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 +8.88% over the past year and +5.41% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 21, 2017, CEFS is up +105.16% in real purchasing-power return, or +7.80%/yr, and is currently āˆ’6.70% below its real total-return high on Aug. 17, 2026.

Data ending Fri Oct. 16, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Tue 2017-03-21šŸ’¬ to Fri 2026-10-16 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
CEFS × 		+105.16%
+7.80%/yr 		+7.11%/yr
R2=0.812
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Tue 2017-03-21šŸ’¬ to Fri 2026-10-16 Start
Value 		End
Value
CEFS × 		$10,000.00
2017-03-21 		$20,515.56
2026-10-16

This Yearā€™s Performance

through 2026-10-16

  YTD YoY
CEFS × 		+5.41% +8.88%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
CEFS × 		āˆ’6.70%
on 2026-10-16
from 2026-08-17 peak 		āˆ’38.94%
on 2020-03-23
from 2020-02-20 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-10-16 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
CEFS × 		+8.88% +18.76%
+8.98%/yr 		+59.92%
+16.94%/yr 		+44.09%
+7.58%/yr 		—

Annual Returns

Year CEFS
2026 (YTD) +5.41%
2025 +13.63%
2024 +20.02%
2023 +17.09%
2022 āˆ’12.73%
2021 +10.11%
2020 +2.01%
2019 +24.85%
2018 āˆ’12.20%
2017 +13.42%