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 +0.67% over the past year and −1.36% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Oct. 16, 2012, VTIP is down −5.91% in real purchasing-power return, or −0.45%/yr, and is currently −7.15% below its real total-return high on Dec. 31, 2012.

Tue 2012-10-16💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
VTIP
×
−1.36%
2026-06-09
+0.67%
2026-06-09
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Returns

Tue 2012-10-16💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VTIP
×
−5.91%
−0.45%/yr
−0.49%/yr
(R2=0.355)
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Growth of $10,000

Tue 2012-10-16💬 to Tue 2026-06-09 Start
Value
End
Value
VTIP
×
$10,000.00
2012-10-16
$9,409.47
2026-06-09
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Annual Returns

Year VTIP
2026 (YTD) −1.36%
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 Tue 2026-06-09 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VTIP
×
−7.15%
from 2012-12-31 peak
−13.83%
2023-10-03
from 2012-12-31 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-06-09 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
VTIP
×
+0.67% +4.48%
+2.22%/yr
+6.46%
+2.11%/yr
−4.24%
−0.86%/yr
−2.06%
−0.21%/yr
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