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DBC · Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund

Over the last 15 years (2011-10 to 2026-10), $10,000 invested in DBC with dividends reinvested grew to $15,506, 2.95% a year, with a worst peak-to-trough fall of -61.73%. Past performance doesn't predict future results.

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

CAGR (annualized return)
2.95%
Volatility (annualized)
16.92%
Worst drawdown
-61.73%
Sharpe ratio
0.16

How DBC held up in past market crashes

DBC has been through 3 of the market crashes since 2000 in our data. Its deepest price fall was 27.3% in the 2020 COVID crash, when the S&P 500 fell 34.1%. It took 10 months 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 DBC in each market crash, next to the S&P 500
CrashDBC deepest fallS&P 500 (SPY)Peak to bottomBack to peak
2018 fourth-quarter selloff-22.4%-20.2%Oct 2018 to Dec 20182.3 years
2020 COVID crash-27.3%-34.1%Feb 2020 to Mar 202010 months
2022 bear market-23.2%-25.4%Jun 2022 to Sep 20223.6 years

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 DBC

Invesco DB Commodity Index Tracking Fund is a commodity exchange-traded fund designed to provide broad exposure to global commodity markets through futures contracts. The fund tracks a diversified index that includes energy, precious metals, industrial metals, and agricultural commodities, giving investors access to a wide range of raw materials in a single product.

Fund description from our market-data provider.

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