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 −0.38% over the past year and −3.42% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Apr. 10, 2007, BIV is up +26.89% 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 Mon Jul. 6, 2026

Tue 2007-04-10💬 to Mon 2026-07-06 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
BIV × 		−3.42%
2026-07-06 		−0.38%
2026-07-06
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Returns

Tue 2007-04-10💬 to Mon 2026-07-06 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
BIV × 		+26.89%
+1.25%/yr 		+1.08%/yr
(R2=0.233)
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Growth of $10,000

Tue 2007-04-10💬 to Mon 2026-07-06 Start
Value 		End
Value
BIV × 		$10,000.00
2007-04-10 		$12,689.20
2026-07-06
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Annual Returns

Year BIV
2026 (YTD) −3.42%
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 Mon 2026-07-06 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 Mon 2026-07-06 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
BIV × 		−0.38% +2.80%
+1.39%/yr 		+5.46%
+1.79%/yr 		−18.60%
−4.03%/yr 		−14.98%
−1.61%/yr
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