All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)

Total Real Returns

VAIPX: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

VAIPX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VAIPX returned −2.44% over the past year and −2.73% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jun. 10, 2005, VAIPX is up +13.15% in real purchasing-power return, or +0.58%/yr, and is currently −17.87% below its real total-return high on Jan. 4, 2021.

Data ending Fri Sep. 4, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Fri 2005-06-10💬 to Fri 2026-09-04 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VAIPX
×
+13.15%
+0.58%/yr
+0.75%/yr
R2=0.237
Vanguard Inflation-Protected Securities Fund Admiral Shares Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Fri 2005-06-10💬 to Fri 2026-09-04 Start
Value
End
Value
VAIPX
×
$10,000.00
2005-06-10
$11,315.08
2026-09-04

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-09-04

  YTD YoY
VAIPX
×
−2.73% −2.44%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VAIPX
×
−17.87%
on 2026-09-04
from 2021-01-04 peak
−23.01%
on 2023-10-06
from 2021-01-04 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-09-04 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VAIPX
×
−2.44% −1.06%
−0.53%/yr
+3.48%
+1.15%/yr
−16.96%
−3.65%/yr
−10.18%
−1.07%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VAIPX
2026 (YTD) −2.73%
2025 +4.08%
2024 −1.01%
2023 +0.47%
2022 −17.27%
2021 −1.26%
2020 +9.46%
2019 +5.75%
2018 −3.23%
2017 +0.78%
2016 +1.24%
2015 −2.40%
2014 +3.20%
2013 −10.21%
2012 +5.08%
2011 +10.02%
2010 +4.74%
2009 +8.02%
2008 −2.85%
2007 +7.30%
2006 −1.94%
2005 −0.45%