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Total Real Returns

VUSTX: Total Return Chart (with Dividends Reinvested)

VUSTX total return snapshot: VUSTX returned +4.21% over the past year and −1.34% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 12, 1986, VUSTX is up +784.24% in nominal total return, or +5.65%/yr, and is currently −37.09% below its total-return high on Aug. 4, 2020.

Data ending Wed Jul. 15, 2026

Wed 1986-11-12💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
VUSTX
×
−1.34%
2026-07-15
+4.21%
2026-07-15
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Returns

Wed 1986-11-12💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VUSTX
×
+784.24%
+5.65%/yr
+6.62%/yr
(R2=0.933)
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Growth of $10,000

Wed 1986-11-12💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 Start
Value
End
Value
VUSTX
×
$10,000.00
1986-11-12
$88,424.44
2026-07-15
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Annual Returns

Year VUSTX
2026 (YTD) −1.34%
2025 +5.55%
2024 −6.40%
2023 +3.33%
2022 −29.58%
2021 −4.66%
2020 +18.19%
2019 +14.14%
2018 −1.89%
2017 +8.59%
2016 +1.21%
2015 −1.51%
2014 +25.27%
2013 −13.02%
2012 +3.21%
2011 +29.31%
2010 +8.97%
2009 −12.00%
2008 +22.59%
2007 +8.81%
2006 +1.77%
2005 +6.63%
2004 +7.17%
2003 +1.48%
2002 +17.26%
2001 +4.37%
2000 +19.77%
1999 −8.61%
1998 +13.15%
1997 +13.96%
1996 −1.02%
1995 +31.05%
1994 −7.08%
1993 +16.21%
1992 +7.48%
1991 +17.49%
1990 +5.87%
1989 +18.03%
1988 +9.25%
1987 −3.17%
1986 +2.91%

Drawdowns

Wed 1986-11-12💬 to Wed 2026-07-15 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VUSTX
×
−37.09%
from 2020-08-04 peak
−46.21%
2023-10-19
from 2020-08-04 peak
Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-07-15 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
VUSTX
×
+4.21% +1.07%
+0.53%/yr
−2.17%
−0.73%/yr
−28.84%
−6.58%/yr
−14.63%
−1.57%/yr
Vanguard Long-Term Treasury Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund