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

Total Real Returns

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

SWPPX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, SWPPX returned +12.85% over the past year and +8.80% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 20, 1997, SWPPX is up +676.95% in real purchasing-power return, or +7.24%/yr, and is currently −2.08% below its real total-return high on Aug. 13, 2026.

Data ending Fri Sep. 18, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Tue 1997-05-20💬 to Fri 2026-09-18 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
SWPPX
×
+676.95%
+7.24%/yr
+6.16%/yr
R2=0.802
Schwab S&P 500 Index Fund Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Tue 1997-05-20💬 to Fri 2026-09-18 Start
Value
End
Value
SWPPX
×
$10,000.00
1997-05-20
$77,695.06
2026-09-18

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-18

  YTD YoY
SWPPX
×
+8.80% +12.85%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
SWPPX
×
−2.08%
on 2026-09-18
from 2026-08-13 peak
−58.37%
on 2009-03-09
from 2000-03-23 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-09-18 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
SWPPX
×
+12.85% +30.99%
+14.45%/yr
+63.72%
+17.86%/yr
+51.15%
+8.61%/yr
+202.31%
+11.70%/yr

Annual Returns

Year SWPPX
2026 (YTD) +8.80%
2025 +14.80%
2024 +21.46%
2023 +22.17%
2022 −23.11%
2021 +20.21%
2020 +16.79%
2019 +28.52%
2018 −6.26%
2017 +19.28%
2016 +9.55%
2015 +0.57%
2014 +12.70%
2013 +30.31%
2012 +13.92%
2011 −0.92%
2010 +13.28%
2009 +22.92%
2008 −36.76%
2007 +1.31%
2006 +12.83%
2005 +1.31%
2004 +7.21%
2003 +26.10%
2002 −23.99%
2001 −13.38%
2000 −12.17%
1999 +27.30%
1998 +26.22%
1997 +15.48%