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 −1.56% over the past year and +4.82% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 31, 1981, SO is up +9,520.85% in real purchasing-power return, or +10.78%/yr, and is currently −7.42% below its real total-return high on Oct. 15, 2025.
Data ending Fri Aug. 14, 2026
| Thu 1981-12-31💬 to Fri 2026-08-14 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SO × |
+9,520.85%
+10.78%/yr |
+9.96%/yr
R2=0.974 |
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| Thu 1981-12-31💬 to Fri 2026-08-14 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| SO × |
$10,000.00
1981-12-31 |
$962,085.02
2026-08-14 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| SO × | +4.82% | −1.56% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| SO × |
−7.42%
on 2026-08-14 from 2025-10-15 peak |
−38.51%
on 2020-03-23 from 2020-01-30 peak |
| Period ending Fri 2026-08-14 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SO × | −1.56% |
+6.95% +3.42%/yr |
+37.26% +11.13%/yr |
+37.79% +6.62%/yr |
+90.94% +6.68%/yr |
| Year | SO |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +4.82% |
| 2025 | +6.62% |
| 2024 | +18.31% |
| 2023 | −1.10% |
| 2022 | +1.67% |
| 2021 | +8.67% |
| 2020 | −0.72% |
| 2019 | +48.27% |
| 2018 | −5.55% |
| 2017 | +0.30% |
| 2016 | +7.69% |
| 2015 | −0.80% |
| 2014 | +24.30% |
| 2013 | −1.01% |
| 2012 | −5.19% |
| 2011 | +23.28% |
| 2010 | +18.94% |
| 2009 | −7.43% |
| 2008 | −0.07% |
| 2007 | +5.54% |
| 2006 | +8.94% |
| 2005 | +4.00% |
| 2004 | +12.50% |
| 2003 | +9.68% |
| 2002 | +14.89% |
| 2001 | +29.79% |
| 2000 | +43.83% |
| 1999 | −17.21% |
| 1998 | +16.28% |
| 1997 | +19.38% |
| 1996 | −6.05% |
| 1995 | +27.04% |
| 1994 | −6.36% |
| 1993 | +17.76% |
| 1992 | +16.00% |
| 1991 | +29.13% |
| 1990 | −1.96% |
| 1989 | +35.25% |
| 1988 | +5.21% |
| 1987 | −7.72% |
| 1986 | +23.04% |
| 1985 | +25.32% |
| 1984 | +24.29% |
| 1983 | +12.36% |
| 1982 | +42.12% |
