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

Total Real Returns

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

TIP real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, TIP returned −4.85% over the past year and −5.06% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 5, 2003, TIP is up +15.78% in real purchasing-power return, or +0.64%/yr, and is currently −20.33% below its real total-return high on Jan. 4, 2021.

Data ending Fri Sep. 25, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Fri 2003-12-05💬 to Fri 2026-09-25 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
TIP
×
+15.78%
+0.64%/yr
+0.94%/yr
R2=0.356
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Fri 2003-12-05💬 to Fri 2026-09-25 Start
Value
End
Value
TIP
×
$10,000.00
2003-12-05
$11,577.89
2026-09-25

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-25

  YTD YoY
TIP
×
−5.06% −4.85%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
TIP
×
−20.33%
on 2026-09-25
from 2021-01-04 peak
−23.18%
on 2023-10-06
from 2021-01-04 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-09-25 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
TIP
×
−4.85% −4.35%
−2.20%/yr
+2.14%
+0.71%/yr
−18.78%
−4.08%/yr
−12.20%
−1.29%/yr

Annual Returns

Year TIP
2026 (YTD) −5.06%
2025 +3.99%
2024 −1.19%
2023 +0.44%
2022 −17.59%
2021 −1.27%
2020 +9.35%
2019 +5.93%
2018 −3.27%
2017 +0.79%
2016 +2.56%
2015 −2.47%
2014 +2.81%
2013 −9.84%
2012 +4.58%
2011 +10.03%
2010 +4.57%
2009 +6.05%
2008 −0.61%
2007 +7.53%
2006 −2.19%
2005 −0.91%
2004 +4.87%
2003 +0.07%