Fixed-income ETFs

Ranked by 3-year total return

Dec 23, 2012 @ 12:01 am (Updated 12:26 am) EST

RankFundTicker3-year return
1Direxion Daily 20+ Year Treasury Bull 3X Shares Ticker:(TMF)TMF34.65%
2Direxion Daily 7-10 Year Treasury Bull 3X Shares Ticker:(TYD)TYD25.16%
3PIMCO 25+ Year Zero Coupon US Treasury Index Fund Ticker:(ZROZ)ZROZ21.45%
4Vanguard Extended Duration Treasury Index Fund ETF Ticker:(EDV)EDV21.18%
5PIMCO 15+ Year US TIPS Index ETF Ticker:(LTPZ)LTPZ15.50%
6iShares Barclays 20+ Year Treasury Bond Fund Ticker:(TLT)TLT14.65%
7Vanguard Long-Term Bond Index Fund ETF Ticker:(BLV)BLV14.06%
8SPDR Barclays Long Term Treasury ETF Ticker:(TLO)TLO13.70%
9PowerShares Emerging Markets Sovereign Debt Port Ticker:(PCY)PCY13.07%
10SPDR Barclays Long Term Corporate Bond ETF Ticker:(LWC)LWC12.76%
11iShares S&P US Preferred Stock Index Fund Ticker:(PFF)PFF11.89%
12iShares JPMorgan USD Emerging Markets Bond Fund Ticker:(EMB)EMB11.59%
13SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond ETF Ticker:(JNK)JNK11.58%
14SPDR Wells Fargo Preferred Stock ETF Ticker:(PSK)PSK11.46%
15iShares Barclays 10-20 Year Treasury Bond Fund Ticker:(TLH)TLH11.42%
16PowerShares Preferred Portfolio Ticker:(PGX)PGX11.33%
17iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond Fund Ticker:(HYG)HYG11.02%
18PowerShares 1-30 Laddered Treasury Portfolio Ticker:(PLW)PLW10.31%
19iShares iBoxx $ Inv Grade Corporate Bond Fund Ticker:(LQD)LQD10.13%
20SPDR Dow Jones International Real Estate ETF Ticker:(RWX)RWX10.05%
21PowerShares Fundamental High Yield Corp Bd Port Ticker:(PHB)PHB9.85%
22Market Vectors High-Yield Municipal Index ETF Ticker:(HYD)HYD9.50%
23SPDR Barclays TIPS ETF Ticker:(IPE)IPE9.19%
24Market Vectors Long Municipal Index ETF Ticker:(MLN)MLN9.08%
25PIMCO Broad USTIPS Index Fund Ticker:(TIPZ)TIPZ9.08%

As of November 10, 2012. Ranking is based on unrounded figures. Three-year returns are annualized.

Source: Lipper