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 −1.06% over the past year and −1.43% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Oct. 16, 2012, VTIP is down −5.97% in real purchasing-power return, or −0.44%/yr, and is currently −7.21% below its real total-return high on Dec. 31, 2012.

Data ending Wed Sep. 2, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Tue 2012-10-16💬 to Wed 2026-09-02 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VTIP × 		−5.97%
−0.44%/yr 		−0.48%/yr
R2=0.346
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Tue 2012-10-16💬 to Wed 2026-09-02 Start
Value 		End
Value
VTIP × 		$10,000.00
2012-10-16 		$9,403.44
2026-09-02

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-02

  YTD YoY
VTIP × 		−1.43% −1.06%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VTIP × 		−7.21%
on 2026-09-02
from 2012-12-31 peak 		−13.83%
on 2023-10-03
from 2012-12-31 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-09-02 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VTIP × 		−1.06% +2.50%
+1.24%/yr 		+6.77%
+2.21%/yr 		−4.58%
−0.93%/yr 		−1.83%
−0.18%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VTIP
2026 (YTD) −1.43%
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%