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Asset Category: U.S. Long Government Bonds
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Long-Term Performance: 8.77% CAGR
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Correlation to U.S. markets: 0.02
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S&P 500 Performance (US Large Cap Blend): 11.66% CAGR
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Back test timeframe: January 1978 – August 2020
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Oldest ETF back tested: iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF (TLT)
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Long-Term Performance: 7.55% CAGR
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Correlation to U.S. markets: -0.33
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S&P 500 Performance: 9.85% CAGR
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Back test timeframe: August 2002 – August 2020
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Number of ETFs available in this asset class: 12
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Number of ETFs in this asset class that are 10-years old or older: 8
U.S. Long Government Bonds vs U.S. Large Cap Blend Equities: January 1978 – August 2020
TLT vs SPY: August 2002 – August 2020
TLT vs SPY: July 26, 2002 – September 18, 2020
The Deep Value ETF Accumulator rankings for the 8 oldest U.S. Long Government Bonds ETFs:
The 4 top ranked U.S. Long Government Bonds ETFs head-to-head comparisons:
ZROZ vs EDV vs TLT vs SPTL: December 2009 – August 2020
ZROZ vs EDV vs TLT vs SPTL: November 4, 2009 – September 18, 2020
Stated objectives of 4 top ranked U.S. Long Government Bonds ETFs:
ZROZ – The Fund seeks to provide total return that closely corresponds, before fees and expenses, to the total return of The BofA Merrill Lynch Long Treasury Principal STRIPS IndexSM
EDV – Seeks to track the performance of the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. Treasury STRIPS 20–30 Year Equal Par Bond Index. Passively managed using index sampling. Broad exposure to the long-term Treasury STRIPS market. Provides current income with high credit quality.
TLT – The iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. Treasury bonds with remaining maturities greater than twenty years. Exposure to long-term U.S. Treasury bonds. Targeted access to a specific segment of the U.S. Treasury market. Use to customize your exposure to Treasuries.
SPTL – The SPDR® Portfolio Long Term Treasury ETF seeks to provide investment results that, before fees and expenses, correspond generally to the price and yield performance of the Bloomberg Barclays Long U.S. Treasury Index (the “Index”). One of the low cost core SPDR Portfolio ETFs, a suite of portfolio building blocks designed to provide broad, diversified exposure to core asset classes. A low cost ETF that seeks to offer precise, comprehensive exposure to US Treasuries with remaining maturities of 10 or more years. May be more sensitive to interest rate fluctuations than vehicles with shorter duration, and is market cap weighted and reconstituted on the last business day of the month.
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