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

Total Real Returns

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

T real return snapshot: After CPI-U inflation, T returned −11.65% over the past year and −3.91% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 21, 1983, T is up +3,061.31% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.47%/yr, and is currently −18.47% below its real total-return high on Sep. 15, 2025.

Mon 1983-11-21? to Fri 2026-05-15 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
T × 		−3.91%
2026-05-15 		−11.65%
2026-05-15
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Returns

Mon 1983-11-21? to Fri 2026-05-15 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
T × 		+3,061.31%
+8.47%/yr 		+6.86%/yr
(R2=0.824)
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Growth of $10,000

Mon 1983-11-21? to Fri 2026-05-15 Start
Value 		End
Value
T × 		$10,000.00
1983-11-21 		$316,130.62
2026-05-15
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Annual Returns

Year T
2026 (YTD) −3.91%
2025 +11.04%
2024 +40.06%
2023 −5.88%
2022 +0.00%
2021 −12.09%
2020 −20.73%
2019 +45.16%
2018 −22.25%
2017 −4.48%
2016 +29.32%
2015 +9.51%
2014 +1.63%
2013 +9.90%
2012 +17.49%
2011 +7.89%
2010 +12.24%
2009 +4.01%
2008 −26.98%
2007 +17.26%
2006 +51.76%
2005 −1.39%
2004 +2.12%
2003 +1.64%
2002 −29.17%
2001 −16.75%
2000 −2.53%
1999 −9.25%
1998 +48.40%
1997 +44.57%
1996 −6.16%
1995 +45.07%
1994 −0.34%
1993 +14.81%
1992 +18.27%
1991 +19.84%
1990 −11.99%
1989 +62.53%
1988 +22.81%
1987 +0.21%
1986 +41.54%
1985 +28.97%
1984 +26.85%
1983 −4.57%

Drawdowns

Mon 1983-11-21? to Fri 2026-05-15 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
T × 		−18.47%
from 2025-09-15 peak 		−66.45%
2003-03-11
from 1999-07-16 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-05-15 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
T × 		−11.65% +43.29%
+19.72%/yr 		+51.94%
+14.96%/yr 		+8.42%
+1.63%/yr 		+17.52%
+1.63%/yr
AT&T Inc. NYSE Common Stock