All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)

Total Real Returns

VGLT: Total Return Chart (with Dividends Reinvested)

VGLT total return snapshot: VGLT returned −3.20% over the past year and −3.11% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 24, 2009, VGLT is up +45.92% in nominal total return, or +2.27%/yr, and is currently −38.54% below its total-return high on Aug. 4, 2020.

Data ending Mon Sep. 21, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Tue 2009-11-24💬 to Mon 2026-09-21 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VGLT
×
+45.92%
+2.27%/yr
+2.18%/yr
R2=0.302
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Tue 2009-11-24💬 to Mon 2026-09-21 Start
Value
End
Value
VGLT
×
$10,000.00
2009-11-24
$14,591.55
2026-09-21

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-21

  YTD YoY
VGLT
×
−3.11% −3.20%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VGLT
×
−38.54%
on 2026-09-21
from 2020-08-04 peak
−46.18%
on 2023-10-19
from 2020-08-04 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Mon 2026-09-21 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VGLT
×
−3.20% −7.50%
−3.82%/yr
+5.22%
+1.71%/yr
−31.30%
−7.23%/yr
−15.10%
−1.62%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VGLT
2026 (YTD) −3.11%
2025 +5.35%
2024 −6.27%
2023 +3.27%
2022 −29.35%
2021 −4.98%
2020 +17.57%
2019 +14.30%
2018 −1.53%
2017 +8.64%
2016 +1.21%
2015 −1.04%
2014 +25.19%
2013 −12.45%
2012 +3.30%
2011 +29.18%
2010 +9.00%
2009 −4.17%