| IEF | |
|---|---|
| Total return | +0.8% |
| Annualised (CAGR) | +0.1% |
| Volatility (annualised) | +6.6% |
| Sharpe (rf = 0) | 0.01 |
| Deepest drawdown | -23.9% |
| Drawdown peak → trough | 2020-08-04 → 2023-10-19 |
| Fee (annual expense ratio) | 0.15% |
| Dividend yield (12m distributions) | 4.14% (as of 2026-09-29) |
Over the 10.0 years to 2026-09-29 the fund returned +0.8% in total (+0.1% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -23.9% from 2020-08-04 to 2023-10-19. Its worst calendar year was 2022 (-15.2%), its best 2020 (+10.0%).
| Year | IEF |
|---|---|
| 2026 | -4.5% |
| 2025 | +8.0% |
| 2024 | -0.6% |
| 2023 | +3.6% |
| 2022 | -15.2% |
| 2021 | -3.3% |
| 2020 | +10.0% |
| 2019 | +8.0% |
| 2018 | +1.0% |
| 2017 | +2.6% |
| 2016 | -6.0% |
+0.8% in total, which works out to +0.1% 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 -15.2% (net of fees, dividends reinvested). Its best year was 2020 (+10.0%).
-23.9%, from a peak on 2020-08-04 to a trough on 2023-10-19. As of 2026-09-29 it had not climbed back to that earlier peak.
Over the last 12 months it distributed 4.14% 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.
0.15% a year, and it is already deducted from every return figure on this page. A fund charges it inside the fund rather than billing you, which is why fee differences show up as a smaller final balance, not as a line item.
It does not say IEF 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 -23.9% 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.