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

Total Real Returns

VASGX vs. VSMGX vs. VSCGX vs. VASIX: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

Growth of $10,000

Fri 1995-05-26💬 to Fri 2026-10-02 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VASGX × 		+468.54%
+5.70%/yr 		+4.41%/yr
R2=0.879
Vanguard Lifestrategy Growth Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund
VSMGX × 		+341.49%
+4.85%/yr 		+3.93%/yr
R2=0.916
Vanguard Lifestrategy Moderate Growth Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund
VSCGX × 		+233.92%
+3.92%/yr 		+3.27%/yr
R2=0.918
Vanguard Lifestrategy Conservative Growth Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund
VASIX × 		+129.88%
+2.69%/yr 		+2.44%/yr
R2=0.868
Vanguard Lifestrategy Income Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund

Growth of $10,000 Summary

Fri 1995-05-26💬 to Fri 2026-10-02 Start
Value 		End
Value
VASGX × 		$10,000.00
1995-05-26 		$56,854.07
2026-10-02
VSMGX × 		$10,000.00
1995-05-26 		$44,149.46
2026-10-02
VSCGX × 		$10,000.00
1995-05-26 		$33,391.63
2026-10-02
VASIX × 		$10,000.00
1995-05-26 		$22,987.88
2026-10-02

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-02

  YTD YoY
VASGX × 		+6.72% +9.36%
VSMGX × 		+3.52% +5.67%
VSCGX × 		+0.39% +2.05%
VASIX × 		−2.65% −1.45%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VASGX × 		−2.44%
on 2026-10-02
from 2026-08-13 peak 		−52.00%
on 2009-03-09
from 2007-10-09 peak
VSMGX × 		−2.60%
on 2026-10-02
from 2026-08-13 peak 		−42.06%
on 2009-03-09
from 2007-10-31 peak
VSCGX × 		−2.75%
on 2026-10-02
from 2026-08-13 peak 		−31.76%
on 2009-03-09
from 2007-10-31 peak
VASIX × 		−13.94%
on 2026-10-02
from 2021-01-20 peak 		−26.41%
on 2022-10-20
from 2021-01-20 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-10-02 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VASGX × 		+9.36% +22.79%
+10.81%/yr 		+52.27%
+15.05%/yr 		+25.38%
+4.63%/yr 		+92.30%
+6.76%/yr
VSMGX × 		+5.67% +15.42%
+7.43%/yr 		+38.71%
+11.52%/yr 		+12.42%
+2.37%/yr 		+56.43%
+4.58%/yr
VSCGX × 		+2.05% +8.39%
+4.11%/yr 		+26.20%
+8.07%/yr 		+0.58%
+0.12%/yr 		+26.52%
+2.38%/yr
VASIX × 		−1.45% +1.60%
+0.80%/yr 		+14.58%
+4.64%/yr 		−10.33%
−2.16%/yr 		+1.29%
+0.13%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VASGX VSMGX VSCGX VASIX
2026 (YTD) +6.72% +3.52% +0.39% −2.65%
2025 +16.53% +13.23% +9.93% +6.57%
2024 +9.97% +7.19% +4.51% +1.74%
2023 +14.72% +11.77% +8.85% +5.95%
2022 −22.14% −21.12% −20.17% −19.16%
2021 +6.83% +2.84% −0.93% −4.79%
2020 +13.90% +12.07% +10.01% +7.66%
2019 +20.39% +16.71% +13.11% +9.55%
2018 −8.63% −6.68% −4.77% −2.90%
2017 +16.74% +12.66% +8.69% +4.77%
2016 +6.14% +4.97% +3.76% +2.47%
2015 −1.87% −1.28% −0.90% −0.51%
2014 +6.38% +6.27% +6.16% +5.96%
2013 +19.42% +13.35% +7.47% +1.87%
2012 +12.41% +9.84% +7.32% +4.73%
2011 −5.08% −2.61% −1.16% +0.79%
2010 +13.46% +11.64% +9.50% +7.76%
2009 +21.71% +17.16% +13.98% +9.13%
2008 −34.44% −26.55% −19.59% −10.61%
2007 +3.21% +3.11% +2.77% +2.50%
2006 +13.27% +10.52% +7.90% +5.28%
2005 +3.33% +2.18% +0.99% −0.19%
2004 +9.85% +8.23% +5.98% +4.30%
2003 +26.15% +20.14% +14.42% +8.73%
2002 −17.81% −12.42% −7.57% −2.21%
2001 −10.24% −5.87% −1.53% +2.56%
2000 −8.50% −4.11% −0.24% +4.55%
1999 +14.31% +9.17% +5.13% +0.23%
1998 +19.59% +17.45% +19.45% +11.51%
1997 +20.27% +17.64% +14.61% +12.32%
1996 +11.71% +9.10% +6.82% +4.21%
1995 +24.53% +23.44% +20.84% +8.80%
1994 +2.22% +2.04% +2.86% —