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

Total Real Returns

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

VASIX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VASIX returned +2.97% over the past year and −0.80% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since May 26, 1995, VASIX is up +134.24% in real purchasing-power return, or +2.77%/yr, and is currently −12.31% below its real total-return high on Jan. 20, 2021.

Data ending Wed Jul. 1, 2026

Fri 1995-05-26💬 to Wed 2026-07-01 YTD
Return
1 Year
Return
VASIX
×
−0.80%
2026-07-01
+2.97%
2026-07-01
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Returns

Fri 1995-05-26💬 to Wed 2026-07-01 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VASIX
×
+134.24%
+2.77%/yr
+2.46%/yr
(R2=0.869)
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Growth of $10,000

Fri 1995-05-26💬 to Wed 2026-07-01 Start
Value
End
Value
VASIX
×
$10,000.00
1995-05-26
$23,424.10
2026-07-01
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Annual Returns

Year VASIX
2026 (YTD) −0.80%
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 −10.61%
2007 +2.51%
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%

Drawdowns

Fri 1995-05-26💬 to Wed 2026-07-01 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VASIX
×
−12.31%
from 2021-01-20 peak
−26.41%
2022-10-20
from 2021-01-20 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-07-01 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
VASIX
×
+2.97% +9.00%
+4.40%/yr
+11.80%
+3.79%/yr
−9.50%
−1.98%/yr
+4.27%
+0.42%/yr
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