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ISTSX - American Indep Short Term Bd A

  • Fund Family Name: American Independence
  • Expense Ratio: 0.70%
  • ETFdb.com Category: Government Bonds
  • Benchmark Index Name: BofA Merrill Lynch 1-3 Year US Treasury Index
  • Benchmark Index Description: The BofA Merrill Lynch 1-3 US Year Treasury Index is an unmanaged index that tracks the performance of the direct sovereign debt of the U.S. Government having a maturity of at least one year and less than three years. It is not possible to invest directly in an unmanaged index.
Learn more about ISTSX at MutualFunds.com

ETF Alternatives To This Mutual Fund

In the tables below, ETFdb.com presents recommended exchange traded fund (ETF) alternatives to the mutual fund ISTSX. These recommendations are powered by ETFdb's Mutual Fund to ETF Converter tool.

How ETFdb.com has selected ETF alternatives to ISTSX: The mutual fund ISTSX has been benchmarked by American Independence against an index, BofA Merrill Lynch 1-3 Year US Treasury Index, in its fund prospectus. The ETF alternatives to ISTSX listed below consist of (1) ETFs which track BofA Merrill Lynch 1-3 Year US Treasury Index, and (2) ETFs which track other indexes in the same ETFdb.com Category as BofA Merrill Lynch 1-3 Year US Treasury Index.

ETFs Linked To BofA Merrill Lynch 1-3 Year US Treasury Index

The following table presents exchange traded funds linked to BofA Merrill Lynch 1-3 Year US Treasury Index.

Symbol Symbol ETF Name ETF Name Assets Assets YTD YTD Expense Ratio Expense Ratio

Government Bonds ETFs

The following table presents exchange traded funds linked to indexes in the same ETFdb.com Category as BofA Merrill Lynch 1-3 Year US Treasury Index.

