iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF (SHV)
Bonds · T-Bills · data since 2007-01-11 · last close 2026-08-18
1d
+0.02%
7d
+0.08%
30d
+0.32%
YTD
+2.20%
1y
+3.77%
iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF (SHV) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.2 | · | · | · | · |
| 2025 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| 2024 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 |
| 2023 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.5 |
| 2022 | -0.1 | -0.0 | -0.0 | -0.0 | 0.1 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 |
| 2021 | -0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 | -0.1 | 0.0 |
| 2020 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.0 | -0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2019 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.2 |
| 2018 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| 2017 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| 2016 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.1 |
| 2015 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 | -0.0 | -0.0 |
| 2014 | -0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 | -0.0 |
| 2013 | -0.0 | -0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 | -0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2012 | -0.0 | -0.0 | -0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 | -0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2011 | -0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | -0.0 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 | -0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2010 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 | -0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | -0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 |
| 2009 | -0.1 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.0 | -0.0 |
| 2008 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.1 |
| 2007 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.5 | 0.4 | 0.4 | 0.7 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.6 | 0.2 |
| Avg | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed).
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Seasonality — average by calendar month
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 rate | 65%/20 | 75%/20 | 75%/20 | 70%/20 | 60%/20 | 75%/20 | 60%/20 | 79%/19 | 74%/19 | 68%/19 | 58%/19 | 84%/19 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
Risk & extremes
Max drawdown
-0.5%
Worst peak-to-trough fall on record
Monthly volatility
±0.2%
Std. dev. of monthly returns
Positive months
70%
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
Drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
About iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF
iShares Short Treasury Bond ETF, 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.