All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
VCIT real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VCIT returned +2.68% over the past year and −3.19% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 23, 2009, VCIT is up +29.19% in real purchasing-power return, or +1.56%/yr, and is currently −19.13% below its real total-return high on Dec. 31, 2020.
| Mon 2009-11-23? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VCIT × |
−3.19%
2026-05-22 |
+2.68%
2026-05-22 |
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| Mon 2009-11-23? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VCIT × |
+29.19%
+1.56%/yr |
+1.00%/yr
(R2=0.224) |
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| Mon 2009-11-23? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VCIT × |
$10,000.00
2009-11-23 |
$12,918.75
2026-05-22 |
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| Year | VCIT |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −3.19% |
| 2025 | +6.49% |
| 2024 | +0.31% |
| 2023 | +5.45% |
| 2022 | −19.20% |
| 2021 | −8.22% |
| 2020 | +7.99% |
| 2019 | +11.55% |
| 2018 | −3.57% |
| 2017 | +3.13% |
| 2016 | +3.12% |
| 2015 | +0.18% |
| 2014 | +6.85% |
| 2013 | −3.36% |
| 2012 | +8.65% |
| 2011 | +5.82% |
| 2010 | +8.35% |
| 2009 | +0.34% |
| Mon 2009-11-23? to Fri 2026-05-22 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VCIT × |
−19.13%
from 2020-12-31 peak |
−30.30%
2022-10-20 from 2020-12-31 peak |
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| Period ending Fri 2026-05-22 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VCIT × | +2.68% |
+6.44% +3.17%/yr |
+8.59% +2.79%/yr |
−14.47% −3.08%/yr |
−3.14% −0.32%/yr |
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