TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF
LEGACY ETF NOT a signal card · Live refresh 2026-09-11T13:34:10Z · Source: yfinance/Yahoo (soft-fail)
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Company — what it does
The underlying index consists of publicly-issued U.S. Treasury securities that have a remaining maturity greater than twenty years and have $300 million or more of outstanding face value, excluding amounts held by the Federal Reserve System (the “Fed”). The fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index, and the fund will invest at least 90% of its assets in U.S.…
Plain trend vs 50 / 200
Downtrend bias (below 50D & 200D) — Price sits below both the 50-day and 200-day averages — a classic intermediate downtrend posture. Not a trade signal.
Dividend paycheck vs warning
A dividend is a share of earnings or pass-through cash — it is not a guaranteed paycheck. Cuts happen. High yield is often a warning light (risk priced in), not a safety badge.
Range, yield & payout streak
Based on Yahoo annual dividend totals through 2025 (excludes incomplete 2026).
BDC / cash pass-through vs ordinary dividend
ETF / fund — distributions depend on the underlying basket and fund policy. Yield is not a corporate “safety” rating.
Remember: high yield ≠ safer. Pass-through vehicles (BDC / REIT) can show high distributions by design while carrying credit, rate, or occupancy risk.
Dividend safety rating
High yield ≠ safer — elevated yield often prices higher risk or return-of-capital. Payout streak (non-decreasing annual totals): ~5 years.
Dividend history trend (recent payments)
| Ex-date (Yahoo) | Amount |
|---|---|
| 2025-10-01 | $0.3100 |
| 2025-11-03 | $0.3250 |
| 2025-12-01 | $0.3210 |
| 2025-12-19 | $0.3420 |
| 2026-02-02 | $0.3320 |
| 2026-03-02 | $0.3010 |
| 2026-04-01 | $0.3450 |
| 2026-05-01 | $0.3150 |
| 2026-06-01 | $0.3360 |
| 2026-07-01 | $0.3180 |
| 2026-08-03 | $0.3300 |
| 2026-09-01 | $0.3150 |
Sourced from Yahoo via yfinance. Gaps or missing rows = data unavailable, not zeroes we invented.
Pass-through / BDC mechanics (deeper)
ETF / fund — distributions depend on the underlying basket and fund policy. Yield is not a corporate “safety” rating.
Advanced frame: for ordinary payers, focus on earnings/FCF coverage and balance-sheet flexibility. For REITs, focus on AFFO/FFO trends, occupancy, and debt ladders. For BDCs, focus on NII vs distribution, non-accruals, leverage vs statutory limits, and NAV drift. This page still is not a Crystal Signals entry card — no Counsel fire / manage stamp here.
Full company blurb
The underlying index consists of publicly-issued U.S. Treasury securities that have a remaining maturity greater than twenty years and have $300 million or more of outstanding face value, excluding amounts held by the Federal Reserve System (the “Fed”). The fund will invest at least 80% of its assets in the component securities of the underlying index, and the fund will invest at least 90% of its assets in U.S. Treasury securities that manager believes will help the fund track the underlying index.
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