Symbol Symbol ETF Name ETF Name Assets Assets YTD YTD Expense Ratio Expense Ratio
IEI iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF $18,424,900 -0.42% 0.15%
EDV Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury ETF $3,597,480 -0.73% 0.05%
TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF $41,325,800 -0.27% 0.15%
TLH iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF $11,197,700 -0.51% 0.15%
IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF $46,992,500 -0.66% 0.15%
SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF $25,388,200 0.43% 0.15%
SHV iShares Trust iShares 0-1 Year Treasury Bond ETF $20,662,800 1.42% 0.15%
BIL State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF $46,051,800 1.48% 0.14%
ZROZ PIMCO 25+ Year Zero Coupon US Treasury Index Exchange-Traded Fund $1,380,430 -1.07% 0.15%
VGSH Vanguard Short-Term Treasury ETF $29,385,300 0.48% 0.03%
VGIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF $40,963,200 -0.46% 0.03%
VGLT Vanguard Long-Term Treasury ETF $10,422,100 -0.41% 0.03%
SCHO Schwab Short-Term U.S. Treasury ETF $12,795,200 0.41% 0.03%
SCHR Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF $13,043,300 -0.44% 0.03%
TRSY Xtrackers US 0-1 Year Treasury ETF $64,433 1.49% 0.06%
GOVT iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF $42,580,700 -0.12% 0.05%
USFR WisdomTree Floating Rate Treasury Fund $17,305,200 1.59% 0.15%
TFLO iShares Treasury Floating Rate Bond ETF $6,543,090 1.58% 0.15%
GBIL ACCESS TREASURY 0-1 YEAR ETF $7,614,900 1.42% 0.12%
SPTL State Street SPDR Portfolio Long Term Treasury ETF $10,157,200 -0.39% 0.03%
SPTS State Street SPDR Portfolio Short Term Treasury ETF $5,859,680 0.44% 0.03%
JMST JPMorgan Ultra-Short Municipal Income ETF $6,398,210 0.98% 0.18%
JMUB JPMorgan Municipal ETF $7,803,570 1.26% 0.18%
SPTI State Street SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Treasury ETF $10,166,400 -0.42% 0.03%
SCHQ Schwab Long-Term U.S. Treasury ETF $768,488 -0.44% 0.03%
IBTG iShares iBonds Dec 2026 Term Treasury ETF $2,294,700 1.43% 0.07%
IBTH iShares iBonds Dec 2027 Term Treasury ETF $2,191,910 0.91% 0.07%
IBTI iShares iBonds Dec 2028 Term Treasury ETF $1,739,420 0.30% 0.07%
IBTJ iShares iBonds Dec 2029 Term Treasury ETF $1,239,050 -0.11% 0.07%
SGOV iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF $92,727,300 1.50% 0.09%
FLGV Franklin U.S. Treasury Bond ETF $1,027,930 0.04% 0.09%
IBTK iShares iBonds Dec 2030 Term Treasury ETF $875,272 -0.36% 0.07%
BILS State Street SPDR Bloomberg 3-12 Month T-Bill ETF $3,876,720 1.40% 0.14%
GOVZ iShares 25+ Year Treasury STRIPS Bond ETF $266,772 0.33% 0.10%
MBND State Street Nuveen Municipal Bond ETF $27,374 1.11% 0.40%
VUSB Vanguard Ultra-Short Bond ETF $8,808,620 1.39% 0.10%
IBTL iShares iBonds Dec 2031 Term Treasury ETF $559,582 -0.48% 0.07%
BNDD Quadratic Deflation ETF $6,499 3.69% 1.02%
TYA Simplify Intermediate Term Treasury Futures Strategy ETF $71,981 -5.09% 0.15%
RISR FolioBeyond Alternative Income and Interest Rate Hedge ETF $251,004 2.78% 1.04%
DFIP Dimensional Inflation-Protected Securities ETF $1,111,370 1.48% 0.11%
CPII American Beacon Ionic Inflation Protection ETF $11,514 4.26% 0.70%
IBTM iShares iBonds Dec 2032 Term Treasury ETF $540,873 -0.50% 0.07%
UTWO US Treasury 2 Year Note ETF $438,180 0.32% 0.15%
TBIL F/m US Treasury 3 Month Bill Fund $7,123,440 1.48% 0.15%
UTEN US Treasury 10 Year Note ETF $283,548 -0.70% 0.15%
TLTW iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond BuyWrite Strategy ETF $1,948,190 1.19% 0.35%
CSHI NEOS Enhanced Income 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF $1,292,890 2.26% 0.38%
XFIV BondBloxx Bloomberg Five Year Target Duration US Treasury ETF $423,292 -0.48% 0.05%
XHLF BondBloxx Bloomberg Six Month Target Duration US Treasury ETF $1,916,310 1.39% 0.03%
XSVN BondBloxx Bloomberg Seven Year Target Duration US Treasury ETF $352,745 -0.57% 0.05%
XTEN BondBloxx Bloomberg Ten Year Target Duration US Treasury ETF $968,493 -0.54% 0.08%
XTRE BondBloxx Bloomberg Three Year Target Duration US Treasury ETF $180,130 -0.06% 0.05%
XTWO BondBloxx Bloomberg Two Year Target Duration US Treasury ETF $172,063 0.41% 0.05%
XTWY BondBloxx Bloomberg Twenty Year Target Duration US Treasury ETF $255,706 -0.43% 0.13%
XONE BondBloxx Bloomberg One Year Target Duration US Treasury ETF $753,993 1.11% 0.03%
CGMU Capital Group Municipal Income ETF $6,152,750 1.38% 0.27%
OBIL US Treasury 12 Month Bill ETF $317,774 1.17% 0.15%
BOXX Alpha Architect 1-3 Month Box ETF $12,226,500 1.58% 0.19%
XBIL US Treasury 6 Month Bill ETF $743,551 1.42% 0.15%
UFIV US Treasury 5 Year Note ETF $29,478 -0.61% 0.15%
BBIB JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Treasury Bond 3-10 Year ETF $51,702 -0.42% 0.04%
BBLB JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Treasury Bond 20+ Year ETF $31,368 -0.36% 0.04%
BBSB JPMorgan BetaBuilders U.S. Treasury Bond 1-3 Year ETF $46,390 0.47% 0.04%
GOVI Invesco Equal Weight 0-30 Year Treasury ETF $1,185,940 -0.55% 0.15%
TBLL Invesco Short Term Treasury ETF $2,579,120 1.43% 0.08%
USIN WisdomTree 7-10 Year Laddered Treasury Fund $4,461 -0.71% 0.15%
USSH WisdomTree 1-3 Year Laddered Treasury Fund $23,153 0.39% 0.15%
SPTB State Street SPDR Portfolio Treasury ETF $281,580 -0.08% 0.03%
TLTP Amplify TLT U.S. Treasury 12% Option Income ETF $21,597 0.20% 0.39%
TLTI NEOS Enhanced Income 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF $15,457 0.83% 0.58%
VBIL Vanguard 0-3 Month Treasury Bill ETF $8,422,450 1.49% 0.06%
VGUS Vanguard Ultra-Short Treasury ETF $994,186 1.44% 0.07%
VGVT Vanguard Government Securities Active ETF $44,566 0.11% 0.10%
VTG Vanguard Total Treasury ETF $127,517 -0.11% 0.03%
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