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

Total Real Returns

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

RTH real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, RTH returned +9.69% over the past year and +2.60% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 2, 2001, RTH is up +550.97% in real purchasing-power return, or +7.76%/yr, and is currently āˆ’3.54% below its real total-return high on Feb. 3, 2026.

Wed 2001-05-02? to Fri 2026-05-22 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
RTH × 		+2.60%
2026-05-22 		+9.69%
2026-05-22
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Returns

Wed 2001-05-02? to Fri 2026-05-22 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
RTH × 		+550.97%
+7.76%/yr 		+9.96%/yr
(R2=0.910)
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Growth of $10,000

Wed 2001-05-02? to Fri 2026-05-22 Start
Value 		End
Value
RTH × 		$10,000.00
2001-05-02 		$65,096.74
2026-05-22
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Annual Returns

Year RTH
2026 (YTD) +2.60%
2025 +9.43%
2024 +16.66%
2023 +16.18%
2022 āˆ’22.67%
2021 +16.73%
2020 +29.85%
2019 +26.18%
2018 +1.93%
2017 +19.91%
2016 āˆ’2.73%
2015 +10.15%
2014 +17.35%
2013 +38.15%
2012 +24.45%
2011 +4.11%
2010 +13.83%
2009 +23.85%
2008 āˆ’18.07%
2007 āˆ’8.59%
2006 +4.54%
2005 āˆ’1.48%
2004 +6.73%
2003 +27.87%
2002 āˆ’29.02%
2001 āˆ’0.17%

Drawdowns

Wed 2001-05-02? to Fri 2026-05-22 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
RTH × 		āˆ’3.54%
from 2026-02-03 peak 		āˆ’43.17%
2009-03-09
from 2007-02-20 peak
VanEck Retail ETF NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-05-22 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
RTH × 		+9.69% +26.25%
+12.37%/yr 		+48.33%
+14.04%/yr 		+29.99%
+5.38%/yr 		+180.07%
+10.84%/yr
VanEck Retail ETF NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund