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

Total Real Returns

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

MFA real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, MFA returned +13.21% over the past year and +2.37% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 7, 1988, MFA is up +26,313.11% in real purchasing-power return, or +16.05%/yr, and is currently −47.53% below its real total-return high on Feb. 20, 2020.

Wed 1988-12-07? to Fri 2026-05-22 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
MFA × 		+2.37%
2026-05-22 		+13.21%
2026-05-22
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Returns

Wed 1988-12-07? to Fri 2026-05-22 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
MFA × 		+26,313.11%
+16.05%/yr 		+20.77%/yr
(R2=0.690)
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Growth of $10,000

Wed 1988-12-07? to Fri 2026-05-22 Start
Value 		End
Value
MFA × 		$10,000.00
1988-12-07 		$2,641,310.78
2026-05-22
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Annual Returns

Year MFA
2026 (YTD) +2.37%
2025 +3.31%
2024 −0.25%
2023 +26.42%
2022 −41.02%
2021 +19.31%
2020 −41.66%
2019 +24.69%
2018 −7.61%
2017 +11.94%
2016 +26.36%
2015 −8.70%
2014 +24.09%
2013 +4.57%
2012 +32.55%
2011 −8.29%
2010 +22.83%
2009 +40.18%
2008 −26.82%
2007 +21.68%
2006 +35.63%
2005 −33.63%
2004 −2.74%
2003 +27.60%
2002 +7.27%
2001 +97.05%
2000 +15.25%
1999 +11.80%
1998 +7,368.83%
1997 +22.31%
1996 +0.46%
1995 −11.45%
1994 −18.53%
1993 −11.21%
1992 −0.19%
1991 +14.57%
1990 −12.30%
1989 −16.79%
1988 −10.19%

Drawdowns

Wed 1988-12-07? to Fri 2026-05-22 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
MFA × 		−47.53%
from 2020-02-20 peak 		−95.51%
2020-03-24
from 2020-02-20 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-05-22 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
MFA × 		+13.21% +8.78%
+4.30%/yr 		+19.75%
+6.19%/yr 		−16.25%
−3.48%/yr 		−17.26%
−1.88%/yr
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