All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
BMI real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, BMI returned −28.83% over the past year and −24.04% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Feb. 21, 1973, BMI is up +104,414.38% in real purchasing-power return, or +13.87%/yr, and is currently −48.04% below its real total-return high on Jun. 3, 2025.
Data ending Fri Aug. 28, 2026
| Wed 1973-02-21💬 to Fri 2026-08-28 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMI × |
+104,414.38%
+13.87%/yr |
+18.80%/yr
R2=0.949 |
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| Wed 1973-02-21💬 to Fri 2026-08-28 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| BMI × |
$10,000.00
1973-02-21 |
$10,451,437.80
2026-08-28 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| BMI × | −24.04% | −28.83% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| BMI × |
−48.04%
on 2026-08-28 from 2025-06-03 peak |
−79.24%
on 1982-08-16 from 1973-03-15 peak |
| Period ending Fri 2026-08-28 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BMI × | −28.83% |
−36.32% −20.20%/yr |
−23.08% −8.37%/yr |
+7.67% +1.49%/yr |
+224.54% +12.49%/yr |
| Year | BMI |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −24.04% |
| 2025 | −19.31% |
| 2024 | +34.41% |
| 2023 | +37.96% |
| 2022 | −3.04% |
| 2021 | +6.61% |
| 2020 | +44.40% |
| 2019 | +30.48% |
| 2018 | +2.15% |
| 2017 | +28.20% |
| 2016 | +25.11% |
| 2015 | −0.72% |
| 2014 | +9.60% |
| 2013 | +14.91% |
| 2012 | +61.20% |
| 2011 | −34.19% |
| 2010 | +10.90% |
| 2009 | +35.40% |
| 2008 | −34.82% |
| 2007 | +57.60% |
| 2006 | +39.36% |
| 2005 | +28.62% |
| 2004 | +55.58% |
| 2003 | +20.51% |
| 2002 | +44.62% |
| 2001 | −0.15% |
| 2000 | −23.91% |
| 1999 | −15.87% |
| 1998 | −12.44% |
| 1997 | +112.10% |
| 1996 | +44.15% |
| 1995 | +11.78% |
| 1994 | +25.41% |
| 1993 | +9.97% |
| 1992 | +14.79% |
| 1991 | +11.68% |
| 1990 | −30.79% |
| 1989 | +75.23% |
| 1988 | +146.34% |
| 1987 | +59.14% |
| 1986 | +92.35% |
| 1985 | +143.61% |
| 1984 | +29.09% |
| 1983 | +16.22% |
| 1982 | +3.80% |
| 1981 | −34.42% |
| 1980 | −25.34% |
| 1979 | +1.04% |
| 1978 | −19.88% |
| 1977 | +21.20% |
| 1976 | +36.57% |
| 1975 | +26.24% |
| 1974 | −47.64% |
| 1973 | −43.04% |
