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 −0.92% over the past year and −3.95% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Apr. 10, 2007, BIV is up +26.19% in real purchasing-power return, or +1.21%/yr, and is currently −23.94% below its real total-return high on Aug. 6, 2020.

Data ending Mon Jul. 27, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Tue 2007-04-10💬 to Mon 2026-07-27 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
BIV × 		+26.19%
+1.21%/yr 		+1.06%/yr
R2=0.230
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Tue 2007-04-10💬 to Mon 2026-07-27 Start
Value 		End
Value
BIV × 		$10,000.00
2007-04-10 		$12,619.31
2026-07-27

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-07-27

  YTD YoY
BIV × 		−3.95% −0.92%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
BIV × 		−23.94%
on 2026-07-27
from 2020-08-06 peak 		−30.81%
on 2023-10-19
from 2020-08-06 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Mon 2026-07-27 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
BIV × 		−0.92% +1.46%
+0.73%/yr 		+4.01%
+1.32%/yr 		−19.41%
−4.22%/yr 		−15.16%
−1.63%/yr

Annual Returns

Year BIV
2026 (YTD) −3.95%
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%