Category Review
Municipal bond funds are down for the year after a third-quarter selloff erased the first-half gain
Brookstone Intermediate Bond ETF
$25.00+0.02 (+0.08%)
- 0.95%
- $54M
- −3.4%
- 3.14%
- 0M sh
- $24.99
- low $24.87high $26.88
The ETF.net BAMB Grade
D
Score 39 out of 100
- 101 of 117
Score 39 of 100 falls in the D band. A is 70 or higher, B 55 to under 70, C 40 to under 55, D 25 to under 40, F under 25.
Cost
The fund’s net expense ratio, ranked against its category.F0 out of 100Rank 116 of 117Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.A92 out of 100Rank 72 of 101Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.D32 out of 100Rank 102 of 116Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C48 out of 100Rank 63 of 117Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.F21 out of 100Rank 112 of 116Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.D36 out of 100Rank 92 of 117
Our read on BAMB
DA 2023-vintage intermediate bond fund with one stated job: current income. The story is the sticker. It charges 1.04% a year in the most commoditized corner of the market, where the index giants work for pennies.
The Fund seeks to provide current income.
Why people hold it
- Simple mandate, plainly stated: current income from US bonds inside a standard 1940 Act fund. What the portfolio holds lines up closely with what the prospectus says it does.
- Income arrives quarterly, a steady calendar rhythm rather than unpredictable lumps.
- Live since 2023 and past the seed-capital stage, with a real shareholder base rather than a launch balance sitting on the books.
Worth knowing
- Cost is the trade-off: 1.04% a year, while core bond index rivals such as BND, SPAB and SCHZ charge 0.03%. That gap comes out of income every year.
- Thinly traded, so the gap between bid and ask can add to the cost of getting in and out.
- In a crowded field of nearly 200 core bond funds, it sits in the lower half, where cheap, broad index trackers set the bar.
BAMB Holdings
- Bonds
- 7
- 100%
- IEI
Sectors
- Financials100.0%
Geography
- United States100.00%
BAMB Performance
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BAMB$9,656
Returns run to the Oct 12, 2026 close, with cash distributions reinvested. Each period starts on the same date that many months or years earlier. Periods over one year show the average yearly return.
| Period | BAMB |
|---|---|
| Year to date | −3.6% |
| 1 month | −1.0% |
| 3 months | −2.7% |
| 1 year | −3.4% |
| 3 years | +2.7% |
| 5 years | — |
| 10 years | — |
Calendar-year total return with cash distributions hypothetically reinvested at the ex-dividend date’s closing price. The current year shows year to date.
| Year | Return bar | BAMB |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | −3.6% | |
| 2025 | +6.1% | |
| 2024 | +3.0% | |
| 2023 | +2.9% |
BAMB in the news
BAMB Dividends
- 3.14%
- $0.78
- $0.21 per share
- Quarterly
Distribution history
BAMB Risk
- 4.0%
How it’s calculated: standard deviation
The sample standard deviation of monthly total returns, multiplied by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Total returns include reinvested distributions.
- −0.47
How it’s calculated: Sharpe ratio
Subtract each month’s Treasury-bill return from the fund’s monthly total return.
Divide the average of those excess returns by their sample standard deviation, then multiply by the square root of 12.
Uses up to 36 complete months, with at least 12 required. Each month uses the Treasury yield quoted at the end of the previous month.
- −5.6%
How it’s calculated: maximum drawdown
The largest percentage decline from an earlier peak, using total returns with reinvested distributions.
Uses up to five years through the last close, with at least 12 months required.
- 0.06
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
BAMB Cost
0.95%
BAMB0.95%
- The middle half of US Aggregate Bond funds
- Median 0.34%
111 of the 113 US Aggregate Bond funds charge less.
Other funds in US Aggregate Bond
- CFCBDThe Advisors' Inner Circle Fund II - Frontier Asset Core Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.84%1 year return −0.1%
- CUSFIBrandywineGLOBAL - U.S. Fixed Income ETFExpense ratio 0.39%1 year return −0.9%
- DCRXPColumbia Core Plus Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.48%1 year return —
- DWSDBWeitz Short Duration Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.45%1 year return —
- DAGGHSimplify Aggregate Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.55%1 year return −2.0%