All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
VBINX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VBINX returned +10.30% over the past year and +5.25% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 9, 1992, VBINX is up +586.95% in real purchasing-power return, or +5.88%/yr, and is currently −0.12% below its real total-return high on Aug. 7, 2026.
Data ending Wed Aug. 12, 2026
| Mon 1992-11-09💬 to Wed 2026-08-12 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VBINX × |
+586.95%
+5.88%/yr |
+5.04%/yr
R2=0.938 |
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| Mon 1992-11-09💬 to Wed 2026-08-12 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
|---|---|---|
| VBINX × |
$10,000.00
1992-11-09 |
$68,694.89
2026-08-12 |
| YTD | YoY | |
|---|---|---|
| VBINX × | +5.25% | +10.30% |
|
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
|
|---|---|---|
| VBINX × |
−0.12%
on 2026-08-12 from 2026-08-07 peak |
−37.09%
on 2009-03-09 from 2007-10-09 peak |
| Period ending Wed 2026-08-12 | 1 yr | 2 yr | 3 yr | 5 yr | 10 yr |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VBINX × | +10.30% |
+22.95% +10.88%/yr |
+37.61% +11.23%/yr |
+16.01% +3.02%/yr |
+78.02% +5.94%/yr |
| Year | VBINX |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | +5.25% |
| 2025 | +10.51% |
| 2024 | +11.25% |
| 2023 | +13.61% |
| 2022 | −22.02% |
| 2021 | +6.58% |
| 2020 | +14.70% |
| 2019 | +18.95% |
| 2018 | −4.79% |
| 2017 | +11.40% |
| 2016 | +6.43% |
| 2015 | −0.37% |
| 2014 | +8.98% |
| 2013 | +16.22% |
| 2012 | +9.43% |
| 2011 | +1.14% |
| 2010 | +11.46% |
| 2009 | +16.91% |
| 2008 | −22.28% |
| 2007 | +1.99% |
| 2006 | +8.30% |
| 2005 | +1.18% |
| 2004 | +7.10% |
| 2003 | +17.65% |
| 2002 | −11.65% |
| 2001 | −4.51% |
| 2000 | −5.21% |
| 1999 | +10.68% |
| 1998 | +16.03% |
| 1997 | +20.17% |
| 1996 | +10.13% |
| 1995 | +24.97% |
| 1994 | −4.11% |
| 1993 | +8.57% |
| 1992 | +3.66% |
