All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)
VGSTX total return snapshot: VGSTX returned +15.33% over the past year and +6.45% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 15, 1985, VGSTX is up +3,823.47% in nominal total return, or +9.32%/yr, and is currently −0.52% below its total-return high on Jul. 6, 2026.
Data ending Wed Jul. 15, 2026
| Wed 1985-05-15💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGSTX × |
+6.45%
2026-07-15 |
+15.33%
2026-07-15 |
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| Vanguard Star Fund Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Wed 1985-05-15💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGSTX × |
+3,823.47%
+9.32%/yr |
+8.80%/yr
(R2=0.978) |
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| Vanguard Star Fund Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Wed 1985-05-15💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGSTX × |
$10,000.00
1985-05-15 |
$392,346.94
2026-07-15 |
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| Vanguard Star Fund Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Year | VGSTX |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +6.45% |
| 2025 | +15.89% |
| 2024 | +9.04% |
| 2023 | +17.14% |
| 2022 | −18.05% |
| 2021 | +9.65% |
| 2020 | +21.44% |
| 2019 | +22.21% |
| 2018 | −5.32% |
| 2017 | +18.33% |
| 2016 | +6.55% |
| 2015 | −0.13% |
| 2014 | +7.35% |
| 2013 | +17.81% |
| 2012 | +13.78% |
| 2011 | +0.79% |
| 2010 | +11.99% |
| 2009 | +24.87% |
| 2008 | −25.02% |
| 2007 | +6.59% |
| 2006 | +11.58% |
| 2005 | +8.44% |
| 2004 | +11.60% |
| 2003 | +22.71% |
| 2002 | −9.86% |
| 2001 | +0.55% |
| 2000 | +11.70% |
| 1999 | +7.34% |
| 1998 | +13.00% |
| 1997 | +21.25% |
| 1996 | +16.21% |
| 1995 | +28.67% |
| 1994 | −0.30% |
| 1993 | +11.25% |
| 1992 | +10.66% |
| 1991 | +31.79% |
| 1990 | −3.66% |
| 1989 | +24.41% |
| 1988 | +18.81% |
| 1987 | −5.34% |
| 1986 | +6.93% |
| 1985 | +12.33% |
| Wed 1985-05-15💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGSTX × |
−0.52%
from 2026-07-06 peak |
−38.62%
2009-03-09 from 2007-10-31 peak |
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| Vanguard Star Fund Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Wed 2026-07-15 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VGSTX × | +15.33% |
+24.28% +11.48%/yr |
+40.63% +12.04%/yr |
+31.32% +5.60%/yr |
+139.87% +9.14%/yr |
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| Vanguard Star Fund Mutual Fund | ||||||
