All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
SO real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, SO returned −0.23% over the past year and +5.58% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 5, 1984, SO is up +5,112.41% in real purchasing-power return, or +9.87%/yr, and is currently −6.74% below its real total-return high on Oct. 15, 2025.
Data ending Tue Nov. 3, 2026
| Mon 1984-11-05💬 to Tue 2026-11-03 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SO × |
+5,112.41%
+9.87%/yr |
+9.51%/yr
R2=0.977 |
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| Mon 1984-11-05💬 to Tue 2026-11-03 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| SO × |
$10,000.00
1984-11-05 |
$521,241.24
2026-11-03 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| SO × | +5.58% | −0.23% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| SO × |
−6.74%
on 2026-11-03 from 2025-10-15 peak |
−38.51%
on 2020-03-23 from 2020-01-30 peak |
| Period ending Tue 2026-11-03 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SO × | −0.23% |
+5.55% +2.74%/yr |
+34.38% +10.35%/yr |
+47.28% +8.05%/yr |
+100.65% +7.21%/yr |
| Year | SO |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +5.58% |
| 2025 | +6.62% |
| 2024 | +18.31% |
| 2023 | −1.10% |
| 2022 | +1.67% |
| 2021 | +8.69% |
| 2020 | −0.72% |
| 2019 | +48.27% |
| 2018 | −5.55% |
| 2017 | +0.30% |
| 2016 | +7.69% |
| 2015 | −0.82% |
| 2014 | +24.31% |
| 2013 | −1.01% |
| 2012 | −5.19% |
| 2011 | +23.27% |
| 2010 | +18.94% |
| 2009 | −7.43% |
| 2008 | −0.07% |
| 2007 | +5.53% |
| 2006 | +8.94% |
| 2005 | +4.00% |
| 2004 | +12.50% |
| 2003 | +9.68% |
| 2002 | +14.88% |
| 2001 | +30.19% |
| 2000 | +43.83% |
| 1999 | −17.21% |
| 1998 | +16.28% |
| 1997 | +19.37% |
| 1996 | −6.05% |
| 1995 | +27.04% |
| 1994 | −6.36% |
| 1993 | +17.76% |
| 1992 | +16.00% |
| 1991 | +29.13% |
| 1990 | −1.95% |
| 1989 | +35.29% |
| 1988 | +5.24% |
| 1987 | −7.69% |
| 1986 | +23.07% |
| 1985 | +25.34% |
| 1984 | +6.34% |
