All charts and data below are with dividends reinvested. (Inflation adjustment is OFF !)
VWESX total return snapshot: VWESX returned +8.16% over the past year and +0.24% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 15, 1986, VWESX is up +1,283.41% in nominal total return, or +6.78%/yr, and is currently −18.64% below its total-return high on Aug. 6, 2020.
| Thu 1986-05-15💬 to Thu 2026-05-28 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWESX × |
+0.24%
2026-05-28 |
+8.16%
2026-05-28 |
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| Thu 1986-05-15💬 to Thu 2026-05-28 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWESX × |
+1,283.41%
+6.78%/yr |
+7.33%/yr
(R2=0.965) |
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| Thu 1986-05-15💬 to Thu 2026-05-28 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWESX × |
$10,000.00
1986-05-15 |
$138,340.64
2026-05-28 |
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| Year | VWESX |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +0.24% |
| 2025 | +7.22% |
| 2024 | −2.75% |
| 2023 | +9.30% |
| 2022 | −25.61% |
| 2021 | −2.37% |
| 2020 | +15.39% |
| 2019 | +20.46% |
| 2018 | −5.93% |
| 2017 | +12.00% |
| 2016 | +7.85% |
| 2015 | −2.16% |
| 2014 | +18.20% |
| 2013 | −5.83% |
| 2012 | +11.68% |
| 2011 | +17.25% |
| 2010 | +10.79% |
| 2009 | +8.81% |
| 2008 | +2.33% |
| 2007 | +3.78% |
| 2006 | +2.91% |
| 2005 | +5.18% |
| 2004 | +9.00% |
| 2003 | +6.31% |
| 2002 | +13.29% |
| 2001 | +9.61% |
| 2000 | +11.82% |
| 1999 | −4.33% |
| 1998 | +10.28% |
| 1997 | +13.83% |
| 1996 | +1.22% |
| 1995 | +26.48% |
| 1994 | −2.82% |
| 1993 | +14.52% |
| 1992 | +10.98% |
| 1991 | +21.02% |
| 1990 | +6.23% |
| 1989 | +15.27% |
| 1988 | +9.83% |
| 1987 | −1.11% |
| 1986 | +8.64% |
| Thu 1986-05-15💬 to Thu 2026-05-28 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWESX × |
−18.64%
from 2020-08-06 peak |
−35.84%
2022-10-24 from 2020-08-06 peak |
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| Period ending Thu 2026-05-28 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VWESX × | +8.16% |
+9.98% +4.88%/yr |
+12.24% +3.92%/yr |
−10.88% −2.28%/yr |
+21.02% +1.93%/yr |
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