All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

BIV: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

BIV real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, BIV returned −0.62% over the past year and −3.41% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Apr. 10, 2007, BIV is up +26.90% in real purchasing-power return, or +1.25%/yr, and is currently −23.52% below its real total-return high on Aug. 6, 2020.

Data ending Thu Jul. 2, 2026

Tue 2007-04-10💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
BIV × 		−3.41%
2026-07-02 		−0.62%
2026-07-02
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Returns

Tue 2007-04-10💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
BIV × 		+26.90%
+1.25%/yr 		+1.08%/yr
(R2=0.233)
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Growth of $10,000

Tue 2007-04-10💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Start
Value 		End
Value
BIV × 		$10,000.00
2007-04-10 		$12,689.82
2026-07-02
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Annual Returns

Year BIV
2026 (YTD) −3.41%
2025 +5.70%
2024 −1.27%
2023 +2.63%
2022 −18.48%
2021 −8.82%
2020 +8.19%
2019 +7.87%
2018 −2.05%
2017 +1.51%
2016 +0.89%
2015 +0.30%
2014 +7.04%
2013 −5.01%
2012 +4.98%
2011 +7.93%
2010 +7.53%
2009 +1.14%
2008 +7.68%
2007 +4.17%

Drawdowns

Tue 2007-04-10💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
BIV × 		−23.52%
from 2020-08-06 peak 		−30.81%
2023-10-19
from 2020-08-06 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-07-02 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
BIV × 		−0.62% +3.89%
+1.93%/yr 		+3.81%
+1.26%/yr 		−18.33%
−3.97%/yr 		−14.62%
−1.57%/yr
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