| SILJ | |
|---|---|
| Total return | +104.4% |
| Annualised (CAGR) | +7.4% |
| Volatility (annualised) | +42.9% |
| Sharpe (rf = 0) | 0.17 |
| Deepest drawdown | -64.1% |
| Drawdown peak → trough | 2017-02-08 → 2020-03-13 |
| Dividend yield (12m distributions) | 2.00% (as of 2026-09-29) |
| Rebalancing (from its prospectus) | Annual |
Rebalancing: per the fund's prospectus summary, its index is rebalanced annually. That schedule is set by the index provider, not by a view on where the market is going — and it says nothing about how often you should rebalance a portfolio; that side is covered in how often index funds rebalance.
Over the 10.0 years to 2026-09-29 the fund returned +104.4% in total (+7.4% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -64.1% from 2017-02-08 to 2020-03-13. Its worst calendar year was 2018 (-28.0%), its best 2025 (+184.2%).
| Year | SILJ |
|---|---|
| 2026 | -0.0% |
| 2025 | +184.2% |
| 2024 | +6.6% |
| 2023 | -5.2% |
| 2022 | -15.4% |
| 2021 | -23.2% |
| 2020 | +33.0% |
| 2019 | +57.0% |
| 2018 | -28.0% |
| 2017 | -5.7% |
| 2016 | -22.8% |
+104.4% in total, which works out to +7.4% 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.
2018 — its calendar-year return was -28.0% (net of fees, dividends reinvested). Its best year was 2025 (+184.2%).
-64.1%, from a peak on 2017-02-08 to a trough on 2020-03-13. From that trough it took 136 days (about 4.5 months) to climb back to the earlier peak.
Over the last 12 months it distributed 2.00% 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 SILJ 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 -64.1% 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.