All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

ARCC: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

ARCC real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, ARCC returned −11.05% over the past year and −6.01% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Oct. 5, 2004, ARCC is up +578.97% in real purchasing-power return, or +9.21%/yr, and is currently −14.77% below its real total-return high on Jul. 17, 2025.

Data ending Thu Jul. 2, 2026

Tue 2004-10-05💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
ARCC × 		−6.01%
2026-07-02 		−11.05%
2026-07-02
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Returns

Tue 2004-10-05💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
ARCC × 		+578.97%
+9.21%/yr 		+10.59%/yr
(R2=0.888)
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Growth of $10,000

Tue 2004-10-05💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Start
Value 		End
Value
ARCC × 		$10,000.00
2004-10-05 		$67,896.97
2026-07-02
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Annual Returns

Year ARCC
2026 (YTD) −6.01%
2025 −1.57%
2024 +16.42%
2023 +16.14%
2022 −9.68%
2021 +27.19%
2020 −0.49%
2019 +28.37%
2018 +6.77%
2017 +2.33%
2016 +25.43%
2015 +0.03%
2014 −4.30%
2013 +9.43%
2012 +22.60%
2011 −0.39%
2010 +43.29%
2009 +140.46%
2008 −47.79%
2007 −18.71%
2006 +27.32%
2005 −13.71%
2004 +31.30%

Drawdowns

Tue 2004-10-05💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
ARCC × 		−14.77%
from 2025-07-17 peak 		−79.94%
2009-03-05
from 2007-02-22 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-07-02 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
ARCC × 		−11.05% +1.05%
+0.52%/yr 		+19.89%
+6.23%/yr 		+21.94%
+4.05%/yr 		+142.84%
+9.28%/yr
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