| SPYD | |
|---|---|
| Total return | +114.6% |
| Annualised (CAGR) | +7.9% |
| Volatility (annualised) | +18.2% |
| Sharpe (rf = 0) | 0.44 |
| Deepest drawdown | -46.4% |
| Drawdown peak → trough | 2020-01-16 → 2020-03-23 |
| Fee (annual expense ratio) | 0.07% |
| Dividend yield (12m distributions) | 4.50% (as of 2026-09-29) |
| Rebalancing (from its prospectus) | Semi-annual |
Rebalancing: per the fund's prospectus summary, its index is rebalanced semi-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 +114.6% in total (+7.9% a year), with a deepest drawdown of -46.4% from 2020-01-16 to 2020-03-23. Its worst calendar year was 2020 (-11.5%), its best 2021 (+32.8%).
| Year | SPYD |
|---|---|
| 2026 | +9.2% |
| 2025 | +4.6% |
| 2024 | +15.3% |
| 2023 | +4.0% |
| 2022 | -1.1% |
| 2021 | +32.8% |
| 2020 | -11.5% |
| 2019 | +21.2% |
| 2018 | -4.9% |
| 2017 | +12.6% |
| 2016 | +3.9% |
+114.6% in total, which works out to +7.9% 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.
2020 — its calendar-year return was -11.5% (net of fees, dividends reinvested). Its best year was 2021 (+32.8%).
-46.4%, from a peak on 2020-01-16 to a trough on 2020-03-23. From that trough it took 338 days (about 11.1 months) to climb back to the earlier peak.
Over the last 12 months it distributed 4.50% 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.
0.07% 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 SPYD 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 -46.4% 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.