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

Total Real Returns

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

ITA real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, ITA returned +28.13% over the past year and +1.98% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 5, 2006, ITA is up +549.20% in real purchasing-power return, or +9.78%/yr, and is currently āˆ’11.83% below its real total-return high on Mar. 2, 2026.

Fri 2006-05-05? to Fri 2026-05-22 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
ITA × 		+1.98%
2026-05-22 		+28.13%
2026-05-22
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Returns

Fri 2006-05-05? to Fri 2026-05-22 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
ITA × 		+549.20%
+9.78%/yr 		+10.43%/yr
(R2=0.896)
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Growth of $10,000

Fri 2006-05-05? to Fri 2026-05-22 Start
Value 		End
Value
ITA × 		$10,000.00
2006-05-05 		$64,919.50
2026-05-22
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Annual Returns

Year ITA
2026 (YTD) +1.98%
2025 +44.77%
2024 +12.57%
2023 +10.63%
2022 +3.28%
2021 +2.20%
2020 āˆ’14.74%
2019 +27.59%
2018 āˆ’8.95%
2017 +32.44%
2016 +17.81%
2015 +3.38%
2014 +9.07%
2013 +54.64%
2012 +11.95%
2011 +2.12%
2010 +14.87%
2009 +22.01%
2008 āˆ’38.70%
2007 +22.60%
2006 +3.08%

Drawdowns

Fri 2006-05-05? to Fri 2026-05-22 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
ITA × 		āˆ’11.83%
from 2026-03-02 peak 		āˆ’60.43%
2009-03-09
from 2007-10-09 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-05-22 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
ITA × 		+28.13% +57.24%
+25.42%/yr 		+85.78%
+22.93%/yr 		+78.08%
+12.23%/yr 		+190.81%
+11.26%/yr
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