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

Total Real Returns

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

VBK real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VBK returned +5.46% over the past year and +5.46% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 30, 2004, VBK is up +328.77% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.62%/yr, and is currently −12.23% below its real total-return high on Feb. 12, 2021.

Data ending Wed Oct. 14, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Wed 2026-10-14 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VBK
×
+328.77%
+6.62%/yr
+7.71%/yr
R2=0.888
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Wed 2026-10-14 Start
Value
End
Value
VBK
×
$10,000.00
2004-01-30
$42,876.93
2026-10-14

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-14

  YTD YoY
VBK
×
+5.46% +5.46%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VBK
×
−12.23%
on 2026-10-14
from 2021-02-12 peak
−59.41%
on 2009-03-09
from 2007-10-10 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-10-14 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VBK
×
+5.46% +14.26%
+6.89%/yr
+47.07%
+13.72%/yr
−3.85%
−0.78%/yr
+97.90%
+7.06%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VBK
2026 (YTD) +5.46%
2025 +5.67%
2024 +13.24%
2023 +17.51%
2022 −32.79%
2021 −1.29%
2020 +33.62%
2019 +29.79%
2018 −7.46%
2017 +19.35%
2016 +8.62%
2015 −3.34%
2014 +3.24%
2013 +36.22%
2012 +15.80%
2011 −4.46%
2010 +29.02%
2009 +39.01%
2008 −40.37%
2007 +5.58%
2006 +9.43%
2005 +5.06%
2004 +7.29%