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 −0.31% over the past year and −3.51% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Feb. 24, 2012, GOVT is down −19.82% in real purchasing-power return, or −1.53%/yr, and is currently −29.07% below its real total-return high on Apr. 21, 2020.
| Fri 2012-02-24💬 to Mon 2026-06-08 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOVT × |
−3.51%
2026-06-08 |
−0.31%
2026-06-08 |
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| Fri 2012-02-24💬 to Mon 2026-06-08 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOVT × |
−19.82%
−1.53%/yr |
−1.71%/yr
(R2=0.467) |
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| Fri 2012-02-24💬 to Mon 2026-06-08 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOVT × |
$10,000.00
2012-02-24 |
$8,018.29
2026-06-08 |
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| Year | GOVT |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −3.51% |
| 2025 | +1.06% |
| 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 Mon 2026-06-08 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOVT × |
−29.07%
from 2020-04-21 peak |
−32.59%
2023-10-19 from 2020-04-21 peak |
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| Period ending Mon 2026-06-08 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| GOVT × | −0.31% |
+1.30% +0.65%/yr |
−1.37% −0.46%/yr |
−21.46% −4.72%/yr |
−22.54% −2.52%/yr |
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