{"url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-short-term-bond-etf","section":"learn","title":"What is a short-term bond ETF? | ETFIQ","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ covers 73 short-term bond ETFs and 137 bond funds with a duration under one year, with a median short-term fee of 0.19%.","as_of":"Nov 4, 2026","structured_data":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-short-term-bond-etf#article","headline":"What is a short-term bond ETF?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ covers 73 short-term bond ETFs and 137 bond funds with a duration under one year, with a median short-term fee of 0.19%.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-short-term-bond-etf","mainEntityOfPage":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-short-term-bond-etf","dateModified":"2026-11-04","datePublished":"2026-11-04","author":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ETFIQ Research","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"ETFIQ Research","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"about":"What is a short-term bond ETF?","inLanguage":"en"},{"@type":"FAQPage","@id":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-short-term-bond-etf#questions","mainEntity":[{"@type":"Question","name":"What is short-term?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"Funds with an average maturity or duration of about one to three years."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Is a short-term fund safer?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"It moves less with rates. Credit risk depends on who issued the bonds."}},{"@type":"Question","name":"Where do I find them?","acceptedAnswer":{"@type":"Answer","text":"The Bonds category lists them by duration."}}]},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"ETFIQ","item":"https://etfiq.com/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Learn","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":3,"name":"What is a short-term bond ETF?","item":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-short-term-bond-etf"}]},{"@type":"WebPage","name":"What is a short-term bond ETF?","description":"As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ covers 73 short-term bond ETFs and 137 bond funds with a duration under one year, with a median short-term fee of 0.19%.","url":"https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-short-term-bond-etf","dateModified":"2026-11-04","isPartOf":{"@type":"WebSite","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"speakable":{"@type":"SpeakableSpecification","cssSelector":[".lede",".faq"]},"publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org"}}],"characters":1875,"truncated":false,"content":"ETFIQ / Learn / What is a short-term bond ETF? \n \n What is a short-term bond ETF?\n Data as of Nov 4, 2026. Rebuilt every trading night.\n As of Nov 4, 2026, ETFIQ covers 73 short-term bond ETFs and 137 bond funds with a duration under one year, with a median short-term fee of 0.19%.\n \n In plain words\n A short-term bond ETF owns bonds that mature soon, usually within one to three years. Short bonds move less when rates change, so the price is steadier, at the cost of lower yield. \n ETFIQ counts 73 short-term funds, at a median fee of 0.19%. Of 791 bond funds, 137 have a duration under one year, 619 from one to ten and 35 ten or more. A duration of 2 years means about 2% for each 1 point change in rates. Duration is dated on every bond fund page.\n Questions\n What is short-term? Funds with an average maturity or duration of about one to three years.\n Is a short-term fund safer? It moves less with rates. Credit risk depends on who issued the bonds.\n Where do I find them? The Bonds category lists them by duration.\n Where to next\n Bonds Screener: filter every ETF Compare two ETFs What is a Treasury ETF? What is bond ETF duration? What is a corporate bond ETF? All ETF explainers How ETFIQ computes these numbers \n Cite this page. ETFIQ, What is a short-term bond ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-short-term-bond-etf Free to use with attribution for data ETFIQ computes; issuer data stays under its owner's terms. The underlying files are at Open data .\n Other forms Plain ETFIQ, What is a short-term bond ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-short-term-bond-etf APA ETFIQ. (Nov 4, 2026). What is a short-term bond ETF?. Retrieved from https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-short-term-bond-etf Markdown [What is a short-term bond ETF? (ETFIQ, Nov 4, 2026)](https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-short-term-bond-etf)","source":"ETFIQ, independent ETF data. Recomputed nightly from public filings and prices.","publisher":{"@id":"https://etfiq.com/#org","name":"ETFIQ","url":"https://etfiq.com"},"license":"https://etfiq.com/license/","license_text":"Data ETFIQ computes is free to use with attribution: ETFIQ (etfiq.com). Issuer data stays under its owner's terms.","citation":"ETFIQ, What is a short-term bond ETF?, data as of Nov 4, 2026. https://etfiq.com/learn/what-is-a-short-term-bond-etf"}