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 +17.81% over the past year and +11.12% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 21, 2017, CEFS is up +116.26% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.50%/yr, and is currently āˆ’1.67% below its real total-return high on Aug. 17, 2026.

Data ending Thu Sep. 3, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Tue 2017-03-21šŸ’¬ to Thu 2026-09-03 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
CEFS × 		+116.26%
+8.50%/yr 		+7.00%/yr
R2=0.805
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Tue 2017-03-21šŸ’¬ to Thu 2026-09-03 Start
Value 		End
Value
CEFS × 		$10,000.00
2017-03-21 		$21,626.27
2026-09-03

This Yearā€™s Performance

through 2026-09-03

  YTD YoY
CEFS × 		+11.12% +17.81%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
CEFS × 		āˆ’1.67%
on 2026-09-03
from 2026-08-17 peak 		āˆ’38.94%
on 2020-03-23
from 2020-02-20 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-09-03 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
CEFS × 		+17.81% +29.16%
+13.65%/yr 		+60.64%
+17.12%/yr 		+55.33%
+9.21%/yr 		—

Annual Returns

Year CEFS
2026 (YTD) +11.12%
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%