Category

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

SCHP 83 / 100

Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF

Cheapest

SCHP 0.030%

Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF

Largest by AUM

VTIP $71.08B

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

All TIPS funds

Score Ticker Name AUM
83 SCHP Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF $16.52B
80 VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares $71.08B
80 STIP iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF $15.88B
77 TIP iShares TIPS Bond ETF $14.70B
70 TIPX State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-10 Year TIPS ETF $1.91B
54 LTPZ PIMCO 15+ Year U.S. TIPS Index Exchange-Traded Fund $707.9M

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