Also, in the one 5% plus inflation surge that was in this data set, the CRB index produced a nominal compound return of 1.58% and a real return of minus 3.32%.

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Investors should expect this to be the total return from a U.S. total bond market index fund over the next 10 years.

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This technique reduced the average market cap relative to the cap weighted index and helped boost the return.

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