All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
MCD real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, MCD returned −11.86% over the past year and −10.88% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jul. 5, 1966, MCD is up +645,054.60% in real purchasing-power return, or +15.77%/yr, and is currently −19.47% below its real total-return high on Feb. 27, 2026.
| Tue 1966-07-05💬 to Fri 2026-05-29 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCD × |
−10.88%
2026-05-29 |
−11.86%
2026-05-29 |
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| Tue 1966-07-05💬 to Fri 2026-05-29 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCD × |
+645,054.60%
+15.77%/yr |
+17.42%/yr
(R2=0.911) |
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| Tue 1966-07-05💬 to Fri 2026-05-29 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCD × |
$10,000.00
1966-07-05 |
$64,515,460.04
2026-05-29 |
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| Year | MCD |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −10.88% |
| 2025 | +5.07% |
| 2024 | −2.66% |
| 2023 | +11.33% |
| 2022 | −5.60% |
| 2021 | +19.39% |
| 2020 | +9.80% |
| 2019 | +11.43% |
| 2018 | +3.80% |
| 2017 | +42.05% |
| 2016 | +4.05% |
| 2015 | +29.48% |
| 2014 | −0.85% |
| 2013 | +11.91% |
| 2012 | −10.81% |
| 2011 | +30.78% |
| 2010 | +25.07% |
| 2009 | +1.21% |
| 2008 | +8.49% |
| 2007 | +31.04% |
| 2006 | +31.36% |
| 2005 | +3.78% |
| 2004 | +27.37% |
| 2003 | +53.94% |
| 2002 | −39.84% |
| 2001 | −22.68% |
| 2000 | −17.87% |
| 1999 | +2.70% |
| 1998 | +59.20% |
| 1997 | +4.15% |
| 1996 | −2.08% |
| 1995 | +51.51% |
| 1994 | +0.76% |
| 1993 | +14.71% |
| 1992 | +25.79% |
| 1991 | +27.97% |
| 1990 | −19.57% |
| 1989 | +38.43% |
| 1988 | +8.52% |
| 1987 | +11.39% |
| 1986 | +32.86% |
| 1985 | +97.50% |
| 1984 | +64.40% |
| 1983 | +76.70% |
| 1982 | +162.47% |
| 1981 | +144.91% |
| 1980 | +82.95% |
| 1979 | −16.17% |
| 1978 | −17.01% |
| 1977 | −9.46% |
| 1976 | −12.69% |
| 1975 | +86.20% |
| 1974 | −54.28% |
| 1973 | −31.17% |
| 1972 | +94.77% |
| 1971 | +135.64% |
| 1970 | +3.33% |
| 1969 | −37.60% |
| 1968 | −28.61% |
| 1967 | +199.29% |
| 1966 | −15.55% |
| Tue 1966-07-05💬 to Fri 2026-05-29 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCD × |
−19.47%
from 2026-02-27 peak |
−78.79%
1969-07-29 from 1968-05-07 peak |
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| Period ending Fri 2026-05-29 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| MCD × | −11.86% |
+10.32% +5.04%/yr |
−4.79% −1.62%/yr |
+7.11% +1.38%/yr |
+107.33% +7.56%/yr |
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