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 +14.93% over the past year and +2.64% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 9, 1992, VBINX is up +569.88% in real purchasing-power return, or +5.84%/yr, and is currently āˆ’0.30% below its real total-return high on May 14, 2026.

Mon 1992-11-09? to Fri 2026-05-22 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VBINX × 		+2.64%
2026-05-22 		+14.93%
2026-05-22
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Returns

Mon 1992-11-09? to Fri 2026-05-22 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VBINX × 		+569.88%
+5.84%/yr 		+5.03%/yr
(R2=0.937)
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Growth of $10,000

Mon 1992-11-09? to Fri 2026-05-22 Start
Value 		End
Value
VBINX × 		$10,000.00
1992-11-09 		$66,987.63
2026-05-22
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Annual Returns

Year VBINX
2026 (YTD) +2.64%
2025 +10.51%
2024 +11.25%
2023 +13.61%
2022 āˆ’22.02%
2021 +6.58%
2020 +14.70%
2019 +18.95%
2018 āˆ’4.79%
2017 +11.40%
2016 +6.43%
2015 āˆ’0.37%
2014 +8.98%
2013 +16.22%
2012 +9.43%
2011 +1.14%
2010 +11.46%
2009 +16.91%
2008 āˆ’22.28%
2007 +1.99%
2006 +8.30%
2005 +1.18%
2004 +7.10%
2003 +17.65%
2002 āˆ’11.65%
2001 āˆ’4.51%
2000 āˆ’5.21%
1999 +10.68%
1998 +16.03%
1997 +20.17%
1996 +10.13%
1995 +24.97%
1994 āˆ’4.11%
1993 +8.57%
1992 +3.66%

Drawdowns

Mon 1992-11-09? to Fri 2026-05-22 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VBINX × 		āˆ’0.30%
from 2026-05-14 peak 		āˆ’37.09%
2009-03-09
from 2007-10-09 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-05-22 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VBINX × 		+14.93% +21.83%
+10.39%/yr 		+38.11%
+11.36%/yr 		+16.71%
+3.14%/yr 		+82.35%
+6.19%/yr
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