invests in a representative sample of securities included in the Index that collectively has an investment profile similar to the Index. As of Feb 28 2015, the Fund's assets totaled $276,154,914 and investment portfolio totaled $272,976,466 The ILTB YTD return is shown above.
The YTD Return on the ILTB YTD return page and across the coverage universe of our site,
is a measure of the total return for a given investment year-to-date for the current calendar year
(up to the end of prior trading session). Arguably, choosing the current calendar year for a measurement
period is on the one hand completely arbitrary, but on the other hand a year-to-date look can be extremely
useful in the context of our country's tax system which taxes gains and income on a calendar year basis.
Thus, researching Year-To-Date Returns is good practice for investors — whether ILTB YTD return or other benchmarks/peers
— and when doing so it is also important to factor in dividends, because a financial instrument's YTD return is
more than just the change in price if that instrument pays a dividend or coupon. Our website aims to empower investors
by performing the ILTB YTD return calculation (with any dividends reinvested as applicable), and to provide a
coverage universe of many stocks and ETFs to be able to compare YTD returns.
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