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 −0.64% over the past year and −3.03% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Apr. 10, 2007, BSV is down −1.05% in real purchasing-power return, or −0.06%/yr, and is currently −16.53% below its real total-return high on Jun. 1, 2020.

Data ending Fri Jun. 12, 2026

Tue 2007-04-10💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
BSV
×
−3.03%
2026-06-12
−0.64%
2026-06-12
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Returns

Tue 2007-04-10💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
BSV
×
−1.05%
−0.06%/yr
−0.46%/yr
(R2=0.169)
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Growth of $10,000

Tue 2007-04-10💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 Start
Value
End
Value
BSV
×
$10,000.00
2007-04-10
$9,894.77
2026-06-12
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Annual Returns

Year BSV
2026 (YTD) −3.03%
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%

Drawdowns

Tue 2007-04-10💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
BSV
×
−16.53%
from 2020-06-01 peak
−20.74%
2023-10-18
from 2020-06-01 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-06-12 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
BSV
×
−0.64% +2.66%
+1.32%/yr
+3.52%
+1.16%/yr
−12.80%
−2.70%/yr
−13.21%
−1.41%/yr
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