ETFdb Realtime Rating & Analyst Report for EDV
EDV is a passive ETF that seeks to replicate the Barclays Capital U.S. Treasury STRIPS 20-30 Year Equal Par Bond Index. The Barclays Capital U.S. Treasury STRIPS 20-30 Year Equal Par Bond Index measures the investment return of Treasury STRIPS with maturities ranging from 20 to 30 years. A Treasury STRIP represents a single coupon or principal payment on a U.S. Treasury security that has been stripped into separately tradable components.
| ETFdb Category | Expense Ratio | Inception Date | Issuer | Structure | YTD Return * |
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| Government Bonds | 0.14% | 2007-12-06 | Vanguard | ETF | +3.36% |
* As of 05-23-2012
EDV Realtime Rating: By Metric
| Metric | Metric Realtime Rating | A+ Metric Rated ETF |
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| Liquidity | A- | TLT |
| Expenses | A- | TUZ |
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The first adjacent table gives investors an individual Realtime Rating for EDV on several different metrics, including liquidity, expenses, performance, volatility, dividend, and concentration of holdings. The "A+ Metric Rated ETF" field, available to ETFdb Pro members, shows the ETF in the Government Bonds ETFdb Category with the highest Metric Realtime Rating for each individual field.
EDV Realtime Rating: Overall
| ETFdb Rating Type | Overall Rating | A+ Overall Rated ETF |
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The second table shows the overall Realtime Rating for EDV, as well as the A+ Overall Rated ETF in EDV's Category. To view information on how the ETFdb Realtime Ratings work, click here.
ETFdb Analyst Report for EDV
This ETF offers exposure to long-dated Treasuries, an asset class that is generally safe in terms of credit risk but that can offer attractive return potential by exposing investors to interest rate risk. The index underlying this fund consists of Treasury STRIPS with maturities ranging from 20 to...
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