JPST’s worst drop since 2017 was 3%
JPMorgan Ultra-Short Income ETF (JPST) fell 3% from Mar 2020 to Mar 2020. It took 0.2 years from that peak to close at a new high, in May 2020. Over the same years the S&P 500 fell as much as 34%.
That drop is milder than most. It ranks 199th of the 203 ETFs PortfolioAutopsy tracks, counted from the deepest.
Drawdown from the last high, 2017 to now
How JPST held up in each crash
| Crash | Years | JPST | S&P 500 |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dot-com bust | 2000–02 | not trading yet | −47.5% |
| Financial crisis | 2007–09 | not trading yet | −55.2% |
| COVID crash | 2020 | −3.3% | −33.7% |
| 2022 rate shock | 2022 | −0.6% | −24.5% |
Each number is the deepest fall from a high inside that window, using daily prices with dividends reinvested.
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What was JPST’s maximum drawdown?
JPST’s deepest fall since 2017 was 3.3%, from its high on March 5, 2020 to its low on March 25, 2020. The figure uses daily prices with dividends reinvested.
How long did JPST take to recover?
0.2 years. JPST first closed above its Mar 2020 high again on May 20, 2020.
Was JPST riskier than the S&P 500?
Over the same years, JPST’s worst drop was 3.3% against 33.7% for the S&P 500 (SPY), and its worst 12 months were −0.7% against −19.7%.
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Daily adjusted closes from Yahoo Finance, May 22, 2017 through October 13, 2026, dividends reinvested. Historical facts, not a forecast and not investment advice.