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

Total Real Returns

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

HYG real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, HYG returned −0.69% over the past year and −1.95% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Apr. 11, 2007, HYG is up +55.47% in real purchasing-power return, or +2.30%/yr, and is currently −5.11% below its real total-return high on Feb. 8, 2021.

Data ending Mon Sep. 21, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Wed 2007-04-11💬 to Mon 2026-09-21 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
HYG × 		+55.47%
+2.30%/yr 		+2.73%/yr
R2=0.675
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Wed 2007-04-11💬 to Mon 2026-09-21 Start
Value 		End
Value
HYG × 		$10,000.00
2007-04-11 		$15,546.85
2026-09-21

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-21

  YTD YoY
HYG × 		−1.95% −0.69%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
HYG × 		−5.11%
on 2026-09-21
from 2021-02-08 peak 		−35.94%
on 2008-11-20
from 2007-09-19 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Mon 2026-09-21 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
HYG × 		−0.69% +3.48%
+1.73%/yr 		+16.64%
+5.27%/yr 		−3.08%
−0.62%/yr 		+11.05%
+1.05%/yr

Annual Returns

Year HYG
2026 (YTD) −1.95%
2025 +5.77%
2024 +4.95%
2023 +7.92%
2022 −16.39%
2021 −3.07%
2020 +3.06%
2019 +11.54%
2018 −3.85%
2017 +3.88%
2016 +11.11%
2015 −5.71%
2014 +1.13%
2013 +4.20%
2012 +9.77%
2011 +3.67%
2010 +10.28%
2009 +25.11%
2008 −17.63%
2007 −0.40%