SR-UST-TR-20PLValued October 20, 2026

Safe Rate 20+ Year US Treasury Total Return Index

20 years and over.

Level
148.51
October 20, 2026
+0.892% on the day
Month to date
+3.549%
since Sep 30, 2026, still open
September 2026 closed -5.38%
Since inception
+48.51%
cumulative, 2.21% a year
Holdings
40
struck Sep 30, 2026
Ticker
SR-UST-TR-20PL
Covers
20 years and over
Return type
Total return
Currency
USD
Inception
September 30, 2008, at 100
Rebalanced
Monthly, last trading day
Calculated
Daily, every trading day
Price source
US Treasury, daily ↗
TreasuryDirect FedInvest, END OF DAY column, dirty
Methodology
v1.0

Level since inception

50100150200250300Sep 30, 2008Oct 20, 2026Sep 30, 2008Index level100.00Oct 31, 2008Index level98.29Nov 28, 2008Index level112.92Dec 31, 2008Index level127.48Jan 30, 2009Index level110.94Feb 27, 2009Index level109.08Mar 31, 2009Index level113.40Apr 30, 2009Index level105.52May 29, 2009Index level101.70Jun 30, 2009Index level102.64Jul 31, 2009Index level103.17Aug 31, 2009Index level105.62Sep 30, 2009Index level108.36Oct 30, 2009Index level105.58Nov 30, 2009Index level106.53Dec 31, 2009Index level100.06Jan 29, 2010Index level102.60Feb 26, 2010Index level102.38Mar 31, 2010Index level100.16Apr 30, 2010Index level103.52May 28, 2010Index level108.84Jun 30, 2010Index level114.88Jul 30, 2010Index level114.12Aug 31, 2010Index level123.62Sep 30, 2010Index level120.57Oct 29, 2010Index level115.14Nov 30, 2010Index level113.19Dec 31, 2010Index level109.51Jan 31, 2011Index level105.77Feb 28, 2011Index level107.60Mar 31, 2011Index level107.53Apr 29, 2011Index level109.89May 31, 2011Index level113.84Jun 30, 2011Index level111.23Jul 29, 2011Index level116.50Aug 31, 2011Index level127.76Sep 30, 2011Index level144.13Oct 31, 2011Index level138.33Nov 30, 2011Index level141.43Dec 30, 2011Index level146.30Jan 31, 2012Index level145.70Feb 29, 2012Index level142.62Mar 30, 2012Index level136.52Apr 30, 2012Index level142.60May 31, 2012Index level155.08Jun 29, 2012Index level152.83Jul 31, 2012Index level158.81Aug 31, 2012Index level156.49Sep 28, 2012Index level153.05Oct 31, 2012Index level152.40Nov 30, 2012Index level154.25Dec 31, 2012Index level150.81Jan 31, 2013Index level145.41Feb 28, 2013Index level147.23Mar 28, 2013Index level147.20Apr 30, 2013Index level153.64May 31, 2013Index level143.17Jun 28, 2013Index level137.91Jul 31, 2013Index level135.62Aug 30, 2013Index level133.96Sep 30, 2013Index level134.49Oct 31, 2013Index level136.52Nov 29, 2013Index level132.75Dec 31, 2013Index level129.79Jan 31, 2014Index level138.43Feb 28, 2014Index level139.23Mar 31, 2014Index level140.25Apr 30, 2014Index level143.19May 30, 2014Index level147.41Jun 30, 2014Index level147.29Jul 31, 2014Index level148.20Aug 29, 2014Index level154.84Sep 30, 2014Index level151.78Oct 31, 2014Index level155.97Nov 28, 2014Index level161.30Dec 31, 2014Index level166.06Jan 30, 2015Index level181.84Feb 27, 2015Index level170.99Mar 31, 2015Index level173.00Apr 30, 2015Index level167.26May 29, 2015Index level163.16Jun 30, 2015Index level157.08Jul 31, 2015Index level163.44Aug 31, 2015Index level162.82Sep 30, 2015Index level165.77Oct 30, 2015Index level165.10Nov 30, 2015Index level163.68Dec 31, 2015Index level163.41Jan 29, 2016Index level172.02Feb 29, 2016Index level177.40Mar 31, 2016Index level177.47Apr 29, 2016Index level176.49May 31, 2016Index level177.60Jun 30, 2016Index level189.82Jul 29, 2016Index level193.97Aug 31, 2016Index level191.97Sep 30, 2016Index level189.23Oct 31, 2016Index level180.69Nov 30, 2016Index level166.63Dec 30, 2016Index level165.47Jan 31, 2017Index level166.37Feb 28, 2017Index level169.14Mar 31, 2017Index level167.98Apr 28, 2017Index level170.66May 31, 2017Index level173.90Jun 30, 2017Index level175.09Jul 31, 2017Index level174.04Aug 31, 2017Index level180.13Sep 29, 2017Index level175.99Oct 31, 2017Index level175.99Nov 30, 2017Index level177.31Dec 29, 2017Index level180.72Jan 31, 2018Index level174.55Feb 28, 