iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund chart

Last update: 2022-12-30
Key statistics and financials
Three year average return 4.67%
YTD return -1.34%
Beta 3Y 1.22
Total Assets 443.59M
Annual report expense ratio 0.20%

Company description

The underlying index measures the performance of U.S. dollar-denominated U.S. Treasury bonds, government-related bonds and investment-grade U.S. corporate bonds that have a remaining maturity of greater than or equal to one year. The fund generally invests at least 90% of its assets in securities of the underlying index. It may invest the remainder of its assets in certain futures, options and swap contracts, cash and cash equivalents, as well as in securities not included in the underlying index.

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Insider Transactions

Here are the insider transactions of stock shares related to iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund:

Filer Name Transaction Text Ownership Date Filer Relation Shares
NO DATA

Insider transaction explanations

Insider buying is the legal purchase of shares by a senior executive or director of a company. "Filer Name" corresponds to the name of the stock buyer or seller. "Transaction Text" describes the transaction. "Ownership" gives information about the transaction type. "Date" is the reported transaction date. "Filer Relation" gives the role of the insider in the company. "Shares" is the value of the transaction. You will find the complete description of the General Transaction Codes on the SEC dedicated page


Investment strategy backtesting

These are the result of three automatic investment systems applied to iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund. You will find the performance of an systematic investment system, a momentum strategy, and a buy the dip trading strategy.


Systematic investment results on iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund

Here is the result of two systematic investment strategies applied to iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund. The first strategy automatically buys the first day of the month, and the second strategy buys the fifteenth day of the month.

Systematic investment equity curve on iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two systematic investment strategies applied to iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund:

iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund automated entries

The systematic investment strategy that buys the first day of the month would give a performance of 2.93% on the backtest period.

Performance at glance

Performance

2.93 %

Latent gain

55.46 $

Invested capital

1892.22 $

Annualized return

0.71 %
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Momentum strategy results on iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund

This is the result of two momentum investment strategies applied to iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund. The first strategy uses a momentum signal calculated on one quarter, and the second uses a momentum signal calculated on two quarters.

Momentum entry openings on iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund

The following chart shows all the entries opened by the momentum investment system on iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund:

iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund momentum entries
  • The first momentum investment strategy would give 3.77% of return on iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund. That represents 159.22$ of latent gain with 4223.06$ of employed capital.
  • The second momentum investment strategy would give 4.45% of return on iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund. That represents 114.14$ of latent gain with 2563.92$ of employed capital.
Performance at glance (1Q Momentum)

Performance

3.77 %

Latent gain

159.22 $

Invested capital

4223.06 $

Annualized return

-1.56 %
Performance at glance (2Q Momentum)

Performance

4.45 %

Latent gain

114.14 $

Invested capital

2563.92 $

Annualized return

1.22 %

Momentum equity curve on iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund

The following chart shows the equity curve of the two momentum strategies applied to iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund:

iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund momentum equity

Note: the dividends potentially given by iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution of the two momentum strategies on iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund since the beginning:

iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Buy the dip strategy result on iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund

Buy the dip entry openings on iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund

iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund

The performance achieved by the robo-advisor on iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund is -3.33%. That represents -16.76$ of latent gain with 503.68$ of employed capital. The following chart shows iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund stock price with all the entries opened by the automated investment system.

Note: The blue line represents the weekly stock price of iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund, and the green triangles represent the entry openings. The artificall robo-advisor needs at least 100 weeks of trading history to work.

Performance at glance

Performance

-3.33 %

Latent gain

-16.76 $

Invested capital

503.68 $

Annualized return

-1.56 %

Equity curve of the strategy applied to iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund

The following chart shows the result of the investment strategy applied to iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund:

iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund

Note: the dividends potentially given by iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund are not integrated into the calculation of the equity curve neither the performance of the strategy. The integration of the dividends will be available soon.


Employed capital on iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund

The following chart shows the employed capital evolution since the beginning of the investment strategy on iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund:

iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund

Note: the algorithm buys for a maximum of 250$ per entry. If the stock price is greater than 250$, the system buys only one stock per entry. The investment system stops automatically when the financial exposure reaches 10000$.


Investment strategies comparison on iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund

In this section, I will compare the three previous investment strategies applied to iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund.

Equity curve comparison on iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund

The following chart shows the equity curve of the artificall advisor, the trend folowing and the automatic investment strategies:

iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund investment strategy comparison

Employed capital comparison on iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund

iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund investment comparison

Performance comparison on iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund

Strategy Latent Profit Growth Employed capital CAGR
Automatic investment 2.93% 55.46$ 1892.22$ 0.71%
Momentum 1 quarter 3.77% 159.22$ 4223.06$ 0.97%
Momentum 2 quarters 4.45% 114.14$ 2563.92$ 1.22%
Non-directional -3.33% -16.76$ 503.68$ -1.56%
Annualized return comparison

Automatic investment

0.71 %

Momentum 1Q

1.22 %

Momentum 2Q

1.22 %

Non-directional

-1.56 %

Correlated stocks

Here are the most positively and negatively correlated stocks with iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund:

Note: The algorithm computes the probability of correlation between iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund and the other stocks. There may be false positives or some missing correlated stocks. If the price of iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund does not vary for 36 weeks, the correlation calculation result will be wrong.


Company information

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iShares Barclays Government/Credit Bond Fund ESG Scores

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