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

Total Real Returns

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

MCI real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, MCI returned −4.55% over the past year and +10.37% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 17, 1980, MCI is up +10,308.36% in real purchasing-power return, or +10.52%/yr, and is currently −14.83% below its real total-return high on Feb. 20, 2025.

Data ending Mon Aug. 31, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Mon 2026-08-31 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
MCI × 		+10,308.36%
+10.52%/yr 		+9.56%/yr
R2=0.965
Barings Corporate Investors NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Mon 2026-08-31 Start
Value 		End
Value
MCI × 		$10,000.00
1980-03-17 		$1,040,835.59
2026-08-31

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-31

  YTD YoY
MCI × 		+10.37% −4.55%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
MCI × 		−14.83%
on 2026-08-31
from 2025-02-20 peak 		−59.03%
on 2009-03-09
from 2007-02-07 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Mon 2026-08-31 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
MCI × 		−4.55% +21.78%
+10.35%/yr 		+57.01%
+16.23%/yr 		+60.60%
+9.94%/yr 		+65.22%
+5.15%/yr

Annual Returns

Year MCI
2026 (YTD) +10.37%
2025 −6.25%
2024 +17.44%
2023 +39.91%
2022 −11.62%
2021 +20.55%
2020 −16.90%
2019 +20.64%
2018 +2.40%
2017 +4.28%
2016 −5.48%
2015 +15.87%
2014 +14.26%
2013 +4.00%
2012 −9.42%
2011 +23.64%
2010 +29.40%
2009 +39.20%
2008 −29.93%
2007 −9.77%
2006 +21.93%
2005 +10.21%
2004 +31.19%
2003 +25.30%
2002 −0.70%
2001 +0.44%
2000 +12.96%
1999 +1.43%
1998 −4.79%
1997 +43.45%
1996 +12.54%
1995 +26.42%
1994 +11.56%
1993 +21.93%
1992 +0.90%
1991 +41.99%
1990 −9.53%
1989 −18.57%
1988 −8.87%
1987 −1.16%
1986 +47.82%
1985 +31.69%
1984 +18.14%
1983 +16.20%
1982 +27.85%
1981 +42.63%
1980 +4.63%