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

Total Real Returns

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

STIP real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, STIP returned −2.00% over the past year and −2.25% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 3, 2010, STIP is down −6.43% in real purchasing-power return, or −0.42%/yr, and is currently −8.51% below its real total-return high on Feb. 23, 2012.

Data ending Wed Sep. 16, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Fri 2010-12-03💬 to Wed 2026-09-16 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
STIP × 		−6.43%
−0.42%/yr 		−0.55%/yr
R2=0.494
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Fri 2010-12-03💬 to Wed 2026-09-16 Start
Value 		End
Value
STIP × 		$10,000.00
2010-12-03 		$9,356.90
2026-09-16

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-16

  YTD YoY
STIP × 		−2.25% −2.00%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
STIP × 		−8.51%
on 2026-09-16
from 2012-02-23 peak 		−13.88%
on 2023-10-03
from 2012-02-23 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-09-16 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
STIP × 		−2.00% +0.83%
+0.42%/yr 		+5.28%
+1.73%/yr 		−5.84%
−1.20%/yr 		−2.87%
−0.29%/yr

Annual Returns

Year STIP
2026 (YTD) −2.25%
2025 +3.27%
2024 +1.84%
2023 +1.24%
2022 −8.91%
2021 −1.26%
2020 +3.77%
2019 +2.55%
2018 −1.34%
2017 −1.35%
2016 +0.64%
2015 −0.83%
2014 −1.96%
2013 −3.21%
2012 +0.38%
2011 +1.45%
2010 +0.06%