Franklin Liberty Short Duration U.S. Government ETF
FTSD NYSE Arca
Franklin Liberty Short Duration U.S. Government ETF seeks to provide income while reducing credit and interest rate risk by investing across entire U.S. government bond universe, actively managing duration positioning, sector allocation, and security selection
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- Fund size
- 145M as of Feb 2020
- Expense ratio
- 0.25% per year
- Dividend yield
- 3.97% Monthly
- Volatility · 1Y
- 1.6% Low Risk
- Beta
- 0.01 vs the market
- 52-week range
- 87.3289.51
How FTSD has paid off
Price return over every period, and total return with dividends reinvested, set against price alone.
Return by period
Price · to Nov 11Total return vs price return
Price onlyOver 1 year, FTSD returned +6.2% with dividends reinvested — dividends added +4.1 pts to the price move.
How bumpy is the ride?
Return only means something next to the risk taken to earn it. Volatility, drawdowns and market sensitivity over 1 year.
Volatility
Annualized · 1YA typical year sees the price swing about ±2% around its trend.
Drawdown from peak
How far below its previous high the price has been Deepest fall −1.2% on Oct 5, 2026 — 39 days after the previous high
More than 5% below a high 0% of the time.
Market sensitivity
BetaA beta of 0.01 means FTSD has moved less than the market.
Trend & momentum
Where the price sits against its moving averages, and how stretched the recent move is.
Price vs moving averages
Uptrend- 12-day average89.20 −0.0%
- 26-day average89.02 +0.2%
- 50-day average88.91 +0.3%
- 200-day average88.49 +0.8%
The price is above 3 of 4 averages. The 50-day average is above the 200-day, a sign of a rising longer-term trend.
Relative strength (RSI)
NeutralRSI compares recent gains with recent losses on a 0–100 scale. Above 70 a move is often considered stretched, below 30 washed out.
Technical indicators describe past prices. They are not a forecast.
Inside the fund
Treasuries · Short Term — tracking the Bloomberg US Government Index: 1-3 Year Component.
- Assets under management145MUSD
- Expense ratio0.25%per year
- Holdings343
- Risk score4.6Medium
Launched November 2013. Fund data as of Feb 27, 2020.
What it pays you
Cash distributions over the last twelve months, and how they have grown.
About 40 USD a year for every 1,000 USD invested at today's price.
- Per share
- 3.54
- Frequency
- Monthly
- Last paid
- Nov 2, 2026
Last 12 months
3.54 USD / shareWhere FTSD shows up
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About Franklin Liberty Short Duration U.S. Government ETF
Franklin Liberty Short Duration U.S. Government ETF seeks to provide income while reducing credit and interest rate risk by investing across entire U.S. government bond universe, actively managing duration positioning, sector allocation, and security selection
- Featured in 1 curated theme
- 343 holdings
- Ticker
- FTSD
- Exchange
- NYSE Arca
- ISIN
- US3535061085
- CUSIP
- 353506108
- Currency
- U.S. Dollar (USD)
- Country
- USA
- Sector
- Treasuries
- Industry
- Short Term
- Benchmark
- Bloomberg US Government Index: 1-3 Year Component
All key statistics
Details
Shareas of Nov 11, 2026
Dataas of Feb 27, 2020
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Data for information only, not investment advice. Past performance does not guarantee future results.