$1,000 in iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF in 2018 → $872 today
Distributions not counted. This fund pays most of its return as distributions, so a price-only figure can show a loss its holders did not have.
AGG is a bond fund: most of what it returns arrives as interest it pays out to holders. Every figure on this page follows the share price alone and leaves those payments out, so it understates what holders received.
If you'd invested $1,000 in iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF (AGG) on January 1, 2018, buying at the December 2017 month-end close of $109, and held to the latest close on 2026-10-16, you'd have $872. That's a -12.8% price return. Through September 2026, the latest month the fund has reported, the same $1,000 became $865 in AGG and $3,283 in an S&P 500 index fund (TSP C Fund). The fund figure includes reinvested dividends; the stock figure does not, so the comparison favors the fund.
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FAQ
How much is $1,000 invested in AGG in 2018 worth today?
$872 at the latest close (2026-10-16), a price return of -12.8%.
Did $1,000 in AGG in 2018 beat the market?
No. From the December 2017 month-end through September 2026, AGG trailed an S&P 500 index fund by 73.7%: the fund (the TSP C Fund, dividends included) turned the same $1,000 into $3,283, and AGG (price only) turned it into $865.
What does "month-end close" mean for this calculation?
It is a month's last price on IEX: the last regular-session trade on the month's final trading day. Here the buy is the December 2017 close, the price entering 2018, and the position is valued at the latest close (2026-10-16).
Is the 2018–2026 return in AGG typical?
No single year is typical. AGG's best calendar year since 2016 was 2019, at +5.5%, and its worst was 2022, at -15.0%.
Methodology
The figures use AGG's price data from January 2018 through 2026-10-16.
The entry price is the December 2017 month-end close and the exit is the latest close, both from IEX Historical Data. Price return: adjusted for stock splits, dividends not included. The market comparison uses the TSP C Fund's monthly returns, published at tsp.gov.
Buying at a month-end close misses the highs and lows inside the month, and the figures ignore taxes and fees. To try another amount, month or monthly contribution, use the AGG calculator, which also shows the best and worst entry points in your window.
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Prices as of the last IEX trade on 2026-10-16. Data delayed end-of-day.