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

Total Real Returns

VSS: Total Return Chart (with Dividends Reinvested)

VSS total return snapshot: VSS returned +20.03% over the past year and +12.20% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Apr. 6, 2009, VSS is up +393.47% in nominal total return, or +9.63%/yr, and is currently −1.15% below its total-return high on May 11, 2026.

Data ending Fri Aug. 14, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 2009-04-06💬 to Fri 2026-08-14 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VSS
×
+393.47%
+9.63%/yr
+5.74%/yr
R2=0.866
Vanguard FTSE All-World ex-US Small-Cap Index Fund ETF Shares Exchange-Traded Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Mon 2009-04-06💬 to Fri 2026-08-14 Start
Value
End
Value
VSS
×
$10,000.00
2009-04-06
$49,347.44
2026-08-14

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-14

  YTD YoY
VSS
×
+12.20% +20.03%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VSS
×
−1.15%
on 2026-08-14
from 2026-05-11 peak
−43.51%
on 2020-03-23
from 2018-01-26 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-08-14 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VSS
×
+20.03% +44.38%
+20.16%/yr
+58.88%
+16.69%/yr
+34.49%
+6.11%/yr
+114.56%
+7.93%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VSS
2026 (YTD) +12.20%
2025 +29.62%
2024 +2.93%
2023 +15.57%
2022 −21.48%
2021 +13.05%
2020 +11.81%
2019 +21.37%
2018 −18.48%
2017 +30.61%
2016 +4.24%
2015 −0.00%
2014 −5.06%
2013 +16.58%
2012 +20.74%
2011 −19.62%
2010 +25.61%
2009 +58.12%