iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF (SHV)

Bonds · T-Bills · data since 2007-01-11 · last close 2026-10-02

Latest available close Oct 2, 2026Data updated Oct 3, 2026, 02:52 UTCMarket Exchange session close
1d
+0.02%
Rank 874 of 4,962
7d
+0.09%
30d
+0.28%
YTD
+2.02%
1y
+3.02%

iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF (SHV) monthly returns (%)

YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
20260.30.30.30.30.30.30.3-0.0-0.00.0··
20250.40.30.30.30.30.30.30.40.30.30.30.4
20240.40.40.40.40.50.40.50.50.50.40.40.4
20230.30.30.50.30.30.50.40.50.40.50.50.5
2022-0.1-0.0-0.0-0.00.1-0.10.10.10.00.20.30.4
2021-0.00.0-0.00.00.0-0.00.0-0.00.0-0.0-0.10.0
20200.10.20.40.0-0.00.00.00.0-0.00.0-0.00.0
20190.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.20.10.30.10.2
20180.10.00.20.10.20.10.10.20.10.20.20.2
20170.10.10.00.00.10.10.10.10.10.00.10.1
20160.10.00.00.1-0.00.10.00.00.10.0-0.10.1
20150.00.0-0.00.00.00.0-0.00.00.0-0.0-0.0-0.0
2014-0.00.00.00.00.00.0-0.00.0-0.00.0-0.0-0.0
2013-0.0-0.00.00.0-0.0-0.00.00.00.0-0.00.00.0
2012-0.0-0.0-0.00.00.0-0.00.00.0-0.0-0.00.00.0
2011-0.00.00.00.1-0.00.0-0.10.00.0-0.0-0.00.0
20100.00.0-0.0-0.00.00.0-0.00.00.00.00.00.0
2009-0.1-0.10.10.1-0.10.10.00.00.00.10.0-0.0
20080.70.20.30.10.00.20.20.10.30.20.30.1
20070.30.40.40.40.50.40.40.70.30.40.60.2
Avg0.10.10.20.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.10.1
Median0.10.00.10.10.00.10.10.00.00.00.00.1

October so far: +0.0% against an average of +0.1% and a median of +0.0% across 19 completed Octobers, 13 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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SHV seasonality — average by calendar month

iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF has monthly history back to 2007. Its strongest month by median is December — positive in 16 of 19 years, median +0.1%, and higher in 9 of the last 9. Across its full record it has closed 69% of months higher, swings ±0.2% in an average month and has fallen 0.5% peak to trough.

MonthJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
Avg+0.1%+0.1%+0.2%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%+0.1%
Win rate65%/2075%/2075%/2070%/2060%/2075%/2060%/2075%/2070%/2068%/1958%/1984%/19

Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.

SHV risk & extremes

Max drawdown
-0.5%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±0.2%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
69%
Share of completed months in the green
Best month
+0.7%
2008-01
Worst month
-0.08%
2022-01
Longest streaks
49▲ / 11▼
Consecutive up / down months

SHV drawdown & rolling returns

0%0%0%

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 Short Treasury Bond ETF's best month?+

iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF's strongest completed month on record is January 2008, at +0.70%.

What was iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF's worst month?+

Its weakest completed month on record is January 2022, at -0.08%.

Is iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF up this year?+

iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF is up 2.02% year to date, measured from its last close before 1 January.

What is iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF's 1-year return?+

+3.02% 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 Short Treasury Bond ETF's biggest drawdown?+

The deepest peak-to-trough fall on record is 0.5%, measured on month-end closes since 2007.

Which calendar month is historically best for iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF?+

March has the highest average return across every completed March since 2007. An average is not a forecast.

About iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF

iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF is a t-bills business worth about $21 billion. Tracked here from its first session onward — every monthly, quarterly and weekly return on record since 2007, with no gaps filled in and nothing smoothed. Since 2007 it has ground out +36% overall — not every story is a rocket.

Did you know?

  • Its best month on record was January 2008 at +0.7%; its worst, January 2022 at -0.08%.
  • It has closed December in the green 16 out of 19 times — calendar astrology, but the fun kind.

Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.