All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)

Total Real Returns

GRID: Total Return Chart (with Dividends Reinvested)

GRID total return snapshot: GRID returned +51.07% over the past year and +25.88% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 17, 2009, GRID is up +660.79% in nominal total return, or +13.08%/yr, and is currently āˆ’3.65% below its total-return high on May 11, 2026.

Tue 2009-11-17? to Fri 2026-05-22 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
GRID × 		+25.88%
2026-05-22 		+51.07%
2026-05-22
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Returns

Tue 2009-11-17? to Fri 2026-05-22 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
GRID × 		+660.79%
+13.08%/yr 		+12.69%/yr
(R2=0.913)
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Growth of $10,000

Tue 2009-11-17? to Fri 2026-05-22 Start
Value 		End
Value
GRID × 		$10,000.00
2009-11-17 		$76,078.84
2026-05-22
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Annual Returns

Year GRID
2026 (YTD) +25.88%
2025 +29.65%
2024 +15.18%
2023 +21.57%
2022 āˆ’13.89%
2021 +27.65%
2020 +48.84%
2019 +42.80%
2018 āˆ’22.70%
2017 +27.44%
2016 +22.69%
2015 āˆ’5.50%
2014 +0.51%
2013 +25.21%
2012 +18.35%
2011 āˆ’20.84%
2010 āˆ’0.70%
2009 +6.54%

Drawdowns

Tue 2009-11-17? to Fri 2026-05-22 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
GRID × 		āˆ’3.65%
from 2026-05-11 peak 		āˆ’40.55%
2020-03-18
from 2020-02-20 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-05-22 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
GRID × 		+51.07% +62.28%
+27.41%/yr 		+102.11%
+26.43%/yr 		+128.95%
+18.01%/yr 		+513.56%
+19.88%/yr
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