All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
GOVT real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, GOVT returned −1.27% over the past year and −3.33% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Feb. 24, 2012, GOVT is down −19.67% in real purchasing-power return, or −1.51%/yr, and is currently −28.94% below its real total-return high on Apr. 21, 2020.
Data ending Thu Jul. 2, 2026
| Fri 2012-02-24💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOVT × |
−3.33%
2026-07-02 |
−1.27%
2026-07-02 |
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| Fri 2012-02-24💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOVT × |
−19.67%
−1.51%/yr |
−1.72%/yr
(R2=0.473) |
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| Fri 2012-02-24💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOVT × |
$10,000.00
2012-02-24 |
$8,033.02
2026-07-02 |
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| Year | GOVT |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −3.33% |
| 2025 | +1.07% |
| 2024 | +0.07% |
| 2023 | +0.80% |
| 2022 | −18.65% |
| 2021 | −7.61% |
| 2020 | +4.92% |
| 2019 | +4.96% |
| 2018 | −1.62% |
| 2017 | +0.08% |
| 2016 | −1.21% |
| 2015 | +0.15% |
| 2014 | +3.95% |
| 2013 | −3.97% |
| 2012 | +1.29% |
| Fri 2012-02-24💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOVT × |
−28.94%
from 2020-04-21 peak |
−32.59%
2023-10-19 from 2020-04-21 peak |
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| Period ending Thu 2026-07-02 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOVT × | −1.27% |
+1.25% +0.62%/yr |
−0.48% −0.16%/yr |
−21.04% −4.62%/yr |
−23.52% −2.65%/yr |
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| iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
