This means there is very little long - term principal risk assuming you are actually holding the instrument across
its average effective maturity.
Average effective maturity takes into consideration all mortgage prepayments, puts, and adjustable rate coupons, but does not account for call provisions.
It's a simple index ETF that invests in a basket of 65 short - term U.S. Treasuries with
an average effective maturity (the amount of time until a bond's principal is paid in full) of just less than two years.
The fund's dollar - weighted
average effective maturity will be two years or less.
Intermediate - term bond funds invest primarily in corporate and other investment - grade U.S. fixed - income securities and tend to have
average effective maturities of four to ten years.
Not exact matches
Its long
effective duration, weighted
average maturity and yield - to -
maturity match those of our benchmark to perfection.
He found VBG has an
average Duration of 7.8 years, with an effective yield to maturity of 0.96 % while VBU has an Average Duration of 6.1 years with an effective yield to maturity of
average Duration of 7.8 years, with an
effective yield to
maturity of 0.96 % while VBU has an
Average Duration of 6.1 years with an effective yield to maturity of
Average Duration of 6.1 years with an
effective yield to
maturity of 2.94 %.
ZAG has an
Average Duration of 7.36 years with an
effective yield to
maturity of 2.59 %.