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

Total Real Returns

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

QQQ real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, QQQ returned +17.45% over the past year and +11.80% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Mar. 10, 1999, QQQ is up +708.08% in real purchasing-power return, or +7.89%/yr, and is currently −4.96% below its real total-return high on Jun. 2, 2026.

Data ending Mon Sep. 14, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Wed 1999-03-10💬 to Mon 2026-09-14 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
QQQ
×
+708.08%
+7.89%/yr
+9.44%/yr
R2=0.740
Invesco QQQ Trust NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Wed 1999-03-10💬 to Mon 2026-09-14 Start
Value
End
Value
QQQ
×
$10,000.00
1999-03-10
$80,808.21
2026-09-14

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-14

  YTD YoY
QQQ
×
+11.80% +17.45%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
QQQ
×
−4.96%
on 2026-09-14
from 2026-06-02 peak
−83.91%
on 2002-10-09
from 2000-03-27 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Mon 2026-09-14 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
QQQ
×
+17.45% +41.59%
+18.99%/yr
+75.28%
+20.57%/yr
+59.02%
+9.72%/yr
+372.31%
+16.79%/yr

Annual Returns

Year QQQ
2026 (YTD) +11.80%
2025 +17.63%
2024 +22.06%
2023 +49.84%
2022 −36.67%
2021 +19.04%
2020 +46.63%
2019 +35.86%
2018 −2.00%
2017 +29.92%
2016 +4.92%
2015 +8.64%
2014 +18.29%
2013 +34.61%
2012 +16.10%
2011 +0.40%
2010 +18.14%
2009 +50.60%
2008 −41.78%
2007 +14.35%
2006 +4.51%
2005 −1.80%
2004 +7.05%
2003 +46.91%
2002 −38.82%
2001 −34.36%
2000 −38.21%
1999 +75.08%