| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | LYLD | SPY | Δ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026 · ytd | +3.8% | +4.3% | −2.9% | +3.6% | −0.4% | +0.0% | +8.4% | — | — | — | — | — | +17.5% | +7.5% | +10.0pp |
| 2025 | +4.5% | −0.1% | −2.1% | −4.7% | +3.4% | +4.2% | +0.2% | +5.0% | +0.9% | −2.4% | +2.9% | +1.0% | +12.9% | +17.7% | −4.8pp |
| 2024 · part | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | +1.4% | +0.9% | −2.5% | +6.5% | −9.0% | −3.3% | +24.9% | −28.2pp |
A month’s return is its month-end close over the prior month-end’s, so a year’s figure is exactly the product of its twelve monthly cells — no separate annualisation, no resampling. A blank cell means no return exists for that month (the series had not started, or it is the very first month-end, which has nothing to be measured against). Blank is never zero.
Basis. LYLD is on the total return (splits + dividends) basis, SPY on the total return (splits + dividends) basis. Both columns are on the same basis, so the Δ column is a like-for-like difference.
Partial years. A year marked “ytd” or “part” does not cover the full calendar year: either the stored history starts inside it (the figure is measured from the first month-end present) or the data stops before December (the figure runs through the last stored close). The row’s own tooltip names the exact boundary. It is never dressed up as a calendar-year return.
End of day. These are stored end-of-day closes, and the window is anchored on the LAST stored bar rather than today’s date — so the newest row ends where the data ends. Nothing here is intraday.
