All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
VASGX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VASGX returned +15.73% over the past year and +8.90% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 16, 1994, VASGX is up +557.53% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.13%/yr, and is currently at its real total-return high.
Data ending Wed Aug. 12, 2026
| Fri 1994-12-16💬 to Wed 2026-08-12 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VASGX × |
+557.53%
+6.13%/yr |
+4.46%/yr
R2=0.881 |
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| Fri 1994-12-16💬 to Wed 2026-08-12 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| VASGX × |
$10,000.00
1994-12-16 |
$65,752.79
2026-08-12 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| VASGX × | +8.90% | +15.73% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| VASGX × |
—
on 2026-08-12 |
−52.00%
on 2009-03-09 from 2007-10-09 peak |
| Period ending Wed 2026-08-12 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VASGX × | +15.73% |
+33.19% +15.41%/yr |
+48.30% +14.04%/yr |
+24.89% +4.55%/yr |
+95.64% +6.94%/yr |
| Year | VASGX |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +8.90% |
| 2025 | +16.53% |
| 2024 | +9.97% |
| 2023 | +14.72% |
| 2022 | −22.14% |
| 2021 | +6.83% |
| 2020 | +13.90% |
| 2019 | +20.39% |
| 2018 | −8.63% |
| 2017 | +16.74% |
| 2016 | +6.14% |
| 2015 | −1.87% |
| 2014 | +6.38% |
| 2013 | +19.42% |
| 2012 | +12.41% |
| 2011 | −5.08% |
| 2010 | +13.46% |
| 2009 | +21.71% |
| 2008 | −34.44% |
| 2007 | +3.21% |
| 2006 | +13.27% |
| 2005 | +3.33% |
| 2004 | +9.85% |
| 2003 | +26.15% |
| 2002 | −17.81% |
| 2001 | −10.24% |
| 2000 | −8.50% |
| 1999 | +14.31% |
| 1998 | +19.59% |
| 1997 | +20.27% |
| 1996 | +11.71% |
| 1995 | +24.53% |
| 1994 | +2.22% |
