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 −14.91% over the past year and −7.68% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 17, 1980, MCI is up +8,606.99% in real purchasing-power return, or +10.12%/yr, and is currently −28.76% below its real total-return high on Feb. 20, 2025.

Data ending Tue Jul. 21, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Tue 2026-07-21 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
MCI × 		+8,606.99%
+10.12%/yr 		+9.58%/yr
R2=0.965
Barings Corporate Investors NYSE Common Stock

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 1980-03-17💬 to Tue 2026-07-21 Start
Value 		End
Value
MCI × 		$10,000.00
1980-03-17 		$870,699.34
2026-07-21

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-07-21

  YTD YoY
MCI × 		−7.68% −14.91%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
MCI × 		−28.76%
on 2026-07-21
from 2025-02-20 peak 		−59.03%
on 2009-03-09
from 2007-02-07 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-07-21 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
MCI × 		−14.91% +0.18%
+0.09%/yr 		+29.39%
+8.97%/yr 		+34.48%
+6.10%/yr 		+46.24%
+3.87%/yr

Annual Returns

Year MCI
2026 (YTD) −7.68%
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 +21.92%
2005 +10.21%
2004 +31.18%
2003 +25.31%
2002 −0.71%
2001 +0.45%
2000 +12.95%
1999 +1.43%
1998 −4.79%
1997 +43.44%
1996 +12.55%
1995 +26.43%
1994 +11.54%
1993 +21.93%
1992 +0.89%
1991 +42.02%
1990 −9.55%
1989 −18.56%
1988 −8.88%
1987 −1.14%
1986 +47.78%
1985 +31.70%
1984 +18.18%
1983 +16.12%
1982 +27.86%
1981 +42.79%
1980 +4.56%