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TIP vs. AGG

iShares TIPS Bond ETF

TIP
$
Today’s Change
()
vs

iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

AGG
$
Today’s Change
()

Correlation

1M
3M
6M
YTD
1Y
3Y
Max

Performance Measures**

for the time period Dec 5, 2003 to Dec 16, 2025

Returns

1M Trailing Return:

3M Trailing Return:

TIP

-0.3%

-0.7%

AGG

0.4%

0.3%

Diff.

-0.7%

-1%

Measures of Risk or Volatility

Max Drawdown:

Standard Deviation:

TIP

-14.6%

6.2%

AGG

-18.4%

5.2%

Diff.

+3.8%

+1%

Measures of Risk-Adjusted Performance

Sharpe Ratio:

Calmar Ratio:

TIP

0.59

0.24

AGG

0.62

0.17

Diff.

-0.03

+0.07

TIPiShares TIPS Bond ETF
AGGiShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF

What is TIP?

The Fund seeks to track the investment results of the ICE U.S. Treasury Inflation Linked Bond Index (the "Underlying Index"), which tracks the performance of inflation-protected public obligations of the U.S. Treasury, commonly known as "TIPS," that have a remaining maturity of more than one year. TIPS are securities issued by the U.S. Treasury that are designed to provide inflation protection to investors. TIPS are income generating instruments whose interest and principal payments are adjusted for inflation a sustained increase in prices that erodes the purchasing power of money.

Snapshot
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TIP iShares TIPS Bond ETF
AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF
Inception date
Dec 4, 2003
Sep 22, 2003
Expense ratio
0.19%
0.03%
TIP has a higher expense ratio than AGG by 0.16%. This can indicate that it’s more expensive to invest in TIP than AGG.
Type
US Bonds
US Bonds
TIP targets investing in US Bonds, while AGG targets investing in US Bonds.
Fund owner
Blackrock (iShares)
Blackrock (iShares)
TIP is managed by Blackrock (iShares), while AGG is managed by Blackrock (iShares).
Volume (1m avg. daily)
$275,002,281
$631,408,505
Both TIP and AGG are considered high-volume assets. They’re less likely to be affected by issues like slippage and failed orders on Composer than low-volume assets.
AUM
$21,035,302,259
$91,680,069,240
TIP has more assets under management than AGG by $70,644,766,981. Higher AUM can be associated with better liquidity and lower slippage in trading.
Associated index
ICE US Treasury Inflation Linked Bond Index
Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index
TIP is based off of the ICE US Treasury Inflation Linked Bond Index, while AGG is based off of the Bloomberg US Aggregate Bond Index
Inverse/Leveraged
No
No
Neither TIP nor AGG use an inverse or leveraged strategy.
Passive/Active
Passive
Passive
TIP and AGG both use a Passive investing strategy. In an actively managed fund, the fund manager makes decisions about how funds are invested. A passively managed fund typically tries to track or follow a market index.
Dividend
No
No
TIP and AGG may offer dividends. The frequency and yield of the dividend may not be the same.
Prospectus
Neither TIP nor AGG require a K1.

Trading Strategies
Related toTIP

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Category

Tactical allocation, leveraged ETFs, volatility hedge, trend-following, mean reversion, buy-the-dip

OOS Cumulative Return

165.02%

Trading Strategies
Related toAGG

E$[NO K-1 50/50] ☢️ Mod of V1.11 The Manhattan Project | 50% TQQQ Minimal | 50% Beta Baller + TCCC

Category

Tactical allocation, trend-following, mean reversion, leveraged ETFs, volatility hedging, macro regime rotation, risk management

OOS Cumulative Return

917.8%

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Disclaimers

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