- What does PRTIX invest in?
- The primary objective of this fund is to mirror the financial performance of its benchmark, the Bloomberg Barclays U.S. 4-10 Year Treasury Bond Index. This particular index comprises U.S. government Treasury bonds that are denominated in U.S. dollars, carry a fixed interest rate, and possess maturities ranging from four to ten years.
- What is the expense ratio of PRTIX?
- T. Rowe Price U.S. Treasury Intermediate Index Fund (PRTIX) charges an expense ratio of 0.31%. This is the annual fee deducted from fund assets to cover management and operations.
- What is PRTIX's dividend yield?
- PRTIX's trailing-twelve-month yield is 4.12%, calculated from the sum of dividends over the past year divided by the current price.
- What is the duration of PRTIX?
- Effective duration measures PRTIX's sensitivity to interest-rate changes — a duration of 6 means a 1% rate move shifts NAV by roughly 6% in the opposite direction. PRTIX's current duration is published on the fund's factsheet on the issuer's website.
- What is the credit quality of PRTIX?
- PRTIX's credit quality breakdown — the share of holdings rated AAA through CCC and below — is published on the fund's factsheet. Higher-quality (investment-grade) funds yield less but carry less default risk than high-yield / junk bond funds.
- What is the yield to maturity of PRTIX?
- Yield to maturity (YTM) is the total return you'd earn from PRTIX if every bond in the portfolio is held to maturity at the current price. PRTIX's YTM is published on the fund's factsheet on the issuer's website — it differs from the trailing-12-month yield because YTM reflects current bond prices rather than historical income paid.
