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 +15.13% over the past year and +10.62% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Apr. 6, 2009, VSS is up +386.52% in nominal total return, or +9.48%/yr, and is currently −2.54% below its total-return high on May 11, 2026.

Data ending Fri Sep. 25, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 2009-04-06💬 to Fri 2026-09-25 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VSS
×
+386.52%
+9.48%/yr
+5.78%/yr
R2=0.868
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 2026-09-25 Start
Value
End
Value
VSS
×
$10,000.00
2009-04-06
$48,651.64
2026-09-25

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-25

  YTD YoY
VSS
×
+10.62% +15.13%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VSS
×
−2.54%
on 2026-09-25
from 2026-05-11 peak
−43.51%
on 2020-03-23
from 2018-01-26 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-09-25 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VSS
×
+15.13% +35.54%
+16.42%/yr
+61.16%
+17.24%/yr
+33.04%
+5.88%/yr
+110.48%
+7.73%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VSS
2026 (YTD) +10.62%
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%