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iShares $ Treasury Bond 20+yr UCITS ETF (Dist) (IDTL.L)

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A single fund giving you a direct slice of long-dated US government bonds, paying out regular cash income.

$3.11

Is iShares $ Treasury Bond 20+yr UCITS ETF (Dist) a good fund for a UK beginner?

The honest version: A single fund giving you a direct slice of long-dated US government bonds, paying out regular cash income.

No rating · no target price · nothing for sale here
Price-0.8%
Priced in USD - as a UK investor your £ return also moves with the pound-to-dollar exchange rate, on top of the share price itself.
52-week range+3% past year
$3.11
Low $3.09High $3.45
Where today's price sits versus its past year - context, not a signal.
If you had put $1,000 into iShares $ Treasury Bond 20+yr UCITS ETF (Dist)
$992-1%

Over about 2 years to 2026-07-15. This is the share price only - reinvesting the dividends would add to it. And it's the USD return - as a UK investor your actual £ return also moves with the exchange rate. Past performance is not a guide to the future, and it could just as easily have fallen.

Why has it been moving?▼ -1% past week · ▲ +3% past year

This is a fund, so it moves with its whole basket (Bonds) - not any single company's news. One share having a bad day barely shows up here.

What does iShares $ Treasury Bond 20+yr UCITS ETF (Dist) do?

This fund tracks the ICE US Treasury 20+ Year Bond index by holding US government debt that takes 20 years or more to mature. Buying a single share spreads your money across this hefty stack of American borrowing. The ongoing charge is 0.07% a year, which means roughly 70p annually for every £1,000 invested. Because this is a distributing fund, any interest payments collected from the bonds are paid straight out to you as cash rather than being automatically rolled back in.

What it tracks

Holds long-dated US government bonds (20 years or more), priced in dollars, which swing a lot as interest rates change.

OCF: Ongoing Charge Figure: the fund's yearly running cost, taken automatically. 0.22% is about £2.20 a year for every £1,000 you hold.
0.07%
≈ £0.70 a year per £1,000 invested
Yield: The income the fund has paid out over the past year as a percentage of its price. Accumulating funds reinvest this for you instead of paying cash.
4.7% (paid as cash)
Acc / Dist: Accumulating (Acc) reinvests dividends inside the fund automatically; Distributing (Dist) pays them to you as cash. Same index either way.
Distributing
income paid as cash
Holdings: Roughly how many different investments the fund spreads your money across. More holdings usually means more diversification.
Long-dated US government bonds with 20+ years to maturity
Spread of your money
Index
ICE US Treasury 20+ Year Bond
United States
Domicile
Ireland
ISA-eligible
Replication
Physical (holds the underlying bonds)
Category
Bonds
Where it fits in a portfolio
What's strong
  • Very low ongoing cost at just 0.07% a year
  • Simple one-fund exposure to long-term US government debt
  • Regular cash income sent straight to you via distributing dividends
What to watch
  • The value of the fund falls when the broader bond market falls
  • Long-dated bonds swing significantly in price as interest rates change
  • Currency swings between British pounds and US dollars affect a UK investor

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Appears in
Low-cost index funds & ETFs (UK)

What are the pros and cons of iShares $ Treasury Bond 20+yr UCITS ETF (Dist)?

3bull points
3bear points

How many points the write-up makes each way — a balance check, not a score or verdict.

The bull case3
  • Very low ongoing cost at just 0.07% a year
  • Simple one-fund exposure to long-term US government debt
  • Regular cash income sent straight to you via distributing dividends
Key risks3
  • The value of the fund falls when the broader bond market falls
  • Long-dated bonds swing significantly in price as interest rates change
  • Currency swings between British pounds and US dollars affect a UK investor
Confidence: · data: USD · flags: none · Charts by TradingView Lightweight Charts™
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This plain-English summary was auto-generated on 2026-08-01 from public data and checked for an education-only, no-advice tone (the figures above carry their own, usually fresher, 'as of' date). It's information, never a recommendation.

Figures as of 2026-08-01. Prices may be delayed and numbers can go stale - always double-check before acting.