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 +3.79% over the past year and +4.33% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Jan. 30, 2004, VBK is up +324.19% in real purchasing-power return, or +6.56%/yr, and is currently −13.17% below its real total-return high on Feb. 12, 2021.

Data ending Fri Oct. 23, 2026

Growth of $10,000

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Fri 2026-10-23 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VBK
×
+324.19%
+6.56%/yr
+7.71%/yr
R2=0.889
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Growth of $10,000 Summary

Fri 2004-01-30💬 to Fri 2026-10-23 Start
Value
End
Value
VBK
×
$10,000.00
2004-01-30
$42,418.99
2026-10-23

This Year’s Performance

through 2026-10-23

  YTD YoY
VBK
×
+4.33% +3.79%

Drawdowns

  Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VBK
×
−13.17%
on 2026-10-23
from 2021-02-12 peak
−59.41%
on 2009-03-09
from 2007-10-10 peak

Rolling Returns

Period ending Fri 2026-10-23 1 yr 2 yr 3 yr 5 yr 10 yr
VBK
×
+3.79% +15.58%
+7.51%/yr
+50.43%
+14.58%/yr
−6.11%
−1.25%/yr
+95.57%
+6.94%/yr

Annual Returns

Year VBK
2026 (YTD) +4.33%
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%