Help me understand STIP ETF [iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond - no dividend paid]
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Help me understand STIP ETF [iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond - no dividend paid]
Can anyone help me understand why the ETF; STIP did not pay a dividend for October and November? I thought this fund paid monthly.
Re: Help me understand STIP ETF
The fund, iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF (STIP), does pay dividends monthly but sometimes the dividend is $0.00.wildbill68 wrote: ↑Fri Nov 04, 2022 7:21 am Can anyone help me understand why the ETF; STIP did not pay a dividend for October and November? I thought this fund paid monthly.
I know that sounds dumb, but the monthly distribution for this fund has been $0.00 over 40% of the time since inception and nearly 60% of the time in October.
Mutual funds don't only, or even always, pay "income" on a schedule that makes sense. And TIPS aren't issued as frequently as nominal bonds, so there are some months where there are simply no TIPS making interest payments.
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Re: Help me understand STIP ETF
and the inflation adjustment has been essentially zero for September and October!
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Re: Help me understand STIP ETF
How is the inflation adjustment essentially zero for those two months?
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