All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)
VBMFX total return snapshot: VBMFX returned +3.61% over the past year and +0.49% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 11, 1986, VBMFX is up +600.98% in nominal total return, or +5.05%/yr, and is currently −2.50% below its total-return high on Aug. 4, 2020.
Data ending Thu Jul. 2, 2026
| Thu 1986-12-11💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VBMFX × |
+0.49%
2026-07-02 |
+3.61%
2026-07-02 |
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| Thu 1986-12-11💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VBMFX × |
+600.98%
+5.05%/yr |
+5.22%/yr
(R2=0.939) |
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| Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Thu 1986-12-11💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VBMFX × |
$10,000.00
1986-12-11 |
$70,097.54
2026-07-02 |
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| Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Year | VBMFX |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +0.49% |
| 2025 | +7.04% |
| 2024 | +1.14% |
| 2023 | +5.62% |
| 2022 | −13.24% |
| 2021 | −1.75% |
| 2020 | +7.63% |
| 2019 | +8.63% |
| 2018 | −0.12% |
| 2017 | +3.47% |
| 2016 | +2.50% |
| 2015 | +0.30% |
| 2014 | +5.77% |
| 2013 | −2.25% |
| 2012 | +4.07% |
| 2011 | +7.59% |
| 2010 | +6.31% |
| 2009 | +5.95% |
| 2008 | +5.09% |
| 2007 | +6.96% |
| 2006 | +4.31% |
| 2005 | +2.43% |
| 2004 | +4.27% |
| 2003 | +3.91% |
| 2002 | +8.43% |
| 2001 | +8.39% |
| 2000 | +11.44% |
| 1999 | +0.30% |
| 1998 | +8.64% |
| 1997 | +9.48% |
| 1996 | +3.62% |
| 1995 | +18.25% |
| 1994 | −2.60% |
| 1993 | +9.73% |
| 1992 | +7.27% |
| 1991 | +15.33% |
| 1990 | +8.71% |
| 1989 | +13.72% |
| 1988 | +7.43% |
| 1987 | +1.60% |
| 1986 | −0.60% |
| Thu 1986-12-11💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VBMFX × |
−2.50%
from 2020-08-04 peak |
−18.84%
2022-10-24 from 2020-08-04 peak |
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| Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Thu 2026-07-02 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VBMFX × | +3.61% |
+9.87% +4.82%/yr |
+12.46% +3.99%/yr |
−0.49% −0.10%/yr |
+14.72% +1.38%/yr |
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| Vanguard Total Bond Market Index Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||