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

Total Real Returns

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

CEFS real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, CEFS returned +19.15% over the past year and +12.69% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 21, 2017, CEFS is up +119.32% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.71%/yr, and is currently at its real total-return high.

Data ending Fri Aug. 14, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Tue 2017-03-21💬 to Fri 2026-08-14 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
CEFS × 		+119.32%
+8.71%/yr 		+6.93%/yr
R2=0.803
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Tue 2017-03-21💬 to Fri 2026-08-14 Start
Value 		End
Value
CEFS × 		$10,000.00
2017-03-21 		$21,932.16
2026-08-14

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-14

  YTD YoY
CEFS × 		+12.69% +19.15%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
CEFS × 		—
on 2026-08-14 		−38.94%
on 2020-03-23
from 2020-02-20 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-08-14 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
CEFS × 		+19.15% +34.87%
+16.14%/yr 		+62.46%
+17.56%/yr 		+56.90%
+9.43%/yr 		—

Annual Returns

Year CEFS
2026 (YTD) +12.69%
2025 +13.63%
2024 +20.02%
2023 +17.09%
2022 −12.73%
2021 +10.10%
2020 +2.01%
2019 +24.85%
2018 −12.20%
2017 +13.42%