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

Total Real Returns

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

SPY real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, SPY returned +24.50% over the past year and +6.45% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 29, 1993, SPY is up +1,217.11% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.05%/yr, and is currently āˆ’0.42% below its real total-return high on May 14, 2026.

Fri 1993-01-29? to Fri 2026-05-22 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
SPY
×
+6.45%
2026-05-22
+24.50%
2026-05-22
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust Exchange-Traded Fund

Returns

Fri 1993-01-29? to Fri 2026-05-22 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
SPY
×
+1,217.11%
+8.05%/yr
+6.28%/yr
(R2=0.848)
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000

Fri 1993-01-29? to Fri 2026-05-22 Start
Value
End
Value
SPY
×
$10,000.00
1993-01-29
$131,711.34
2026-05-22
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust Exchange-Traded Fund

Annual Returns

Year SPY
2026 (YTD) +6.45%
2025 +14.65%
2024 +21.39%
2023 +22.09%
2022 āˆ’23.15%
2021 +20.27%
2020 +16.74%
2019 +28.29%
2018 āˆ’6.35%
2017 +19.19%
2016 +9.73%
2015 +0.50%
2014 +12.61%
2013 +30.35%
2012 +14.01%
2011 āˆ’1.04%
2010 +13.36%
2009 +23.01%
2008 āˆ’36.85%
2007 +1.01%
2006 +13.00%
2005 +1.35%
2004 +7.21%
2003 +25.82%
2002 āˆ’23.41%
2001 āˆ’13.10%
2000 āˆ’12.70%
1999 +17.24%
1998 +26.65%
1997 +31.24%
1996 +18.63%
1995 +34.61%
1994 āˆ’2.22%
1993 +6.22%

Drawdowns

Fri 1993-01-29? to Fri 2026-05-22 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
SPY
×
āˆ’0.42%
from 2026-05-14 peak
āˆ’58.56%
2009-03-09
from 2000-03-24 peak
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust Exchange-Traded Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-05-22 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
SPY
×
+24.50% +35.58%
+16.45%/yr
+68.47%
+18.98%/yr
+54.78%
+9.13%/yr
+206.97%
+11.86%/yr
SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust Exchange-Traded Fund