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 −30.10% over the past year and −26.75% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 17, 1980, GIS is up +3,513.35% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.02%/yr, and is currently −61.15% below its real total-return high on May 12, 2023.

Data ending Fri Sep. 25, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Fri 2026-09-25 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
GIS × 		+3,513.35%
+8.02%/yr 		+8.85%/yr
R2=0.920
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Fri 2026-09-25 Start
Value 		End
Value
GIS × 		$10,000.00
1980-03-17 		$361,335.32
2026-09-25

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-25

  YTD YoY
GIS × 		−26.75% −30.10%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
GIS × 		−61.15%
on 2026-09-25
from 2023-05-12 peak 		−63.40%
on 2026-06-03
from 2023-05-12 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-09-25 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
GIS × 		−30.10% −52.61%
−31.16%/yr 		−45.36%
−18.25%/yr 		−44.82%
−11.21%/yr 		−45.40%
−5.87%/yr

Annual Returns

Year GIS
2026 (YTD) −26.75%
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%