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

Total Real Returns

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

VBINX real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VBINX returned +11.66% over the past year and +2.32% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 9, 1992, VBINX is up +567.78% in real purchasing-power return, or +5.82%/yr, and is currently −1.38% below its real total-return high on Jun. 2, 2026.

Data ending Fri Jun. 12, 2026

Mon 1992-11-09💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VBINX × 		+2.32%
2026-06-12 		+11.66%
2026-06-12
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Returns

Mon 1992-11-09💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VBINX × 		+567.78%
+5.82%/yr 		+5.03%/yr
(R2=0.937)
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Growth of $10,000

Mon 1992-11-09💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 Start
Value 		End
Value
VBINX × 		$10,000.00
1992-11-09 		$66,778.02
2026-06-12
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Annual Returns

Year VBINX
2026 (YTD) +2.32%
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%

Drawdowns

Mon 1992-11-09💬 to Fri 2026-06-12 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VBINX × 		−1.38%
from 2026-06-02 peak 		−37.09%
2009-03-09
from 2007-10-09 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-06-12 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VBINX × 		+11.66% +19.84%
+9.47%/yr 		+34.80%
+10.47%/yr 		+14.64%
+2.77%/yr 		+78.69%
+5.98%/yr
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