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

Total Real Returns

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

EMD real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, EMD returned +13.39% over the past year and +2.29% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 14, 1992, EMD is up +133.37% in real purchasing-power return, or +2.56%/yr, and is currently −3.96% below its real total-return high on Feb. 18, 2026.

Data ending Fri Jul. 17, 2026

Mon 1992-12-14💬 to Fri 2026-07-17 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
EMD
×
+2.29%
2026-07-17
+13.39%
2026-07-17
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt NYSE Mutual Fund

Returns

Mon 1992-12-14💬 to Fri 2026-07-17 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
EMD
×
+133.37%
+2.56%/yr
+3.21%/yr
(R2=0.681)
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt NYSE Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000

Mon 1992-12-14💬 to Fri 2026-07-17 Start
Value
End
Value
EMD
×
$10,000.00
1992-12-14
$23,336.67
2026-07-17
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt NYSE Mutual Fund

Annual Returns

Year EMD
2026 (YTD) +2.29%
2025 +20.21%
2024 +13.04%
2023 +8.62%
2022 −25.59%
2021 −6.87%
2020 +5.59%
2019 +23.79%
2018 −15.32%
2017 +11.92%
2016 +15.15%
2015 −5.57%
2014 −1.29%
2013 −16.20%
2012 +21.39%
2011 +7.53%
2010 +12.09%
2009 +49.58%
2008 −20.88%
2007 +3.63%
2006 +5.86%
2005 −3.65%
2004 +3.76%
2003 +47.82%
2002 −0.84%
2001 +7.16%
2000 +3.10%
1999 +1.86%
1998 −34.35%
1997 −10.31%
1996 +26.97%
1995 +9.58%
1994 −37.82%
1993 +29.77%
1992 −3.35%

Drawdowns

Mon 1992-12-14💬 to Fri 2026-07-17 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
EMD
×
−3.96%
from 2026-02-18 peak
−56.84%
1998-09-14
from 1993-12-03 peak
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt NYSE Mutual Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-07-17 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
EMD
×
+13.39% +25.50%
+12.02%/yr
+53.24%
+15.29%/yr
+5.88%
+1.15%/yr
+24.90%
+2.25%/yr
Western Asset Emerging Markets Debt NYSE Mutual Fund