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

Total Real Returns

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

VB real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VB returned +16.47% over the past year and +5.44% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 30, 2004, VB is up +334.64% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.81%/yr, and is currently āˆ’4.20% below its real total-return high on May 6, 2026.

Fri 2004-01-30? to Tue 2026-05-19 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VB × 		+5.44%
2026-05-19 		+16.47%
2026-05-19
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Returns

Fri 2004-01-30? to Tue 2026-05-19 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VB × 		+334.64%
+6.81%/yr 		+7.43%/yr
(R2=0.892)
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Growth of $10,000

Fri 2004-01-30? to Tue 2026-05-19 Start
Value 		End
Value
VB × 		$10,000.00
2004-01-30 		$43,464.43
2026-05-19
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Annual Returns

Year VB
2026 (YTD) +5.44%
2025 +6.04%
2024 +10.98%
2023 +14.39%
2022 āˆ’22.52%
2021 +9.84%
2020 +17.59%
2019 +24.49%
2018 āˆ’11.04%
2017 +13.85%
2016 +16.03%
2015 āˆ’4.46%
2014 +6.83%
2013 +35.67%
2012 +16.26%
2011 āˆ’5.58%
2010 +26.23%
2009 +32.98%
2008 āˆ’36.24%
2007 āˆ’2.61%
2006 +12.92%
2005 +3.68%
2004 +12.76%

Drawdowns

Fri 2004-01-30? to Tue 2026-05-19 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VB × 		āˆ’4.20%
from 2026-05-06 peak 		āˆ’60.34%
2009-03-09
from 2007-07-13 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Tue 2026-05-19 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VB × 		+16.47% +19.69%
+9.38%/yr 		+42.28%
+12.47%/yr 		+11.72%
+2.24%/yr 		+110.45%
+7.73%/yr
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