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Business · Stock markets · published 2026-10-12 · via Seeking Alpha

SPLB Offers Long-Term Corporate Bond Exposure With Rate Sensitivity

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SPLB tracks long-term investment-grade corporate bonds and charges a 0.04% expense ratio. The fund has significant interest-rate risk, with an effective duration of 11.9 years and most assets maturing beyond 15 years. It may perform best when rates are stable or falling, while a rate-hedged alternative is suggested for rising-rate conditions.

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... No extra. Ensure no source phrasing copied? We used facts but original wording. Some phrases like "yield to maturity", "trailing 12-month yield", "average daily volume", "investment-grade, fixed-rate, taxable dollar debt" are factual terms, okay. "Bloomberg U.S. Long Term Corporate Bond Index" proper name. "SPLB launched in March 2009" okay. "It held over 2,900 bonds" okay. "Financials were 16%, below LQD’s 27%" okay. "Baa rated" okay. "Average maturity was 22.2 years" okay. "duration was 11.9 years versus LQD’s 7.5" okay. "Oracle was largest issuer at 2.06%" okay. "top ten totaled 16%" okay. "beat LQD by 28 basis points annualized" okay. Need maybe "From March 2009 through October 2026" source says March 17, 2009 through

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