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

Total Real Returns

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

SWSSX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, SWSSX returned +10.53% over the past year and +9.09% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jul. 3, 1997, SWSSX is up +736.98% in real purchasing-power return, or +7.53%/yr, and is currently −9.59% below its real total-return high on Aug. 14, 2026.

Data ending Tue Oct. 13, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Thu 1997-07-03💬 to Tue 2026-10-13 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
SWSSX
×
+736.98%
+7.53%/yr
+8.74%/yr
R2=0.898
Schwab Small-Cap Index Fund Select Shares Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Thu 1997-07-03💬 to Tue 2026-10-13 Start
Value
End
Value
SWSSX
×
$10,000.00
1997-07-03
$83,698.06
2026-10-13

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-13

  YTD YoY
SWSSX
×
+9.09% +10.53%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
SWSSX
×
−9.59%
on 2026-10-13
from 2026-08-14 peak
−57.64%
on 2009-03-09
from 2007-12-26 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-10-13 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
SWSSX
×
+10.53% +19.96%
+9.53%/yr
+54.44%
+15.59%/yr
+18.36%
+3.43%/yr
+156.06%
+9.86%/yr

Annual Returns

Year SWSSX
2026 (YTD) +9.09%
2025 +9.94%
2024 +8.44%
2023 +13.28%
2022 −25.26%
2021 +16.30%
2020 +20.23%
2019 +28.87%
2018 −4.26%
2017 +17.03%
2016 +22.20%
2015 +0.45%
2014 +10.86%
2013 +43.77%
2012 +17.27%
2011 +0.39%
2010 +25.82%
2009 +32.10%
2008 −35.03%
2007 +16.56%
2006 +0.90%
2005 +2.05%
2004 +12.90%
2003 +40.95%
2002 −24.17%
2001 −2.29%
2000 −11.87%
1999 +21.19%
1998 −10.09%
1997 +11.41%