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

Total Real Returns

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

CDX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, CDX returned −7.55% over the past year and −7.87% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Feb. 15, 2022, CDX is down −1.85% in real purchasing-power return, or −0.40%/yr, and is currently −13.62% below its real total-return high on Apr. 9, 2025.

Data ending Fri Oct. 16, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Tue 2022-02-15💬 to Fri 2026-10-16 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
CDX × 		−1.85%
−0.40%/yr 		+4.45%/yr
R2=0.651
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Tue 2022-02-15💬 to Fri 2026-10-16 Start
Value 		End
Value
CDX × 		$10,000.00
2022-02-15 		$9,814.70
2026-10-16

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-16

  YTD YoY
CDX × 		−7.87% −7.55%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
CDX × 		−13.62%
on 2026-10-16
from 2025-04-09 peak 		−17.34%
on 2022-10-20
from 2022-02-25 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-10-16 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
CDX × 		−7.55% −3.05%
−1.54%/yr 		+9.72%
+3.14%/yr 		— —

Annual Returns

Year CDX
2026 (YTD) −7.87%
2025 +6.66%
2024 +4.69%
2023 +9.08%
2022 −12.54%