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

Total Real Returns

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

FDL real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, FDL returned +18.51% over the past year and +10.27% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 15, 2006, FDL is up +227.21% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.03%/yr, and is currently āˆ’3.75% below its real total-return high on Mar. 2, 2026.

Data ending Tue Jun. 16, 2026

Wed 2006-03-15šŸ’¬ to Tue 2026-06-16 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
FDL × 		+10.27%
2026-06-16 		+18.51%
2026-06-16
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Returns

Wed 2006-03-15šŸ’¬ to Tue 2026-06-16 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
FDL × 		+227.21%
+6.03%/yr 		+7.15%/yr
(R2=0.849)
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Growth of $10,000

Wed 2006-03-15šŸ’¬ to Tue 2026-06-16 Start
Value 		End
Value
FDL × 		$10,000.00
2006-03-15 		$32,721.06
2026-06-16
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Annual Returns

Year FDL
2026 (YTD) +10.27%
2025 +11.79%
2024 +14.68%
2023 āˆ’0.40%
2022 +0.18%
2021 +17.81%
2020 āˆ’5.58%
2019 +21.63%
2018 āˆ’7.75%
2017 +9.70%
2016 +18.26%
2015 +1.88%
2014 +12.36%
2013 +20.86%
2012 +7.23%
2011 +11.11%
2010 +14.42%
2009 +10.43%
2008 āˆ’31.14%
2007 āˆ’14.47%
2006 +16.81%

Drawdowns

Wed 2006-03-15šŸ’¬ to Tue 2026-06-16 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
FDL × 		āˆ’3.75%
from 2026-03-02 peak 		āˆ’66.70%
2009-03-05
from 2007-05-18 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-06-16 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
FDL × 		+18.51% +36.93%
+17.02%/yr 		+50.14%
+14.51%/yr 		+48.70%
+8.26%/yr 		+106.52%
+7.52%/yr
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