inception

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Since inception, the fund trails the Vanguard S&P 500 ETF by 0.21 percentage points annualized—but since the beginning of 2024, it’s underperformed by an average of more than 9 percentage points annualized.

From The Wall Street Journal • Mar. 25, 2026

Horton’s fund has beaten the S&P 500 by a wide margin since its February 2022 inception, up 111% cumulatively versus the S&P 500’s 65%.

From Barron's • Mar. 11, 2026

Since its inception, Stay Housed L.A. has opened about 26,000 cases overall, providing full representation for 6,150 cases and working on nearly 20,000 “limited scope” cases, according to data from Legal Aid.

From Los Angeles Times • Mar. 11, 2026

The fund returned 8% last year and has seen annual returns of 9.8% since inception in 2021.

From MarketWatch • Mar. 3, 2026

Like most of its rivals, Mountain Madness was a fiscally marginal enterprise and had been since its inception: in 1995 Fischer took home only about $12,000.

From "Into Thin Air" by Jon Krakauer