Price vs Value
Bond ETF premiums widened on Columbus Day, then narrowed

Score 63 out of 100
Score 63 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.
BMost inverse Treasury funds swing at the 20-year-plus long end, often with 2x or 3x. TBX takes the quieter route: a single inverse (-1x) target on the daily move of the 7-10 year part of the curve, at 0.95% net of a waiver through September 30, 2027.
TBX seeks daily pre-fee, pre-expense returns equal to the inverse (-1x) of the daily performance of the ICE U.S. Treasury 7-10 Year Bond Index. It uses financial instruments to pursue that daily target.
| Period | TBX |
|---|---|
| Year to date | +6.5% |
| 1 month | −2.6% |
| 3 months | +1.7% |
| 1 year | +7.3% |
| 3 years | +2.3% |
| 5 years | +6.8% |
| 10 years | +2.3% |
| Year | Return bar | TBX |
|---|---|---|
| 2026 YTD | +6.5% | |
| 2025 | −1.2% | |
| 2024 | +8.5% | |
| 2023 | +4.0% | |
| 2022 | +18.3% |
This fund targets a multiple of the daily move of its index and resets daily. Hold it longer than one reset and compounding makes the return diverge from that target. In choppy markets it can lose value even when the index ends flat.
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.
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.
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.
The beta figure is supplied by FMP. The comparison index depends on the fund’s broad asset class.
FMP measures it over up to five years of monthly returns.
Overpaying vs TBT, cheapest in Inverse Treasury
$330
On $10,000 over 30 years. 7% growth a year before fees, expense ratio only.
TBX 0.95%
$17,869
TBT 0.93% Cheapest
$17,539
| Year | TBX | TBT | Overpaying |
|---|---|---|---|
| 10 | $1,678 | $1,644 | $34 |
| 20 | $6,322 | $6,199 | $123 |
| 30 | $17,869 | $17,539 | $330 |
Full fee 1.44% waiver 0.49% you pay 0.95%