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Overview
- 7-Day Yield 3.9066%
- 1-Year Return —
- Total Assets 2.303 B
- Money Market Type Government
- Class Institutional
- Expense Ratio —
- Min. Initial Investment 2500
- Inception Date Aug 27, 1993
Return
American Century Government Income Trust – Capital Preservation Fund (CPFXX) Historical Returns And Risk Info
From 08/27/1993 to 11/13/2026, the compound annualized total return (dividend reinvested) of American Century Government Income Trust – Capital Preservation Fund (CPFXX) is 0.425% . Its cumulative total return (dividend reinvested) is 15.134% .
From 08/27/1993 to 11/13/2026, the Maximum Drawdown of American Century Government Income Trust – Capital Preservation Fund (CPFXX) is 0.0%.
From 08/27/1993 to 11/13/2026, the Sharpe Ratio of American Century Government Income Trust – Capital Preservation Fund (CPFXX) is -3.79.
From 08/27/1993 to 11/13/2026, the Annualized Standard Deviation of American Century Government Income Trust – Capital Preservation Fund (CPFXX) is 0.4%.
From 08/27/1993 to 11/13/2026, the Beta of American Century Government Income Trust – Capital Preservation Fund (CPFXX) is 0.22.
| Name | YTD Return | 1Yr AR | 3Yr AR | 5Yr AR | 10Yr AR | 15Yr AR | 20Yr AR | Common | Inception |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CPFXX (American Century Government Income Trust – Capital Preservation Fund) | 0.00% | 0.00% | 2.13% | 2.19% | 1.42% | 0.94% | 0.71% | 0.43% | 0.43% |
| CASH | 2.27% | 2.59% | 3.09% | 2.77% | 1.76% | 1.19% | 1.13% | 1.78% | 3.06% |
| Ticker/Portfolio | Last 1 Week | 1 Yr | 3 Yr | 5 Yr | 10 Yr | 15 Yr | 20 Yr | Common | Inception | YTD | 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 | 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | 2004 | 2003 | 2002 | 2001 | 2000 | 1999 | 1998 | 1997 | 1996 | 1995 | 1994 | 1993 | 1992 | 1991 | 1990 | 1989 | 1988 | 1987 | 1986 | 1985 | 1984 | 1983 | 1982 | 1981 | 1980 | 1979 | 1978 | 1977 | 1976 | 1975 | 1974 | 1973 | 1972 | 1971 | 1970 | 1969 | 1968 | 1967 | 1966 | 1965 | 1964 | 1963 | 1962 | 1961 | 1960 | |
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| Annualized Return (%) | CPFXX (Americ…ion Fund) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.13 | 2.19 | 1.42 | 0.94 | 0.71 | 0.43 | 0.43 | 0.00 | 1.27 | 4.05 | 3.77 | 1.21 | 0.01 | 0.25 | 1.60 | 1.27 | 0.17 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| CASH | 0.06 | 2.59 | 3.09 | 2.77 | 1.76 | 1.19 | 1.13 | 1.78 | 3.06 | 2.27 | 2.88 | 3.62 | 3.66 | 1.43 | 0.02 | 0.25 | 1.47 | 1.38 | 0.66 | 0.22 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.03 | 0.09 | 0.10 | 0.97 | 3.15 | 3.42 | 2.26 | 0.98 | 0.72 | 1.15 | 2.46 | 4.22 | 3.37 | 3.47 | 3.68 | 3.65 | 3.98 | 3.07 | 2.17 | 2.49 | 3.92 | 5.50 | 5.95 | 4.89 | 4.22 | 4.36 | 5.49 | 7.05 | 6.31 | 7.84 | 10.54 | 8.54 | 7.43 | 5.22 | 3.81 | 3.64 | 4.22 | 5.76 | 5.16 | 2.94 | 3.15 | 4.67 | 4.89 | 3.91 | 3.11 | 3.52 | 2.87 | 2.58 | 2.28 | 2.00 | 1.69 | 2.07 | |
| Sharpe Ratio | CPFXX (Americ…ion Fund) | NA | 0.00 | -1.09 | -0.68 | -0.53 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.00 | -2.54 | -2.06 | -0.42 | -0.36 | -7.35 | 0.13 | 0.40 | -0.11 | -4.61 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| CASH | NA | -1.43 | -0.31 | -0.14 | -0.04 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Standard Deviation(%) | CPFXX (Americ…ion Fund) | NA | 0.31 | 0.88 | 0.87 | 0.65 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.00 | 0.63 | 1.23 | 1.16 | 0.49 | 0.00 | 0.14 | 0.48 | 0.39 | 0.10 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| CASH | NA | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.06 | 0.08 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.06 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.05 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.03 | 0.00 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.02 | 0.04 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.02 | 0.10 | 0.07 | 0.12 | 0.05 | 0.04 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.05 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.03 | 0.01 | 0.02 | 0.01 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.00 | 0.01 | 0.03 | |
| Draw Down(%) | CPFXX (Americ…ion Fund) | NA | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| CASH | NA | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | NA | NA | NA | NA | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | |
| Yield(%) | CPFXX (Americ…ion Fund) | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.36 | 2.40 | 1.52 | 1.01 | 0.76 | 0.46 | NA | 0.00 | 1.60 | 4.65 | 4.54 | 1.21 | 0.00 | 0.24 | 1.56 | 1.26 | 0.16 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA | NA |
| CASH | 0.05 | 2.52 | 2.57 | 2.25 | 1.49 | 0.99 | 0.92 | 3.02 | NA | 2.20 | 2.56 | 2.62 | 2.60 | 1.28 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 1.91 | 1.70 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 0.58 | 2.61 | 2.60 | 2.60 | 0.50 | 0.00 | 0.00 | 2.35 | 4.93 | 2.61 | 2.61 | 2.61 | 2.62 | 3.79 | 2.81 | 2.61 | 2.62 | 4.00 | 5.22 | 5.20 | 5.22 | 4.89 | 4.45 | 5.22 | 7.05 | 5.50 | 7.24 | 10.06 | 8.10 | 7.62 | 5.27 | 3.60 | 2.68 | 4.45 | 5.34 | 5.01 | 2.60 | 2.65 | 4.87 | 5.22 | 3.36 | 2.60 | 2.65 | 2.61 | 2.62 | 2.61 | 2.61 | 2.60 | 2.60 |
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Is CPFXX suitable for retirement and long-term wealth building?
American Century Government Income Trust - Capital Preservation Fund (CPFXX) may or may not fit a retirement portfolio depending on its role, costs, diversification, historical drawdowns, and your time horizon. Review total and rolling returns together with risk metrics instead of relying on a recent return alone.
Can CPFXX provide retirement income through dividends?
American Century Government Income Trust - Capital Preservation Fund (CPFXX) may distribute dividends when its holdings generate income, but payouts and yield can change. Compare dividend history, dividend growth, yield, and total return before treating it as a retirement-income holding.
Which risk metrics matter for a long-term investment in CPFXX?
Maximum drawdown shows the depth of a historical decline, standard deviation measures return variability, and the Sharpe ratio relates return to volatility. Rolling returns add context by showing how outcomes varied across different holding periods.
How can I model retirement contributions or withdrawals with CPFXX?
Use the CPFXX dollar-cost-averaging calculator to model recurring contributions and the retirement spending calculator to test historical withdrawals. Then compare the results with other funds, stocks, or portfolios before making a long-term allocation decision.