2018Index level169.17Mar 29, 2018Index level174.50Apr 30, 2018Index level170.68May 31, 2018Index level174.48Jun 29, 2018Index level175.28Jul 31, 2018Index level172.53Aug 31, 2018Index level174.89Sep 28, 2018Index level170.07Oct 31, 2018Index level164.78Nov 30, 2018Index level167.90Dec 31, 2018Index level177.18Jan 31, 2019Index level178.49Feb 28, 2019Index level175.70Mar 29, 2019Index level185.75Apr 30, 2019Index level182.17May 31, 2019Index level194.49Jun 28, 2019Index level196.82Jul 31, 2019Index level197.27Aug 30, 2019Index level218.95Sep 30, 2019Index level212.78Oct 31, 2019Index level210.94Nov 29, 2019Index level209.82Dec 31, 2019Index level203.35Jan 31, 2020Index level218.80Feb 28, 2020Index level233.74Mar 31, 2020Index level247.32Apr 30, 2020Index level252.07May 29, 2020Index level247.16Jun 30, 2020Index level247.68Jul 31, 2020Index level258.80Aug 31, 2020Index level245.49Sep 30, 2020Index level247.73Oct 30, 2020Index level239.82Nov 30, 2020Index level243.48Dec 31, 2020Index level240.50Jan 29, 2021Index level230.64Feb 26, 2021Index level216.11Mar 31, 2021Index level207.02Apr 30, 2021Index level211.84May 28, 2021Index level213.28Jun 30, 2021Index level221.57Jul 30, 2021Index level229.72Aug 31, 2021Index level229.09Sep 30, 2021Index level222.41Oct 29, 2021Index level227.82Nov 30, 2021Index level234.38Dec 31, 2021Index level229.44Jan 31, 2022Index level220.40Feb 28, 2022Index level216.78Mar 31, 2022Index level205.54Apr 29, 2022Index level186.30May 31, 2022Index level181.57Jun 30, 2022Index level179.94Jul 29, 2022Index level184.69Aug 31, 2022Index level175.58Sep 30, 2022Index level160.68Oct 31, 2022Index level150.04Nov 30, 2022Index level161.19Dec 30, 2022Index level157.98Jan 31, 2023Index level168.63Feb 28, 2023Index level160.85Mar 31, 2023Index level168.96Apr 28, 2023Index level169.89May 31, 2023Index level164.54Jun 30, 2023Index level165.05Jul 31, 2023Index level160.62Aug 31, 2023Index level156.10Sep 29, 2023Index level142.98Oct 31, 2023Index level136.76Nov 30, 2023Index level148.62Dec 29, 2023Index level162.46Jan 31, 2024Index level158.04Feb 29, 2024Index level154.67Mar 28, 2024Index level156.36Apr 30, 2024Index level146.18May 31, 2024Index level150.23Jun 28, 2024Index level153.95Jul 31, 2024Index level158.46Aug 30, 2024Index level162.85Sep 30, 2024Index level165.18Oct 31, 2024Index level156.89Nov 29, 2024Index level159.66Dec 31, 2024Index level149.86Jan 31, 2025Index level149.73Feb 28, 2025Index level157.84Mar 31, 2025Index level156.60Apr 30, 2025Index level155.25May 30, 2025Index level149.53Jun 30, 2025Index level153.93Jul 31, 2025Index level152.12Aug 29, 2025Index level152.18Sep 30, 2025Index level157.45Oct 31, 2025Index level159.75Nov 28, 2025Index level160.27Dec 31, 2025Index level156.34Jan 30, 2026Index level156.42Feb 27, 2026Index level163.06Mar 31, 2026Index level156.98Apr 30, 2026Index level155.22May 29, 2026Index level155.70Jun 30, 2026Index level158.10Jul 31, 2026Index level150.26Aug 31, 2026Index level151.58Sep 30, 2026Index level143.42Oct 1, 2026Index level144.04Oct 2, 2026Index level143.56Oct 5, 2026Index level142.94Oct 6, 2026Index level143.46Oct 7, 2026Index level142.95Oct 8, 2026Index level144.30Oct 9, 2026Index level144.40Oct 13, 2026Index level145.34Oct 14, 2026Index level146.17Oct 15, 2026Index level148.24Oct 16, 2026Index level148.44Oct 19, 2026Index level147.20Oct 20, 2026Index level148.51

216 monthly rebalances, chained from 100 at September 30, 2008. The y axis is an index level, not a rate. The last 13 points are daily, through October 20, 2026: the index is valued every trading day and reconstitutes its holdings monthly. At inception the index is constituted at 100 and its first portfolio is struck. That is not a rebalance — nothing preceded it to rebalance from. The first REbalance is the next month-end, which is also the first level in the published series, and it already carries a month of return: the series therefore begins one month after the index does.

