iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF (STIP)
Bonds · Inflation-Protected · data since 2010-12-03 · last close 2026-10-02
iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF (STIP) monthly returns (%)
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 | 0.6 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.9 | 0.1 | -0.4 | 0.2 | 0.1 | -1.0 | 0.2 | · | · |
| 2025 | 0.9 | 1.2 | 0.8 | 0.8 | -0.3 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.3 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.2 | 0.0 |
| 2024 | 0.4 | -0.1 | 0.6 | -0.2 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.6 | 1.0 | -0.4 | 0.5 | -0.1 |
| 2023 | 0.8 | -0.5 | 2.0 | 0.1 | -0.6 | -0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | -0.2 | 0.4 | 1.1 | 1.0 |
| 2022 | -0.8 | 1.1 | -0.8 | -0.1 | 0.5 | -1.5 | 1.8 | -1.6 | -3.0 | 1.1 | 0.5 | -0.3 |
| 2021 | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.6 | 0.9 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 1.3 | 0.0 | -0.0 | 0.7 | 0.1 | 0.5 |
| 2020 | 0.5 | 0.3 | -1.6 | 1.4 | 0.9 | 0.7 | 0.7 | 1.1 | -0.2 | -0.2 | 0.6 | 0.9 |
| 2019 | 0.8 | 0.1 | 0.8 | 0.5 | 0.5 | 0.6 | 0.1 | 0.5 | -0.1 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.7 |
| 2018 | -0.3 | -0.0 | 0.5 | -0.1 | 0.3 | 0.2 | -0.2 | 0.5 | -0.2 | -0.5 | 0.0 | 0.1 |
| 2017 | 0.5 | 0.1 | 0.2 | -0.1 | -0.1 | -0.5 | 0.3 | 0.2 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.2 | 0.1 |
| 2016 | 0.5 | 0.3 | 1.0 | 0.0 | -0.1 | 0.9 | -0.1 | -0.3 | 0.7 | 0.0 | -0.5 | 0.3 |
| 2015 | 0.9 | -0.2 | -0.3 | 0.7 | -0.1 | -0.0 | -0.2 | -0.3 | -0.1 | 0.0 | -0.2 | -0.1 |
| 2014 | 0.3 | 0.3 | -0.4 | 0.5 | 0.7 | 0.3 | -0.3 | -0.1 | -1.0 | 0.1 | -0.2 | -1.3 |
| 2013 | 0.2 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.6 | -0.9 | -1.0 | 0.7 | -0.5 | 0.3 | 0.3 | -0.0 | -0.4 |
| 2012 | 1.1 | 0.3 | -0.1 | 0.2 | -0.4 | -0.3 | 0.7 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.2 | -0.1 |
| 2011 | 1.0 | 0.6 | 0.6 | 1.6 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 1.3 | -0.7 | -0.7 | 1.3 | -0.1 | -0.4 |
| 2010 | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | · | 0.2 |
| Avg | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.3 | 0.4 | 0.1 | 0.0 | 0.5 | 0.1 | -0.3 | 0.2 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
| Median | 0.5 | 0.2 | 0.4 | 0.3 | 0.0 | 0.1 | 0.4 | 0.1 | -0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 | 0.1 |
October so far: +0.2% against an average of +0.2% and a median of +0.1% across 15 completed Octobers, 10 of them positive.
Values in %. Current and first-listed months are partial (greyed) and are left out of the Avg and Median rows.
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STIP seasonality — average by calendar month
iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF has monthly history back to 2010. Its strongest month by median is January — positive in 14 of 16 years, median +0.5%, and higher in 7 of the last 9. September is the soft spot, down in 12 of 16 with a median of -0.1%. Across its full record it has closed 61% of months higher, swings ±0.6% in an average month and has fallen 5.5% peak to trough.
| Month | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Avg | +0.5% | +0.3% | +0.3% | +0.4% | +0.1% | +0.0% | +0.5% | +0.1% | -0.3% | +0.2% | +0.1% | +0.1% |
| Win rate | 88%/16 | 69%/16 | 69%/16 | 62%/16 | 50%/16 | 56%/16 | 75%/16 | 62%/16 | 25%/16 | 67%/15 | 60%/15 | 56%/16 |
Win rate = share of positive months / sample size.
STIP risk & extremes
STIP drawdown & rolling returns
Percent below the all-time high at each month-end — how far underwater the asset was.
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Frequently asked questions
What was iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF's best month?+
iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF's strongest completed month on record is March 2023, at +1.97%.
What was iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF's worst month?+
Its weakest completed month on record is September 2022, at -3.02%.
Is iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF up this year?+
iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF is up 1.10% year to date, measured from its last close before 1 January.
What is iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF's 1-year return?+
+1.40% over the past twelve months, comparing the latest close with the most recent close on or before the same date a year earlier.
What is iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF's biggest drawdown?+
The deepest peak-to-trough fall on record is 5.5%, measured on month-end closes since 2010.
Which calendar month is historically best for iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF?+
January has the highest average return across every completed January since 2010. An average is not a forecast.
About iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF
iShares 0-5 Year TIPS Bond ETF is an inflation-protected business worth about $16 billion. Tracked here from its first session onward — every monthly, quarterly and weekly return on record since 2010, with no gaps filled in and nothing smoothed. Since 2010 it has ground out +42% overall — not every story is a rocket.
Did you know?
- Its best month on record was March 2023 at +1.97%; its worst, September 2022 at -3.02%.
- It has closed January in the green 14 out of 16 times — past performance, future shrug.
Trivia for entertainment — the numbers come from our price data; the jokes don't.