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

Total Real Returns

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

XLG real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, XLG returned +8.27% over the past year and +5.95% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 10, 2005, XLG is up +501.54% in real purchasing-power return, or +8.74%/yr, and is currently −0.39% below its real total-return high on Oct. 7, 2026.

Data ending Fri Oct. 9, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Tue 2005-05-10💬 to Fri 2026-10-09 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
XLG
×
+501.54%
+8.74%/yr
+9.45%/yr
R2=0.903
Invesco S&P 500 Top 50 ETF Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Tue 2005-05-10💬 to Fri 2026-10-09 Start
Value
End
Value
XLG
×
$10,000.00
2005-05-10
$60,154.16
2026-10-09

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-09

  YTD YoY
XLG
×
+5.95% +8.27%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
XLG
×
−0.39%
on 2026-10-09
from 2026-10-07 peak
−53.22%
on 2009-03-09
from 2007-10-09 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-10-09 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
XLG
×
+8.27% +28.77%
+13.48%/yr
+75.22%
+20.56%/yr
+64.47%
+10.46%/yr
+247.80%
+13.27%/yr

Annual Returns

Year XLG
2026 (YTD) +5.95%
2025 +16.40%
2024 +29.75%
2023 +33.69%
2022 −28.89%
2021 +22.17%
2020 +22.48%
2019 +29.09%
2018 −5.39%
2017 +20.49%
2016 +9.01%
2015 +3.46%
2014 +10.54%
2013 +26.85%
2012 +13.40%
2011 +1.19%
2010 +7.68%
2009 +17.14%
2008 −33.84%
2007 +0.38%
2006 +15.16%
2005 +2.57%