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Total Real Returns

VCSH: Total Real Return Chart (Dividends Reinvested, Inflation Adjusted)

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
VCSH
×
−2.41%
2026-06-03
+0.64%
2026-06-03
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Returns

Mon 2009-11-23💬 to Wed 2026-06-03 Overall
Return
Exponential
Trendline
VCSH
×
+3.90%
+0.23%/yr
−0.14%/yr
(R2=0.017)
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Growth of $10,000

Mon 2009-11-23💬 to Wed 2026-06-03 Start
Value
End
Value
VCSH
×
$10,000.00
2009-11-23
$10,389.78
2026-06-03
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Annual Returns

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%

Drawdowns

Mon 2009-11-23💬 to Wed 2026-06-03 Current
Drawdown
Worst
Drawdown
VCSH
×
−12.48%
from 2020-12-30 peak
−20.42%
2022-10-20
from 2020-12-30 peak
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Rolling Returns

Period ending Wed 2026-06-03 1
Year
2
Years
3
Years
5
Years
10
Years
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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