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iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF

IEI
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Today’s Change
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Snapshot
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Inception Date
Jan 5, 2007
Expense Ratio
0.15%
Type
US Bonds
Fund Owner
Blackrock (iShares)
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$210,392,401
AUM
$13,141,614,016
Associated Index
ICE U.S. Treasury 3-7 Year Bond Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
Passive/Active
Passive
Fractionable on Composer
Yes
Prospectus

Top 10 Holdings

TREASURY NOTE
7.89%
TREASURY NOTE
6.01%
TREASURY NOTE
4.52%
TREASURY NOTE
3.61%
TREASURY NOTE
3.54%
TREASURY NOTE
3.33%
TREASURY NOTE
3.19%
TREASURY NOTE
3.15%
TREASURY NOTE
3.03%
TREASURY NOTE
2.89%

What is IEI?

The iShares Barclays 3-7 Year Treasury Bond Fund seeks results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance before fees and expense of the intermediate sector of the United States Treasury market as defined by the ICE U.S. Treasury 3-7 Year Bond Index. The ICE U.S. Treasury 3-7 Year Bond Index is part of a series of indices intended to assess U.S. Treasury issued debt. Only U.S. dollar denominated, fixed rate securities with minimum term to maturity greater than three years and less than or equal to seven years are included.

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IEI
Performance Measures**

for the time period Jan 11, 2007 to Dec 5, 2025

Returns

1M Trailing Return: 0.5%

The percent change in the value over the most recent 1-month period.

3M Trailing Return: 0.5%

The percent change in the value over the most recent 3-month period.

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown: -14.6%

The greatest percent loss from peak to trough in value over the time period.

Standard Deviation: 4.1%

The typical amount that daily returns vary from the mean of the returns over the time period, standardized to a period of a year.

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio: 0.72

The annualized arithmetic mean of the daily returns divided by the annualized standard deviation of the daily returns for the selected time period.

Calmar Ratio: 0.20

The annualized return divided by the max drawdown for the selected time period.

ETFs related toIEI

ETFs correlated to IEI include VGIT, SPTI, SCHR

IEI
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF
VGIT
Vanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Intermediate-Term Treasury ETF
SPTI
SPDR Series Trust - SPDR Portfolio Intermediate Term Treasury ETF
SCHR
Schwab Strategic Trust - Schwab Intermediate-Term U.S. Treasury ETF
IBTI
iShares Trust - iShares iBonds Dec 2028 Term Treasury ETF
IBTJ
iShares Trust - iShares iBonds Dec 2029 Term Treasury ETF
IBTH
iShares Trust - iShares iBonds Dec 2027 Term Treasury ETF
IBTK
iShares Trust - iShares iBonds Dec 2030 Term Treasury ETF
BSV
Vanguard Group, Inc. - Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF
IEF
BlackRock Institutional Trust Company N.A. - iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF
IBTG
iShares Trust - iShares iBonds Dec 2026 Term Treasury ETF

What is ETF correlation?

Correlation is a measure of the strength of the relationship between two ETFs. It quantifies the degree to which prices of the two ETFs typically move together.

Here, correlation is measured over the past year with the Pearson correlation coefficient (Pearon’s r), which ranges from -1 to 1.

Using ETF correlations in portfolio and strategy construction

ETF correlations can help you create investing strategies and portfolios. Use them to:

  • Build a diversified portfolio from uncorrelated or inversely correlated ETFs with the aim of minimizing portfolio risk.
  • Compare correlated or related ETFs to find one with a lower expense ratio or higher trading volume.
  • Create an investing strategy that hedges an ETF with an uncorrelated or inversely correlated ETF.

Trading Strategies
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FAQ

IEI is a US Bonds ETF. The iShares Barclays 3-7 Year Treasury Bond Fund seeks results that correspond generally to the price and yield performance before fees and expense of the intermediate sector of the United States Treasury market as defined by the ICE U.S. Treasury 3-7 Year Bond Index. The ICE U.S. Treasury 3-7 Year Bond Index is part of a series of indices intended to assess U.S. Treasury issued debt. Only U.S. dollar denominated, fixed rate securities with minimum term to maturity greater than three years and less than or equal to seven years are included.

IEI tracks the ICE U.S. Treasury 3-7 Year Bond Index.

No, IEI is not actively managed. It is passively managed. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index.

Yes, IEI is passively managed. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested.

The 1-month return on IEI is -0.0062%. This is the percent change in the value of IEI over the most recent 1-month period. The 3-month return on IEI is -0.0195%. This is the percent change in the value of IEI over the most recent 3-month period.

The standard deviation of IEI for the past year is 0.0634%. Standard deviation is the typical amount that the daily returns vary from the mean of the returns over the time period, standardized to a period of a year.

ETFs similar to IEI include SHY, SPTL, and TLT.

ETFs correlated to IEI include VGIT, SPTI, and SCHR.

ETFs that are inversely correlated to IEI include PST, TBX, and TTT.

Disclaimers

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We show information based on calculations performed by Composer using data from our provider. Information provided here is based on calculations performed by Composer using data sourced from Xignite, an unaffiliated third party. Composer believes this information is reliable, but has not verified the data and there is no guarantee that the calculations are accurate.