IBTH vs LIFT

IBTHAiShares iBonds Dec 2027 Term Treasury ETF

LIFTCLifex 2028 Income Bucket ETF

In short

IBTH Most bond ETFs roll on forever. This one is built to end: a basket of U.S. Treasuries clustered around a December 2027 maturity, wrapped in one ticker at a bottom-tier fee. A ladder rung you can buy in a single click.

LIFT —No data

Stated mandate

IBTH The Fund seeks to track the investment results of an index composed of U.S. Treasury bonds.

LIFT —No data

Why people hold it

• IBTH Costs 0.07% a year against a 0.10% median for target-maturity bond funds. On Treasuries, where the coupon does the work, fee drag is most of what you control.
• A defined end date, which a standard bond fund cannot offer. It holds Treasuries maturing around December 2027, so interest-rate sensitivity winds down as that date approaches.
• U.S. Treasury paper only, so no corporate issuer risk in the basket, unlike the corporate-bond rungs of the same family (IBDU) or Invesco's BulletShares (BSCT).
• Running since 2020, pays monthly, and ranks as one of the stronger builds in the target-maturity bond group.

LIFT —No data

Worth knowing

• IBTH A share is not a bond. The wind-up value follows the market value of the underlying Treasuries, not a fixed face amount you can pencil in.
• Narrow by design: roughly 50 Treasuries in one maturity window, so it moves with a single slice of the yield curve rather than the whole bond market.
• Treasury credit means no corporate spread in the yield, and the fund has a finite life, so it works as a dated tool rather than a permanent core sleeve.

LIFT —No data

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