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State Street SPDR MarketAxess Investment Grade 400 Corporate Bond ETF (LQIG)

Corporate Bond | Exchange Traded Fund | NYSEArca
95.52 USD +0.48 (0.509%) ⇧ (April 16, 2026, 1:35 p.m. EDT)

Short-term: ★★☆☆☆ | Long-term: ★☆☆☆☆ | Dividends: ★★★☆☆
Hot Take | April 18, 2026, 11:07 p.m. EDT

LQIG is effectively dead capital for speculative plays due to vanishingly low liquidity (avg volume <200 shares) and a static market structure. It performs adequately as a low-cost proxy for the low-volatility corporate bond sector, offering a modest ~5% yield with similar price action to a money market fund, but it lacks the distinct alpha or volatility to justify active management.

Model Selection — Backtest MAE (log-scale, lower is better)
ModelMAE
AutoTheta ✓0.007844
MSTL0.008422
AutoETS0.008768
AutoARIMA0.010119

Forecast horizon: 45 days | Selected: AutoTheta

Forecast Reliability
Score 48%
H-stat 5.25
Ljung-Box p 0.000
Jarque-Bera p 0.262
Excess Kurtosis -1.08

As of April 18, 2026, 11:07 p.m. EDT: Options flow for LQIG is extremely thin with negligible volume and open interest across all strikes. The only noted put activity represents a single contract, which is statistically insignificant for ETF flow. Implied Volatility (IV) remains unchanged at 0.04, and the lack of directional flow (neither call nor put sweeps) mirrors the ETF's near zero price movement over the last 14 days. There is no actionable speculative positioning or momentum signal in the options market.


Dividend Data

Yield Summary
Last Yield 1yr Yield 3yr Avg 5yr Avg
0.42% 5.14% 5.59%
Dividend History
Date Dividend Yield %
2026-04-01 0.394 0.417612
2026-03-02 0.392 0.409080
2026-02-02 0.339 0.357321
2025-12-18 0.396 0.418464
2025-12-01 0.395 0.416701
2025-11-03 0.441 0.468660
2025-10-01 0.372 0.393490
2025-09-02 0.412 0.447012
2025-08-01 0.411 0.444437
2025-07-01 0.414 0.451190
2025-06-02 0.410 0.456727
2025-05-01 0.413 0.461640
2025-04-01 0.413 0.457408
2025-03-03 0.409 0.450753
2025-02-03 0.413 0.466502
2024-12-19 0.416 0.473834
2024-12-02 0.415 0.459596
2024-11-01 0.411 0.466330
2024-10-01 0.378 0.412280
2024-09-03 0.414 0.460585
2024-08-01 0.563 0.638015
2024-07-01 0.423 0.495330
2024-06-03 0.425 0.495064
2024-05-01 0.421 0.501751
2024-04-01 0.423 0.495673
2024-03-01 0.419 0.491053
2024-02-01 0.426 0.490449
2023-12-18 0.429 0.498694
2023-12-01 0.422 0.503566
2023-11-01 0.398 0.506311
2023-10-02 0.392 0.499252
2023-09-01 0.393 0.483542
2023-08-01 0.393 0.479906
2023-07-03 0.380 0.460873
2023-06-01 0.387 0.470281
2023-05-01 0.392 0.477620
2023-04-03 0.396 0.475431
2023-03-01 0.377 0.475089
2023-02-01 0.361 0.431262
2022-12-19 1.332 1.646292
2022-12-01 0.386 0.475177
2022-11-01 0.386 0.506616
2022-10-03 0.362 0.468754
2022-09-01 0.371 0.464123
2022-08-01 0.358 0.425838
2022-07-01 0.368 0.452316
2022-06-01 0.214 0.258082
Additional Data
trailingAnnualDividendRate 0.0
trailingAnnualDividendYield 0.0
dividendYield 5.08

Info Dump

Attribute Value
All Time High 103.128
All Time Low 87.634
Ask 119.46
Ask Size 600
Average Daily Volume10 Day 390
Average Daily Volume3 Month 1,385
Average Volume 1,385
Average Volume10Days 390
Beta3 Year 1.22
Bid 95.45
Bid Size 300
Category Corporate Bond
Crypto Tradeable 0
Currency USD
Custom Price Alert Confidence HIGH
Day High 95.5231
Day Low 95.5231
Dividend Yield 5.08
Esg Populated 0
Exchange PCX
Exchange Data Delayed By 0
Exchange Timezone Name America/New_York
Exchange Timezone Short Name EDT
Fifty Day Average 95.48334
Fifty Day Average Change 0.039764404
Fifty Day Average Change Percent 0.00041645387
Fifty Two Week Change Percent 3.3843398
Fifty Two Week High 98.19
Fifty Two Week High Change -2.6669006
Fifty Two Week High Change Percent -0.027160613
Fifty Two Week Low 92.283
Fifty Two Week Low Change 3.2401047
Fifty Two Week Low Change Percent 0.035110526
Fifty Two Week Range 92.283 - 98.19
First Trade Date Milliseconds 1,652,362,200,000
Full Exchange Name NYSEArca
Fund Family State Street Investment Management
Fund Inception Date 1,652,227,200
Gmt Off Set Milliseconds -14,400,000
Has Pre Post Market Data 1
Language en-US
Legal Type Exchange Traded Fund
Long Business Summary Under normal market conditions, the fund generally invests substantially all, but at least 80%, of its total assets in the securities comprising the index and in securities that the Adviser determines have economic characteristics that are substantially identical to the economic characteristics of the securities that comprise the index.
Long Name State Street SPDR MarketAxess Investment Grade 400 Corporate Bond ETF
Market us_market
Market State PREPRE
Max Age 86,400
Message Board Id finmb_1761759435
Nav Price 95.49084
Net Assets 28,370,512.0
Net Expense Ratio 0.07
Open 95.24
Previous Close 95.0396
Price Hint 2
Quote Source Name Delayed Quote
Quote Type ETF
Region US
Regular Market Change 0.483505
Regular Market Change Percent 0.508741
Regular Market Day High 95.5231
Regular Market Day Low 95.5231
Regular Market Day Range 95.5231 - 95.5231
Regular Market Open 95.24
Regular Market Previous Close 95.0396
Regular Market Price 95.5231
Regular Market Time 1,776,360,950
Regular Market Volume 163
Short Name State Street SPDR MarketAxess I
Source Interval 15
Symbol LQIG
Three Year Average Return 0.0485528
Total Assets 28,370,512
Tradeable 0
Trailing Annual Dividend Rate 0.0
Trailing Annual Dividend Yield 0.0
Trailing Peg Ratio None
Trailing Three Month Nav Returns -0.63651
Trailing Three Month Returns -0.63651
Triggerable 1
Two Hundred Day Average 95.99024
Two Hundred Day Average Change -0.4671402
Two Hundred Day Average Change Percent -0.0048665386
Type Disp ETF
Volume 163
Yield 0.0508
Ytd Return -0.63651