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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 v0.3.0.

Top score

STIP 86 / 100

iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF

Cheapest

STIP 0.030%

iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF

Largest by AUM

VTIP $68.48B

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

All TIPS funds

Score Ticker Name AUM
86 STIP iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF $14.99B
86 VTIP Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities Index Fund ETF Shares $68.48B
85 SCHP Schwab U.S. TIPS ETF $15.46B
79 TIP iShares TIPS Bond ETF $14.75B
71 TIPX State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-10 Year TIPS ETF $1.89B
62 LTPZ PIMCO 15+ Year U.S. TIPS Index Exchange-Traded Fund $685.0M

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Methodology v0.3.0. See /methodology/ for every threshold and weight used to score these funds.