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 +19.30% over the past year and +8.27% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 30, 2004, VBK is up +340.17% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.85%/yr, and is currently −9.90% below its real total-return high on Feb. 12, 2021.

Data ending Wed Jun. 10, 2026

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Wed 2026-06-10 YTD
Return 		1 Year
Return
VBK × 		+8.27%
2026-06-10 		+19.30%
2026-06-10
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Returns

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Wed 2026-06-10 Overall
Return 		Exponential
Trendline
VBK × 		+340.17%
+6.85%/yr 		+7.72%/yr
(R2=0.884)
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Growth of $10,000

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Wed 2026-06-10 Start
Value 		End
Value
VBK × 		$10,000.00
2004-01-30 		$44,016.96
2026-06-10
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Annual Returns

Year VBK
2026 (YTD) +8.27%
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%

Drawdowns

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Wed 2026-06-10 Current
Drawdown 		Worst
Drawdown
VBK × 		−9.90%
from 2021-02-12 peak 		−59.41%
2009-03-09
from 2007-10-10 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-06-10 1
Year 		2
Years 		3
Years 		5
Years 		10
Years
VBK × 		+19.30% +28.55%
+13.38%/yr 		+40.34%
+11.96%/yr 		−0.91%
−0.18%/yr 		+108.65%
+7.63%/yr
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