All charts and data below are CPI-U inflation-adjusted and with dividends reinvested. (Why?)
VCSH real return snapshot: after CPI-U inflation, VCSH returned +0.64% over the past year and −2.41% YTD, with dividends reinvested. Since Nov. 23, 2009, VCSH is up +3.90% in real purchasing-power return, or +0.23%/yr, and is currently −12.48% below its real total-return high on Dec. 30, 2020.
| Mon 2009-11-23💬 to Wed 2026-06-03 |
YTD
Return |
1 Year
Return |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VCSH × |
−2.41%
2026-06-03 |
+0.64%
2026-06-03 |
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| Mon 2009-11-23💬 to Wed 2026-06-03 |
Overall
Return |
Exponential
Trendline |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VCSH × |
+3.90%
+0.23%/yr |
−0.14%/yr
(R2=0.017) |
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| Mon 2009-11-23💬 to Wed 2026-06-03 |
Start
Value |
End
Value |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VCSH × |
$10,000.00
2009-11-23 |
$10,389.78
2026-06-03 |
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| Year | VCSH |
|---|---|
| 2026 (YTD) | −2.41% |
| 2025 | +3.99% |
| 2024 | +1.98% |
| 2023 | +2.76% |
| 2022 | −11.35% |
| 2021 | −7.16% |
| 2020 | +3.72% |
| 2019 | +4.63% |
| 2018 | −0.97% |
| 2017 | +0.06% |
| 2016 | +0.52% |
| 2015 | +0.53% |
| 2014 | +1.06% |
| 2013 | −0.12% |
| 2012 | +3.77% |
| 2011 | +0.08% |
| 2010 | +3.71% |
| 2009 | +0.48% |
| Mon 2009-11-23💬 to Wed 2026-06-03 |
Current
Drawdown |
Worst
Drawdown |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VCSH × |
−12.48%
from 2020-12-30 peak |
−20.42%
2022-10-20 from 2020-12-30 peak |
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| Period ending Wed 2026-06-03 |
1
Year |
2
Years |
3
Years |
5
Years |
10
Years |
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|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| VCSH × | +0.64% |
+4.76% +2.35%/yr |
+6.94% +2.26%/yr |
−9.46% −1.97%/yr |
−6.18% −0.64%/yr |
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