| AAXJ | |
|---|---|
| Total return | +134.7% |
| Annualised (CAGR) | +8.9% |
| Volatility (annualised) | +17.8% |
| Sharpe (rf = 0) | 0.50 |
| Deepest drawdown | -44.5% |
| Drawdown peak → trough | 2021-02-17 → 2022-10-24 |
| Dividend yield (12m distributions) | 1.31% (as of 2026-09-29) |
Over the 10.0 years to 2026-09-29 the fund returned +134.7% in total (+8.9% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -44.5% from 2021-02-17 to 2022-10-24. Its worst calendar year was 2022 (-20.4%), its best 2017 (+41.8%).
| Year | AAXJ |
|---|---|
| 2026 | +26.9% |
| 2025 | +31.5% |
| 2024 | +10.4% |
| 2023 | +4.8% |
| 2022 | -20.4% |
| 2021 | -5.7% |
| 2020 | +23.4% |
| 2019 | +17.9% |
| 2018 | -15.0% |
| 2017 | +41.8% |
| 2016 | -7.7% |
+134.7% in total, which works out to +8.9% a year over the 10 years to 2026-09-29. Both figures assume dividends were reinvested and the fund's own fees were already deducted, so they are what an investor would have kept — before tax.
2022 — its calendar-year return was -20.4% (net of fees, dividends reinvested). Its best year was 2017 (+41.8%).
-44.5%, from a peak on 2021-02-17 to a trough on 2022-10-24. From that trough it took 1092 days (about 35.9 months) to climb back to the earlier peak.
Over the last 12 months it distributed 1.31% of its share price (as of 2026-09-29). That is a past distribution, not a promise of future income, and it is already counted in every return figure on this page.
It does not say AAXJ is a good or bad fund, and it is not a forecast. Returns above are history: they already include dividends and already exclude the fund's own fees. A drawdown of -44.5% means an investor who bought at the peak would have watched that much value disappear before it recovered — how long that takes is the part most tables leave out.