Business mix
- The fund tracks a market-weighted index of investment-grade mortgage pass-through securities.
- The index includes fixed and floating rate securities issued by GNMA, FNMA and FHLMC.
- The fund gives investors fixed income / government mortgage-backed bond exposure through a listed ETF structure.
- It tracks the Bloomberg US Aggregate Securitized - MBS index and is issued by BlackRock.
- Portfolio breadth and cost are visible in 11169 holdings and a 0.04% expense ratio.
Current key questions
- Does the fund's index exposure, fees, liquidity, and tracking quality fit the role investors expect it to play?
- How concentrated is the portfolio by issuer, sector, country, factor, or duration risk?
- Can flows, spreads, and market structure affect trading costs during volatile periods?