All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
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 ā0.42% below its real total-return high on May 14, 2026.
| Fri 1993-01-29? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPY × |
+6.45%
2026-05-22 |
+24.50%
2026-05-22 |
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| SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Fri 1993-01-29? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPY × |
+1,217.11%
+8.05%/yr |
+6.28%/yr
(R2=0.848) |
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| SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Fri 1993-01-29? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPY × |
$10,000.00
1993-01-29 |
$131,711.34
2026-05-22 |
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| SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| Year | SPY |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +6.45% |
| 2025 | +14.65% |
| 2024 | +21.39% |
| 2023 | +22.09% |
| 2022 | ā23.15% |
| 2021 | +20.27% |
| 2020 | +16.74% |
| 2019 | +28.29% |
| 2018 | ā6.35% |
| 2017 | +19.19% |
| 2016 | +9.73% |
| 2015 | +0.50% |
| 2014 | +12.61% |
| 2013 | +30.35% |
| 2012 | +14.01% |
| 2011 | ā1.04% |
| 2010 | +13.36% |
| 2009 | +23.01% |
| 2008 | ā36.85% |
| 2007 | +1.01% |
| 2006 | +13.00% |
| 2005 | +1.35% |
| 2004 | +7.21% |
| 2003 | +25.82% |
| 2002 | ā23.41% |
| 2001 | ā13.10% |
| 2000 | ā12.70% |
| 1999 | +17.24% |
| 1998 | +26.65% |
| 1997 | +31.24% |
| 1996 | +18.63% |
| 1995 | +34.61% |
| 1994 | ā2.22% |
| 1993 | +6.22% |
| Fri 1993-01-29? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| SPY × |
ā0.42%
from 2026-05-14 peak |
ā58.56%
2009-03-09 from 2000-03-24 peak |
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| SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||
| 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 |
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| SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust Exchange-Traded Fund | ||||||