iShares MSCI Israel ETF drawdown: 13.1% below the all-time high (price)
IShares MSCI Israel ETF is 13.1% below its all-time high, set May 29, 2026 (as of market close, Oct 16, 2026), measured on price alone — dividends are not included, the convention headlines and crash histories use. The chart shows every day as a percentage of the highest level reached up to that point: 100% means a fresh record, everything below is a drawdown.
- Below all-time high
- −13.1%
- 86.9% of ATH
- All-time high
- $137.69
- May 29, 2026
- Time below the high
- 5 mo
- since May 29, 2026
- Worst-ever drawdown
- −51.9%
- Nov 20, 2008
- Longest underwater
- 9.1 yrs
- between all-time highs
- Today's level first reached
- Jan 26, 2026
- 9 mo ago
- Last time this deep
- Apr 10, 2025
- in a previous episode
% of all-time high since 2008: price#
The classic underwater chart (drawdown curve), drawn as % of the all-time high — 100% is a fresh record, everything below it is time spent underwater. Basis and range are in the URL, so a particular view is a link.
The deepest drawdowns on record#
Every decline of 15% or more from an all-time high (price basis), deepest first.
| Peak | Trough | Depth | Peak → trough | Recovered by | Underwater |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| May 30, 2008 | Nov 20, 2008 | −51.9% | 6 mo | Mar 23, 2010 | 1.8 yrs |
| Nov 16, 2021 | Oct 27, 2023 | −43.8% | 1.9 yrs | Jan 15, 2025 | 3.2 yrs |
| Jan 18, 2011 | Jul 24, 2012 | −42.8% | 1.5 yrs | Feb 19, 2020 | 9.1 yrs |
| Feb 19, 2020 | Mar 16, 2020 | −38.2% | 26 days | Dec 18, 2020 | 10 mo |
| Apr 5, 2010 | Jun 30, 2010 | −24.0% | 3 mo | Dec 30, 2010 | 9 mo |
| Feb 18, 2025 | Apr 8, 2025 | −16.6% | 49 days | May 27, 2025 | 3 mo |
| May 29, 2026 | Jul 29, 2026 | −15.9% | 2 mo | not yet | 5 mo+ |
Price basis (no dividends) — the convention crash histories use. With dividends reinvested, recoveries arrive years earlier; switch the basis on the chart above to see it.
Drawdown vs what came next#
One dot per month since 2008: how far iShares MSCI Israel ETF stood below its all-time high, and the total return over the following 1, 5 and 10 years.
Read this with survivorship bias in mind: a single asset's history is one surviving sample, so past recoveries here say little about the odds ahead. Monthly windows also overlap heavily (they are not independent samples). Not investment advice.
FAQ#
- How far is iShares MSCI Israel ETF from its all-time high?
- iShares MSCI Israel ETF is currently 13.1% below its all-time high, set May 29, 2026 (as of market close, Oct 16, 2026). Prices only, the convention headlines use; with dividends reinvested the gap is usually smaller.
- What was the biggest iShares MSCI Israel ETF drawdown ever?
- The deepest decline on record in our data (since 2008) took iShares MSCI Israel ETF 51.9% below its prior high, bottoming Nov 20, 2008. The table on this page lists every major episode with its peak, trough and recovery date.
Methodology & related#
Daily data since -1 from EIS; no free deep history exists for iShares MSCI Israel ETF — for a 150-year drawdown record see the S&P 500 drawdown page. The price basis excludes dividends; the total-return basis reinvests them; the real basis additionally deflates by CPI. See also returns by year. Past performance does not predict future returns; not investment advice.