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About iShares Short Duration Bond Active ETF
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Inception date
Sep 25, 2013
Structure
Open-Ended Fund
Dividend treatment
Distributes
Distribution tax treatment
Ordinary income
Income tax type
Capital Gains
Max ST capital gains rate
39.60%
Max LT capital gains rate
20.00%
Primary advisor
BlackRock Fund Advisors
Distributor
BlackRock Investments LLC
NEAR pursues total return that exceeds its reference benchmark by investing in an actively managed basket of investment grade, USD-denominated debt securities. Although it primarily holds fixed- and floating-rate securities of any maturity, it expects to maintain an effective duration of three years or less which puts it in the short-term niche. The securities it will invest in includes, but is not limited to, corporate, government, and privately issued bonds, agency securities, instruments of non-US issuers, asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities, structured securities, Munis, repurchase agreements, money market instruments and investment companies. Derivatives may be utilized for hedging and enhancing returns purposes. The fund was named iShares Short Maturity Bond ETF prior to December 2, 2020, and was called the BlackRock Short Maturity Bond ETF until October 30, 2023, when it followed an effective duration of one year or less. Prior to October 10, 2024, the fund used Blackrock for branding purposes instead of iShares.
Classification
Returns
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What's in the fund
Exposure type
Corporate
Securitized
Government
Bonds, Cash & Other100.00%
Corporate35.80%
Securitized34.14%
Government28.15%
Cash1.70%
Miscellaneous0.14%
Municipal0.07%
Stock breakdown by region
North America97.93%
Europe1.48%
Asia0.58%
Africa0.01%
Latin America0.00%
Middle East0.00%
Oceania0.00%
Top 10 holdings
Dividends
Dividend payout history
Assets under management (AUM)
Fund Flows
Frequently Asked Questions
NEAR invests in bonds. The fund's major sectors are Corporate, with 35.80% stocks, and Securitized, with 34.14% of the basket. The assets are mostly located in the North America region.
NEAR top holdings are United States Treasury Notes 1.25% 30-JUN-2028 and United States Treasury Notes 0.875% 30-JUN-2026, occupying 6.22% and 4.35% of the portfolio correspondingly.
NEAR last dividends amounted to 0.19 USD. The month before, the issuer paid 0.20 USD in dividends, which shows a 1.56% decrease.
NEAR assets under management is 3.28 B USD. It's risen 3.03% over the last month.
NEAR fund flows account for 273.04 M USD (1 year). Many traders use this metric to get insight into investors' sentiment and evaluate whether it's time to buy or sell the fund.
Yes, NEAR pays dividends to its holders with the dividend yield of 4.90%. The last dividend (May 6, 2025) amounted to 0.19 USD. The dividends are paid monthly.
NEAR shares are issued by BlackRock, Inc. under the brand iShares. The ETF was launched on Sep 25, 2013, and its management style is Active.
NEAR expense ratio is 0.25% meaning you'd have to pay 0.25% of your investment to help manage the fund.
NEAR follows the No Underlying Index. ETFs usually track some benchmark seeking to replicate its performance and guide asset selection and objectives.
NEAR invests in bonds.
NEAR price has fallen by −0.06% over the last month, and its yearly performance shows a 1.07% increase. See more dynamics on NEAR price chart.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 0.39% over the last month, showed a 1.41% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 6.08% in a year.
NAV returns, another gauge of an ETF dynamics, have risen by 0.39% over the last month, showed a 1.41% increase in three-month performance and has increased by 6.08% in a year.
NEAR trades at a premium (0.05%) meaning the ETF is trading at a higher price than the calculated NAV.