iShares TIPS Bond ETF drawdown: 19.1% below the all-time high
IShares TIPS Bond ETF is 19.1% below its all-time high, set Nov 9, 2021 (as of market close, Sep 11, 2026). The chart shows every day as a percentage of the highest level reached up to that point: 100% means a fresh record, everything below is a drawdown.
- Below all-time high
- −19.1%
- 80.9% of ATH
- All-time high
- $130.86
- Nov 9, 2021
- Time below the high
- 4.8 yrs
- since Nov 9, 2021
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −22.0%
- Oct 6, 2023
- Longest underwater
- 7.6 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Mar 5, 2004
- 22.5 yrs ago
- Last time this deep
- never before
- no prior −19.1% episode
% of all-time high since 2003#
The classic underwater chart (drawdown curve), drawn as % of the all-time high — 100% is a fresh record, everything below it is time spent underwater. Basis and range are in the URL, so a particular view is a link.
The deepest drawdowns on record#
Every decline of 15% or more from an all-time high (price basis), deepest first.
| Peak | Trough | Depth | Peak → trough | Recovered by | Underwater |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Nov 9, 2021 | Oct 6, 2023 | −22.0% | 1.9 yrs | not yet | 4.8 yrs+ |
| Mar 10, 2008 | Nov 24, 2008 | −18.6% | 9 mo | Oct 8, 2010 | 2.6 yrs |
Price basis (no dividends) — the convention crash histories use. With dividends reinvested, recoveries arrive years earlier; switch the basis on the chart above to see it.
Drawdown vs what came next#
One dot per month since 2003: how far iShares TIPS Bond ETF stood below its all-time high, and the total return over the following 1, 5 and 10 years.
Read this with survivorship bias in mind: a single asset's history is one surviving sample, so past recoveries here say little about the odds ahead. Monthly windows also overlap heavily (they are not independent samples). Not investment advice.
FAQ#
- How far is iShares TIPS Bond ETF from its all-time high?
- iShares TIPS Bond ETF is currently 19.1% below its all-time high, set Nov 9, 2021 (as of market close, Sep 11, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest iShares TIPS Bond ETF drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2003) took iShares TIPS Bond ETF 22.0% below its prior high, bottoming Oct 6, 2023. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from TIP; no free deep history exists for iShares TIPS Bond ETF — for a 150-year drawdown record see the S&P 500 drawdown page. The price basis excludes dividends; the total-return basis reinvests them; the real basis additionally deflates by CPI. See also returns by year. Past performance does not predict future returns; not investment advice.