> I'd love to see some kind of ETF with an expiration date that would behave like a bond, give diversity against default risk and be denominated to be a tool fo

> I'd love to see some kind of ETF with an expiration date that would behave like a bond, give diversity against default risk and be denominated to be a tool for the ordinary investor. They actually already exist: http://guggenheiminvestments.com/products/etf/bulletshares http://guggenheiminvestments.com/products/etf/bulletshares http://www.ishares.com/us/strategies/ibonds http://www.ishares.com/us/strategies/ibonds They're not super-liquid, but they exist.