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

Total Real Returns

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

EWY real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, EWY returned +227.70% over the past year and +105.40% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 12, 2000, EWY is up +647.50% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.03%/yr, and is currently −0.29% below its real total-return high on May 28, 2026.

Fri 2000-05-12💬 to Fri 2026-05-29 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
EWY × 		+105.40%
2026-05-29 		+227.70%
2026-05-29
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Returns

Fri 2000-05-12💬 to Fri 2026-05-29 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
EWY × 		+647.50%
+8.03%/yr 		+4.39%/yr
(R2=0.569)
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Growth of $10,000

Fri 2000-05-12💬 to Fri 2026-05-29 Start
Value 		End
Value
EWY × 		$10,000.00
2000-05-12 		$74,750.17
2026-05-29
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Annual Returns

Year EWY
2026 (YTD) +105.40%
2025 +90.24%
2024 −22.71%
2023 +15.19%
2022 −31.05%
2021 −13.66%
2020 +37.56%
2019 +5.55%
2018 −21.86%
2017 +41.97%
2016 +6.24%
2015 −8.67%
2014 −14.13%
2013 +2.03%
2012 +19.86%
2011 −15.99%
2010 +27.64%
2009 +67.22%
2008 −56.01%
2007 +26.53%
2006 +8.41%
2005 +48.80%
2004 +13.53%
2003 +35.23%
2002 +1.21%
2001 +43.45%
2000 −38.72%

Drawdowns

Fri 2000-05-12💬 to Fri 2026-05-29 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
EWY × 		−0.29%
from 2026-05-28 peak 		−74.73%
2008-11-20
from 2007-10-31 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-05-29 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
EWY × 		+227.70% +220.82%
+79.19%/yr 		+218.93%
+47.03%/yr 		+99.98%
+14.86%/yr 		+258.91%
+13.63%/yr
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