iShares TIPS Bond ETFTIP This fund focuses on providing exposure to TIPS, U.S. government bonds that adjusts its principal based on inflation numbers. TIP has returned 0.33% year to date but has lost 1.71% in the last one year (as of August 1, 2017). Vanguard Short-Term Inflation-Protected Securities ETFVTIP This ETF focuses on providing exposure to short-term TIPS, whose face value is indexed to inflation.