All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)

Total Real Returns

VWEHX: Total Return Chart (with Dividends Reinvested)

VWEHX total return snapshot: VWEHX returned +5.12% over the past year and +1.71% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 26, 1979, VWEHX is up +3,163.60% in nominal total return, or +7.76%/yr, and is currently −0.18% below its total-return high on Aug. 13, 2026.

Data ending Wed Aug. 19, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Wed 1979-12-26💬 to Wed 2026-08-19 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VWEHX × 		+3,163.60%
+7.76%/yr 		+7.43%/yr
R2=0.969
Vanguard High-Yield Corporate Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Wed 1979-12-26💬 to Wed 2026-08-19 Start
Value 		End
Value
VWEHX × 		$10,000.00
1979-12-26 		$326,359.83
2026-08-19

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-08-19

  YTD YoY
VWEHX × 		+1.71% +5.12%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VWEHX × 		−0.18%
on 2026-08-19
from 2026-08-13 peak 		−30.17%
on 2008-11-24
from 2007-05-31 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-08-19 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VWEHX × 		+5.12% +13.30%
+6.44%/yr 		+27.21%
+8.35%/yr 		+21.59%
+3.99%/yr 		+60.87%
+4.87%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VWEHX
2026 (YTD) +1.71%
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 +7.07%
2016 +11.23%
2015 −1.38%
2014 +4.61%
2013 +4.57%
2012 +14.39%
2011 +7.23%
2010 +11.76%
2009 +39.18%
2008 −21.23%
2007 +2.10%
2006 +8.28%
2005 +2.79%
2004 +8.57%
2003 +15.73%
2002 +2.09%
2001 +2.98%
2000 −0.82%
1999 +2.96%
1998 +5.71%
1997 +11.97%
1996 +9.64%
1995 +19.25%
1994 −1.64%
1993 +18.32%
1992 +14.36%
1991 +29.42%
1990 −5.86%
1989 +2.01%
1988 +13.71%
1987 +1.49%
1986 +17.03%
1985 +21.99%
1984 +7.51%
1983 +15.74%
1982 +27.23%
1981 +9.47%
1980 +3.38%
1979 −1.08%