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20+ Year Treasury Proxy (TLT ETF)

80.13 +0.84% close-to-close -8.1% YTD Close of Oct 20, 2026

The iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF is used here as a liquid, tradable proxy for long-duration Treasury performance rather than as a Treasury yield series.

Daily · through Oct 20, 2026
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The latest values and a keyboard-readable date table are below the chart. CSV and JSON downloads are for NASDUCK paid members.

Use Price for the raw chart and % from view start when you want to compare the move across any chosen window. In percent mode, the first visible session becomes 0% and the scale stays linear. Log is available only when every loaded price is positive. Tip: drag to pan, scroll or pinch to zoom, and use Reset view to snap back quickly.

Dates & readable data

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Curated anchors for market context, rather than a complete news feed. Toggle markers above to place them on the chart.

Sep 15, 2008 Lehman Brothers files for bankruptcy as the financial crisis peaks
Aug 8, 2011 S&P strips the US of its AAA credit rating
May 22, 2013 Taper tantrum: Bernanke flags slower bond buying
Mar 16, 2020 COVID panic across global markets
Mar 16, 2022 Fed starts its fastest hiking cycle in four decades
Mar 10, 2023 Silicon Valley Bank fails and sparks a banking scare
Sep 18, 2024 Fed starts cutting with a half-point move
Nov 6, 2024 Trump wins the election: stocks, the dollar, yields, and bitcoin jump
Apr 3, 2025 Liberation Day tariffs trigger a global crash; the April 9 pause sparks a record rebound
Feb 28, 2026 US and Israel strike Iran; Hormuz traffic halts and oil has its biggest month since 1988
Apr 8, 2026 US-Iran ceasefire sends oil sharply lower

How To Read It

  • TLT is a bond-price ETF proxy, so it generally moves opposite long-term yields and is not itself a yield chart.
  • Because the fund owns long-duration bonds, changes in inflation expectations, real yields, and term premium can drive large price swings.
  • Pair it with the 10-year yield and full Treasury curve board to see which part of the rates backdrop is driving the move.
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