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 −0.92% over the past year and −2.90% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Apr. 10, 2007, BSV is down −0.92% in real purchasing-power return, or −0.05%/yr, and is currently −16.42% below its real total-return high on Jun. 1, 2020.

Data ending Wed Jul. 22, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Tue 2007-04-10💬 to Wed 2026-07-22 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
BSV × 		−0.92%
−0.05%/yr 		−0.47%/yr
R2=0.176
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Tue 2007-04-10💬 to Wed 2026-07-22 Start
Value 		End
Value
BSV × 		$10,000.00
2007-04-10 		$9,907.59
2026-07-22

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-07-22

  YTD YoY
BSV × 		−2.90% −0.92%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
BSV × 		−16.42%
on 2026-07-22
from 2020-06-01 peak 		−20.74%
on 2023-10-18
from 2020-06-01 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-07-22 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
BSV × 		−0.92% +1.89%
+0.94%/yr 		+3.98%
+1.31%/yr 		−11.90%
−2.50%/yr 		−13.26%
−1.41%/yr

Annual Returns

Year BSV
2026 (YTD) −2.90%
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%