Total return

Cumulative and annualized total return over trailing periods to October 20, 2026.
PeriodFrom (close)To (close)CumulativeAnnualized
Month to dateSep 30, 2026Oct 20, 2026+3.55%–
1 monthSep 18, 2026Oct 20, 2026-0.92%–
Quarter to dateSep 30, 2026Oct 20, 2026+3.55%–
3 monthsJul 20, 2026Oct 20, 2026-3.44%–
Year to dateDec 31, 2025Oct 20, 2026-5.00%–
1 yearOct 20, 2025Oct 20, 2026-8.28%-8.28%
3 yearsOct 20, 2023Oct 20, 2026+9.94%+3.21%
5 yearsOct 20, 2021Oct 20, 2026-32.60%-7.59%
10 yearsOct 20, 2016Oct 20, 2026-18.93%-2.08%
Since inceptionSep 30, 2008Oct 20, 2026+48.51%+2.21%

Periods under one year are not annualized, and the dash in that column is a refusal rather than a gap: restating one month as a yearly rate extrapolates a single month's movement across twelve, which overstates gains and losses alike. Month, quarter and year to date are partial periods and are not annualized. Every period is measured between CLOSING levels, so the From date is the last day BEFORE the period rather than its first day — month to date begins at the previous month's close, which is why a September figure starts on an August date.

Characteristics at October 20, 2026

Struck at the Sep 30, 2026 rebalance and held until the next one. The constituent file for this period is published when it closes; the most recent published file is the period to Sep 30, 2026.

Yield to maturity

5.48%

Modified duration

15.01yrs

Average maturity
26.04 yrs
Average price
71.59
Convexity
3.18
Coupon
3.62%
Holdings
40
Float par value
$2,187,707mm
Market value
$1,588,806mm

Key rate exposure

<.01
0.01
0.04
0.08
0.20
0.36
0.58
1.13
1.54
2.97
5.71
2.64
3m
6m
1y
2y
3y
5y
7y
10y
15y
20y
25y
30y
Sensitivity to a one basis point move at each point on the curve, in years. Concentrated in 12 of twelve buckets, summing to 15.259 years against a modified duration of 15.010.

Returns

Download the full calendar-year history (CSV)Free, no registration. Citation required, and it is inside the file.

Total return by calendar year since inception.
YearReturnMonths
2026-8.26%9 (partial)through Sep 30, 2026
2025+4.32%12
2024-7.76%12
2023+2.83%12
2022-31.14%12
2021-4.60%12
2020+18.27%12
2019+14.77%12
2018-1.96%12
2017+9.21%12
2016+1.27%12
2015-1.60%12
2014+27.94%12
2013-13.94%12
2012+3.08%12
2011+33.60%12
2010+9.44%12
2009-21.51%12
2008+27.48%3 (partial)from Sep 30, 2008

Market value weighted, rebalanced monthly on the last trading day. Amount outstanding is what was auctioned, less par Treasury has bought back and retired, less what the Federal Reserve holds, a bond the Fed owns is outstanding but not investable, so deducting it is what makes the weights describe a portfolio somebody could actually hold. Levels are month-end figures, so this sits behind the daily prices elsewhere on this site by design.

Largest holdings

40 holdings, struck Sep 30, 2026

The 5 heaviest, by weight, of the 40 the index holds now. Weights were struck at the Sep 30, 2026 rebalance and hold until the next one. Return and contribution are month to date through Oct 20, 2026 and move every trading day — a closed month’s figures are final, these are not.

The 5 heaviest of the 40 holdings of 20+ Year, struck at the 2026-09-30 rebalance, with each one's weight and its month-to-date return and contribution through 2026-10-20.
CUSIPMaturityWeightReturn MTDContribution MTD
912810UU05.000%May 15, 20564.17%3.461%0.1443%
912810UK24.750%May 15, 20554.00%3.522%0.1409%
912810UR74.750%Feb 15, 20563.95%3.569%0.1409%
912810UM84.750%Aug 15, 20553.94%3.534%0.1394%
912810UA44.625%May 15, 20543.92%3.478%0.1364%

All 40 contributions add to 3.5488%, and the weights to 100.0000%. That return is what the published levels give for the index between Sep 30, 2026 and Oct 20, 2026, reached without using this table — so the holdings account for the month so far, to the decimal place shown.

Index levels before September 30, 2026 are back-tested. They were computed after the fact by applying the rules to historical data, which benefits from hindsight in the choice of rules, and an index cannot be invested in directly. Methodology v1.0 takes effect at that rebalance, when levels begin to be struck on the day; the rulebook is identical either way, and the version is published on every row.

A fitted curve is a fit, not a quote. Daily error averages 3.8 basis points across the history and reaches about 20 on the worst days, in December 2008, when the market was genuinely hard to fit one smooth curve to. Every curve page publishes its own fit error rather than burying it.

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Curves are fitted from public Treasury data and carry fit error; figures are not a record of trading, and an index cannot be invested in directly. No claim of compliance with the IOSCO Principles for Financial Benchmarks is made or implied. Not investment advice, not an offer, and not a recommendation to buy or sell any security.