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Total Real Returns

VFAIX: Total Return Chart (with Dividends Reinvested)

VFAIX total return snapshot: VFAIX returned +11.82% over the past year and +4.75% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 30, 2004, VFAIX is up +345.10% in nominal total return, or +6.88%/yr, and is currently at its total-return high.

Data ending Wed Jul. 15, 2026

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
VFAIX
×
+4.75%
2026-07-15
+11.82%
2026-07-15
Vanguard Financials Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Returns

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VFAIX
×
+345.10%
+6.88%/yr
+7.15%/yr
(R2=0.679)
Vanguard Financials Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 Start
Value
End
Value
VFAIX
×
$10,000.00
2004-01-30
$44,510.44
2026-07-15
Vanguard Financials Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Annual Returns

Year VFAIX
2026 (YTD) +4.75%
2025 +14.90%
2024 +30.46%
2023 +14.07%
2022 −12.26%
2021 +35.23%
2020 −2.15%
2019 +31.63%
2018 −13.47%
2017 +20.06%
2016 +24.69%
2015 −0.44%
2014 +13.95%
2013 +32.96%
2012 +26.34%
2011 −14.40%
2010 +14.78%
2009 +14.73%
2008 −49.14%
2007 −17.48%
2006 +19.21%
2005 +6.04%
2004 +10.13%

Drawdowns

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VFAIX
×
−78.64%
2009-03-06
from 2007-06-01 peak
Vanguard Financials Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-07-15 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
VFAIX
×
+11.82% +37.24%
+17.15%/yr
+76.34%
+20.81%/yr
+70.27%
+11.23%/yr
+249.47%
+13.33%/yr
Vanguard Financials Index Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund