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DODBX · Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund - Class I

Over the last 15 years (2011-10 to 2026-10), $10,000 invested in DODBX with dividends reinvested grew to $1,716,743, 40.66% a year, with a worst peak-to-trough fall of -10.70%. Past performance doesn't predict future results.

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

CAGR (annualized return)
40.66%
Volatility (annualized)
21.97%
Worst drawdown
-10.70%
Sharpe ratio
1.59

How DODBX held up in past market crashes

DODBX has been through 5 of the market crashes since 2000 in our data. Its deepest price fall was 55.1% in the 2008 financial crisis, when the S&P 500 fell 56.5%. It took 4.3 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 DODBX in each market crash, next to the S&P 500
CrashDODBX deepest fallS&P 500 (SPY)Peak to bottomBack to peak
Dot-com bust-22.3%-49.1%Dec 2000 to Oct 200213 months
2008 financial crisis-55.1%-56.5%Oct 2007 to Mar 20094.3 years
2018 fourth-quarter selloff-18.3%-20.2%Sep 2018 to Dec 20182.2 years
2020 COVID crash-31.3%-34.1%Feb 2020 to Mar 20208 months
2022 bear market-19.5%-25.4%Jan 2022 to Sep 20223.8 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 DODBX

Dodge & Cox Balanced Fund Class I is an actively managed mutual fund designed to provide both income and long-term capital appreciation through a diversified portfolio of equity and fixed income securities. The fund typically allocates between 25% and 75% of its assets to equities, focusing on stocks that appear temporarily undervalued yet have favorable long-term growth potential.

Fund description from our market-data provider.

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