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 −0.34% over the past year and −1.56% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Oct. 16, 2012, VTIP is down −6.09% in real purchasing-power return, or −0.46%/yr, and is currently −7.33% below its real total-return high on Dec. 31, 2012.

Data ending Fri Jul. 24, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Tue 2012-10-16💬 to Fri 2026-07-24 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VTIP × 		−6.09%
−0.46%/yr 		−0.49%/yr
R2=0.351
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Tue 2012-10-16💬 to Fri 2026-07-24 Start
Value 		End
Value
VTIP × 		$10,000.00
2012-10-16 		$9,390.82
2026-07-24

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-07-24

  YTD YoY
VTIP × 		−1.56% −0.34%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VTIP × 		−7.33%
on 2026-07-24
from 2012-12-31 peak 		−13.83%
on 2023-10-03
from 2012-12-31 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-07-24 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VTIP × 		−0.34% +3.38%
+1.67%/yr 		+6.31%
+2.06%/yr 		−4.61%
−0.94%/yr 		−2.24%
−0.23%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VTIP
2026 (YTD) −1.56%
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%