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BIL · State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF
Over the last 15 years (2011-10 to 2026-10), $10,000 invested in BIL with dividends reinvested grew to $12,548, 1.52% a year, with a worst peak-to-trough fall of -0.36%. Past performance doesn't predict future results.
Growth of $10,000 · 2011-10 to 2026-10 · dividends reinvested
How BIL held up in past market crashes
BIL has been through 4 of the market crashes since 2000 in our data. Its deepest price fall was 1.1% in the 2008 financial crisis, when the S&P 500 fell 56.5%. Its price had not yet regained that high by the latest close (price only, not counting the dividends or interest it paid). No fund is safe from losses; past falls do not predict future ones.
| Crash | BIL deepest fall | S&P 500 (SPY) | Peak to bottom | Back to peak |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2008 financial crisis | -1.1% | -56.5% | Sep 2008 to Dec 2008 | Not yet |
| 2018 fourth-quarter selloff | -0.3% | -20.2% | Nov 2018 to Dec 2018 | 1 months |
| 2020 COVID crash | -0.1% | -34.1% | Feb 2020 to Mar 2020 | Under a month |
| 2022 bear market | -0.2% | -25.4% | Sep 2022 to Oct 2022 | 1 months |
Price declines in the fund's listing currency, dividends not included, inside each crash's S&P 500 peak-to-bottom window. See how 50 popular ETFs compare in the crash study.
About BIL
State Street SPDR Bloomberg 1-3 Month T-Bill ETF is an exchange-traded fund that provides exposure to short-term U.S. Treasury bills with remaining maturities between one and three months. The fund is designed to track the Bloomberg 1-3 Month U.S. Treasury Bill Index, using a passive approach centered on highly liquid government securities.
Fund description from our market-data provider.
Put BIL to the test
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Would BIL survive 2008? →
What actually happened to it in the crisis: real drawdown and recovery.
Project it forward →
Monte Carlo simulation of where it could go from here.
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Side by side with the total US market: returns, drawdowns and volatility over their shared history.
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Animated growth of steady monthly contributions.
Fundamentals →
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