iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEI)
Bonds · Intermediate Treasuries · data since 2007-01-11 · last close 2026-10-02
iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF (IEI) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.0 | 1.5 | -1.5 | -0.0 | -0.1 | 0.1 | -0.5 | -0.3 | -2.4 | 0.1 | · | · |
| 2025 | 0.5 | 1.7 | 0.6 | 1.4 | -0.7 | 1.1 | -0.4 | 1.5 | 0.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | -0.2 |
| 2024 | 0.3 | -1.4 | 0.4 | -1.7 | 1.3 | 0.9 | 2.2 | 1.2 | 1.0 | -2.1 | 0.6 | -0.8 |
| 2023 | 2.1 | -2.2 | 2.9 | 0.6 | -0.9 | -1.2 | 0.1 | -0.0 | -1.3 | -0.6 | 2.7 | 2.3 |
| 2022 | -1.4 | -0.5 | -3.2 | -2.0 | 0.7 | -0.7 | 1.7 | -2.7 | -2.9 | -0.5 | 2.2 | -0.6 |
| 2021 | -0.3 | -1.1 | -0.8 | 0.5 | 0.3 | -0.1 | 1.0 | -0.3 | -0.8 | -0.8 | 0.3 | -0.4 |
| 2020 | 1.8 | 1.9 | 2.5 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.4 | -0.3 | 0.1 | -0.4 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 2019 | 0.5 | -0.2 | 1.6 | -0.1 | 1.8 | 0.9 | -0.2 | 2.1 | -0.6 | 0.3 | -0.4 | -0.2 |
| 2018 | -1.2 | -0.4 | 0.6 | -0.8 | 0.7 | 0.0 | -0.3 | 0.7 | -0.7 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 1.8 |
| 2017 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.7 | 0.4 | -0.3 | 0.4 | 0.8 | -0.8 | -0.2 | -0.4 | -0.0 |
| 2016 | 2.1 | 0.6 | 0.2 | -0.1 | -0.2 | 1.8 | 0.1 | -0.7 | 0.3 | -0.6 | -2.2 | 0.0 |
| 2015 | 2.3 | -1.3 | 0.8 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.5 | 0.7 | -0.0 | 1.1 | -0.5 | -0.4 | -0.3 |
| 2014 | 1.3 | 0.1 | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | -0.1 | -0.5 | 0.9 | -0.5 | 1.0 | 0.7 | -0.4 |
| 2013 | -0.4 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.6 | -1.3 | -1.3 | 0.3 | -0.8 | 1.2 | 0.5 | 0.0 | -1.3 |
| 2012 | 0.6 | -0.6 | -0.6 | 1.2 | 0.8 | -0.2 | 0.7 | 0.1 | -0.0 | -0.3 | 0.5 | -0.4 |
| 2011 | 0.6 | -0.4 | -0.3 | 1.6 | 1.6 | -0.1 | 2.0 | 1.8 | 0.3 | -0.0 | 0.2 | 0.7 |
| 2010 | 1.7 | 0.4 | -0.8 | 0.9 | 1.5 | 1.9 | 1.1 | 1.4 | 0.5 | 0.6 | -1.0 | -2.0 |
| 2009 | -1.3 | -0.6 | 1.8 | -1.4 | -1.0 | -0.7 | 0.5 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 1.8 | -2.5 |
| 2008 | 2.9 | 1.6 | 0.8 | -2.3 | -1.2 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 1.0 | 1.5 | 3.9 | 1.8 |
| 2007 | -0.1 | 1.4 | 0.3 | 0.4 | -0.9 | 0.1 | 1.6 | 1.9 | 0.5 | 0.8 | 3.3 | 0.3 |
| Avg | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.2 | -0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.6 | 0.5 | -0.2 | -0.0 | 0.7 | -0.1 |
| Median | 0.5 | -0.0 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | -0.1 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.1 | -0.0 | 0.5 | -0.2 |
October so far: +0.1% against an average of -0.0% and a median of -0.0% across 19 completed Octobers, 9 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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IEI seasonality — average by calendar month
iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF has monthly history back to 2007. Its strongest month by median is August — positive in 12 of 20 years, median +0.7%. December is the soft spot, down in 12 of 19 with a median of -0.2%. Across its full record it has closed 57% of months higher, swings ±1.1% in an average month and has fallen 14.6% peak to trough.
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +0.6% | +0.1% | +0.2% | 0.0% | +0.2% | +0.1% | +0.6% | +0.5% | -0.2% | -0.0% | +0.7% | -0.1% |
| Win rate | 65%/20 | 50%/20 | 65%/20 | 55%/20 | 55%/20 | 45%/20 | 75%/20 | 60%/20 | 55%/20 | 47%/19 | 74%/19 | 37%/19 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
IEI risk & extremes
IEI 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 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF's best month?+
iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF's strongest completed month on record is November 2008, at +3.85%.
What was iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF's worst month?+
Its weakest completed month on record is March 2022, at -3.20%.
Is iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF up this year?+
iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF is down 3.13% year to date, measured from its last close before 1 January.
What is iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF's 1-year return?+
-2.38% 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 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF's biggest drawdown?+
The deepest peak-to-trough fall on record is 14.6%, measured on month-end closes since 2007.
Which calendar month is historically best for iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF?+
November has the highest average return across every completed November since 2007. An average is not a forecast.
About iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF
iShares 3-7 Year Treasury Bond ETF is an intermediate treasuries business worth about $18 billion. It competes for the only truly scarce resource: your attention — with price receipts on this site going back to 2007. Since 2007 it has ground out +68% overall — not every story is a rocket.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was November 2008 at +3.85%; its worst, March 2022 at -3.2%.
- It has closed July in the green 15 out of 20 times — calendar astrology, but the fun kind.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.