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iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) — chart, structure and Closelooknet read

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Every Closelooknet reading that exists for HYG, from the same nightly bakes the boards use. Research diary readings, not advice.

Mentioned on Closelooknet 16 pieces · newest: Midday 10, “Megacaps — Microsoft jumps 3.6%, Meta gives back 3.7%; oil sinks 4% on Iran-deal talk, the 30-year at 5.49%” (2026-09-25)

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where HYG appears in the diary — 16 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

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Weather around the name 3 macro readings: Money Temperature, Factor regime, Sovereign pressure

The weather around this name

Macro readings that apply by membership — the regime, the factor tape, the sector cell, the funding backdrop.

  • Money Temperature Composite 62/100 · S&P 500 fund at 67, bullish alignedEight instruments scored on position, momentum, volume, volatility and fragility — the regime every name trades inside. Temperature lab → 2026-09-25
  • Factor regime Momentum leading — risk appetite buildingMomentum against low volatility (SPMO / SPLV): above its 50-day trend, 99th percentile of the window, +8.4% over 20 sessions. Factor regime → 2026-09-25
  • Sovereign pressure Index 0.61 · up 0.29 over 21 sessionsG7 long-end yields, 10s30s and the slope — the funding weather for every balance sheet on this site. Sovereign pressure → 2026-09-25
How it trades on rate days beta 0.21 to TLT · on the worst bond days it held up better than the market

How it trades on rate days

How HYG has moved when long-dated Treasury yields rise — measured against TLT, the 20+ year Treasury fund.

  • Beta to long bonds, 1 year 0.21 — barely reacts to bond moves for every 1% move in TLT (20+ year Treasuries), iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF moved 0.21% on average · correlation 0.50 · higher than 21% of US names
  • Beta, last 3 months 0.23 about the same as over the year
  • On the 10 worst bond days −0.38% on average against −0.74% for the S&P 500 the 10 sessions of the past year in which TLT fell most, i.e. long yields rose most
  • Latest of those days −0.27% TLT −1.29% that day 2026-09-24

Daily total returns from the adjusted price series; a TLT down day is a day long yields rose. Beta = the average move of the name for a 1% move in TLT. Past sensitivity, not a forecast. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

Dividends and capital return trailing yield 6.09%, monthly · last 0.44 USD on 2026-09-01

Dividends and capital return

What HYG pays out and buys back — distributions read from the price series, money terms from the filings.

  • Trailing 12 months 4.74 USD per share · a 6.09% yield on the 2026-09-25 close 12 distributions, paid monthly 2026-09-25
  • Change on the year +2.6% against the prior twelve months prior twelve months 4.62 USD per share
  • Last distribution 0.44 USD per share as the price series records it, within days of the ex-date 2026-09-01
  • By calendar year 2023: 1.49 USD (partial) · 2024: 4.73 USD · 2025: 4.61 USD · 2026: 3.19 USD to date first distribution recorded in the three-year window: 2023-10-02

Per-share amounts are derived from the adjusted price series in the listing currency, so dates sit within days of the ex-date; filing figures come from the fundamentals feed for the last reported fiscal year. An investment diary, not a recommendation.

About iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) is an exchange-traded fund that trades on US exchanges. Closelooknet tracks it as a benchmark: the dailies and the sector dispersion board quote it as a market reference, and the holdings card above matches its largest positions against the names with a Closelooknet page. It is a constituent of Closelooknet benchmark ETF set.

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FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-26

Quick answers

What is iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG)?

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF is an exchange-traded fund trading as HYG on the US exchange (US) and is one of the benchmark ETFs Closelooknet tracks as a market reference, as of the registry build of 2026-09-26.

How does Closelooknet use HYG?

As a benchmark: the daily editions, the sector dispersion board and the index dashboards quote iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF as a market reference, and this page matches the fund's largest holdings against the names Closelooknet covers so a reader can move from the fund to the companies inside it.

Where does HYG trade against its moving averages?

Mixed moving-average stack: Trades -1.6% vs the 50-day and -1.9% vs the 200-day average, 3.1% below the 52-week high and +0.8% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 10 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-25 — a technical state from the nightly Closelooknet bake, not advice. The Technical tab carries the full row.

How does iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF trade when bond yields rise?

Over the past year iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF had a beta of 0.21 to TLT, the long-dated Treasury fund — it barely reacts to bond moves, higher than 21% of US names. On the 10 sessions in which long bonds fell most it moved −0.38% on average, against −0.74% for the S&P 500. The "How it trades on rate days" block on this page carries the lines.

Where has Closelooknet written about iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF?

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF appears in 16 Closelooknet pieces, most recently Midday 10: Megacaps — Microsoft jumps 3.6%, Meta gives back 3.7%; oil sinks 4% on Iran-deal talk, the 30-year at 5.49% (2026-09-25); Midday 10: AI Credit — Oracle invokes force majeure on a New Mexico data center; the 30-year hits 5.45% (2026-09-24); Midday 10: Expiry Friday — the equipment names join at last: Applied +4.4%, Lam +5.2%, memory ETF over $58, 10-year back at 5% (2026-09-18). What Closelooknet said most recently: Dollar 157.10 yen (-1.06%), the yen's best day in weeks; VIX 15.03 (-4.1%); bitcoin $84,000 (-0.45%); gold fund GLD $393.42 (+0.44%); high-yield fund HYG flat; Nikkei 66,364 (+1.30%), Hang Seng 24,510 (-1.30%), DAX 25,409 (+0.56%), FTSE… (Midday 10, 2026-09-25). The "Mentioned on Closelooknet" block on this page lists the long reads, the reference entries and the dailies that name it.

Does iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF pay a dividend?

iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF has paid 4.74 USD per share over the last twelve months, paid monthly, a trailing yield of 6.09% on the 2026-09-25 close; the last distribution recorded in the price series was 0.44 USD on 2026-09-01. The "Dividends and capital return" block on this page carries the lines.

What does this page show?

A live price chart with SMA overlays and drawing tools for HYG, fund basics and the top holdings by weight with the Closelooknet names among them marked, the technical state where the data exists, and the research diary mentions — an investment research diary view, not investment advice.