All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
VTIP real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VTIP returned +0.31% over the past year and −1.65% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Oct. 16, 2012, VTIP is down −6.18% in real purchasing-power return, or −0.47%/yr, and is currently −7.42% below its real total-return high on Dec. 31, 2012.
Data ending Fri Jun. 12, 2026
| Tue 2012-10-16💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VTIP × |
−1.65%
2026-06-12 |
+0.31%
2026-06-12 |
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| Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Tue 2012-10-16💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VTIP × |
−6.18%
−0.47%/yr |
−0.49%/yr
(R2=0.356) |
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| Tue 2012-10-16💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VTIP × |
$10,000.00
2012-10-16 |
$9,382.14
2026-06-12 |
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| Year | VTIP |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −1.65% |
| 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% |
| Tue 2012-10-16💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VTIP × |
−7.42%
from 2012-12-31 peak |
−13.83%
2023-10-03 from 2012-12-31 peak |
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| Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Fri 2026-06-12 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VTIP × | +0.31% |
+4.14% +2.05%/yr |
+6.10% +1.99%/yr |
−4.53% −0.92%/yr |
−2.38% −0.24%/yr |
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| Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||