Performance analysis of EGF (BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund)
Annual Return
Over the past 3 years, EGF has had an average annual return of +5.27%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +18.53% annual.
Over the past 5 years, EGF has had an average annual return of -2.04%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +9.58% annual.
Over the past 10 years, EGF has had an average annual return of +0.31%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +13.76% annual.
Since Oct 27, 2005, EGF has had an average annual return of +1.59%, underperforming the benchmark SPY, which returned +10.46% annual.
| 2025 | 2024 | 2023 | 2022 | 2021 | 2020 | 2019 | 2018 | 2017 | 2016 | 2015 | 2014 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| +1.38% | +4.97% | +5.73% | -19.58% | -2.91% | +6.23% | +5.20% | +0.61% | +5.40% | +0.49% | +0.14% | +7.10% |
| 2013 | 2012 | 2011 | 2010 | 2009 | 2008 | 2007 | 2006 | 2005 | |||
| -5.98% | +8.16% | +4.37% | -3.52% | +11.96% | +12.94% | -7.25% | +10.64% | -8.98% |
Monthly Return
| Year | Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | Annually Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2025 | -0.41% | +2.73% | -0.91% | +1.38% | |||||||||
| 2024 | +1.15% | -4.43% | +2.16% | -2.31% | +1.64% | +0.44% | +3.17% | +7.80% | -2.51% | -3.80% | +9.95% | -7.05% | +4.97% |
| 2023 | +5.28% | -4.06% | +0.95% | +5.63% | -4.16% | -2.04% | +4.57% | -0.53% | +0.47% | -2.49% | +2.37% | +0.20% | +5.73% |
| 2022 | -5.57% | -1.84% | -4.22% | -3.34% | -0.55% | -0.23% | +1.90% | -3.85% | -5.98% | +3.15% | +0.31% | -0.91% | -19.58% |
| 2021 | -3.09% | -1.69% | +0.16% | +0.33% | -0.54% | +2.62% | +1.17% | -1.60% | -1.16% | -0.24% | +1.21% | +0.02% | -2.91% |
| 2020 | +0.76% | -2.33% | -0.15% | +2.59% | +0% | -0.15% | +2.43% | -0.25% | +1.44% | -3.06% | +2.03% | +2.97% | +6.23% |
| 2019 | +0.39% | +0.54% | +0.70% | +0.32% | +0.09% | +0.39% | +0.32% | -0.69% | -0.14% | +1.16% | +0.39% | +1.64% | +5.20% |
| 2018 | -1.49% | -0.83% | +0.16% | -0.54% | +0.09% | +1.02% | +0.86% | -0.30% | +1.32% | -2.13% | +2.05% | +0.47% | +0.61% |
| 2017 | +0.15% | +0.54% | +0.16% | +0.69% | +0.68% | +0.24% | +1.81% | +0.75% | +0.82% | -0.21% | -1.39% | +1.07% | +5.40% |
Drawdown analysis of EGF (BlackRock Enhanced Government Fund)
The maximum drawdown for the EGF was -25.85%, occurring on Oct 20, 2022. This drawdown has not yet recovered.
The current EGF drawdown is -12.15%.
Since Oct 27, 2005 EGF has experienced the following drawdowns:
- 20% or more: 2 times
- 10% or more: 6 times
| Depth | Start | To Bottom | Bottom | To Recover | End | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| -25.85% | Dec 31, 2020 | 454 | Oct 20, 2022 | Ongoing | Ongoing | Ongoing |
| -21.35% | May 1, 2007 | 366 | Oct 10, 2008 | 84 | Feb 11, 2009 | 450 |
| -13.31% | Mar 4, 2020 | 10 | Mar 18, 2020 | 37 | May 11, 2020 | 47 |
| -12.03% | Feb 17, 2009 | 15 | Mar 10, 2009 | 63 | Jun 9, 2009 | 78 |
| -10.66% | Nov 17, 2005 | 22 | Dec 20, 2005 | 199 | Oct 5, 2006 | 221 |
| -10.53% | Dec 24, 2012 | 125 | Jun 25, 2013 | 738 | May 31, 2016 | 863 |
| -8.14% | Oct 28, 2010 | 76 | Feb 16, 2011 | 302 | Apr 30, 2012 | 378 |
| -5.78% | Dec 11, 2009 | 59 | Mar 10, 2010 | 162 | Oct 28, 2010 | 221 |
| -5.75% | Sep 18, 2009 | 31 | Nov 2, 2009 | 27 | Dec 10, 2009 | 58 |
| -4.97% | Oct 11, 2016 | 36 | Dec 1, 2016 | 162 | Jul 26, 2017 | 198 |
| -4.87% | Jun 9, 2009 | 5 | Jun 16, 2009 | 13 | Jul 6, 2009 | 18 |
| -4.53% | Nov 7, 2017 | 115 | Apr 25, 2018 | 177 | Jan 8, 2019 | 292 |
| -4.03% | Sep 23, 2020 | 23 | Oct 26, 2020 | 42 | Dec 24, 2020 | 65 |
| -3.87% | Jun 15, 2020 | 8 | Jun 25, 2020 | 62 | Sep 23, 2020 | 70 |
| -3.50% | Jul 6, 2009 | 10 | Jul 20, 2009 | 15 | Aug 10, 2009 | 25 |
| -3.18% | May 11, 2020 | 14 | Jun 1, 2020 | 10 | Jun 15, 2020 | 24 |
| -3.17% | Aug 15, 2019 | 23 | Sep 18, 2019 | 38 | Nov 11, 2019 | 61 |
| -2.86% | Feb 24, 2020 | 4 | Feb 28, 2020 | 3 | Mar 4, 2020 | 7 |
| -2.71% | Aug 10, 2009 | 3 | Aug 13, 2009 | 17 | Sep 8, 2009 | 20 |
| -2.28% | Oct 26, 2006 | 11 | Nov 10, 2006 | 13 | Nov 30, 2006 | 24 |
| -2.11% | Nov 12, 2012 | 3 | Nov 15, 2012 | 9 | Nov 29, 2012 | 12 |
| -2.02% | Jun 9, 2016 | 11 | Jun 24, 2016 | 6 | Jul 5, 2016 | 17 |
| -1.93% | Jul 8, 2016 | 10 | Jul 22, 2016 | 10 | Aug 5, 2016 | 20 |
| -1.83% | Dec 30, 2019 | 4 | Jan 6, 2020 | 8 | Jan 16, 2020 | 12 |
| -1.75% | Feb 19, 2019 | 5 | Feb 26, 2019 | 8 | Mar 8, 2019 | 13 |