ETFdb Realtime Rating & Analyst Report for TLO

TLO is a passive ETF that seeks to replicate the Barclays Capital Long U.S. Treasury Index. The Barclays Capital Long U.S. Treasury Index includes all publicly issued, U.S. Treasury securities that have a remaining maturity of 10 or more years, are rated investment grade, and have $250 million or more of outstanding face value.

ETFdb Category Expense Ratio Inception Date Issuer Structure YTD Return *
Government Bonds 0.13% 2007-05-23 State Street ETF +1.99%

* As of 05-24-2012

TLO Realtime Rating: By Metric

Metric Metric Realtime Rating A+ Metric Rated ETF
Liquidity B-
Expenses A
Performance ETFdb Pro Members Only
Volatility ETFdb Pro Members Only
Dividend ETFdb Pro Members Only
Concentration ETFdb Pro Members Only

The first adjacent table gives investors an individual Realtime Rating for TLO 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.

TLO Realtime Rating: Overall

ETFdb Rating Type Overall Rating A+ Overall Rated ETF
Realtime Rating (Overall) ETFdb Pro Members Only ETFdb Pro Members Only

The second table shows the overall Realtime Rating for TLO, as well as the A+ Overall Rated ETF in TLO's Category. To view information on how the ETFdb Realtime Ratings work, click here.

ETFdb Analyst Report for TLO

This ETF offers exposure to long-term Treasuries, an asset class that has minimal credit risk but that may offer attractive current returns thanks to the extended duration and exposure to interest rate risk. TLO is probably too targeted to be a core holding in any long-term portfolio, but could be a...

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