First-Year Review
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WisdomTree Yield Enhanced U.S. Short-Term Aggregate Bond Fund
$46.560.00 (0.00%)
- 0.12%
- $70M
- +0.9%
- 4.33%
- 0M sh
- $46.50
- low $46.29high $48.32
The ETF.net SHAG Grade
B
Score 62 out of 100
- 4 of 12
Score 62 of 100 falls in the B 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.A80 out of 100Rank 3 of 12Mission
Whether the fund did what it promised, tested against its stated mandate.Risk
How the fund held up when markets fell: downside volatility, drawdowns and tail loss.C45 out of 100Rank 8 of 11Tradability
How easy the fund is to trade: daily volume, and how far its price strays from net asset value.C48 out of 100Rank 6 of 12Holdings
How concentrated the fund is, and how complete and current its disclosed holdings are.B65 out of 100Rank 7 of 12Durability
Whether the fund is likely to stay open, judged by its age, its assets and its issuer’s assets.C44 out of 100Rank 7 of 12
Our read on SHAG
BShort-duration bonds with a twist: SHAG follows an index that reshuffles the short-term investment-grade universe toward its higher-yielding corners, and charges 0.12% a year to do it.
The fund seeks to follow, before fees and expenses, the price and yield performance of the Bloomberg U.S. Short Aggregate Enhanced Yield Index.
Why people hold it
- The whole idea in one line: an index built to reweight short-term investment-grade bonds toward the higher-yielding corners of that same universe, not just mirror the market's shape.
- 0.12% a year, well under the typical fee in its bond-fund cohort.
- Roughly 1,400 bonds and monthly distributions, so the yield tilt is spread across a wide book rather than a handful of names.
- Short maturities by mandate, which means less interest-rate sensitivity than a full-maturity Agg fund carries.
Worth knowing
- A small fund that trades thinly. Spreads can widen at the edges of the session, and small funds carry more closure risk than category giants.
- Reaching for yield inside investment grade means leaning on its lower-rated, longer-dated slices, so it can behave differently from a plain short-term Agg tracker.
- Core bond staples like BND and SCHZ run at 0.03%. The extra cost here buys the yield tilt and the short maturity profile, not broader market coverage.
SHAG Holdings
- Bonds
- 1,227
- 17%
- Us Treasury N/B 3.5% 1/15/2029
SHAG Performance
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SHAG$10,094
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 | SHAG |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +0.1% |
| 1 month | 0.0% |
| 3 months | −0.5% |
| 1 year | +0.9% |
| 3 years | +4.6% |
| 5 years | +1.6% |
| 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 | SHAG |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +0.1% | |
| 2025 | +6.3% | |
| 2024 | +4.3% | |
| 2023 | +4.6% | |
| 2022 | −6.4% | |
| 2021 | −0.9% | |
| 2020 | +4.3% |
SHAG in the news
SHAG Dividends
- 4.33%
- $2.02
- $0.17 per share
- Monthly
Distribution history
SHAG Risk
- 2.3%
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.
- −0.04
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.
- −9.0%
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.
- 0.36
How it’s calculated: beta
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
SHAG Cost
0.12%
SHAG0.12%
- The middle half of Short-Term Core Bond funds
- Median 0.25%
2 of the 12 Short-Term Core Bond funds charge less.
Other funds in Short-Term Core Bond
- AISTBiShares Core 1-5 Year USD Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.06%1 year return +1.0%
- BAVSFAvantis Short-Term Fixed Income ETFExpense ratio 0.15%1 year return +1.1%
- CEVSDEaton Vance Short Duration Income ETFExpense ratio 0.24%1 year return +1.5%
- CNUSANuveen ESG 1-5 Year U.S. Aggregate BondExpense ratio 0.14%1 year return +0.5%
- CSBNDColumbia Short Duration Bond ETFExpense ratio 0.26%1 year return +1.8%