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iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF

iShares · US46434V8789

iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF is an exchange-traded fund (ETF) from iShares, traded under the ticker ICSH (ISIN US46434V8789). One trade buys a whole basket of holdings, so your money is spread out instead of riding on a single company. In plain terms it is about very short-term, cash-like instruments, aimed at protecting your money and earning a…

Money Market ?Unknown Physical ?
Low yearly feeOwns the shares directlyOther
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Fund size (AUM) ?
€0
1-year return ?
-0.2%
Price Return · to 2026-07-20
Yearly fee (TER) ?
0.08%
All-in cost ≈ 0.00%

About this fund

How it works

The fund actually buys every share in the index it tracks (full replication).

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Owning every holding keeps things transparent — what is in the index is what the fund actually owns. It can be a touch costlier to run for indexes with thousands of tiny positions, since the fund has to buy and maintain them all. There is no swap bank involved, so there is no extra “what if the partner fails” question to weigh.

Cost

0.08%Yearly fee (TER)
0.00%All-in cost

The yearly running cost of the fund, shown as a % of your money. Lower is cheaper.

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For example, a 0.20% fee works out at €0.20 a year for every €100 invested — that’s a generic illustration of the mechanic, not this fund’s own fee. It is skimmed quietly from inside the fund a little each day, so you never get a bill — but it drags on your return every year you hold. On a broad index ETF it is usually a small fraction of a percent; the gap between a cheap and a pricey fund looks tiny on day one but compounds over decades, which is why it is worth a glance.

Fund facts

Replication ?
Physical
Full — buys every share
Launched
Dec 2013
13-year track record

Performance

98.699.199.6100101202120242026

Growth of $100 invested — the line starts at $100.

iShares Ultra Short Duration Bond Active ETF

End-of-day prices, rebased to a common start so the shapes are comparable. Past performance does not predict future results.

YTD-0.1%
1 year-0.2%
3 years+0.2%
5 years+0.0%

Return, year by year

-0.7
+0.6
+0.1
+0.3
'22'23'24'25
3 of 4 up yearsBest: 2023 +0.6%Worst: 2022 -0.7%Calendar-year total returns, in USD

How bumpy has it been?

1.2%
Volatility (1y) ?
How much the price swings year to year — lower is calmer.
-0.8%
Worst drop (3y) ?
The biggest fall from a peak over the last three years.
0.12
Return for the risk (3y) ?
Reward earned per unit of bumpiness.

The bigger picture

+0.1%
Since inception
Total growth since launch — about +0.0% a year.
+1.0%
Best 12 months
The strongest one-year stretch on record.
-1.1%
Worst 12 months
The weakest one-year stretch on record.
-1.3%
Worst fall on record ?
It clawed back in about 15 months.

Where to buy this fund

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Where it trades

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How it ranks vs peers

🪙 Cheaper than 90% of similar ETFs📈 Higher 1-yr return than 0%📈 Higher 3-yr return than 100%📈 Higher 5-yr return than 0%📊 Behind its category by 2.6% (1-yr) (category average +2.4%)📊 Beat its category by 0.1% (3-yr) (category average +0.0%)📊 Behind its category by 0.1% (5-yr) (category average +0.1%)

Versus the Money market · Other · USD ETFs we track.

Advanced risk

0.12
Sortino (3y) ?
0.20
Calmar (3y) ?
1.1%
Downside deviation ?
25%
Up months (hit rate) ?
$50.76
52-week high ?
$50.42
52-week low ?

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Copies the index with a swap, not by holding the shares.
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Cash-likeUnknownPhysical
Index trackedSONIA Compounded IndexESTR Compounded IndexESTR Compounded IndexSolactive SARON Daily Total Return IndexESTR Overnight
Yearly fee (TER)0.08%0.10%0.10%0.10%0.10%0.10%0.28%
All-in cost0.00%0.10%0.10%0.10%0.10%0.10%0.00%
Fund size€0€20.1B€20.1B€20.1B€20B€1.2B€706.1M
DomicileLULULULUIrelandUnited States
ReplicationPhysical (full)Synthetic (swap)Synthetic (swap)Synthetic (swap)Synthetic (swap)Physical (full)Physical (full)
3-yr return p.a.+0.2%
5-yr return p.a.+0.0%
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Data as of 2026-07-20 · Source: issuer data, compiled by Finance Hamster

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