iShares iBonds 1-5 Year TIPS Ladder ETF (LDRI)

The iShares iBonds 1-5 Year TIPS Ladder ETF from BlackRock provides a ladder of U.S. Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities with maturities spanning roughly one to five years.

The fund invests in a sequence of iShares iBonds term TIPS ETFs, each holding inflation-linked Treasuries that mature in a particular year. As each rung matures, proceeds are rolled into a new rung at the far end of the ladder. Because TIPS principal adjusts with the Consumer Price Index, the fund pairs short-term interest rate sensitivity with protection against inflation. It trades on NYSE Arca.