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

Total Real Returns

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

BME real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, BME returned +23.81% over the past year and +6.29% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 29, 2005, BME is up +450.84% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.36%/yr, and is currently āˆ’3.82% below its real total-return high on Jan. 20, 2021.

Data ending Thu Jul. 2, 2026

Tue 2005-03-29šŸ’¬ to Thu 2026-07-02 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
BME × 		+6.29%
2026-07-02 		+23.81%
2026-07-02
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Returns

Tue 2005-03-29šŸ’¬ to Thu 2026-07-02 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
BME × 		+450.84%
+8.36%/yr 		+9.81%/yr
(R2=0.909)
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Growth of $10,000

Tue 2005-03-29šŸ’¬ to Thu 2026-07-02 Start
Value 		End
Value
BME × 		$10,000.00
2005-03-29 		$55,083.72
2026-07-02
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Annual Returns

Year BME
2026 (YTD) +6.29%
2025 +14.79%
2024 āˆ’2.87%
2023 āˆ’4.29%
2022 āˆ’10.42%
2021 +0.20%
2020 +17.04%
2019 +21.27%
2018 +4.39%
2017 +20.56%
2016 āˆ’13.84%
2015 +7.90%
2014 +33.11%
2013 +38.51%
2012 +19.27%
2011 +2.51%
2010 +7.31%
2009 +38.16%
2008 āˆ’20.77%
2007 +3.83%
2006 +13.79%
2005 +4.14%

Drawdowns

Tue 2005-03-29šŸ’¬ to Thu 2026-07-02 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
BME × 		āˆ’3.82%
from 2021-01-20 peak 		āˆ’42.93%
2008-11-20
from 2008-01-14 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-07-02 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
BME × 		+23.81% +17.59%
+8.44%/yr 		+21.24%
+6.63%/yr 		+0.61%
+0.12%/yr 		+69.34%
+5.41%/yr
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