iShares Core Japan Government Bond ETF (1482-T)
Bonds · Japan JGB · data since 2016-05-25 · last close 2026-10-02
iShares Core Japan Government Bond ETF (1482-T) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | -1.1 | 2.2 | -2.4 | -0.7 | -0.1 | 0.6 | -1.7 | -0.3 | -3.4 | -0.1 | · | · |
| 2025 | 0.6 | 2.0 | 0.6 | 0.1 | -1.6 | 1.2 | -0.7 | 1.4 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 1.1 | -0.8 |
| 2024 | -1.4 | -2.2 | 0.4 | -3.1 | 0.4 | 1.7 | 1.2 | 1.7 | 0.8 | -4.1 | 0.2 | -2.9 |
| 2023 | 2.3 | -3.7 | 2.8 | 0.5 | -1.6 | -1.7 | -1.2 | -1.1 | -3.5 | -2.2 | 4.0 | 3.1 |
| 2022 | -2.2 | -0.8 | -4.0 | -3.7 | -0.1 | -1.9 | 3.7 | -3.7 | -5.6 | -1.7 | 2.2 | -0.8 |
| 2021 | -0.7 | -3.3 | -1.8 | 0.7 | 0.6 | 0.8 | 2.1 | -0.0 | -2.0 | -0.7 | 1.1 | -0.5 |
| 2020 | 2.3 | 2.5 | 4.5 | -0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.6 | -1.1 | 0.6 | -1.2 | -0.1 | -0.7 |
| 2019 | 1.0 | 0.0 | 2.0 | -1.2 | 2.8 | 1.2 | -0.4 | 3.7 | -1.4 | -0.7 | -0.0 | -0.9 |
| 2018 | -3.0 | -1.5 | 1.2 | -1.8 | 1.3 | -0.4 | 0.0 | -0.2 | -1.3 | -0.5 | 0.8 | 1.7 |
| 2017 | 0.4 | 0.4 | -0.2 | 0.9 | 0.6 | -0.4 | 0.2 | 1.0 | -1.3 | -0.3 | -0.4 | 1.0 |
| 2016 | · | · | · | · | 1.0 | 3.0 | 0.0 | -1.7 | 0.1 | -2.1 | -3.8 | -1.4 |
| Avg | -0.2 | -0.4 | 0.3 | -0.8 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | -0.0 | -1.5 | -1.3 | 0.5 | -0.2 |
| Median | -0.1 | -0.4 | 0.5 | -0.4 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.0 | -0.2 | -1.3 | -1.0 | 0.5 | -0.7 |
October so far: -0.1% against an average of -1.3% and a median of -1.0% across 10 completed Octobers, 1 of them positive.
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed) and are left out of the Avg and Median rows.
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1482-T seasonality — average by calendar month
iShares Core Japan Government Bond ETF has monthly history back to 2016. Its strongest month by median is June — positive in 7 of 11 years, median +0.6%, and higher in 6 of the last 9. September is the soft spot, down in 7 of 11 with a median of -1.3%. Across its full record it has closed 47% of months higher, swings ±1.9% in an average month and has fallen 33.2% peak to trough.
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | -0.2% | -0.4% | +0.3% | -0.8% | +0.3% | +0.4% | +0.4% | -0.0% | -1.5% | -1.4% | +0.5% | -0.2% |
| Win rate | 50%/10 | 50%/10 | 60%/10 | 40%/10 | 64%/11 | 64%/11 | 64%/11 | 36%/11 | 36%/11 | 10%/10 | 60%/10 | 30%/10 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
1482-T risk & extremes
1482-T drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
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Frequently asked questions
What was iShares Core Japan Government Bond ETF's best month?+
iShares Core Japan Government Bond ETF's strongest completed month on record is March 2020, at +4.50%.
What was iShares Core Japan Government Bond ETF's worst month?+
Its weakest completed month on record is September 2022, at -5.62%.
Is iShares Core Japan Government Bond ETF up this year?+
iShares Core Japan Government Bond ETF is down 6.95% year to date, measured from its last close before 1 January.
What is iShares Core Japan Government Bond ETF's 1-year return?+
-6.82% over the past twelve months, comparing the latest close with the most recent close on or before the same date a year earlier.
What is iShares Core Japan Government Bond ETF's biggest drawdown?+
The deepest peak-to-trough fall on record is 33.2%, measured on month-end closes since 2016.
Which calendar month is historically best for iShares Core Japan Government Bond ETF?+
November has the highest average return across every completed November since 2016. An average is not a forecast.
About iShares Core Japan Government Bond ETF
iShares Core Japan Government Bond ETF is a japan jgb business worth about $734 million. Tracked here from its first session onward — every monthly, quarterly and weekly return on record since 2016, with no gaps filled in and nothing smoothed. Since 2016 it is down 26% overall — surviving is its own genre of awesome.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was March 2020 at +4.5%; its worst, September 2022 at -5.62%.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.