NEAR Stock Discussion

iShares Short Maturity Bond ETF Description

The investment seeks to maximize current income. The fund seeks to achieve its investment objective by investing, under normal circumstances, at least 80% of its net assets in a portfolio of U.S. dollar-denominated investment-grade fixed-income securities. The fund primarily invests in fixed- and floating-rate securities of varying maturities, such as corporate and government bonds, agency securities, instruments of non-U.S. issuers, privately-issued securities, asset-backed and mortgage-backed securities, structured securities, municipal bonds, money market instruments and investment companies.

Keywords: Exchange Traded Fund ETF Bond Structured Finance Mortgage Backed Security Asset Backed Security Government Bonds Money Market