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About iShares Government/Credit Bond ETF
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Inception date
Jan 5, 2007
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Replication method
Physical
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Ordinary income
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
BlackRock Fund Advisors
Distributor
BlackRock Investments LLC
GBF excludes securitized debt from a broad-market allocation to investment-grade USD-denominated debt. The reweighting of the remainder of the US bond market pumps up GBFs exposure to Treasurys and corporate debt, which together make up over 80% of GBFs assets. The fund delivers near-perfect exposure to the broader market in terms of portfolio weighting, yield, credit rating, and duration. GBF excludes certain special issues such as targeted investor notes, state and local government series bonds and coupon issues that have been stripped from bonds. The underlying index is reconstituted monthly. GBF uses a representative sampling index strategy which purchases a subset of securities that matches the return and risk characteristics of the Underlying Index.
Classification
Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Government
Corporate
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
Government65.98%
Corporate32.89%
Municipal0.73%
Cash0.39%
Stock breakdown by region
North America93.55%
Europe3.53%
Asia1.86%
Latin America0.51%
Middle East0.27%
Oceania0.15%
Africa0.12%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
GBF invests in bonds. The fund's major sectors are Government, with 65.98% stocks, and Corporate, with 32.89% of the basket. The assets are mostly located in the North America region.
GBF top holdings are United States Treasury Notes 4.0% 15-FEB-2034 and United States Treasury Notes 4.25% 15-NOV-2034, occupying 0.96% and 0.94% of the portfolio correspondingly.
GBF last dividends amounted to 0.33 USD. The month before, the issuer paid 0.32 USD in dividends, which shows a 1.96% increase.
GBF assets under management is 145.56 M USD. It's fallen 5.67% over the last month.
GBF fund flows account for −72.03 M USD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Yes, GBF pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 3.83%. The last dividend (Jun 5, 2025) amounted to 0.33 USD. The dividends are paid monthly.
GBF shares are issued by BlackRock, Inc. under the brand iShares. The ETF was launched on Jan 5, 2007, and its management style is Passive.
GBF expense ratio is 0.20% meaning you'd have to pay 0.20% of your investment to help manage the fund.
GBF follows the Bloomberg US Government/Credit. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
GBF invests in bonds.
GBF price has risen by 1.27% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 0.89% increase. See more dynamics on GBF price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 2.17% over the last month, showed a 1.26% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 4.73% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 2.17% over the last month, showed a 1.26% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 4.73% in a year.
GBF trades at a premium (0.02%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.