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 +28.06% over the past year and +11.68% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 30, 2004, VBK is up +354.05% in real purchasing-power return, or +7.02%/yr, and is currently āˆ’7.06% below its real total-return high on Feb. 12, 2021.

Fri 2004-01-30? to Fri 2026-05-22 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VBK × 		+11.68%
2026-05-22 		+28.06%
2026-05-22
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Returns

Fri 2004-01-30? to Fri 2026-05-22 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VBK × 		+354.05%
+7.02%/yr 		+7.72%/yr
(R2=0.883)
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Growth of $10,000

Fri 2004-01-30? to Fri 2026-05-22 Start
Value 		End
Value
VBK × 		$10,000.00
2004-01-30 		$45,404.96
2026-05-22
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Annual Returns

Year VBK
2026 (YTD) +11.68%
2025 +5.67%
2024 +13.24%
2023 +17.51%
2022 āˆ’32.79%
2021 āˆ’1.29%
2020 +33.62%
2019 +29.79%
2018 āˆ’7.46%
2017 +19.35%
2016 +8.62%
2015 āˆ’3.34%
2014 +3.24%
2013 +36.22%
2012 +15.80%
2011 āˆ’4.46%
2010 +29.02%
2009 +39.01%
2008 āˆ’40.37%
2007 +5.58%
2006 +9.43%
2005 +5.06%
2004 +7.29%

Drawdowns

Fri 2004-01-30? to Fri 2026-05-22 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VBK × 		āˆ’7.06%
from 2021-02-12 peak 		āˆ’59.41%
2009-03-09
from 2007-10-10 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-05-22 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VBK × 		+28.06% +29.78%
+13.93%/yr 		+47.42%
+13.81%/yr 		+6.31%
+1.23%/yr 		+123.28%
+8.36%/yr
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