All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)
VWEHX total return snapshot: VWEHX returned +7.04% over the past year and +0.46% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 15, 1986, VWEHX is up +1,272.75% in nominal total return, or +6.76%/yr, and is currently −0.38% below its total-return high on Apr. 17, 2026.
| Thu 1986-05-15💬 to Wed 2026-05-27 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWEHX × |
+0.46%
2026-05-27 |
+7.04%
2026-05-27 |
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| Thu 1986-05-15💬 to Wed 2026-05-27 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWEHX × |
+1,272.75%
+6.76%/yr |
+6.67%/yr
(R2=0.979) |
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| Thu 1986-05-15💬 to Wed 2026-05-27 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWEHX × |
$10,000.00
1986-05-15 |
$137,274.55
2026-05-27 |
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| Year | VWEHX |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +0.46% |
| 2025 | +9.38% |
| 2024 | +6.34% |
| 2023 | +11.66% |
| 2022 | −9.04% |
| 2021 | +3.72% |
| 2020 | +5.30% |
| 2019 | +15.83% |
| 2018 | −2.94% |
| 2017 | +7.08% |
| 2016 | +11.23% |
| 2015 | −1.38% |
| 2014 | +4.61% |
| 2013 | +4.57% |
| 2012 | +14.39% |
| 2011 | +7.22% |
| 2010 | +11.76% |
| 2009 | +39.18% |
| 2008 | −21.23% |
| 2007 | +2.10% |
| 2006 | +8.28% |
| 2005 | +2.79% |
| 2004 | +8.56% |
| 2003 | +15.73% |
| 2002 | +2.09% |
| 2001 | +2.97% |
| 2000 | −0.83% |
| 1999 | +2.96% |
| 1998 | +5.72% |
| 1997 | +11.97% |
| 1996 | +9.64% |
| 1995 | +19.24% |
| 1994 | −1.64% |
| 1993 | +18.33% |
| 1992 | +14.36% |
| 1991 | +29.41% |
| 1990 | −5.86% |
| 1989 | +2.01% |
| 1988 | +13.70% |
| 1987 | +1.51% |
| 1986 | +7.74% |
| Thu 1986-05-15💬 to Wed 2026-05-27 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWEHX × |
−0.38%
from 2026-04-17 peak |
−30.17%
2008-11-24 from 2007-05-31 peak |
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| Period ending Wed 2026-05-27 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWEHX × | +7.04% |
+16.23% +7.78%/yr |
+27.80% +8.51%/yr |
+21.96% +4.05%/yr |
+66.18% +5.21%/yr |
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