FLCB

Franklin US Core Bond ETF

Franklin Templeton · $3.02bn in assets, October 8, 2026

Owns mostly investment-grade US bonds, including government, corporate, mortgage-backed and asset-backed debt, kept close to the Bloomberg U.S. Aggregate Bond Index in its mix and rate sensitivity.

FLCB, the Franklin US Core Bond ETF, is a $3.0 billion ETF whose main story is the rate regime. Over the past year it returned −2.3%, against +16.8% for broad US ETFs. Figures to October 2, 2026; past performance, not a recommendation.

FLCB · the ETFFRI OCT 2Market price total return
+0.4% a yearTotal return since launch, September 2019
−2.3%Last 12 months
−2.9%Year to date
5.5%Volatility since launch

The narrative it carries

Its main narrative, at 0.7 of its exposure.

The rate regime →

Bonds, cash and Treasuries: the interest rates every other asset is priced against.

The rate regime · the narrative this week
57.8HOT level, 3 of 22
last four weeks
424ETFs carry it
27.8%held by the top five
BNDlargest holder, 7.6%
$1,607 bncapital, 2nd of 22

The band is where this narrative’s level sits among the 22 this week. QUIET means less talked about, not falling.

Who owns the capital
BND 7.6%SGOV 7.5%AGG 6.3%BIL 3.3%TLT 3.1%419 other ETFs 72.2%27.8%top five
#ETFSHAREASSETS1 YEARCOST
1BND7.6%$161.78bn−2.1%0.03%
2SGOV7.5%$112.26bn+3.8%0.09%
3AGG6.3%$135.65bn−2.2%0.03%
4BIL3.3%$49.79bn+3.7%0.14%
5TLT3.1%$46.23bn−9.5%0.15%
419 other ETFs72.2%
FLCB: 0.1%

Share is each ETF’s slice of the capital carrying this narrative. 1 year is market price total return; cost is the expense ratio. See all 424 ETFs on the narrative page →

Also carries: The credit signal →

Corporate bonds, loans and the banks that make them: the price of lending to companies.

Exposure 0.3 · level 34.7 QUIET, 22nd of 22 · FLCB holds 0.1% of its capital

FRI OCT 2MARKET PRICE TOTAL RETURN

1M3MYTD1Y3Y*5Y*
FLCB−2.5%−3.6%−2.9%−2.3%+4.3%−0.8%
The rate regimeits narrative−1.6%−2.2%−1.2%−0.6%+4.3%+0.5%
The marketbroad US ETFs+0.8%+2.6%+14.6%+16.8%+22.9%+12.9%

1M, 3M, 1Y, 3Y, 5Y: one month to five years. YTD: year to date. * A year, annualised. A dash means the ETF has not traded for the whole period. Since it started trading on September 19, 2019: +0.4% a year.

$10,000 invested September 30, 2019

FLCB $10,229The rate regime $10,855The market $28,486
$0$10,000$20,000$30,000Sep 2019Sep 2021Sep 2023Sep 2025$0$10,000$20,000$30,000Sep 2019Sep 2023

Year by year

FLCBThe rate regimeThe market
-20%-10%0%10%20%30%FLCB 2020: +7.7%Narrative 2020: +6.8%The market 2020: +21.4%2020FLCB 2021: -1.7%Narrative 2021: -1.0%The market 2021: +27.1%2021FLCB 2022: -13.5%Narrative 2022: -9.4%The market 2022: -19.8%2022FLCB 2023: +5.7%Narrative 2023: +5.4%The market 2023: +27.9%2023FLCB 2024: +1.6%Narrative 2024: +2.6%The market 2024: +23.1%2024FLCB 2025: +7.0%Narrative 2025: +6.2%The market 2025: +16.8%2025FLCB YTD: -2.9%Narrative YTD: -1.2%The market YTD: +14.6%YTD-20%-10%0%10%20%30%FLCB 2020: +7.7%Narrative 2020: +6.8%The market 2020: +21.4%2020FLCB 2021: -1.7%Narrative 2021: -1.0%The market 2021: +27.1%2021FLCB 2022: -13.5%Narrative 2022: -9.4%The market 2022: -19.8%2022FLCB 2023: +5.7%Narrative 2023: +5.4%The market 2023: +27.9%2023FLCB 2024: +1.6%Narrative 2024: +2.6%The market 2024: +23.1%2024FLCB 2025: +7.0%Narrative 2025: +6.2%The market 2025: +16.8%2025FLCB YTD: -2.9%Narrative YTD: -1.2%The market YTD: +14.6%YTD

Total return in each calendar year; this year is year to date. A year appears only if FLCB traded for all of it.

Total return on the market price, with each distribution reinvested on its ex-date. Not the NAV return the issuer publishes; the two differ when the ETF trades above or below the value of its holdings. The narrative is the asset-weighted return of the unlevered ETFs that carry it. The market is the asset-weighted return of broad US index ETFs. Past performance is no guarantee of future results.

Common questions

What story is FLCB selling?

FLCB’s main story is the rate regime, which covers bonds, cash and Treasuries: the interest rates every other asset is priced against. Its second is the credit signal.

Which ETFs compete with FLCB?

The ETFs whose weekly returns move most like FLCB’s over the past 3 years are EAGG (0.99), AGG (0.99) and BND (0.99).

How has FLCB performed against its story?

Over the past year FLCB returned −2.3%, the ETFs carrying the rate regime −0.6% and broad US ETFs +16.8%, to October 2, 2026. Its weekly returns have a correlation of 0.99 with the story. Past performance only.

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Narrative figures are from the weekly board. Performance is market price total return as of October 2, 2026. Assets are StoryVector’s weekly figure. Classification and measurement. Not investment advice. How the measurement works →