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

Total Real Returns

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

BND real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, BND returned −2.00% over the past year and −3.47% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Apr. 10, 2007, BND is up +8.32% in real purchasing-power return, or +0.41%/yr, and is currently −25.04% below its real total-return high on Aug. 6, 2020.

Data ending Fri Sep. 4, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Tue 2007-04-10💬 to Fri 2026-09-04 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
BND
×
+8.32%
+0.41%/yr
+0.23%/yr
R2=0.018
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Tue 2007-04-10💬 to Fri 2026-09-04 Start
Value
End
Value
BND
×
$10,000.00
2007-04-10
$10,832.41
2026-09-04

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-04

  YTD YoY
BND
×
−3.47% −2.00%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
BND
×
−25.04%
on 2026-09-04
from 2020-08-06 peak
−30.91%
on 2023-10-19
from 2020-08-06 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-09-04 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
BND
×
−2.00% −2.22%
−1.12%/yr
+3.74%
+1.23%/yr
−19.70%
−4.29%/yr
−17.74%
−1.93%/yr

Annual Returns

Year BND
2026 (YTD) −3.47%
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%