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

Total Real Returns

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

VTIP real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VTIP returned −0.56% over the past year and −2.04% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Oct. 16, 2012, VTIP is down −6.55% in real purchasing-power return, or −0.49%/yr, and is currently −7.79% below its real total-return high on Dec. 31, 2012.

Data ending Thu Jul. 2, 2026

Tue 2012-10-16💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VTIP × 		−2.04%
2026-07-02 		−0.56%
2026-07-02
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Returns

Tue 2012-10-16💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VTIP × 		−6.55%
−0.49%/yr 		−0.49%/yr
(R2=0.355)
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Growth of $10,000

Tue 2012-10-16💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Start
Value 		End
Value
VTIP × 		$10,000.00
2012-10-16 		$9,344.79
2026-07-02
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Annual Returns

Year VTIP
2026 (YTD) −2.04%
2025 +3.30%
2024 +1.81%
2023 +1.73%
2022 −8.83%
2021 −1.57%
2020 +3.54%
2019 +2.52%
2018 −1.32%
2017 −1.26%
2016 +0.37%
2015 −0.50%
2014 −2.15%
2013 −2.99%
2012 +1.34%

Drawdowns

Tue 2012-10-16💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VTIP × 		−7.79%
from 2012-12-31 peak 		−13.83%
2023-10-03
from 2012-12-31 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-07-02 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VTIP × 		−0.56% +3.19%
+1.58%/yr 		+6.06%
+1.98%/yr 		−4.71%
−0.96%/yr 		−3.03%
−0.31%/yr
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