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

Total Real Returns

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

CME real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, CME returned +9.96% over the past year and +7.49% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 6, 2002, CME is up +3,801.96% in real purchasing-power return, or +16.59%/yr, and is currently −9.26% below its real total-return high on Mar. 2, 2026.

Data ending Wed Oct. 21, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Fri 2002-12-06💬 to Wed 2026-10-21 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
CME
×
+3,801.96%
+16.59%/yr
+11.39%/yr
R2=0.786
CME Group Inc NASDAQ Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Fri 2002-12-06💬 to Wed 2026-10-21 Start
Value
End
Value
CME
×
$10,000.00
2002-12-06
$390,195.64
2026-10-21

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-21

  YTD YoY
CME
×
+7.49% +9.96%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
CME
×
−9.26%
on 2026-10-21
from 2026-03-02 peak
−77.89%
on 2008-11-20
from 2007-12-21 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-10-21 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
CME
×
+9.96% +32.11%
+14.94%/yr
+43.94%
+12.91%/yr
+38.81%
+6.78%/yr
+198.81%
+11.57%/yr

Annual Returns

Year CME
2026 (YTD) +7.49%
2025 +16.71%
2024 +12.18%
2023 +27.06%
2022 −27.57%
2021 +20.96%
2020 −7.60%
2019 +7.22%
2018 +29.67%
2017 +29.61%
2016 +31.21%
2015 +6.87%
2014 +17.45%
2013 +61.58%
2012 +9.49%
2011 −24.88%
2010 −4.15%
2009 +59.95%
2008 −68.85%
2007 +30.05%
2006 +36.05%
2005 +56.46%
2004 +208.48%
2003 +64.40%
2002 +1.95%