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

Total Real Returns

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

TLT real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, TLT returned −1.30% over the past year and −3.17% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jul. 26, 2002, TLT is up +26.73% in real purchasing-power return, or +1.00%/yr, and is currently −53.85% below its real total-return high on Apr. 21, 2020.

Data ending Fri Jun. 12, 2026

Fri 2002-07-26💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
TLT
×
−3.17%
2026-06-12
−1.30%
2026-06-12
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Returns

Fri 2002-07-26💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
TLT
×
+26.73%
+1.00%/yr
+2.07%/yr
(R2=0.320)
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Growth of $10,000

Fri 2002-07-26💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 Start
Value
End
Value
TLT
×
$10,000.00
2002-07-26
$12,673.47
2026-06-12
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Annual Returns

Year TLT
2026 (YTD) −3.17%
2025 +1.54%
2024 −10.63%
2023 −0.56%
2022 −35.41%
2021 −10.87%
2020 +16.56%
2019 +11.57%
2018 −3.45%
2017 +6.92%
2016 −0.88%
2015 −2.50%
2014 +26.35%
2013 −14.66%
2012 +0.89%
2011 +30.14%
2010 +7.40%
2009 −23.88%
2008 +33.83%
2007 +5.97%
2006 −1.76%
2005 +5.00%
2004 +5.28%
2003 −0.26%
2002 +9.24%

Drawdowns

Fri 2002-07-26💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
TLT
×
−53.85%
from 2020-04-21 peak
−56.60%
2023-10-19
from 2020-04-21 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-06-12 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
TLT
×
−1.30% −5.43%
−2.75%/yr
−13.80%
−4.83%/yr
−42.57%
−10.50%/yr
−39.72%
−4.94%/yr
iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund