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

Total Real Returns

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

LOW real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, LOW returned −15.13% over the past year and −12.01% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 17, 1980, LOW is up +18,807.20% in real purchasing-power return, or +11.96%/yr, and is currently −26.06% below its real total-return high on Feb. 13, 2026.

Data ending Tue Aug. 18, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Tue 2026-08-18 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
LOW × 		+18,807.20%
+11.96%/yr 		+13.92%/yr
R2=0.946
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Tue 2026-08-18 Start
Value 		End
Value
LOW × 		$10,000.00
1980-03-17 		$1,890,720.33
2026-08-18

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-18

  YTD YoY
LOW × 		−12.01% −15.13%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
LOW × 		−26.06%
on 2026-08-18
from 2026-02-13 peak 		−66.45%
on 1987-12-03
from 1983-04-28 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-08-18 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
LOW × 		−15.13% −12.48%
−6.45%/yr 		−4.35%
−1.47%/yr 		−2.79%
−0.56%/yr 		+145.03%
+9.38%/yr

Annual Returns

Year LOW
2026 (YTD) −12.01%
2025 −2.92%
2024 +9.84%
2023 +10.34%
2022 −26.25%
2021 +52.60%
2020 +34.57%
2019 +29.28%
2018 −0.68%
2017 +30.53%
2016 −6.81%
2015 +11.34%
2014 +40.15%
2013 +39.71%
2012 +40.47%
2011 +0.41%
2010 +7.56%
2009 +7.66%
2008 −3.39%
2007 −29.63%
2006 −8.35%
2005 +12.29%
2004 +0.96%
2003 +45.31%
2002 −20.92%
2001 +105.92%
2000 −27.76%
1999 +13.92%
1998 +112.07%
1997 +32.40%
1996 +3.53%
1995 −5.45%
1994 +14.33%
1993 +142.32%
1992 +39.53%
1991 +37.68%
1990 −20.35%
1989 +36.89%
1988 +27.58%
1987 −39.68%
1986 +0.70%
1985 +1.51%
1984 +6.41%
1983 −37.74%
1982 +161.52%
1981 −37.98%
1980 +16.99%