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

Total Real Returns

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

VASGX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VASGX returned +16.75% over the past year and +5.44% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Dec. 16, 1994, VASGX is up +536.67% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.05%/yr, and is currently −1.62% below its real total-return high on Jun. 2, 2026.

Data ending Fri Jun. 12, 2026

Fri 1994-12-16💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VASGX × 		+5.44%
2026-06-12 		+16.75%
2026-06-12
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Returns

Fri 1994-12-16💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VASGX × 		+536.67%
+6.05%/yr 		+4.44%/yr
(R2=0.879)
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Growth of $10,000

Fri 1994-12-16💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 Start
Value 		End
Value
VASGX × 		$10,000.00
1994-12-16 		$63,666.60
2026-06-12
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Annual Returns

Year VASGX
2026 (YTD) +5.44%
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 +6.37%
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 +2.23%

Drawdowns

Fri 1994-12-16💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VASGX × 		−1.62%
from 2026-06-02 peak 		−52.00%
2009-03-09
from 2007-10-09 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-06-12 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VASGX × 		+16.75% +28.09%
+13.18%/yr 		+44.91%
+13.16%/yr 		+21.56%
+3.98%/yr 		+97.83%
+7.06%/yr
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