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 −1.63% over the past year and −3.43% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Feb. 24, 2012, GOVT is down −19.75% in real purchasing-power return, or −1.51%/yr, and is currently −29.01% below its real total-return high on Apr. 21, 2020.

Data ending Fri Aug. 14, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Fri 2012-02-24💬 to Fri 2026-08-14 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
GOVT × 		−19.75%
−1.51%/yr 		−1.73%/yr
R2=0.482
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Fri 2012-02-24💬 to Fri 2026-08-14 Start
Value 		End
Value
GOVT × 		$10,000.00
2012-02-24 		$8,024.54
2026-08-14

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-14

  YTD YoY
GOVT × 		−3.43% −1.63%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
GOVT × 		−29.01%
on 2026-08-14
from 2020-04-21 peak 		−32.59%
on 2023-10-19
from 2020-04-21 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-08-14 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
GOVT × 		−1.63% −2.69%
−1.35%/yr 		+1.38%
+0.46%/yr 		−21.54%
−4.74%/yr 		−23.43%
−2.63%/yr

Annual Returns

Year GOVT
2026 (YTD) −3.43%
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%