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Total Real Returns

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

BND real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, BND returned +0.98% over the past year and −2.95% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Apr. 10, 2007, BND is up +8.91% in real purchasing-power return, or +0.45%/yr, and is currently −24.63% below its real total-return high on Aug. 6, 2020.

Tue 2007-04-10💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
BND
×
−2.95%
2026-06-09
+0.98%
2026-06-09
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Returns

Tue 2007-04-10💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
BND
×
+8.91%
+0.45%/yr
+0.27%/yr
(R2=0.025)
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Growth of $10,000

Tue 2007-04-10💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 Start
Value
End
Value
BND
×
$10,000.00
2007-04-10
$10,890.96
2026-06-09
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Annual Returns

Year BND
2026 (YTD) −2.95%
2025 +4.30%
2024 −1.46%
2023 +2.23%
2022 −18.39%
2021 −8.45%
2020 +6.09%
2019 +6.40%
2018 −1.98%
2017 +1.42%
2016 +0.44%
2015 −0.17%
2014 +5.03%
2013 −3.55%
2012 +2.12%
2011 +4.82%
2010 +4.63%
2009 +0.89%
2008 +6.77%
2007 +3.95%

Drawdowns

Tue 2007-04-10💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
BND
×
−24.63%
from 2020-08-06 peak
−30.91%
2023-10-19
from 2020-08-06 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-06-09 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
BND
×
+0.98% +3.19%
+1.58%/yr
+2.31%
+0.76%/yr
−19.40%
−4.22%/yr
−16.32%
−1.77%/yr
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