All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
BSV real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, BSV returned −0.95% 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 Thu Jul. 2, 2026
| Tue 2007-04-10💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSV × |
−3.03%
2026-07-02 |
−0.95%
2026-07-02 |
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| Tue 2007-04-10💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSV × |
−1.05%
−0.06%/yr |
−0.47%/yr
(R2=0.173) |
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| Tue 2007-04-10💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSV × |
$10,000.00
2007-04-10 |
$9,894.75
2026-07-02 |
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| 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% |
| Tue 2007-04-10💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSV × |
−16.53%
from 2020-06-01 peak |
−20.74%
2023-10-18 from 2020-06-01 peak |
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| Period ending Thu 2026-07-02 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| BSV × | −0.95% |
+2.51% +1.24%/yr |
+4.04% +1.33%/yr |
−12.06% −2.54%/yr |
−13.43% −1.43%/yr |
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