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 −5.29% over the past year and −4.86% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 5, 2003, TIP is up +16.02% in real purchasing-power return, or +0.65%/yr, and is currently −20.16% below its real total-return high on Jan. 4, 2021.

Data ending Thu Oct. 15, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Fri 2003-12-05💬 to Thu 2026-10-15 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
TIP
×
+16.02%
+0.65%/yr
+0.93%/yr
R2=0.350
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Fri 2003-12-05💬 to Thu 2026-10-15 Start
Value
End
Value
TIP
×
$10,000.00
2003-12-05
$11,602.38
2026-10-15

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-15

  YTD YoY
TIP
×
−4.86% −5.29%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
TIP
×
−20.16%
on 2026-10-15
from 2021-01-04 peak
−23.18%
on 2023-10-06
from 2021-01-04 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-10-15 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
TIP
×
−5.29% −3.37%
−1.70%/yr
+2.40%
+0.79%/yr
−18.99%
−4.12%/yr
−11.31%
−1.19%/yr

Annual Returns

Year TIP
2026 (YTD) −4.86%
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%