| GLESX | |
|---|---|
| Total return | +230.38% |
| Annualised (CAGR) | +14.30% |
| Volatility (annualised) | +24.61% |
| Sharpe (rf = 0) | 0.58 |
| Deepest drawdown | -59.19% |
| Drawdown peak → trough | 2018-08-09 → 2020-03-18 |
| Dividend yield (12m distributions) | 8.26% (as of 2026-10-02) |
Over the 8.9 years to 2026-10-02 the fund returned +230.38% in total (+14.30% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -59.19% from 2018-08-09 to 2020-03-18. Its worst calendar year was 2020 (-17.42%), its best 2024 (+55.00%).
| Year | GLESX |
|---|---|
| 2026 | +21.38% |
| 2025 | +5.39% |
| 2024 | +55.00% |
| 2023 | +15.06% |
| 2022 | +18.96% |
| 2021 | +38.60% |
| 2020 | -17.42% |
| 2019 | +17.12% |
| 2018 | -15.14% |
| 2017 | +7.00% |
+230.38% in total, which works out to +14.30% a year over the 9 years to 2026-10-02. 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.
2020 — its calendar-year return was -17.42% (net of fees, dividends reinvested). Its best year was 2024 (+55.00%).
-59.19%, from a peak on 2018-08-09 to a trough on 2020-03-18. From that trough it took 425 days (about 14.0 months) to climb back to the earlier peak.
Over the last 12 months it distributed 8.26% of its share price (as of 2026-10-02). 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 GLESX 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 -59.19% 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.