New Fixed Income ETFs From Barclays

In keeping with our recent ETF predictions for 2007 and our friend, Roger Nusbaum's prediction, Barclays added eight new fixed income ETFs to their offerings today. Now investors have a total of 14 fixed income ETFs that cover a variety of income classes and maturities to use for their investment portfolio. The new ETFs include:

* iShares Lehman Short Treasury Bond Fund (SHV)
* iShares Lehman 3-7 Year Treasury Bond Fund (IEI)
* iShares Lehman 10-20 Year Treasury Bond Fund (TLH)
* iShares Lehman 1-3 Year Credit Bond Fund (CSJ)
* iShares Lehman Intermediate Credit Bond Fund (CIU)
* iShares Lehman Credit Bond Fund (CFT)
* iShares Lehman Intermediate Government/Credit Bond Fund (GVI)
* iShares Lehman Lehman Government/Credit Bond Fund (GBF)