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 +20.80% over the past year and +12.95% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 30, 2004, VB is up +365.61% in real purchasing-power return, or +7.10%/yr, and is currently −0.94% below its real total-return high on Jun. 30, 2026.

Data ending Thu Jul. 2, 2026

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VB × 		+12.95%
2026-07-02 		+20.80%
2026-07-02
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Returns

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VB × 		+365.61%
+7.10%/yr 		+7.44%/yr
(R2=0.894)
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Growth of $10,000

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Start
Value 		End
Value
VB × 		$10,000.00
2004-01-30 		$46,560.80
2026-07-02
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Annual Returns

Year VB
2026 (YTD) +12.95%
2025 +6.04%
2024 +10.98%
2023 +14.39%
2022 −22.52%
2021 +9.84%
2020 +17.59%
2019 +24.49%
2018 −11.04%
2017 +13.85%
2016 +16.03%
2015 −4.46%
2014 +6.83%
2013 +35.67%
2012 +16.26%
2011 −5.58%
2010 +26.23%
2009 +32.98%
2008 −36.24%
2007 −2.61%
2006 +12.92%
2005 +3.68%
2004 +12.76%

Drawdowns

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Thu 2026-07-02 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VB × 		−0.94%
from 2026-06-30 peak 		−60.34%
2009-03-09
from 2007-07-13 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Thu 2026-07-02 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VB × 		+20.80% +32.83%
+15.25%/yr 		+43.07%
+12.68%/yr 		+15.76%
+2.97%/yr 		+115.10%
+7.96%/yr
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