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 −1.37% over the past year and −2.74% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Apr. 10, 2007, BSV is down −0.76% in real purchasing-power return, or −0.04%/yr, and is currently −16.28% below its real total-return high on Jun. 1, 2020.

Data ending Tue Sep. 1, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Tue 2007-04-10💬 to Tue 2026-09-01 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
BSV
×
−0.76%
−0.04%/yr
−0.48%/yr
R2=0.182
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Tue 2007-04-10💬 to Tue 2026-09-01 Start
Value
End
Value
BSV
×
$10,000.00
2007-04-10
$9,924.16
2026-09-01

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-01

  YTD YoY
BSV
×
−2.74% −1.37%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
BSV
×
−16.28%
on 2026-09-01
from 2020-06-01 peak
−20.74%
on 2023-10-18
from 2020-06-01 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-09-01 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
BSV
×
−1.37% +0.39%
+0.20%/yr
+4.55%
+1.49%/yr
−11.43%
−2.40%/yr
−13.10%
−1.39%/yr

Annual Returns

Year BSV
2026 (YTD) −2.74%
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%