Bonds & Fixed Income
Live yields and bond ETF prices across 9 categories — from short-term T-bills to 30-year bonds, investment-grade corporates to high-yield junk, inflation-protected TIPS to emerging-market sovereign debt.
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US Treasury Bonds & ETFs
Treasury yields and ETFs from 1-month bills to 30-year bonds.
International Treasury Bonds
Sovereign bond ETFs covering developed-market governments outside the US.
Aggregate Bond ETFs
Total-market bond ETFs spanning Treasuries, corporates, and mortgages.
Corporate Bond ETFs
Investment-grade corporate debt, sliced by maturity.
High Yield (Junk) Bond ETFs
Below-investment-grade corporate debt with elevated yields.
TIPS & Inflation-Protected Bond ETFs
Treasuries whose principal adjusts with CPI inflation.
Municipal Bond ETFs
State and local government debt — federal-tax-exempt income.
Mortgage-Backed Bond ETFs
Agency-guaranteed pools of US residential mortgages.
Emerging Market Bond ETFs
Sovereign debt from developing economies, USD and local currency.
What is fixed income?
Fixed income is the umbrella term for debt securities — bonds — where the issuer borrows money from investors and agrees to pay them back at a fixed schedule with interest. Governments, municipalities, and corporations all issue bonds to fund operations.
Bonds typically generate steadier income than stocks and tend to move differently from equities, which is why they are the core of most balanced portfolios. The trade-off is lower long-term returns and exposure to interest rate risk: when rates rise, existing bond prices fall.
Most retail investors access fixed income through bond ETFs, which hold a diversified basket of bonds in a single, low-cost, exchange-traded wrapper. The categories on this page let you target a specific maturity, credit quality, or issuer type without picking individual bonds.
Frequently Asked Questions
How do bond ETFs differ from individual bonds?▼
Individual bonds have a fixed maturity date and return their principal at maturity. Bond ETFs do not — they hold a continuously rolled basket of bonds, so their price fluctuates with interest rates indefinitely. ETFs give you instant diversification, daily liquidity, and reinvestment of coupons; individual bonds give you certainty of principal return if held to maturity.
Are bond prices and yields related?▼
Inversely. When market yields rise, the price of existing bonds with lower coupons falls until their effective yield matches new issues. When yields fall, existing bond prices rise. Longer-maturity bonds react more strongly to yield changes than short-dated bonds — that sensitivity is called duration.
Which bond ETF should I buy first?▼
For most investors building a core portfolio, an aggregate bond ETF like AGG or BND is the standard starting point — it provides broad investment-grade exposure across Treasuries, corporates, and mortgages in one fund. From there, sector-specific funds (high yield, TIPS, municipals) can add yield, inflation protection, or tax benefits depending on your goals.
Are these prices real-time?▼
ETF prices refresh every minute during US market hours from licensed market data providers. Direct sovereign yields (like US2Y) update on the same cadence. After hours, you see the most recent close.
Live market data refreshed every minute. Past performance does not guarantee future results. Not financial advice.