- What does SPTU invest in?
- The State Street SPDR Portfolio Ultra Short T-Bill ETF (SPTU) endeavors to mirror the overall return, including both price changes and income generated, of the ICE BofA US Treasury Bill Index, prior to accounting for its operational expenses. This cost-effective exchange-traded fund focuses its holdings on short-term U.S. Treasury Bills, specifically those publicly issued in the domestic market with a remaining maturity period ranging from one month up to, but not including, twelve months. SPTU is a key offering within the State Street SPDR Portfolio suite, a family of economical ETFs designed as core components for constructing diversified investment portfolios across essential asset classes.
- What is the expense ratio of SPTU?
- State Street SPDR Portfolio Ultra Short T-Bill ETF (SPTU) charges an expense ratio of 0.05%. This is the annual fee deducted from fund assets to cover management and operations.
- What is SPTU's dividend yield?
- SPTU's trailing-twelve-month yield is 3.26%, calculated from the sum of dividends over the past year divided by the current price.
- What is the duration of SPTU?
- Effective duration measures SPTU's sensitivity to interest-rate changes — a duration of 6 means a 1% rate move shifts NAV by roughly 6% in the opposite direction. SPTU's current duration is published on the fund's factsheet on the issuer's website.
- What is the credit quality of SPTU?
- SPTU'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 SPTU?
- Yield to maturity (YTM) is the total return you'd earn from SPTU if every bond in the portfolio is held to maturity at the current price. SPTU'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.
