iShares iBoxx $ Invest Grade Corp Bond Performance

Historical performance is a good guide for the future, but it is imperfect. Pay attention to a company's history, but be realistic about what you can project into the future.

LQD Total Returns Comparison

Here are iShares iBoxx $ Invest Grade Corp Bond's total returns compared to the market and some of its peers. High historical total returns are excellent - especially if you held the stock at the time - but returns can change direction quickly. To predict future performance, looking at the business is more important than looking at historic returns.

	1 month returns	YTD returns	1 year returns	3 year returns
iShares iBoxx $ Invest Grade Corp Bond	-1.18%	-0.44%	7.00%	26.76%
S&P 500 Total Return	8.40%	17.89%	31.68%	58.68%
iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bd	1.02%	2.81%	14.55%	36.49%
SPDR Barclays High Yield Bond	1.22%	2.62%	14.39%	33.91%

LQD Total Returns Performance

Returns from price appreciation only give a partial view of the returns to an investor. This total returns chart shows the returns to an investor from both price appreciation and dividends (dividends are assumed to be reinvested)

Returns 13.60%

Total Returns 43.33%