TIPS

Treasury Inflation-Protected Securities. Principal adjusts with CPI, so real (after-inflation) return is essentially locked in for the duration of the bond. Tax-inefficient in taxable accounts because the inflation accretion is taxed annually before it's realized.

6 funds in the catalog. Scored using methodology v0.5.1. · Read the guide

Top score

SCHP83 / 100

Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF

Cheapest

SCHP0.030%

Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF

Largest by AUM

VTIP$73.17B

Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares

All TIPS funds

Score	Ticker	Name	Expense	AUM	Yield
83	SCHP	Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF	0.030%	$16.08B	4.99%
80	VTIP	Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares	0.030%	$73.17B	4.15%
80	STIP	iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF	0.030%	$16.08B	4.94%
77	TIP	iShares TIPS Bond ETF	0.18%	$15.01B	4.61%
70	TIPX	State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-10 Year TIPS ETF	0.15%	$2.07B	5.22%
55	LTPZ	PIMCO 15+ Year U.S. TIPS Index Exchange-Traded Fund	0.20%	$849.2M	6.53%

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Methodology v0.5.1. See /methodology/for every threshold and weight used to score these funds.