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

Total Real Returns

VWITX: Total Return Chart (with Dividends Reinvested)

VWITX total return snapshot: VWITX returned +2.81% over the past year and −0.51% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 26, 1979, VWITX is up +985.78% in nominal total return, or +5.24%/yr, and is currently −2.67% below its total-return high on Feb. 27, 2026.

Data ending Fri Sep. 4, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Wed 1979-12-26💬 to Fri 2026-09-04 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VWITX × 		+985.78%
+5.24%/yr 		+5.56%/yr
R2=0.947
Vanguard Intermediate-Term Tax-Exempt Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Wed 1979-12-26💬 to Fri 2026-09-04 Start
Value 		End
Value
VWITX × 		$10,000.00
1979-12-26 		$108,577.90
2026-09-04

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-04

  YTD YoY
VWITX × 		−0.51% +2.81%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VWITX × 		−2.67%
on 2026-09-04
from 2026-02-27 peak 		−22.09%
on 1981-09-09
from 1980-06-30 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-09-04 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VWITX × 		+2.81% +4.43%
+2.19%/yr 		+10.79%
+3.48%/yr 		+4.62%
+0.91%/yr 		+21.44%
+1.96%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VWITX
2026 (YTD) −0.51%
2025 +5.05%
2024 +1.70%
2023 +5.82%
2022 −6.90%
2021 +1.11%
2020 +5.15%
2019 +6.80%
2018 +1.27%
2017 +4.55%
2016 +0.09%
2015 +2.88%
2014 +7.26%
2013 −1.55%
2012 +5.70%
2011 +9.65%
2010 +1.84%
2009 +10.22%
2008 −0.10%
2007 +3.45%
2006 +4.46%
2005 +2.25%
2004 +3.26%
2003 +4.46%
2002 +7.88%
2001 +5.09%
2000 +9.27%
1999 −0.21%
1998 +5.79%
1997 +7.11%
1996 +4.22%
1995 +15.16%
1994 −2.10%
1993 +11.59%
1992 +9.28%
1991 +12.21%
1990 +7.26%
1989 +10.06%
1988 +10.06%
1987 +0.89%
1986 +16.10%
1985 +17.42%
1984 +9.61%
1983 +6.50%
1982 +31.17%
1981 −7.33%
1980 −10.32%
1979 +0.00%