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BMO Long-Term US Treasury Bond Index ETFZTL.TODON'T BUYAug 03, 2021Stock price when the opinion was issued
TLT will have withholding tax, so that will affect the yield.
In the hedged version of ZTL (ZTL.F), the cost of hedging is embedded in it and typically comes out of the yield. Today, he'd own the one with the .F extension and be fully hedged on his currency exposure in the US market.
The underlying assets are yielding the same thing, but the difference comes from the items noted above.
See today's Educational Segment.
Never trust yield; look below the surface. As interest rates rise, long-term bonds like this be clobbered. He'd own this only in something like ZAG which also holds short- and medium-term bonds.