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$1,000 invested iShares 20+ Year Treasury (2021)

NASDAQ · TLT · reinvest dividends · adjusted close

●Result2021-01-04 — 2026-10-15
Today you would have
$602
-$398 (-39.75%)
TLTSPY (benchmark)
Entry price
$132.73
Current price
$79.97
Shares
7.5339
CAGR
-8.40%
Max Drawdown
-44.05%
vs SPY
-164.55 pp
✦The story

Putting $1,000 into the iShares 20+ Year Treasury ETF in January 2021 left the position worth $602 by mid-2026, a loss of −39.8%. The sharp rise in interest rates from 2022 onward drove one of the worst stretches on record for long-term Treasuries, with a drawdown of as much as 44.0%. The S&P 500 gained +124.8% over the same period.

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