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 +9.72% over the past year and +6.91% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Apr. 6, 2009, VSS is up +370.20% in nominal total return, or +9.23%/yr, and is currently −5.81% below its total-return high on May 11, 2026.

Data ending Fri Oct. 16, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Mon 2009-04-06💬 to Fri 2026-10-16 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VSS
×
+370.20%
+9.23%/yr
+5.80%/yr
R2=0.870
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 2026-10-16 Start
Value
End
Value
VSS
×
$10,000.00
2009-04-06
$47,019.51
2026-10-16

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-16

  YTD YoY
VSS
×
+6.91% +9.72%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VSS
×
−5.81%
on 2026-10-16
from 2026-05-11 peak
−43.51%
on 2020-03-23
from 2018-01-26 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-10-16 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VSS
×
+9.72% +31.36%
+14.61%/yr
+59.84%
+16.92%/yr
+28.52%
+5.15%/yr
+108.03%
+7.60%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VSS
2026 (YTD) +6.91%
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%