LQD correlations (iShares iBoxx Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF)
Which assets move with LQD and which ones diversify it, computed from weekly returns across 4756 stocks and ETFs.
Data as of 2026-08-27 · refreshed every trading day · Bonds
Volatility (ann.)
7.3%
3y weekly
Beta vs S&P 500
0.15
3y weekly
1-year return
+1.5%
price, adjusted
5-year return
-4.1%
price, adjusted
Expense ratio
0.14%
annual
Assets
$33.0B
under management
Dividend yield
4.66%
trailing
Max drawdown
-6.7%
3y, daily closes
LQD over the last 12 months, weekly closes indexed to 100 at the start.
Stocks and ETFs most correlated with LQD
| Asset | Correlation (3Y) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| BND | Vanguard Total Bond Market ETF | 0.97 | |
| AGG | iShares Core US Aggregate Bond ETF | 0.97 | |
| IEF | iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF | 0.92 | |
| TLT | iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF | 0.92 | |
| TIP | iShares TIPS Bond ETF | 0.89 | |
| BKT | BlackRock Income Trust Inc. (The) | 0.75 | |
| SHY | iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF | 0.75 | |
| BHK | Blackrock Core Bond Trust | 0.74 | |
| NAD | Nuveen Quality Municipal Income Fund | 0.73 | |
| HYG | iShares iBoxx High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | 0.72 | |
| AFB | AllianceBernstein National Municipal Income Fund Inc | 0.71 | |
| NBH | Neuberger Municipal Fund Inc. | 0.71 | |
| NBB | Nuveen Taxable Municipal Income Fund | 0.70 | |
| NZF | Nuveen Municipal Credit Income Fund | 0.70 | |
| BBN | BlackRock Taxable Municipal Bond Trust | 0.70 |
Best diversifiers for LQD
The least-correlated liquid assets in our universe, meaning the ones that historically moved most independently from LQD.
| Asset | Correlation (3Y) | ||
|---|---|---|---|
| VXZ | iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Mid-Term Futures ETN | -0.30 | |
| DFDV | DeFi Development Corp. | -0.26 | |
| ALMU | Aeluma, Inc. | -0.24 | |
| USO | United States Oil Fund | -0.24 | |
| NRT | North European Oil Royality Trust | -0.23 | |
| VXX | iPath Series B S&P 500 VIX Short-Term Futures ETN | -0.22 | |
| ZCMD | Zhongchao Inc. - Class A | -0.22 | |
| CF | CF Industries | -0.21 | |
| SU | Suncor Energy Inc. | -0.21 | |
| EQNR | Equinor ASA | -0.21 |
LQD vs benchmarks
LQD vs its peers
Get LQD data as JSON
$ curl https://www.pairbook.io/api/v1/symbols/lqd.jsonCorrelations, diversifiers, beta and volatility for LQD, plus one endpoint per pair. API documentation.
