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

Total Real Returns

VWESX: Total Return Chart (with Dividends Reinvested)

VWESX total return snapshot: VWESX returned −6.42% over the past year and −4.68% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 26, 1979, VWESX is up +2,905.98% in nominal total return, or +7.54%/yr, and is currently −22.63% below its total-return high on Aug. 6, 2020.

Data ending Fri Oct. 16, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Wed 1979-12-26💬 to Fri 2026-10-16 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VWESX × 		+2,905.98%
+7.54%/yr 		+8.04%/yr
R2=0.963
Vanguard Long-Term Investment-Grade Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Wed 1979-12-26💬 to Fri 2026-10-16 Start
Value 		End
Value
VWESX × 		$10,000.00
1979-12-26 		$300,597.78
2026-10-16

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-16

  YTD YoY
VWESX × 		−4.68% −6.42%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VWESX × 		−22.63%
on 2026-10-16
from 2020-08-06 peak 		−35.84%
on 2022-10-24
from 2020-08-06 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-10-16 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VWESX × 		−6.42% −3.36%
−1.69%/yr 		+14.57%
+4.64%/yr 		−18.37%
−3.98%/yr 		+10.76%
+1.03%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VWESX
2026 (YTD) −4.68%
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 +10.99%
1991 +21.01%
1990 +6.24%
1989 +15.27%
1988 +9.85%
1987 −1.12%
1986 +14.31%
1985 +22.14%
1984 +14.21%
1983 +6.73%
1982 +28.66%
1981 +8.99%
1980 +4.50%
1979 −0.47%