All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
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 |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TLT × |
−3.17%
2026-06-12 |
−1.30%
2026-06-12 |
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| Fri 2002-07-26💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TLT × |
+26.73%
+1.00%/yr |
+2.07%/yr
(R2=0.320) |
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| Fri 2002-07-26💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TLT × |
$10,000.00
2002-07-26 |
$12,673.47
2026-06-12 |
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| 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% |
| Fri 2002-07-26💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TLT × |
−53.85%
from 2020-04-21 peak |
−56.60%
2023-10-19 from 2020-04-21 peak |
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| Period ending Fri 2026-06-12 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| TLT × | −1.30% |
−5.43% −2.75%/yr |
−13.80% −4.83%/yr |
−42.57% −10.50%/yr |
−39.72% −4.94%/yr |
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