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How can I find the average duration of bonds in a fund? Especially, I would like to look up the average duration of bonds in the following two funds:

- Ｓｍａｒｔ-ｉ　先進国債券インデックス（為替ヘッジあり）
- ｅＭＡＸＩＳ Ｓｌｉｍ 先進国債券インデックス

Is anybody aware of a bond fund with a short duration (1 or 2 years)?

The eMAXIS one has a duration of 6.4 mentioned in this monthly report:
https://www.am.mufg.jp/pdf/geppou/25266 ... 202402.pdf
(デュレーション)

I haven’t looked for mutual funds specifically, but there are US ETFs that are specifically shorter duration, and others that are quite the opposite.

And the duration of Ｓｍａｒｔ－ｉ　先進国債券インデックス（為替ヘッジあり） is 6.62 years

https://doc.wam.abic.co.jp/ap02rs/conte ... 5178_m.pdf

ETFs are the way to go for specific durations.

1-3 months treasuries all the way to 20 year + are available in yen terms.

There are also Austrian, European etc.

Also Rakuten and SBI etc have a decent selection of individual bonds you can buy and hold directly.

Thanks all, very helpful!