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

Total Real Returns

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

BSV real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, BSV returned −2.39% over the past year and −3.33% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Apr. 10, 2007, BSV is down −1.36% in real purchasing-power return, or −0.07%/yr, and is currently −16.79% below its real total-return high on Jun. 1, 2020.

Data ending Fri Oct. 30, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Tue 2007-04-10💬 to Fri 2026-10-30 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
BSV × 		−1.36%
−0.07%/yr 		−0.49%/yr
R2=0.193
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Tue 2007-04-10💬 to Fri 2026-10-30 Start
Value 		End
Value
BSV × 		$10,000.00
2007-04-10 		$9,864.15
2026-10-30

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-30

  YTD YoY
BSV × 		−3.33% −2.39%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
BSV × 		−16.79%
on 2026-10-30
from 2020-06-01 peak 		−20.74%
on 2023-10-18
from 2020-06-01 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-10-30 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
BSV × 		−2.39% +0.21%
+0.11%/yr 		+4.41%
+1.45%/yr 		−10.32%
−2.16%/yr 		−13.20%
−1.41%/yr

Annual Returns

Year BSV
2026 (YTD) −3.33%
2025 +3.24%
2024 +0.88%
2023 +1.50%
2022 −11.23%
2021 −7.67%
2020 +3.29%
2019 +2.64%
2018 −0.56%
2017 −0.89%
2016 −0.72%
2015 +0.19%
2014 +0.72%
2013 −1.33%
2012 +0.29%
2011 −0.02%
2010 +2.36%
2009 −1.16%
2008 +8.39%
2007 +3.70%