All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
VASIX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VASIX returned +5.41% over the past year and −0.85% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 26, 1995, VASIX is up +134.12% in real purchasing-power return, or +2.78%/yr, and is currently −12.36% below its real total-return high on Jan. 20, 2021.
| Fri 1995-05-26? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VASIX × |
−0.85%
2026-05-22 |
+5.41%
2026-05-22 |
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| Vanguard Lifestrategy Income Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Fri 1995-05-26? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VASIX × |
+134.12%
+2.78%/yr |
+2.47%/yr
(R2=0.870) |
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| Vanguard Lifestrategy Income Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Fri 1995-05-26? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VASIX × |
$10,000.00
1995-05-26 |
$23,411.66
2026-05-22 |
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| Vanguard Lifestrategy Income Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Year | VASIX |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −0.85% |
| 2025 | +6.57% |
| 2024 | +1.74% |
| 2023 | +5.95% |
| 2022 | −19.16% |
| 2021 | −4.79% |
| 2020 | +7.66% |
| 2019 | +9.55% |
| 2018 | −2.90% |
| 2017 | +4.77% |
| 2016 | +2.47% |
| 2015 | −0.51% |
| 2014 | +5.96% |
| 2013 | +1.87% |
| 2012 | +4.73% |
| 2011 | +0.79% |
| 2010 | +7.76% |
| 2009 | +9.13% |
| 2008 | −10.60% |
| 2007 | +2.50% |
| 2006 | +5.28% |
| 2005 | −0.19% |
| 2004 | +4.30% |
| 2003 | +8.73% |
| 2002 | −2.21% |
| 2001 | +2.56% |
| 2000 | +4.55% |
| 1999 | +0.23% |
| 1998 | +11.51% |
| 1997 | +12.32% |
| 1996 | +4.21% |
| 1995 | +8.80% |
| Fri 1995-05-26? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VASIX × |
−12.36%
from 2021-01-20 peak |
−26.41%
2022-10-20 from 2021-01-20 peak |
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| Vanguard Lifestrategy Income Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||
| Period ending Fri 2026-05-22 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
|
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VASIX × | +5.41% |
+9.12% +4.46%/yr |
+12.43% +3.98%/yr |
−9.30% −1.93%/yr |
+6.23% +0.61%/yr |
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| Vanguard Lifestrategy Income Fund Investor Shares Mutual Fund | ||||||