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

Total Real Returns

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

GOVT real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, GOVT returned −5.84% over the past year and −5.91% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Feb. 24, 2012, GOVT is down −21.81% in real purchasing-power return, or −1.67%/yr, and is currently −30.83% below its real total-return high on Apr. 21, 2020.

Data ending Wed Oct. 14, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Fri 2012-02-24💬 to Wed 2026-10-14 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
GOVT × 		−21.81%
−1.67%/yr 		−1.76%/yr
R2=0.497
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Fri 2012-02-24💬 to Wed 2026-10-14 Start
Value 		End
Value
GOVT × 		$10,000.00
2012-02-24 		$7,818.83
2026-10-14

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-14

  YTD YoY
GOVT × 		−5.91% −5.84%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
GOVT × 		−30.83%
on 2026-10-14
from 2020-04-21 peak 		−32.59%
on 2023-10-19
from 2020-04-21 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-10-14 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
GOVT × 		−5.84% −4.24%
−2.14%/yr 		+0.79%
+0.26%/yr 		−22.25%
−4.91%/yr 		−24.10%
−2.72%/yr

Annual Returns

Year GOVT
2026 (YTD) −5.91%
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%