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

Total Real Returns

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

PFF real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, PFF returned +5.67% over the past year and −0.82% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 30, 2007, PFF is up +26.34% in real purchasing-power return, or +1.23%/yr, and is currently −14.77% below its real total-return high on Sep. 2, 2021.

Fri 2007-03-30? to Thu 2026-05-21 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
PFF × 		−0.82%
2026-05-21 		+5.67%
2026-05-21
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Returns

Fri 2007-03-30? to Thu 2026-05-21 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
PFF × 		+26.34%
+1.23%/yr 		+2.71%/yr
(R2=0.523)
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Growth of $10,000

Fri 2007-03-30? to Thu 2026-05-21 Start
Value 		End
Value
PFF × 		$10,000.00
2007-03-30 		$12,634.35
2026-05-21
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Annual Returns

Year PFF
2026 (YTD) −0.82%
2025 +2.14%
2024 +4.24%
2023 +5.68%
2022 −23.16%
2021 +0.10%
2020 +6.44%
2019 +13.34%
2018 −6.41%
2017 +5.86%
2016 −0.75%
2015 +3.51%
2014 +13.24%
2013 −2.46%
2012 +16.19%
2011 −4.84%
2010 +12.16%
2009 +34.81%
2008 −24.00%
2007 −14.59%

Drawdowns

Fri 2007-03-30? to Thu 2026-05-21 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
PFF × 		−14.77%
from 2021-09-02 peak 		−66.39%
2009-03-06
from 2007-04-03 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-05-21 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
PFF × 		+5.67% +4.45%
+2.20%/yr 		+13.63%
+4.34%/yr 		−12.91%
−2.73%/yr 		+0.48%
+0.05%/yr
iShares Preferred and Income Securities ETF NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund