All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
CEFS real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, CEFS returned +18.92% over the past year and +11.48% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 21, 2017, CEFS is up +116.97% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.70%/yr, and is currently at its real total-return high.
Data ending Thu Jul. 2, 2026
| Tue 2017-03-21š¬ to Thu 2026-07-02 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEFS × |
+11.48%
2026-07-02 |
+18.92%
2026-07-02 |
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| Saba Closed-End Funds ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Tue 2017-03-21š¬ to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEFS × |
+116.97%
+8.70%/yr |
+6.78%/yr
(R2=0.797) |
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| Saba Closed-End Funds ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Tue 2017-03-21š¬ to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEFS × |
$10,000.00
2017-03-21 |
$21,696.80
2026-07-02 |
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| Saba Closed-End Funds ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Year | CEFS |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +11.48% |
| 2025 | +13.63% |
| 2024 | +20.02% |
| 2023 | +17.09% |
| 2022 | ā12.73% |
| 2021 | +10.10% |
| 2020 | +2.01% |
| 2019 | +24.85% |
| 2018 | ā12.20% |
| 2017 | +13.42% |
| Tue 2017-03-21š¬ to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEFS × | — |
ā38.94%
2020-03-23 from 2020-02-20 peak |
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| Saba Closed-End Funds ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Thu 2026-07-02 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CEFS × | +18.92% |
+31.98% +14.88%/yr |
+63.38% +17.78%/yr |
+56.45% +9.36%/yr |
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| Saba Closed-End Funds ETF Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
