(ISTB) Core 1-5 Year USD Bond - NASDAQ
ETF Category: Short-Term Bond | Exchange: NASDAQ (USA) | Market Cap: 4.925m USD | Total Return: 3.6% in 12m
Avg Turnover: 29.1M
Warnings
No concerns identified
Tailwinds
No distinct edge detected
Seasonality
The iShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETF (ISTB) is a passively managed short-term bond fund that seeks to track the performance of an index composed of U.S. dollar-denominated bonds with maturities between one and five years. The fund commits at least 90% of its assets to fixed income securities of the types included in the underlying index and at least 80% to the actual component securities of that index, along with TBA (to-be-announced) transactions that share substantially identical economic characteristics. TBA transactions are a standard forward-settlement mechanism in the U.S. mortgage-backed securities market, commonly used by index-tracking fixed income funds to gain efficient exposure to agency mortgage securities prior to their final allocation.
As an exchange-traded fund listed on NASDAQ since October 2012, ISTB offers investors low-cost, liquid access to the short end of the U.S. bond market. Short-term bond ETFs of this type generally appeal to investors seeking to reduce interest rate risk and preserve capital relative to longer-duration fixed income alternatives.
- Fed rate cuts boost short-term bond ETF prices
- Treasury yield curve steepens amid Fed policy shift
- Investor inflows surge on flight-to-safety demand
As of June 29, 2026, the stock is trading at USD 48.30 with a total of 184,481 shares traded. Over the past week, the price has changed by +0.27%, over one month by +0.29%, over three months by +0.95% and over the past year by +3.55%.
Current recommended Stop Loss: 48.10 (which is 0.4% or 2.2 ATR below the current price).
Core 1-5 Year USD Bond has no consensus analysts rating.