Generally the highest yields are generated by the nearest -
term target maturity funds, which have the highest concentration of fixed - income investments.
Not exact matches
The spread on the nominal less inflation - indexed rates for both the five - and 10 - year
maturities remains above 2.0 % — a sign that the crowd expects that hard data on inflation will hold at or above the Fed's
target in the near
term.
If your goal is to meet an approaching financial
target: Consider a short -
term, investment - grade bond fund or an investment - grade defined
maturity bond fund.3
There are versions with
target dates of 2015, 2020 and 2025, and the bonds inside these ETFs have average
terms to
maturity of about five, 10 and 15 years, respectively.
For example, the BMO 2013 Corporate Bond
Target Maturity ETF (ZXA) is made up of bonds with an average
term of about three years, since it is designed to mature at the end of 2013.
The following table includes certain tax information for all
Target Maturity Date Junk Bond ETFs listed on U.S. exchanges that are currently tracked by ETF Database, including applicable short -
term and long -
term capital gains rates and the tax form on which gains or losses in each ETF will be reported.