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

Total Real Returns

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

GIS real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, GIS returned −35.99% over the past year and −30.90% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 17, 1980, GIS is up +3,308.75% in real purchasing-power return, or +7.87%/yr, and is currently −63.35% below its real total-return high on May 12, 2023.

Data ending Wed Oct. 7, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Wed 2026-10-07 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
GIS × 		+3,308.75%
+7.87%/yr 		+8.83%/yr
R2=0.919
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Wed 2026-10-07 Start
Value 		End
Value
GIS × 		$10,000.00
1980-03-17 		$340,874.83
2026-10-07

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-07

  YTD YoY
GIS × 		−30.90% −35.99%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
GIS × 		−63.35%
on 2026-10-07
from 2023-05-12 peak 		−63.44%
on 2026-10-05
from 2023-05-12 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-10-07 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
GIS × 		−35.99% −54.64%
−32.65%/yr 		−47.06%
−19.10%/yr 		−48.91%
−12.57%/yr 		−46.77%
−6.11%/yr

Annual Returns

Year GIS
2026 (YTD) −30.90%
2025 −25.70%
2024 −1.40%
2023 −22.56%
2022 +20.31%
2021 +10.73%
2020 +12.07%
2019 +39.93%
2018 −32.83%
2017 −2.71%
2016 +8.07%
2015 +10.73%
2014 +9.45%
2013 +25.42%
2012 +1.51%
2011 +13.81%
2010 +1.98%
2009 +17.04%
2008 +9.39%
2007 −2.40%
2006 +16.99%
2005 −2.15%
2004 +9.03%
2003 −3.03%
2002 −9.71%
2001 +17.94%
2000 +24.30%
1999 −7.92%
1998 +10.05%
1997 +14.28%
1996 +18.12%
1995 +33.01%
1994 −5.32%
1993 −11.35%
1992 −7.47%
1991 +49.51%
1990 +31.42%
1989 +37.88%
1988 +3.78%
1987 +20.39%
1986 +44.13%
1985 +20.33%
1984 −2.35%
1983 +5.35%
1982 +30.85%
1981 +22.02%
1980 +20.64%