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AMLP · Alerian MLP ETF

Over the last 15 years (2011-10 to 2026-10), $10,000 invested in AMLP with dividends reinvested grew to $22,892, 5.64% a year, with a worst peak-to-trough fall of -72.20%. Past performance doesn't predict future results.

Growth of $10,000 · 2011-10 to 2026-10 · dividends reinvested

CAGR (annualized return)
5.64%
Volatility (annualized)
25.92%
Worst drawdown
-72.20%
Sharpe ratio
0.28

How AMLP held up in past market crashes

AMLP has been through 3 of the market crashes since 2000 in our data. Its deepest price fall was 63.7% in the 2020 COVID crash, when the S&P 500 fell 34.1%. It took 2.1 years from the bottom to get back to its high. No fund is safe from losses; past falls do not predict future ones.

Deepest price fall and recovery time of AMLP in each market crash, next to the S&P 500
CrashAMLP deepest fallS&P 500 (SPY)Peak to bottomBack to peak
2018 fourth-quarter selloff-23.9%-20.2%Oct 2018 to Dec 20187.4 years
2020 COVID crash-63.7%-34.1%Feb 2020 to Mar 20202.1 years
2022 bear market-20.9%-25.4%Jun 2022 to Jun 202215 months

Price declines in the fund's listing currency, dividends not included, inside each crash's S&P 500 peak-to-bottom window. See how 50 popular ETFs compare in the crash study.

About AMLP

Alerian MLP ETF is an exchange-traded fund that provides concentrated exposure to U.S. energy infrastructure master limited partnerships. The fund seeks to track the Alerian MLP Infrastructure Index, a portfolio of publicly traded MLPs that generate most of their cash flow from midstream activities such as transporting, storing, and processing energy commodities.

Fund description from our market-data provider.

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