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Total Real Returns

VGSH: Total Return Chart (with Dividends Reinvested)

VGSH total return snapshot: VGSH returned +3.49% over the past year and +0.36% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 23, 2009, VGSH is up +25.74% in nominal total return, or +1.40%/yr, and is currently āˆ’0.42% below its total-return high on Feb. 27, 2026.

Mon 2009-11-23? to Fri 2026-05-22 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
VGSH
×
+0.36%
2026-05-22
+3.49%
2026-05-22
Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund

Returns

Mon 2009-11-23? to Fri 2026-05-22 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VGSH
×
+25.74%
+1.40%/yr
+1.12%/yr
(R2=0.855)
Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000

Mon 2009-11-23? to Fri 2026-05-22 Start
Value
End
Value
VGSH
×
$10,000.00
2009-11-23
$12,574.16
2026-05-22
Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund

Annual Returns

Year VGSH
2026 (YTD) +0.36%
2025 +5.08%
2024 +4.01%
2023 +4.31%
2022 āˆ’3.86%
2021 āˆ’0.60%
2020 +3.04%
2019 +3.52%
2018 +1.55%
2017 +0.04%
2016 +1.10%
2015 +0.51%
2014 +0.46%
2013 +0.32%
2012 +0.38%
2011 +1.47%
2010 +2.29%
2009 āˆ’0.52%

Drawdowns

Mon 2009-11-23? to Fri 2026-05-22 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VGSH
×
āˆ’0.42%
from 2026-02-27 peak
āˆ’5.70%
2022-10-20
from 2021-04-20 peak
Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-05-22 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
VGSH
×
+3.49% +9.16%
+4.49%/yr
+12.58%
+4.03%/yr
+9.29%
+1.79%/yr
+18.92%
+1.75%/yr
Vanguard Short-Term Treasury Index Fund ETF Shares NASDAQ Exchange-Traded Fund