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 +10.24% over the past year and +7.04% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Apr. 6, 2009, VSS is up +370.78% in nominal total return, or +9.24%/yr, and is currently −5.69% below its total-return high on May 11, 2026.

Data ending Thu Oct. 15, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 2009-04-06💬 to Thu 2026-10-15 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VSS
×
+370.78%
+9.24%/yr
+5.80%/yr
R2=0.869
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 Thu 2026-10-15 Start
Value
End
Value
VSS
×
$10,000.00
2009-04-06
$47,078.24
2026-10-15

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-15

  YTD YoY
VSS
×
+7.04% +10.24%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VSS
×
−5.69%
on 2026-10-15
from 2026-05-11 peak
−43.51%
on 2020-03-23
from 2018-01-26 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-10-15 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VSS
×
+10.24% +32.60%
+15.15%/yr
+61.07%
+17.22%/yr
+28.68%
+5.17%/yr
+108.29%
+7.61%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VSS
2026 (YTD) +7.04%
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%