Principal’s Total Bond Funds
1Y4 funds · 50% made money new: under a year old
Made money$600M
Lost money$205M
Too new for 1Y$25.9M · under a year old
Principal bond ETFs · past-year returns · as of Nov 5, 2026 · one tile per fund, largest first
Bonds & Cash
Principal·4 of 17 funds·6% of Principal’s moneyIn the market’s Bonds & Cash bucket: 926 ETFs · $2.63T · +0.7% YTD
Data as of Nov 5, 2026 · a scoreboard, not advice
- 1Y record
- 1–1
- Made money
- 50%
- Assets
- $830M
- Share of Bonds
- 0%
Story of the Week
Week of Nov 2, 2026Principal in Bonds & Cash
TodayPrincipal $830MEveryone else $2.63T
Principal holds 0% of Bonds & Cash AUM
Principal ETFs · current holdings · as of Nov 5, 2026
Principal’s Bond Funds vs AUM
Today0%of the funds0%of the AUM
Bond ETFsFundsAUM
Principal4 · 0%$830M · 0%
Everyone else922 · 100%$2.63T · 100%
Bonds & Cash ETFs · current AUM · as of Nov 5, 2026 · 926 funds
Top 4 Principal Bond ETFs
Today$830M of $830M
Principal bond ETFs · current AUM · as of Nov 5, 2026 · fee per $100 a year
Compare Bond Names
The Year in Principal Bonds
Principal’s Bond ETF Record
1Y1–1made money · lost
of 2 with a full year
of 2 with a full year
Each bar is one fund · 1Y return
1 lost1 made money
Principal bond ETFs · past-year returns · as of Nov 5, 2026
Principal’s Bond ETF Fees
Today$0.33per $100 a year, typical
Funds at each fee · per $100 a year
3
0.19
1
0.39
1 fund at $0.39$600M · 72% of the money
Principal bond ETFs · current fees · as of Nov 5, 2026
Principal’s Bond ETF Yields
TodayPrincipal bond ETFs · trailing yield · as of Nov 5, 2026
Inside Bonds & Cash
Largest ETFs in Each Bond Type
YTDBond TypeFunds3 biggestMoneyAssetsYTD
Bold Principal fund among the bond type’s 3 biggestWhole bond typeYTD asset-weighted
Bonds & Cash ETFs · year-to-date returns, asset-weighted · as of Nov 5, 2026
Principal’s Bond ETF Launches
20262bond launches in 2026
May 20UUPP · DWWNCLO$25.9M$0.19
Principal bond ETFs · launched in the past year · as of Nov 5, 2026 · fee per $100